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A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.
After the Supreme Court allowed President Trump on Tuesday to resume firing government workers, federal employees rushed to Signal group chats and anxious phone calls, trying to figure out what it meant for them.
A judge has released a letter penned by the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida, in which he makes the bizarre offer to be traded in a prisoner swap.
Why that day? Why Butler? Why were you such a mess in Butler? Were you told to be a mess? Were you told by someone not to do your job? You do your job every other time, why that day?”
When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
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“MATT GAETZ PULLED FROM CHARLIE KIRK EVENT - SUMMONED TO DC BY TRUMP. Gaetz won’t be at the Student Action Summit today. Trump wants him in D.C. Now the question...is he being tapped as Special Prosecutor?” one commentator noted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
Protestors in Sao Paulo made an effigy of the US president, and then set it on fire. As the paper POTUS went up in flames, they cheered and chanted "Brazil is ours," and "Trump out." The protest was in response to the Trump administration's plan to increase tariffs on imports of Brazilian goods from 10% to 50%.
The report found 1 in 6 survivors surveyed were forced to trade sexual favors for housing, food and aid relief after the fire.
On July 8, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel faced growing criticism from right-wing influencers and MAGA supporters after the Justice Department released findings that debunked key conspiracy theories long circulated about Epstein’s death and alleged clientele.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department will start firing more than 1,350 U.S-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its U.S. diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. interest abroad.