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Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”
It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with. Since taking office, Trump has ousted leaders, placed staff on administrative leave and cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to artists, libraries, museums, theaters and others, through takeovers of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Trump has also pushed to withhold federal research and education funds from universities and punish law firms unless they agreed to eliminate diversity programs and other measures Trump has found objectionable.
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump’s election, as Republicans have long complained about them. ...
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Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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Power of judges to hold Trump administration in contempt may be undermined with filibuster-proof GOP proposal | CNN Politics
The ability of federal judges to hold the Trump administration in contempt for defying their orders could be undermined by legislation approved by a House Republican-led committee late Wednesday in a bill that may be impossible for Senate Democrats to filibuster.
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Next US national security advisor? Here's who Trump might pick to replace Waltz
Fox News Digital took a look at whom President Donald Trump could select to replace former national security advisor Mike Waltz.
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Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants
The party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the power of the landmark environmental law.
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Rubio takes on two top national security roles after embracing Trump's 'America First' vision
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security roles at once after President Donald Trump appointed him to temporarily replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser.
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Trump jokes his admin will 'forget about' separation of church and state: 'We're bringing religion back'
President Donald Trump celebrated the National Day of Prayer on Thursday by joking that his administration may end the separation of church and state.
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Kamala Harris condemns Trump's first 100 days, calling on Democrats to band together
The former vice president panned Trump's agenda, saying he pulled America to the brink of a constitutional crisis, devastated the economy and abandoned world allies.
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Politico: Ketanji Brown Jackson warns Trump’s rhetoric against judges are ‘attacks on our democracy’ | CNN Politics
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday strongly criticized President Donald Trump — without naming him — for his attacks on judges, arguing that the rhetoric of the president and his allies threatens democracy, according to Politico.
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Trump says it's Biden's economy, but businesses and economists beg to differ
When the stock market was climbing in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who deserved credit: He did.
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Trump's deportation campaign is capitalizing on a key hallmark: Speed
The president has been emboldened in his second term, surrounded by loyalists and governing a nation that has moved to the right on immigration.
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Analysis: John Roberts wrote three cases dissolving the separation of church and state. Will he take another leap of faith? | CNN Politics
Over his 20 years on the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts has demonstrated an ability to slowly build the scaffolding, case by case, for a major development in the law. At the same time, he is also known for famously decrying “jolts” to the legal system.
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Trump nominates Mike Waltz for UN ambassador in major shake-up of national security team
President Donald Trump says he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as United Nations ambassador while Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take over Waltz’s duties on an interim role.
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SCOOP: 38 GOP lawmakers say not repealing Biden's green agenda in Trump tax bill is 'hypocrisy'
A group of House Republicans is pushing their leaders to eliminate the Biden administration's clean energy tax credits in reconciliation.
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Trump nominates Waltz for high-level post after ousting him as national security advisor
President Donald Trump announced former national security advisor Mike Waltz as his choice to serve as ambassador to the U.N. after Rep. Elise Stefanik withdrew her nomination amid concern over the GOP's slim majority in the House.
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Trump administration weighs sending migrants to Libya and Rwanda, sources say | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records and are in the United States to the two countries.
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AOC draws spotlight with Queens town hall as 2028 White House talk swirls
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is hosting an in-person town hall in Jackson Heights, Queens, on Friday night amid speculation she is considering a 2028 presidential run.
After speaking at a May Day protest in New York City on Thursday, rejecting Trump's agenda and warning protesters that Republicans "are going after Medicaid next," Ocasio-Cortez is returning home to New York's 14th congressional district to "share updates on her work in D.C., provide important constituent updates, and take questions from the audience."
Ocasio-Cortez has...
Continue reading...After speaking at a May Day protest in New York City on Thursday, rejecting Trump's agenda and warning protesters that Republicans "are going after Medicaid next," Ocasio-Cortez is returning home to New York's 14th congressional district to "share updates on her work in D.C., provide important constituent updates, and take questions from the audience."
Ocasio-Cortez has...
Brown University in GOP crosshairs after student's DOGE-like email kicks off frenzy
FIRST ON FOX: A brewing controversy over a "DOGE-like" email at one of America’s top universities has gotten the attention of Capitol Hill.
Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, wrote to Brown University on Friday morning urging the school to reconsider any disciplinary action against Alex Shieh, a sophomore who sent an email mirroring the style of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that asked non-faculty university workers what they did "all day."
"Reports indicate that Mr. Shieh engaged in a journalistic act of contacting university...
Continue reading...Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, wrote to Brown University on Friday morning urging the school to reconsider any disciplinary action against Alex Shieh, a sophomore who sent an email mirroring the style of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that asked non-faculty university workers what they did "all day."
"Reports indicate that Mr. Shieh engaged in a journalistic act of contacting university...
Trump asks SCOTUS to strip protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to override a lower court ruling and let it move forward with ending protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals in the U.S.
The government is asking the high court to block, for now, a March ruling from U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that delayed President Donald Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for some 350,000 Venezuelan nationals living in the U.S. Those protections would have otherwise expired in April.
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Continue reading...The government is asking the high court to block, for now, a March ruling from U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that delayed President Donald Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for some 350,000 Venezuelan nationals living in the U.S. Those protections would have otherwise expired in April.
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Fla. AG to rebuff judge who ordered halt to state immigration enforcement: 'The court has overstepped'
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will rebut a judge’s demand that his office order state law enforcement to halt enforcement of a state immigration law she ordered paused under suspicion of unconstitutionality.
The law allows for misdemeanor charges against illegal immigrants who enter Florida and hope to avoid federal immigration officials.
"The judge wants me to put my stamp of approval on an order prohibiting all state law enforcement from enforcing Florida’s immigration laws when no law enforcement are party to the lawsuit,"...
Continue reading...The law allows for misdemeanor charges against illegal immigrants who enter Florida and hope to avoid federal immigration officials.
"The judge wants me to put my stamp of approval on an order prohibiting all state law enforcement from enforcing Florida’s immigration laws when no law enforcement are party to the lawsuit,"...
Trump's surgeon general pick touted as 'fierce' MAHA advocate before confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, garnering support ahead of her upcoming confirmation hearing, with senators describing her as a "fierce" advocate for the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement.
Sources familiar with her confirmation hearing prep told Fox News Digital that Nesheiwat has had many "productive meetings" on Capitol Hill regarding her nomination.
TRUMP PICKS DR. JANETTE NESHEIWAT AS NATION'S NEXT SURGEON GENERAL
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Continue reading...Sources familiar with her confirmation hearing prep told Fox News Digital that Nesheiwat has had many "productive meetings" on Capitol Hill regarding her nomination.
TRUMP PICKS DR. JANETTE NESHEIWAT AS NATION'S NEXT SURGEON GENERAL
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Plan for possible military parade on Trump's birthday includes troops, vehicles
The Army is planning for a potential military parade on President Trump's birthday in June that would include "thousands" of troops, as well and Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles, a defense official confirmed.
According to planning documents obtained by the AP, the parade calls for over 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, tanks, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians.
The documents, dated April 29 and 30, have not been publicly released. They represent the Army's most recent blueprint for its long-planned 250th...
Continue reading...According to planning documents obtained by the AP, the parade calls for over 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, tanks, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians.
The documents, dated April 29 and 30, have not been publicly released. They represent the Army's most recent blueprint for its long-planned 250th...
REAL ID renews America’s age-old dread of the DMV
A stricter identity verification requirement for U.S. residents is slated to take force next week after 20 years of delay. And for many, the law will require a visit to one of the nation's most notorious, time-honored places of dread: the Department of Motor Vehicles.
These facilities can vary slightly both in name and in acronym: Texans, for example, have a Department of Public Safety or DPS; Floridians dub theirs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or HSMV. (Add to the mix the DDS, the BMV and the MVD, it's a veritable alphabet...
Continue reading...These facilities can vary slightly both in name and in acronym: Texans, for example, have a Department of Public Safety or DPS; Floridians dub theirs the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or HSMV. (Add to the mix the DDS, the BMV and the MVD, it's a veritable alphabet...
Billions spent, warfighters wait: Inside the Pentagon’s broken buying system and the plan to fix it
The Pentagon's procurement system has kept American forces stocked with some of the most iconic military hardware in history – from the battle-hardened Humvee to the cutting-edge Apache helicopter. But according to the Army's top technology officer, it's also trapped in a cycle of outdated thinking and bloated paperwork that could hinder the U.S. in the next great-power conflict.
"We still have just over 100,000 Humvees," Alex Miller, the Army’s Chief Technology Officer, told Fox News Digital, speaking about the legacy vehicle first introduced in...
Continue reading..."We still have just over 100,000 Humvees," Alex Miller, the Army’s Chief Technology Officer, told Fox News Digital, speaking about the legacy vehicle first introduced in...
Doug Burgum unveils major deregulatory shift to boost Gulf oil and gas production
EXCLUSIVE: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Friday will update a Biden-era federal rule regarding energy development as a major cost-saving measure to private firms, one day after taking a visit to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the Gulf Coast.
A source familiar with the workings of the rule said it essentially will "massively deregulate" a rule passed between the two Trump administrations and should further bolster Gulf Coast oil and gas production by providing lower startup costs for energy firms.
The rule outlines criteria...
Continue reading...A source familiar with the workings of the rule said it essentially will "massively deregulate" a rule passed between the two Trump administrations and should further bolster Gulf Coast oil and gas production by providing lower startup costs for energy firms.
The rule outlines criteria...
Buttigieg 'got nothing done,' Duffy declares: 'Pete appears unburdened by no longer being a cabinet secretary'
Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy suggested that the department has accomplished more during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term than President Joe Biden and former Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg accomplished in four years.
Duffy made the assertion when sharing a post by Buttigieg, who became Transportation secretary not long after Biden took office in 2021.
"100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better," Buttigieg wrote in the
Continue reading...Duffy made the assertion when sharing a post by Buttigieg, who became Transportation secretary not long after Biden took office in 2021.
"100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better," Buttigieg wrote in the
Chile issues tsunami warning after earthquake
The warning is issued for parts of the remote Magallanes region after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast.
Continue reading...Hundreds of cars get flat tyres after truck spills scrap metal
A truck spilled hundreds of kilograms of metal shards on the M1 state highway in New South Wales, damaging 300 cars.
Continue reading...Are Trump's tariffs just punishing China for being good at what it does?
Guangzhou, China — The annual Canton Fair in Guangzhou is China's largest import-export trade show. It covers a space equal to about 200 football fields and has been running since 1957 — when China's economy was isolated from the rest of the world. The country's leaders decided the expo, since formally named the China Import and Export Fair, was the best way to overcome trade obstacles imposed by the West and to drum up business investment and interest from overseas markets.
In the almost seven decades since, China has transformed into the world's...
Continue reading...In the almost seven decades since, China has transformed into the world's...
Blue state lawmaker demands 'accountability' after illegal immigrant's planned early release exposed
California state Sen. Tony Strickland believes policy reforms are warranted after federal authorities intervened in the planned early release of an illegal immigrant convicted in a 2021 DUI manslaughter that killed two Orange County teenagers in his district in Seal Beach.
The Republican told Fox News Digital that changes are needed to programs like the in-prison credit system that may have allowed Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano to be released back into the community in July if the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Continue reading...The Republican told Fox News Digital that changes are needed to programs like the in-prison credit system that may have allowed Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano to be released back into the community in July if the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement...