Acting Chief of the Social Security Administration Michelle King has stepped down after reportedly refusing to grant the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive recipient data. King, who served for more than 30 years, left the agency over the weekend. Reports say she rejected requests for Social Se...
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift an order blocking the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel. The Office investigates government wrongdoing and protects whistleblowers. In January, President Donald Trump removed agency head Hampton Dellinger. Dellinger called the firing illegal under federal law, whi...
A man in Miami fired 17 shots at two people in a vehicle, thinking they were Palestinian. Police arrested 27-year-old Mordechai Brafman, charging him with attempted murder. The Miami Herald reports that the victims were visitors from Israel, though their nationality remains unclear. Surveillance footage shows him making a U-turn, stopping in f...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Trump administration proposed that the US receive a 50% ownership stake in Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for the military and financial aid provided to Kyiv to fight Russia, NBC News reported, citing multiple US officials familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, Ukraine would transfer partial cont...
The Trump administration has begun firing thousands of federal workers as part of its plan to cut government spending. Several federal agencies have terminated probationary employees, including the Departments of Education, Energy, and Veterans Affairs. The Office of Personnel Management confirmed the move, saying probationary periods are not ...
The White House is facing criticism for allegedly retaliating against America’s leading news agency, the Associated Press or AP over its reporting. AP claims its reporters were barred from events after refusing to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico — the “Gulf of America.” The agency’s Executive Editor Julie Pac...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Elon Musk discussed cutting government spending by abolishing entire federal agencies and reshaping the Trump administration’s priorities during a video call at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Musk outlined key goals for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he heads, saying: “We want to ...
A flight carrying deported migrants from the United States landed in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, on Wednesday. This marks the first transfer under a new agreement between the administrations of President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Bukele met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the capital to discuss ke...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Democratic lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday to protect the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from being eliminated by the Trump administration. The Protect U.S. National Security Act reiterates that any reform of USAID “should abide by existing laws and not harm American soft power.” “Ove...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order giving billionaire Elon Musk’s unofficial Department of Government Efficiency the power to direct federal agencies in cost-reduction efforts. According to the Tuesday executive order, federal agencies are instructed to work with Musk’s team on job cuts and hiring ...
