Trump Administration Highlights: Personnel Officials Say Musk's Directive Is ‘Voluntary’  —  Where Things Stand  — Musk's ultimatum: Federal personnel officials walked back Elon Musk's demand that government workers justify their jobs in an email or face termination, saying that his request had been “voluntary.”

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 …

Government funding deal ‘very close’ as negotiations hinge on Trump power struggle  —  The fight over curbing President Donald Trump's ability to freeze cash is now the make-or-break dispute as leading lawmakers close in on a deal to avert a government shutdown next month.

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 …

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.

Hackers play AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet on cafeteria screens at HUD headquarters: ‘LONG LIVE THE REAL KING’  —  Cyberpunks breached a television at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday morning, broadcasting a stomach-turning AI video of President Trump caressing …

Trump's New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’  —  When a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts last year, the conservative podcaster Dan Bongino made a veiled threat on social media.  “The irony about this for the scumbag commie libs …

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.

FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs  —  Around 180 FDA medical device workers were laid off this month by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.  —  The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the Food and Drug Administration's medical devices division …

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 …

Federal judge declines to temporarily restore AP's full access to White House  —  A federal judge declined on Monday to temporarily restore the Associated Press' access to some of President Donald Trump's events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.  —  US District Judge Trevor McFadden turned …

Acting IRS commissioner to retire amid agency disruptions  —  The move comes after layoffs at the agency and DOGE personnel seeking access to taxpayer data.  —  Doug O'Donnell, the acting head of the IRS, is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday amid turbulence at the tax collection agency …

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.

Dan Crenshaw appears to threaten Tucker Carlson in hot mic moment  —  The congressman denied threatening the pundit.  —  A Republican congressman from Texas was caught on a hot mic Monday apparently threatening to kill former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.  —  In an exchange with a British journalist …

CEO Devin Nunes Made $47 Million While Truth Social Parent Company Reported $401 Million In Losses In 2024  —  Devin Nunes earned $47 million in total compensation as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group last year, although he won't be able to get his hands on all of it until March 2027 …

Coeur d'Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company's business license  —  COEUR d'ALENE — City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged …

VA axes another 1,400 employees  —  The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday fired another 1,400 employees amid outcry over a lack of transparency from the agency after 1,000 workers were axed earlier this month.  —  The VA said the individuals dismissed were “non-mission critical” …

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.

DeSantis Trashes MAGA Lawmaker Trump Endorsed Over His Wife  —  Ron DeSantis trashed Donald Trump's endorsement to succeed him as Florida's governor—a shocking rebuke of the president as rumors swirl that his wife, Casey, is teeing up a gubernatorial run of her own.DeSantis claimed Monday …