Feb 27 Trump administration mass firings of federal probationary workers likely unlawful, judge finds By Janie Har, Associated Press U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including the Department of Defense. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 4:20 Trump meets with British PM amid tensions with Europe over Ukraine and tariffs By Lisa Desjardins, Eliot Barnhart British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continued a week of Oval Office diplomacy, arriving at the White House for meetings with President Trump and his team. Starmer is the second of three critical European allies to meet with the president this… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 10:34 Black women serving in Senate together reflect on historic first and making an impact By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware for a conversation about breaking… Continue watching
Feb 27 5 facts about the federal workforce that may surprise you By Hannah Grabenstein Federal data paints a varied portrait of the people who make up the U.S. civil service. Continue reading
Feb 27 Iowa approves bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press The Iowa House approved a bill Thursday that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, less than an hour after the state Senate backed the legislation. First introduced last week, the measure raced through the legislative… Continue reading
Feb 27 WATCH: Trump meets with UK leader Starmer, receives invite from King Charles III to visit Scotland By Associated Press The letter captured by photographs and shown partially by Trump to reporters in the Oval Office says the British monarch remembers with “great fondness” Trump’s visit during his first term. Continue reading
Feb 27 WATCH: Trump and UK Prime Minister Starmer hold news conference By Jill Lawless, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer used a visit to Washington on Thursday to press President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick endgame to Russia's bloody invasion of its neighbor. Continue reading
Feb 27 Democratic lawmakers say DOGE access to U.S. intelligence secrets poses a national security threat By David Klepper, Associated Press Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Elon Musk about whether Department of Government Efficiency staffers have shared national security secrets over insecure communication channels. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Continue reading
Feb 26 Starmer brings UK defense spending pledge to Washington to help sway Trump on Ukraine By Jill Lawless, Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine as Washington pushes to end the war. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 3:58 Trump and Musk preview more cuts to federal workforce in first Cabinet meeting By Lisa Desjardins At the White House Wednesday morning, President Trump convened the very first Cabinet meeting of his second administration. In an hour-plus question and answer with reporters, Trump did most of the talking. But there was one figure there who didn’t… Continue watching