Topline President Donald Trump can temporarily fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, greenlighting her ouster as her challenge to it plays out in court. The Supreme Court order in Trump’s favor was issued Monday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Chief Justice John Roberts…
Topline The migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appellate court ruled Thursday, pausing a lower court’s order to cease operations and scoring a win for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation goals. The appellate court decision was issued Thursday. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts…
Topline Northwestern University president Michael Schill will step down from his role, according to a Thursday statement, announcing his resignation as the school navigates a $790 million federal funding freeze initiated by the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. Schill announced his resignation Thursday afternoon. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via…
Topline Tens of thousands of pages of records related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Tuesday, according to an announcement from the the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, marking the first batch of Epstein documents published amid renewed public and political interest in the late financier’s connections to President Donald Trump. Jeffrey…
Topline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez disputed her firing Wednesday, with attorneys for the health agency’s leader saying she has not “resigned nor yet been fired” after the Health and Human Services Department said she was out as director. The HHS announced Monarez’s removal Wednesday evening. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)…
Topline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is out as the health agency’s leader, the Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday, just weeks after she was sworn in. The HHS announced Monarez’s removal Wednesday evening. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts The HHS said Monarez is “no longer”…
Topline The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Monday, requesting it turn over a list of documents including a “birthday book” that allegedly contains a letter from President Donald Trump, according to a Wall Street Journal story the president is suing the news outlet over. The subpoena was filed Monday. (AP…
Topline Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration early this year, was released from custody in Tennessee on Friday, according to multiple outlets, heading back home to Maryland as the Trump administration threatens to deport him again. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug….
Topline California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday that will allow Californians to vote on a redrawn congressional map this fall, possibly countering a redistricting approved by Texas lawmakers this week that could add five GOP seats to the U.S. House. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on…
Topline The Trump administration will establish an ICE detention space in southwest Nebraska, according to the Department of Homeland Security, marking the latest immigration detention center made to accommodate President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. The facility was announced Tuesday. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images…