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Trump Stands By Top Official After Breach

National security adviser Michael Waltz is a 'good man,' says the president

(Newser) - It doesn't appear that any heads will roll on Tuesday after a major security breach came to light on Monday. In an interview with NBC News , President Trump defended national security adviser Michael Waltz, who has been taking flak from the left and right after a journalist was mistakenly...

Cabinet Presents Cuts to Musk, Praising &#39;Incredible&#39; Help
Cabinet Presents
Its Cuts to Musk
Mar 24, 2025 7:30 PM CDT

Cabinet Presents Its Cuts to Musk

DOGE boss receives praise in meeting with Trump

(Newser) - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has built an "incredible" partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Lee Zeldin said. "We have had many fraudulent contracts brought to light by Elon," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said. "We are, with Elon's help, eliminating the redundancies....

After Trump Blasts Reporters, Times Rips His 'Intimidation'

Journalists haven't always responded to president's attacks

(Newser) - The New York Times on Monday denounced "intimidation tactics" by President Trump against its reporters after days in which the administration assailed the newspaper's reporting on Elon Musk and the Defense Department. The newspaper said in a post on X—the platform owned by Musk—that Trump's...

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Named as Interim US Attorney
Trump Has a New Job
for Alina Habba
Mar 24, 2025 6:05 PM CDT

Trump Has a New Job for Alina Habba

His former personal lawyer is the new interim US attorney for New Jersey

(Newser) - Another one of President Trump's former personal lawyers has been appointed to a senior Justice Department job. Alina Habba, who has served as a presidential counselor in recent months, was named as the interim US attorney for New Jersey on Monday, Politico reports. "She will fight tirelessly to...

Trump Demands Colorado Remove His &#39;Distorted&#39; Portrait
Colorado Will Remove
Portrait Trump Hates
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Mar 24, 2025 5:48 PM CDT

Colorado Will Remove Portrait Trump Hates

President alleges he was made to look bad intentionally

(Newser) - A portrait of President Trump at the Colorado Capitol that the subject claimed was "purposefully distorted" will be taken down and placed in storage, the Denver Post reports. Jarrett Freedman, a spokesman for Democratic state lawmakers, said Republican leaders asked for it to be taken down. "If the...

Trump Plans to Punish Venezuelan Energy Customers

The nations will face 25% charge on goods entering US, post says

(Newser) - Countries that buy or sell gasoline from Venezuela soon will be looking at a 25% tariff on goods they export to the US, President Trump said in a social media post Monday. The move appears to be punishment for what reasons that Trump said include sending thousands of criminal migrants,...

Greenland Slams Upcoming US Visit as &#39;Aggressive&#39;
Greenland Is Seething
About Usha Vance's Visit
the rundown
Mar 24, 2025 12:44 PM CDT

Greenland Is Seething About Usha Vance's Visit

Second lady goes this week, along with two US officials

(Newser) - Greenland is not happy about another scheduled visit by big names in the orbit of President Trump. Usha Vance, wife of the vice president, is scheduled to fly there Thursday along with national security adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, reports the Hill . The visit comes as Trump...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mass Firings

White House seeks emergency appeal over lower court's ruling

(Newser) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings, per the AP . The emergency appeal argues that the judge can't force the executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees. It...

Mike Myers Gives Canada a Rallying Cry
Mike Myers Gives
Canada a Rallying Cry
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Mar 24, 2025 9:17 AM CDT

Mike Myers Gives Canada a Rallying Cry

PM Mark Carney backs 'elbows up' in campaign ad

(Newser) - Mike Myers' "elbows up" rallying cry has moved from Saturday Night Live to an official Liberal Party ad featuring new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ahead of the April 28 general election , Myers and Carney seemingly bump into each other in Canada—where else but a hockey rink? Myers,...

Trump's New Tariffs May Be Narrower Than Feared

Markets are rising on the optimism

(Newser) - President Trump still plans to unveil a new round of tariffs on April 2, but they're now expected to be less severe than initially feared, reports the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg . The new reports have buoyed investors, and US markets are expected to open with a jump. Dow...

Trump Border Czar: We'll Abide by Judge's Deportation Order

Though Tom Homan doesn't specify exactly what that means, given the flights already landed

(Newser) - President Trump's border czar said less than a week ago that he didn't "care what the judges think" regarding the administration's controversial deportation flights to El Salvador, which continued despite a judge ordering them to turn around last weekend, and that more would be coming . He...

White House Wants Corporate Sponsors for Easter Egg Roll

Some ethics experts are raising concerns

(Newser) - In recent years, the White House Easter Egg Roll has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now, the Trump administration is putting forward an unconventional idea to fund it: corporate sponsorships. The event production company Harbinger, which is putting on this year's Egg Roll, is offering sponsorship opportunities...

Yes, Politics Came Up as Conan Got Kennedy Center Award

O'Brien accepted Mark Twain Prize for humor

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and, perhaps not surprisingly, the current state of national affairs came up quite a few times during the course of the evening. President Trump, of course, wasted no time gutting...

Citing Trump, Carney Calls Snap Election

Earlier vote could help Liberals capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment

(Newser) - Against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and President Trump's talk of a takeover, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election. Carney, who was elected by the Liberal Party earlier this month, wants the election to be held on April 28 instead...

Law Firms Delete Mentions of Mueller Investigation

Archived web pages show lawyers' bios have gotten shorter

(Newser) - Starting in October as the president election neared, four major law firms began removing references on their websites to work their lawyers had done on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian influence and possible coordination with Donald Trump's campaign. Bloomberg Law found the deletions from the lawyers'...

Critics Decry 'Cruel' DHS Move Against 532K Immigrants

Homeland Security to revoke legal protections for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States...

Biden's Security Clearance 'No Longer in the National Interest'

Trump strips former president, Kamala Harris, other political foes of the courtesy

(Newser) - More than a dozen of Donald Trump's political foes, including former President Biden, have had their US security clearances yanked by the current president. "I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information," Trump wrote in...

After Trump Move, Family Sues Cartel Over DEA Agent's Killing

Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena was kidnapped in Mexico in 1985 and tortured

(Newser) - The family of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena has sued Mexico's Sinaloa cartel over the kidnapping and killing of the US DEA agent, taking advantage of the new designation of cartels as terrorist organizations. The lawsuit also names three drug lords, Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, and Miguel Angel...

Hegseth: Musk Didn't See 'Secret' War Plan on China

President Trump also denies that DOGE leader was privy to classified plan

(Newser) - A Thursday report in the New York Times claiming Elon Musk would be briefed by the Pentagon on top-secret war plans against China is now getting pushback, including from President Trump. First, per the Guardian , Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday denied Musk saw any such plans during an early...

Trump Offered Asylum, 67K White South Africans Jumped

Group finds tens of thousands are interested in coming to US as refugees

(Newser) - South Africa has been in President Trump's crosshairs over the past few months, with Trump accusing the African nation's government of confiscating land from white farmers—a claim that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denies. Trump issued an executive order in February that cut aid to South Africa...

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