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udges temporarily block Trump orders targeting Jenner and Block, WilmerHale law firms
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal judges in D.C. on Friday partially blocked two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump targeting the Jenner and Block and WilmerHale law firms — temporarily halting Trump’s attempts [Read More…]

Trump weighs in on House special election races in Florida as GOP fights to keep majority
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pair of back-to-back rallies held over the phone on Thursday night, President Donald Trump praised the two Republican candidates in the upcoming special elections [Read More…]

Another law firm targeted by Trump, Jenner and Block, suing to block executive order
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The law firm Jenner and Block filed suit against the Trump Administration Friday seeking to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that targeted its attorneys’ [Read More…]

Vice President Vance and wife Usha head to Greenland amid US takeover controversy
Chesnot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are making their way to Greenland on Friday morning for a scaled back visit to the Pituffik Space Base. The couple boarded [Read More…]

HHS to cut about 10,000 full-time employees
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Thursday that about 10,000 full-time employees will soon lose their jobs, on top of the nearly 10,000 who have already left [Read More…]

Republicans raise concerns about Florida special election as candidates vie to replace Mike Waltz
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Some Republicans are raising concerns ahead of a key special election in Florida on Tuesday in what appeared to be a safe U.S. House district for the party as Republican [Read More…]

Atlantic story on Yemen chat reportedly showed rare instance of Vance breaking with Trump
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid the fallout from The Atlantic’s Monday article reportedly detailing the Signal group chat discussing the U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen, Vice President JD Vance appearing to [Read More…]

US projected to default this summer absent congressional action
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Congressional Budget Office warned on Wednesday that the government could run out of money to pay its bills as early as August or September if lawmakers fail to address [Read More…]

Messages with Yemen war plans inadvertently shared with reporter: A timeline of the Signal mishap
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth/ Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is under scrutiny after The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg said he was inadvertently added to a Signal [Read More…]

Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as “ghost guns.” The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch. Justices Samuel [Read More…]

‘Extreme alarm’: Democrats demand answers after Signal chat firestorm
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top Senate Democrats from national security committees wrote a letter to President Donald Trump seeking more information about reports that members [Read More…]

Trump’s lawyer may have known more about Eric Adams’ criminal case
Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A document unsealed Tuesday from the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams may raise questions about the testimony of [Read More…]

Trump downplays Yemen war plans group chat fiasco: ‘It can happen’
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the use of a Signal group chat among top officials to discuss a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen — brought to light when [Read More…]

JD, Usha Vance, to visit Greenland as prime minister blasts ‘aggressive American pressure’
Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second lady Usha Vance will be part of a delegation traveling to Greenland this week, after President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the United [Read More…]

Fired, reinstated Education Department employees speak out as agency is dismantled
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two weeks since the Trump administration eliminated nearly half of the Department of Education’s workforce through an overhaul that affected roughly 2,000 people and just days after President Donald Trump signed [Read More…]

Trump SSA pick not seeking to privatize Social Security, will meet people ‘where they want to be met’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration on Tuesday distanced himself from some of the actions taken at the agency by officials linked to Elon Musk and [Read More…]

White House denies ‘war plans,’ classified information discussed in Signal chat on Yemen
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials with the White House’s National Security Council say they “are reviewing” how a journalist could have been “inadvertently” added to an 18-member group chat that included several [Read More…]

Several federal judges have slammed the Trump administration. Here’s what they have said in court
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal judges have been blunt in their rulings from the bench as the Trump administration has been hit with numerous lawsuits challenging its policies, layoffs and firings and [Read More…]

Who is Mike Waltz, the national security adviser who added journalist to Signal group chat?
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said he is confident in his national security adviser, Mike Waltz — a day after a report detailed how he inadvertently added a [Read More…]

Trump envoy Witkoff sparks outcry after backing Kremlin talking points on Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy and lead negotiator tasked with ending the war in Ukraine, has attracted criticism in Europe and Ukraine after an interview where he appeared [Read More…]