Feb 25 WATCH: White House says Trump administration will choose which news organizations get access By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the changes would rotate some traditional outlets from the group and include some streaming services. Continue reading
Feb 25 WATCH: Senate confirms Iraq War vet Daniel Driscoll as Army secretary By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The Senate has confirmed Dan Driscoll to be the next Army secretary, voting 66-28 to put the former soldier and Iraq War veteran at the helm of the service. Continue reading
Feb 25 WATCH: House Republicans pass their budget resolution, crucial step toward delivering Trump agenda By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Matt Brown, Associated Press The vote late Tuesday evening is a crucial step toward delivering what he's called his "big, beautiful bill," with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts. Continue reading
Feb 25 Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico are ‘on time’ with more import taxes to come By Josh Boak, Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Trump has claimed that other countries charge unfair import taxes that have come at the expense of domestic manufacturing and jobs. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 2:58 Ukraine marks 3 years since start of Russia’s invasion as Trump’s stance raises concerns By Geoff Bennett, Jonah Anderson Three years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the grim anniversary was marked in Kyiv and across Europe. It comes as the U.S., under President Trump, has changed its stance on the war. It has sparked deep… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 4:50 Trump picks loyalist Bongino to be second-in-command at FBI By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura President Trump has picked a loyalist to be second-in-command at the FBI. Dan Bongino grew a massive online following spreading lies about election security, including that the agency he’ll help oversee tried to rig the 2016 and 2020 elections. Lisa… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 6:07 Retired rear admiral fears Trump replacing military leaders with those ‘loyal to him’ By Geoff Bennett, Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn The Trump administration fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown, breaking with decades of precedent as part of a broader purge of senior military leaders. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said the administration… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 7:32 Why a former IRS commissioner says Musk’s mass layoffs are a huge mistake By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat The IRS is in the process of terminating more than 6,000 employees, around six percent of the agency’s workforce, as Elon Musk’s team continues its efforts to cut federal employees. Former IRS leaders who served under both Democratic and Republican… Continue watching
Feb 24 Judge won’t immediately restore Associated Press’ access to White House By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law "is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.”… Continue reading
Feb 24 Trump defends Musk’s demand that federal employees summarize what they’ve been doing By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Attorneys representing unions, businesses, veterans and conservation organizations filed an updated lawsuit in federal court in California on Monday, arguing Elon Musk had violated the law by threatening mass firings. Continue reading