U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war  —  BREAKING NEWS: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine  —  Washington's dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides …

Trump administration backs off Musk's 5 things threat  —  An administration official said it is “not a one-size-fits-all” approach.  —  The Trump administration is backing off Elon Musk's weekend mandate that federal employees submit five things they accomplished in the last week or face dismissal ahead of a Monday evening deadline.

AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office  —  Federal workers are becoming increasingly incensed over DOGE's attacks on their departments  —  As Donald Trump and Elon Musk prepare to bring their next round of arbitrary cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development …

Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall  —  Ariel Mollhagen couldn't hear what U.S. Rep. Mark Alford was saying but she didn't really need to.  The crowd's reaction told the story.  —  During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday …

Trump names podcaster Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director  —  US President Donald Trump has appointed podcaster and commentator Dan Bongino as deputy director of the FBI.  —  Trump posted on social media that Bongino was “a man of incredible love and passion for our Country” …

A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal  —  The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website.  —  It appeared as if the State Department was taking steps to award Elon Musk's Tesla …

Johnson makes ‘prayer request’ ahead of critical vote on Trump agenda bill  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) asked for prayers as he prepares to bring the House's budget reconciliation resolution, the vehicle for President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda, for a floor vote as soon …

DOGE is the Theranos of Cost-Cutting  —  And other notes from the Chaos  —  Today's post will really be two short posts on different but related topics: The failure of DOGE to make any progress on its stated goals, and what's beginning to look like a rapid loss of confidence in Donald Trump's economic policies.

MSNBC drama intensifies as network axes shows hosted by 3 more lefty anchors in wake of Joy Reid's ouster: sources  —  MSNBC's new president continued to overhaul the embattled network Monday — canceling shows hosted by anchors left-wing anchors Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart, The Post has learned.

Trump just blew up Ron DeSantis' succession plans  —  Now DeSantis, who has arguably risen to become the most powerful governor in Florida history, may leave office without someone determined to preserve his legacy.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis …

Oversight agency finds Trump's federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated  —  An independent federal oversight agency has deemed at least some of President Trump's mass firings of probationary period employees unlawful, creating a pathway for those employees to regain their jobs.

Fair or Not, Zelensky Is Angering Trump.  Is His Style Hurting Ukraine?  —  Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine's president has mostly played weak hands wisely.  But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration.  —  When the secretary of the treasury …

Let's fire all the lawyers  —  The ominous removal of the judge advocates general by the Trump administration.  —  Buried in the headlines surrounding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti …

LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge  —  “They're not asking people, ‘Are you gay?  Are you lesbian?’  They're asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?’”  —  When Michael first started working in the Department of the Interior over a decade ago, he hid the fact that he was gay from his co-workers.

New Idaho bill would cost you $100K, five years in jail for lying about someone  —  BOISE — House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about another person.  —  “I'm a firm believer in our First Amendment right …

Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money  —  Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump's victory in November.  But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn't there.  —  Democratic donors …

Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights  —  Rescission of the order, imposed as Biden struggled to support Israel's war in Gaza, comes as the new administration puts its mark on U.S. foreign policy.  —  The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era regulation …

Stonewall, UK's Largest Trans Rights Organization, Turned Out to Be a USAID Front  —  Stonewall UK, which in recent years has been at the tip of the spear in the fight to transify the UK, is slashing their staffing by 50% and even then may be in trouble.  —  Why?  USAID cuts.

The NSA's Secret Sex Chats  —  Intelligence officials maintained a chatroom to discuss polyamory and transgender surgeries, internal documents reveal.  —  / Eye on the News / Politics and law, The Social Order  —  The “intelligence community” is one of the most powerful parts of the American national security apparatus.

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites  —  The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.  —  Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the Agriculture Department …

Roberta Flack, '70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88  —  Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early '70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died …

NYC Mayor Eric Adams to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center targeted by Musk, Trump administration  —  The hotel's closure comes as Adams promises to close another 53 emergency shelter sites by June.  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the city will close …

Warner, Who Said CIA Stole Election, Now Leads DOJ Civil Rights  —  The Justice Department has inserted Mac Warner, who last year espoused false claims that the CIA stole Trump's 2020 presidential victory with the FBI's help, to run the civil rights division, replacing an ousted career official …

Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’ after a decade  —  Holt will move full time to NBC's news magazine show “Dateline” at the beginning of the summer.  —  Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” for a decade, announced Monday that he is stepping …

Donald Trump Won't Commit to Ukraine Reconstruction Efforts  —  “I think it's a pretty big contribution,” the president said on Monday, referring to past U.S. aid at a press conference he held alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump on Monday suggested …