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Trump: We May Give Americans 20% of DOGE Savings

President offered few details on the possibility

(Newser) - Could Americans see some cash from all these DOGE cost-saving measures? President Trump says he's considering the idea, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We're thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% down to pay back debt," he said at a Saudi Arabia-sponsored...

Report: Pentagon Ordered to Prepare for Budget Cuts

Hegseth wants proposals for 8% cuts over each of the next 5 years: memo

(Newser) - Even the Pentagon is not immune as the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency overhauls the federal government. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered leaders at the Pentagon and within the US military to draw up proposals for cutting 8% from their budgets for each of the next...

Poll Shows Trump Approval Slipped 2 Points in First Month
Trump Slips in Poll, Musk Lags
Feb 19, 2025 7:45 PM CST

Trump Slips in Poll, Musk Lags

President is down from first week in office, while DOGE boss is less popular

(Newser) - President Trump's approval rating has slipped since his first week in office, down 2 percentage points to 45%, a Gallup poll released Wednesday found. At this point, 51% of respondents disapprove of his job performance. Trump's approval rating is running 15 points below the mid-February average of all...

Hochul Fires Back After Trump's 'King' Remark

'We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king'

(Newser) - After his administration rescinded federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing plan, President Trump didn't hold back on Truth Social. "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD," he declared in a post Wednesday afternoon. "Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"...

Trump Administration Yanks Its Approval of NYC Toll

Duffy says feds are moving to put an end to first-in-the nation congestion pricing

(Newser) - President Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City's congestion pricing system , which had been in effect since Jan. 5 in an effort to reduce traffic in some parts of Manhattan. The city's system uses license plate readers to impose a $9 toll on...

Trump's IVF Order Is Praised—and Picked Apart
Trump's IVF Order Is
Praised—and Picked Apart
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Feb 19, 2025 10:25 AM CST

Trump's IVF Order Is Praised—and Picked Apart

A look at the executive order signed Tuesday

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order intended to expand access to and reduce costs of in vitro fertilization. As Trump put it, "I've been saying we are going to do what we have to do and I think the women and families, husbands, are very appreciative...

Zelensky Pushes Back on Trump's 'Started It' Line

Says the US president lives in a 'disinformation bubble'

(Newser) - Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky did not take kindly to President Trump's Tuesday suggestion that Ukraine "started it"—meaning the war with Russia three years ago—and could have avoided the conflict had it just made a deal. "President Trump ... unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,"...

Trump Blames Ukraine for Starting War

'You could've made a deal,' he says of Zelensky

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday appeared to blame Ukraine for starting its war with Russia, despite the fact that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's anger that Ukraine was not invited to Tuesday's US-Russia talks , and his assertion that Ukraine...

Fired National Park Rangers' Emotional Letters Go Viral

'Things are not ok. I am not ok'

(Newser) - Among the thousands who have lost their jobs as the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency works its way through the federal workforce are about 1,000 National Park Service employees. One of those, Brian Gibbs, responded with an open letter that quickly went viral, CBS News reports. Gibbs...

Report: US Drones Search for Mexican Drug Labs

Secret program has apparently been expanded—with or without Mexico's cooperation

(Newser) - A secret government program to send US drones to look for fentanyl labs in Mexico has been dialed up under the Trump administration, reports the New York Times . Started under President Biden, the drone flights have increased under President Trump and his CIA director, John Ratcliffe, who've promised more...

Rubio: We See 'Incredible Opportunities' With Russia

Secretary of state has high-level talks with Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia

(Newser) - Russia and the US agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, America's top diplomat said after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in US foreign policy under President Trump. In an interview with the AP , Secretary of State...

GOP Lawmaker Wants to Make Trump's Birthday a Holiday

New York's Claudia Tenney introduces bill for president's special day to be federally recognized

(Newser) - June 14 is Flag Day in the United States, and it also happens to be President Trump's birthday. Now, a Republican congresswoman wants to merge them into one big celebration that would even shut some government offices down, reports the Hill . "Just as George Washington's birthday is...

Top Social Security Official Out After DOGE Tries to Access Data

Advocate says her replacement has reportedly already granted the access, however

(Newser) - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency tried to access sensitive information at the Social Security Administration over the weekend, and Acting Commissioner Michelle King refused to grant it—and then stepped down from her position, multiple sources tell outlets including the Washington Post and the AP . A Trump administration...

'No Kings' Rallies Denounce Trump and Musk

Event follows similar nationwide demonstrations this month

(Newser) - Demonstrators opposed to President Trump and his policies turned out despite frigid weather for rallies Monday corresponding with the Presidents Day holiday. Dubbed "No Kings on Presidents Day" by the 50501 Movement, the AP reports, the protests came less than two weeks after a similar nationwide event drew participants...

Trump Begins Firing Staffers at the FAA

Purge of several hundred started via email Friday night

(Newser) - The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late-night emails on Friday notifying them they'd been fired,...

Report: Trump Administration Squeezes Romania on Tates

Per FT , US wants travel restrictions lifted on siblings held for sex misconduct, trafficking, other crimes

(Newser) - Andrew and Tristan Tate are being detained in Romania on human trafficking, sexual misconduct, money laundering, and organized crime charges, but the US government now wants the influencers to have a little more freedom in how they move about. Per the Financial Times , the Trump administration is putting the squeeze...

Spokesman: Trump Is Eyeing a Rose Garden Overhaul

President reportedly wants to tear grass out, pave over it to make a patio like Mar-a-Lago's

(Newser) - Joni Mitchell (and Counting Crows ) sang about paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, but the White House probably wasn't what Mitchell had in mind when she penned her famous lyrics. Sources tell the New York Times that President Trump is mulling a "Mar-a-Lago vibe"...

EU Leaders Hold Emergency Huddle Over Trump

(Newser) - French President Emmanuel Macron called leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom to his ornate Elysee Palace on Monday for an emergency meeting on how to deal with the US, a once rock-solid partner, the AP reports. The move follows a weeklong diplomatic blitz on Ukraine by...

Trump Limo Takes a Lap at Daytona 500

President says NASCAR's spirit will 'fuel America's golden age'

(Newser) - Donald Trump, attending the Daytona 500 for the second time as president Sunday, called the opening event of the NASCAR series a unifying event that possesses a spirit that will "fuel America's Golden Age"—which he has said would happen under his leadership, the AP reports. In...

Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

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