Feb 06 Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban By Will Graves, Associated Press President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee. Continue reading
Feb 06 After Trump's funding threat, South African president phones influential billionaire Musk By Gerald Imray, Associated Press South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law. Continue reading
Feb 06 Elon Musk uses his X ownership to be a mouthpiece for Trump narratives and his White House position to push his priorities By Ali Swenson, Chris Megerian, Associated Press The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world's most powerful information platforms to sell the government's… Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump blames 'obsolete' U.S. air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC By Josh Funk, Associated Press President Donald Trump says he thinks last week's deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have happened if the U.S. had a more modern air traffic control computer system. Continue reading
Feb 06 WATCH: Trump says he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' from U.S. at the National Prayer Breakfast By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Thursday he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the "targeting" of Christians. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 10:42 Middle East leaders condemn Trump's idea to remove Palestinians and take control of Gaza By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Shockwaves continue to reverberate around the world following President Trump’s remarks about seizing control of Gaza and turning the war-ravaged area into a "Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump repeated his idea that two million Palestinians from Gaza should relocate… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 6:47 Protests erupt as Elon Musk moves to gut government agencies By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens The Trump administration is targeting agencies and slashing the federal workforce and one man is orchestrating it all, Elon Musk. The richest man in the world has been given access to critical systems across the federal government. Democrats on the… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 2:23 Trump signs order banning trans athletes from competing in women's sports By Amna Nawaz, Winston Wilde President Trump took his first meeting at the White House with a Democratic foe, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, with federal aid for wildfire-stricken communities hanging in the balance. And with more executive actions, Trump took steps to restrict transgender rights… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 8:02 Former USAID administrator describes global impact of agency's 'destruction' By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn The Trump administration is continuing to dismantle USAID, placing personnel on administrative leave globally. A post on the agency's website claims that travel back to the U.S. for staff stationed in other countries will be arranged and ends with a… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 9:39 Trump's mass resignation offer creates widespread confusion for federal workers By Lisa Desjardins, Karina Cuevas More than two million civilian federal workers across the country are facing a deadline. They can either accept an offer from the Trump administration to resign and keep pay and benefits through September, or they can pass on the offer… Continue watching