A pilot program that paid jurors $100 a day in seven California counties has been cut from next year’s budget as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) works to address a multibillion-dollar deficit. Launched through legislation Newsom signed three years ago, the Jury Duty Pilot Program was supposed to boost juror participation by increasing daily pay from […]
Four Department of Government Efficiency employees were granted access to the Treasury Department‘s payment system, which oversees trillions of dollars in transactions. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas granted the employees access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and ruled that the Trump administration does not have to seek court permission for additional DOGE employees […]
Elon Musk, the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency, expressed irritation that DOGE took on the role of “whipping boy,” suggesting that it unfairly took the brunt of the blame for every controversial change made under the Trump administration. For months, Musk took a verbal beating from Democrats over his work at […]
Governments in East Asia are hoping to attract their nations’ brightest overseas students in the wake of President Donald Trump’s war against Harvard University. China, Japan, Malaysia, and others are implementing programs that will seek to entice current Harvard students from their country to return and finish their education domestically, as the future of international […]
The Trump administration asked a federal court late Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and suspected MS-13 gang member deported earlier this year under disputed circumstances, arguing the court has no jurisdiction to force his return to the United States. Abrego Garcia and his family sued after he […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha compared a proposed shadow Cabinet of celebrities and Democratic politicians to the “Soviet Union in the United States.” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) revealed to Politico her long-teased plan to create a shadow Cabinet, which would include comedian Nikki Glaser as small business administrator, Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban as secretary of […]
For the first time in more than 30 years, an annual ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which honors those who fought in the war, will not take place at the historic site due to President Donald Trump’s military parade. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory and Father’s Day events, which are slated to […]
Lara Trump acknowledged Jake Tapper owned up to his misplaced criticism of her concerns regarding former President Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline, but she said it felt “a little bit too late.” Trump said Tapper called “about two months ago” to tell her she was right about her assessment of Biden. Tapper has since aligned with […]
President Donald Trump is holding the swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. The ceremony is set to begin at noon. Pirro is replacing Ed Martin, whose term expired because he couldn’t secure enough votes in the Senate for the permanent position. “I am pleased to announce that Judge […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the federal government is devoting $1.5 billion to help states recover from Hurricane Helene and other recent natural disasters. The perception that the response to Hurricane Helene was mismanaged by the Biden-Harris administration became a significant theme of the Trump campaign in the late days of the 2024 election cycle. […]
