Democrats have so far failed to derail any of President Trumpās nominees, lacking the numbers in the Senate to block them. But they are about […]
Tag: Appointments and Executive Changes
White House Takes Highly Unusual Step of Directly Firing Line Prosecutors
Two longtime career prosecutors have been suddenly fired by the White House, in what current and former Justice Department officials called an unusual and alarming […]
Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador
President Trump on Thursday said he had asked Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, to stay in Congress rather than serve as ambassador to […]
New York Womenās Basketball Coach Fired After Pulling Playerās Ponytail
The coach of a high school womenās basketball team from a community in New Yorkās Adirondacks was fired after he pulled a playerās ponytail at […]
DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials
A simmering dispute between the Department of Government Efficiency and an independent agency dedicated to promoting peace broke into an open standoff involving the police […]
Michael Waltz, Trumpās National Security Adviser, Is Taking Fire From Both Sides
Stephen K. Bannon, one of President Trumpās top allies, threw a party in January at his Capitol Hill townhouse for the Washington bureau chief of […]
Senate Confirms Linda McMahon as Education Secretary
The Senate voted along party lines on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as the nationās next education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling executive in charge […]
Judge Rules Trump Canāt Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts […]
Former Defense Secretaries Call Trumpās Firing of Military Leaders āRecklessā
Five former defense secretaries condemned President Trumpās firing last week of senior military leaders as ārecklessā and urged Congress not to confirm their successors. In […]
Government Watchdog Moves to Protect Probationary Federal Workers
A government watchdog lawyer whose dismissal by President Trump has been stalled by the courts announced on Monday that his office would seek to pause […]