For years, Republicans claimed that Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan was politicizing her ostensibly independent agency by working too closely with the Biden administration. Days before the election, House Republicans aligned with Donald Trump even put out a scathing report on the subject. That was then. In a repeat of the last time Trump […]
With January fast approaching, federal workers are bracing for the new reality under President Donald Trump — and they’re worried about their jobs. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Trump appointed to co-lead the new government advisory board, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have vowed to cut roughly $2 trillion in spending, with […]
After campaigning on a pledge to retaliate against his political enemies, Donald Trump will get expanded spying powers when he returns to the White House next month. Congress granted surveillance agencies sweeping new authority in April, under pressure from the Biden administration. Civil liberties experts warned that the measure, tacked on as an amendment to the […]
President Joe Biden is poised to sign a bipartisan bill this week that would restrict gender-affirming care for transgender children of military service members. In an 85-14 vote on Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled Senate approved the annual defense spending bill, which includes an anti-trans rider tacked on by Republican leadership. If the massive $895 billion National […]
American officials are apoplectic about alleged mystery drones flying over the United States. Last Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to President Joe Biden, expressing “growing concern” about the drones and seeking federal help “to fully understand what is behind this activity.” Tri-state area Democratic Sens. Cory Booker, Andy Kim, Chuck Schumer, […]
Yehya Qasem was having dinner with his family one evening in early October when the unmistakable sound of Israeli airstrikes pierced the air. The series of so-called firebelts were so deafening that his mom and siblings froze in fear, forsaking their meal of canned chickpeas. Qasem peered out the window to see what was going […]
The CIA analyst accused of leaking top secret documents about Israel’s war plans against Iran must stay in jail ahead of trial, a federal judge said Wednesday. The judge sided with prosecutors’ claims that the analyst could make further disclosures affecting events in the turbulent Middle East if he was free before his trial on […]
Hackers have gained sweeping access to U.S. text messages and phone calls — and in response, the FBI is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad advice about encryption that it has trotted out for years. In response to the Salt Typhoon hack, attributed to state-backed hackers from China, the bureau is touting the long-debunked […]
During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department launched four sprawling leak investigations that ultimately targeted two Democrats in Congress, dozens of congressional staffers from both parties, and eight reporters at three national outlets, as described in a report from the top DOJ watchdog on Tuesday. The Justice Department’s inspector general found prosecutors never notified […]
Supporters of gender-affirming care for transitioning minors outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024, as the justices hear arguments on a case from Tennessee. Photo: Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that will determine the fate of trans youth health care — […]
