President Donald Trump is expected to sign two new executive orders banning transgender people from enlisting in the military, as well as eliminating the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the military. The orders, expected to be signed on Monday, will reinstate Trump’s previous policy from his first term, which …
Read More »Trump Orders Freeze on Billions in Federal Financial Assistance. Chaos Ensues
The federal government on Tuesday is slated to implement a freeze on tens of billions of dollars in federal grants. President Donald Trump ordered the stop as part of his larger effort to purge the government of programs and expenditures promoting diversity initiatives. The suspension is already having a wide-ranging …
Read More »Biden May Have Quietly Thrown a Wrench in Trump's Plan to 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports. While Joe Biden is no longer president, the study’s release could complicate President …
Read More »Right-Wingers Bash Anti-Trans Lawmaker for Unwittingly Touting DEI
As President Donald Trump moves to purge DEI and “woke” programs from all swaths of the federal government in a frenzy of executive orders and directives, his supporters are cannibalizing one of their own. In 1999, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) became the first woman to graduate from The Citadel military …
Read More »Caroline Kennedy Blasts RFK Jr. Ahead of Confirmation Hearing: 'Addicted to Attention and Power'
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to sit for his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy is warning senators that her cousin is a “predator” who is “addicted to attention and power.” In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, and later published online, Kennedy wrote …
Read More »A Judge Has Already Temporarily Blocked Trump's Federal Funding Freeze
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan has partially blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order halting the distribution of billions — potentially trillions — in federal funds and grant money to government programs. AliKhan ordered the administration to “maintain the status quo” until Feb. 3 in regard to the continued …
Read More »Kash Patel's Cringe Documentary Teases What Could Be in Store for the FBI
Kash Patel will sit down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to explain why he should be confirmed to lead an agency he seems to despise. Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said he would shut down the agency’s headquarters “on Day …
Read More »Dems Sound Alarm on Trump's Quiet Bid to Raise Prescription Prices
Donald Trump’s first week in office was defined by a torrent of executive orders and proclamations, with the president openly hailing the beginning of a transformative era of American politics. While Trump is more than happy to brag about the orders he’s signed cracking down on undocumented migrants, targeting transgender …
Read More »Vance Suggests Catholic Church Helps Immigrants to Boost Its 'Bottom Line'
Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which came out against some executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, including ones that would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enter churches and schools. Vance accused the church of helping immigrants to help “their bottom line.” Archbishop …
Read More »Karine Jean-Pierre Would Not Have Done It Any Differently
On any given day over the last two-and-a-half years, outgoing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would show up to work with no idea how that day might unfold. She might get to announce from the lectern that President Joe Biden had just protected millions of acres of Arctic wilderness, …
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