Posts by Amelia Frost
Senate Votes Along Party Lines To Confirm Vought As OMB Director Despite Democrats’ Protests
[ad_1] Reuters Voting predictably along party lines, the Senate voted Thursday night to confirm Russell Vought as President Donald Trump’s nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Following a lengthy hold out by Democrats delivering speeches on the floor in protest for 30 hours, Republicans pushed through the divisive Vought by a…
Read MoreDozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
[ad_1] Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device,…
Read MoreHead of Federal Agency Taken Over by Elon Musk’s DOGE Rejects Trump ‘Buyout,’ Decides to Resign Outright
[ad_1] People protested against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) outside of the US Department of Labor near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 5, 2025. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The administrator in charge of White House tech has announced his resignation, while rejecting the controversial “Fork in the…
Read MoreTrump Met PGA Commissioner About Saudi Golf Tour Deal
[ad_1] President Trump met this week with the PGA Tour commissioner, the tour said on Thursday, as the Justice Department considers whether to approve a venture between the United States’ premier golf circuit and one backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The meeting at the White House on Tuesday was an unusual foray for…
Read MoreGovernment Agencies Cancel Politico Pro Subscriptions
[ad_1] The White House is following through on its plan to cut back on news subscriptions inside government agencies. A spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department, Audra Weeks, said on Thursday that the agency had canceled its subscriptions to Politico Pro, a news and information service, after reviewing its media contracts. It was not immediately clear…
Read MoreSenate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
[ad_1] The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s agenda to upend the federal bureaucracy and slash spending that the administration thinks is wasteful. The 53-to-47 vote returns Mr. Vought…
Read MoreBig Tech’s AI Spending Rattles Markets
[ad_1] E-commerce giant Amazon reported strong earnings Thursday but, like its big tech peers Microsoft and Google, saw its stock price fall on concerns over high AI investment costs. The mounting expenses of data-intensive artificial intelligence and its infrastructure have cast a shadow over this earnings season, with only Facebook owner Meta winning Wall Street’s…
Read MoreKenya Deploys Additional 144 Police To Haiti
[ad_1] A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP journalists observed, as the United States reiterated its support but called for a “new direction.” The police contingent, which Kenya’s interior ministry said earlier included 144 officers, was greeted at the international airport in Port-au-Prince…
Read MorePam Bondi Disbands DOJ’s Anti-Corruption Task Force, Will Use Seized Fund to Build Detention Centers: Report
[ad_1] The Trump administration closed the DOJ’s anti-corruption task force on Thursday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A report found that newly appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) anti-corruption task force and the Trump administration will use the seized fund to build detention centers in Texas and Guantanamo Bay. Bondi sent an…
Read MoreAirline Pilots in the DC Plane Crash Acted as Expected, Experts Say
[ad_1] Just after 8:43 p.m. on Jan. 29, an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, posed a question to the pilots of American Airlines Flight 5342: Could they land at a different runway? There was nothing unusual about the request or the pilots’ assent to it. But the decision to switch…
Read MoreTrump Amplifies Conspiracy Over U.S. Payments to Politico
[ad_1] President Trump amplified unfounded claims on Thursday that the government had been paying news media outlets to generate positive coverage of Democrats. The conspiracy theories appear to have been generated by records showing payments for something much more innocuous: subscriptions. Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social site that “billions of dollars” from U.S.A.I.D.…
Read MoreElon Musk’s DOGE Blocked from Accessing Labor Department Data in Stunning Win for Unions
[ad_1] A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Labor Department data, marking a major win for unions. AP Photo A federal judge delivered a major victory for labor unions Thursday by temporarily blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive Department of Labor (DOL) data. The…
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