Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
A longtime Wall Street executive, Mr. Lutnick will take on a broad portfolio that includes defending U.S. business interests and overseeing restrictions on technology exports.
Elon Musk still hasn’t reached out to Ashley St. Clair after baby claim— as pic remerges of her with billionaire in 2023
“Be careful. Elon gets women pregnant with that gaze,” one user wrote at the time.
Trump calls for Ukraine to hold elections to potentially replace Zelensky as he takes swipe at president’s approval rating
Trump claimed Zelensky, who was first elected in 2019, has a “4% approval rating” — despite polls showing the Ukrainian president hovering just above 50%.
Trump’s FBI pick Kash Patel advances in full Senate procedural vote before expected confirmation
GOP senators have praised Patel, 44, for his commitment to rooting out political “weaponization” at the FBI — while Democrats have accused him of perjuring himself in his confirmation hearing.
Trump May Name Alice Johnson to Be ‘Pardon Czar’
Alice Marie Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction when the president commuted her sentence in 2018. Since then, she has become a criminal justice reform activist.
170 Migrants Deported From U.S. Agree to Return to Home Countries, Panama Says
Days after the United States sent 300 migrants from Asia and the Middle East to Panama, a Panamanian official said that more than half had agreed to be deported to their countries of origin.
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order
The cuts at the foundation, which supports cutting-edge research, came as the nation’s health and science agencies were reeling from other significant cuts.
Trump signs executive order to ‘aggressively reduce’ IVF costs — after campaign pledge to make it free
“PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT: President Trump just signed an Executive Order to Expand Access to IVF!” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tweeted.
Senior US prosecutor resigns, citing demand to probe Biden-era contract
Denise Cheung supervised criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.