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GOP Lawmaker Wants to Make Trump's Birthday a Holiday

New York's Claudia Tenney introduces bill for president's special day to be federally recognized

(Newser) - June 14 is Flag Day in the United States, and it also happens to be President Trump's birthday. Now, a Republican congresswoman wants to merge them into one big celebration that would even shut some government offices down, reports the Hill . "Just as George Washington's birthday is...

Top Social Security Official Out After DOGE Tries to Access Data

Advocate says her replacement has reportedly already granted the access, however

(Newser) - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency tried to access sensitive information at the Social Security Administration over the weekend, and Acting Commissioner Michelle King refused to grant it—and then stepped down from her position, multiple sources tell outlets including the Washington Post and the AP . A Trump administration...

'No Kings' Rallies Denounce Trump and Musk

Event follows similar nationwide demonstrations this month

(Newser) - Demonstrators opposed to President Trump and his policies turned out despite frigid weather for rallies Monday corresponding with the Presidents Day holiday. Dubbed "No Kings on Presidents Day" by the 50501 Movement, the AP reports, the protests came less than two weeks after a similar nationwide event drew participants...

Trump Begins Firing Staffers at the FAA

Purge of several hundred started via email Friday night

(Newser) - The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late-night emails on Friday notifying them they'd been fired,...

Report: Trump Administration Squeezes Romania on Tates

Per FT , US wants travel restrictions lifted on siblings held for sex misconduct, trafficking, other crimes

(Newser) - Andrew and Tristan Tate are being detained in Romania on human trafficking, sexual misconduct, money laundering, and organized crime charges, but the US government now wants the influencers to have a little more freedom in how they move about. Per the Financial Times , the Trump administration is putting the squeeze...

Spokesman: Trump Is Eyeing a Rose Garden Overhaul

President reportedly wants to tear grass out, pave over it to make a patio like Mar-a-Lago's

(Newser) - Joni Mitchell (and Counting Crows ) sang about paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, but the White House probably wasn't what Mitchell had in mind when she penned her famous lyrics. Sources tell the New York Times that President Trump is mulling a "Mar-a-Lago vibe"...

EU Leaders Hold Emergency Huddle Over Trump

(Newser) - French President Emmanuel Macron called leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom to his ornate Elysee Palace on Monday for an emergency meeting on how to deal with the US, a once rock-solid partner, the AP reports. The move follows a weeklong diplomatic blitz on Ukraine by...

Trump Limo Takes a Lap at Daytona 500

President says NASCAR's spirit will 'fuel America's golden age'

(Newser) - Donald Trump, attending the Daytona 500 for the second time as president Sunday, called the opening event of the NASCAR series a unifying event that possesses a spirit that will "fuel America's Golden Age"—which he has said would happen under his leadership, the AP reports. In...

Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

Trump Takes First Appeal of Term to Supreme Court

Emergency filing seeks removal of head of the Office of Special Counsel

(Newser) - The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Trump took office last month. The Justice Department's filing obtained by...

The Rise of Charlie Kirk


The Rise of
Charlie Kirk
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Feb 16, 2025 12:45 PM CST

The Rise of Charlie Kirk

New York Times Magazine looks at how the 31-year-old has become one of the biggest figures on the right

(Newser) - A New York Times Magazine profile of Charlie Kirk anoints the 31-year-old the "youth whisperer of the American right." The story by Robert Draper looks at how Kirk has embedded himself in President Trump's inner circle, which "is especially notable when you consider that he has...

Trump Posts a Telling Quote on Truth Social

Sentiment about violating the law may have begun with Napoleon

(Newser) - Judges , Democrats, and legal experts are among those who have said there have been Trump administration actions already that are outside the law. President Trump posted a counterargument Saturday. "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," the post says. Trump put it up on...

Big Layoffs Expected at IRS Amid Tax Season

Elon Musk's DOGE has been looking at the agency

(Newser) - Last week, a representative of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency arrived at IRS headquarters in DC. What now? The agency will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, the AP reports, quoting two sources familiar with the plan. The New York Times also...

Can Trump Kill the Penny? It&#39;s a Little Unclear
A Look at What Killing
the Penny Might Mean
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Feb 15, 2025 3:15 PM CST

A Look at What Killing the Penny Might Mean

'That will be the end of $6.99 fast food combo meals,' says one economist

(Newser) - President Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, though it's unclear whether he has the authority to do that. The move has nonetheless renewed an old debate about whether the penny needs to go. Details:
  • Congress: Discontinuing the penny would likely take an act
...

Mexico: OK, We'll Rename the Continent

How does 'Mexican America' sound?

(Newser) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her government wouldn't rule out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the "Gulf of America," per the AP . Sheinbaum, in her...

Amid 'Climate of Fear' at Kennedy Center, Another Star Walks

Actor Issa Rae nixes March show for 'infringement' on institution's 'values' at the hands of Trump

(Newser) - Musician Ben Folds, opera singer Renee Fleming, and TV showrunner Shonda Rimes have all walked away from their posts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the wake of President Trump gutting the center's board made up of Biden appointees, then appointing a new group...

Ukraine Says Russia Hit Chernobyl Shield

Structure was hit in drone attack hours before Munich security conference

(Newser) - Ukraine says the concrete and steel shell protecting a destroyed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was damaged in a Russian drone strike overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the strike with a high-explosive warhead caused a fire that has now been extinguished, but radiation levels at the site have not increased,...

14 States Sue Trump, Musk, DOGE
14 States Sue
Trump, Musk, DOGE
Feb 14, 2025 6:09 AM CST

14 States Sue Trump, Musk, DOGE

Coalition claims the president is violating the Constitution

(Newser) - Elon Musk's efforts to "delete" government agencies and fire thousands of workers is unconstitutional, a coalition of 14 states alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday against Musk, his Department of Governmental Efficiency, and President Trump. New Mexico is leading the coalition of states, which claims the unelected billionaire'...

TikTok Is Back
TikTok Is Back
Feb 14, 2025 1:30 AM CST

TikTok Is Back

Google, Apple return it to their app stores

(Newser) - You can once again download TikTok from your app store of choice after Google and Apple both restored the social media app's availability. After a law banning TikTok went into effect in the US, the Chinese-owned app was removed from app stores, but it has now returned following President...

Wall Street Journal Warns of 'Biggest Threat' to Trump

Editorial is worried about rising inflation

(Newser) - Inflation helped get President Trump elected to a second term, but it also poses the "biggest threat" to his presidency from a political standpoint, warns an editorial in the Wall Street Journal . Trump, of course, is not to blame for this week's inflation report showing an increase for...

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