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Administration Offers Buyouts to Federal Workforce

Employees must resign by Feb. 6 to be paid through September

(Newser) - Civilian federal workers who don't want to return to the office, as demanded in an executive order signed by President Trump, can instead choose to take a buyout. The White House's Office of Personnel Management sent government employees an email containing the terms on Tuesday, the Washington Post...

Treasury Pick Wins Senate Confirmation

Democrats argue nominee's tax returns show how the wealthy profit under current system

(Newser) - Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager, won Senate confirmation on Monday to become Treasury secretary, minutes after two Democrats criticized him in floor speeches over his handling of self-employment taxes involving his hedge fund. The 68-29 vote puts Bessent in place to steer President Trump's economic priorities, including extending...

Quaker Suit Fights End of Policy That Limited ICE Raid Locations
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Jan 27, 2025 5:26 PM CST

Quakers Sue Homeland Security

They don't want immigration raids on their property

(Newser) - A lawsuit filed Monday by a group of Quaker congregations challenges a policy change that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to raid schools, hospitals, playgrounds, and houses of worship. Such "sensitive locations" had been off-limits without approval from supervisors since the 1990s, the suit against the Department of...

State Department Freezes Foreign Aid Spending

Order seems to go beyond Trump's and include Ukraine assistance

(Newser) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a "stop-work" order on Friday affecting all existing foreign assistance and all new aid, an action that appeared to go further than President Trump's executive order issued this week and stunned the State Department's staff. The only exceptions are for emergency...

McConnell May Hold Key to Gabbard's Nomination

If former GOP Senate leader wavers, it could sink her chances for national intelligence post

(Newser) - In public and in private, Mitch McConnell has been silent on whether he'll support President-elect Trump's nominees, sources tell Axios . And for those working on behalf of former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence , the silence is becoming alarming. Gabbard's team...

Trump Names His 'Ambassadors to Hollywood'

That would be Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight

(Newser) - Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight will be President-elect Trump's "eyes and ears" in Hollywood as special ambassadors tasked with reviving Tinseltown's Golden Age. Gibson said he was "surprised" by the appointment, announced Thursday on Truth Social . "I got the tweet at the same...

'I Do Not Believe That You Are Qualified'

Pete Hegseth, defense nominee grilled at Senate hearing, cites a 'smear campaign' against him

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth was getting grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday in his confirmation hearing to be the next defense secretary. At the same time, the former Fox host defended himself against what he calls a "smear campaign" by the media. Some early highlights:
  • Critic: "I do not believe that
...

Rogan Backs Trump on Expanding US Borders

Podcast host suggests US should take Mexico, along with Canada

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has suggested that the United States should absorb Canada , Greenland , and the Panama Canal into its fold, but Joe Rogan thinks Mexico should be included in that annexation list. The president-elect has already posited that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the "Gulf of America,"...

Sources: Guatemala Will Work With Trump on Deportation

It will take its own citizens back, as well as those from other countries, sources tell Reuters

(Newser) - As a new Trump administration takes office next month, one Central America is making a proactive move: Sources tell Reuters that Guatemala, in an attempt to get in President-elect Trump's good graces, has said it will accept citizens of other countries who may be booted from the United States...

Callista Gingrich Gets Trump Nod for Ambassadorship

In Trump's first term, she was ambassador to the Vatican; now he wants her as Switzerland's envoy

(Newser) - Some big news for Callista Gingrich over the weekend: She's been selected by Donald Trump to serve as his ambassador to Switzerland, reports the AP . In a Sunday post on Truth Social, the president-elect said he was "pleased" to make this appointment. "Happily married to the Great...

Trump Taps Herschel Walker for Ambassador Job

Former football star will be ambassador to the Bahamas, if Senate agrees

(Newser) - Herschel Walker's athletic record qualifies him to serve as US ambassador to the Bahamas, President-elect Trump said late Tuesday in announcing the embattled former football star as his pick for the position. "Herschel has spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation's youth, our men and...

Graham: Hegseth to Free Accuser From NDA

SC senator says he's a tentative 'yes' on ex-Fox News host leading DOD, despite sex assault claim

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth's path to becoming secretary of defense has seen multiple obstacles, including a 2017 sexual assault allegation and an unflattering email from his own mother . On the latter, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says Hegseth is ready to make a big move—releasing his accuser in that case from...

Trump Transition Team's Latest Ask Would Boost Tesla

Staffers want incoming WH administration to nix reporting rule on car crashes

(Newser) - Tesla stock jumped to an all-time high of $424.77 on Wednesday, beating its November 2021 record of $409.97, reports CNBC . Per Bloomberg , Tesla owner Elon Musk has Donald Trump to thank for that "assist," with a 69% stock surge for the EV manufacturer since the president-elect...

Morning Joe Criticizes Guest's Joke, He Fires Back

David Frum suggests MSNBC hosts are in 'fear' of incoming Trump White House

(Newser) - The Morning Joe team is again making headlines over its handling of the incoming Trump administration. Once more, critics say Joe Scarborough and wife Mika Brzezinski are kowtowing, while the MSNBC hosts defiantly reject the idea. The latest flap stems from an appearance on Wednesday by Atlantic writer David Frum,...

Bezos: I May Be 'Naive,' but I'm 'Very Optimistic' About Trump

Amazon founder says he thinks 'it's going to be great' under the incoming administration

(Newser) - Some Americans started thinking about fleeing the country after Donald Trump won his second presidency, but Jeff Bezos isn't too worried—in fact, he's "very optimistic this time around." Speaking Wednesday at the New York Times' DealBook Summit , the Amazon founder said that President-elect Trump "...

After Trump Tariffs Threat, Mexico Makes Huge Drug Bust

Mexico makes what officials say is biggest fentanyl seizure ever there

(Newser) - Mexican soldiers and marines seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country's history. The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures in Mexico earlier this year, and days...

Report: Hegseth's Fox Colleagues Worried About His Drinking

Co-workers anonymously describe behavior they found concerning

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth was hit with another controversial report Tuesday. Ten current and former Fox News employees tell NBC News that during Hegseth's tenure as a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend—which started in 2017 and ended after President-elect Trump announced Hegseth as his choice to lead the Defense...

Billionaire GOP Donor Gets Nod for Prestigious Ambassadorship

Trump picks Warren Stephens as ambassador to UK

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC, the AP reports. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was...

Opinion: Trump's FBI Move Is a 'Constitutional Crisis'

David Frum writes that the president-elect wants the powerful agency to do his bidding

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI is drawing plenty of criticism on the left and plenty of praise from the MAGA wing. But in the Atlantic , David Frum argues that the real controversy isn't the decision to pick Patel but to fire current FBI...

What to Know About Trump's Pick to Lead the FBI
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Dec 2, 2024 7:39 AM CST

FBI Nominee Has Vowed to Gut the Agency

Kash Patel is a polarizing figure

(Newser) - Kash Patel is President-elect Trump's pick to lead the FBI come January, and he may now be the most controversial of the nominees standing. As a New York Times profile notes, few nominated for any federal post "have come with quite so much bravado, bombast or baggage."...

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