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Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover

Updated 1:33 PM EDT, March 23, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Second lady Usha Vance plans a trip to Greenland, the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark that President Donald Trump has suggested the United States should take control over. Vance will leave on Thursday and return Saturday, according to her office. Vance and one of her three children will be part of a U.S. delegation set to “visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qim ...

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'Chilling effect on free speech:' Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media

‘Chilling effect on free speech:’ Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles Story by Rhian Lubin • 44m • 3 min read The Trump administration’s proposal to vet social media profiles of green card applicants already legally in the U.S. has been condemned in initial public feedback as an attack on free speech. .............................. USCIS said the vetting of social media accounts is necessary for “the enhanced identity verification, ...

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'This is not your grandmother's Easter Egg Roll': White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event

Updated 1:36 PM EDT, Sun March 23, 2025 CNN — The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics experts and shock from former White House officials from both parties. The sponsorship offers range from $75,000 to $200,000, with the promise of logo and branding opportunities, according to a nine-page document sent to potential sponsors and obtained by CN ...

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Trump is not 'dictating' legal work in Paul Weiss deal, chairman says

March 23, 2025 6:08 PM EDT Updated an hour ago March 23 (Reuters) - Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp said in a letter to its lawyers and staff on Sunday that the Trump administration would not be "dictating" what free legal work the powerful Wall Street law firm would provide under a deal it struck with the White House last week. The firm faced intense criticism from some lawyers in part for pledging the equivalent of $40 million in pro bono legal services to support "mutually agr ...

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says Supreme Court could get involved in Alien Enemies Act case

March 23, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi once again attacked members of the judiciary in a Fox News interview Sunday, criticizing federal judges who have struck down or paused portions of President Donald Trump’s agenda and saying the Supreme Court will ultimately hear the court battle over the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act. “The Supreme Court will get involved,” Bondi said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “This is an out of control judge, a fe ...

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'Your time is done': GOP senator slammed from both sides after posting 'staged' photo

March 22, 2025 7:17PM ET Republican senator John Cornyn of Texas took heat from anti-Donald Trump observers and MAGA on Saturday after he posted a "staged" photo. Cornyn, who has been largely supportive of Trump's agenda but has bucked the President at other times, took to X this week to post a photo of himself reading Trump's Art of the Deal. The ghostwriter for that book has since opposed the President. "Recommended," Cornyn wrote. MAGA fans didn't buy what one outlet l ...

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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA

March 22, 2025 8:30 p.m. The Post reports today that the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case hal ...

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A 'dumpster fire': Angry voters bash lawmakers over Trump and DOGE

Published 5:08 a.m. ET March 22, 2025 | Updated 3:27 p.m. ET March 22, 2025 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The questions lobbed at freshman Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison during a packed down hall Thursday night were meaty. “What is the plan to enforce court rulings against Trump and Musk in the event that they disregard court orders?” “If Trump ends Social Security, we will be unable to pay our mortgage. We will become homeless at age 70. What can or should we do?” “How will Democrats rehabilitate th ...

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MLB Is the Latest Org To Scrub 'Diversity' From Its Website

Updated Mar. 23 2025 4:05AM EDT Published Mar. 22 2025 5:30PM EDT Major League Baseball (MLB) is the latest organization to bend after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. On Friday, the MLB announced the removal of all “diversity” references from its careers page. “Our values on diversity remain unchanged,” MLB said in a statement to The New York Times, saying it was in the process of “evaluating our programs” to ensu ...

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FEMA hiring overhaul drives fears of agency dismantling as hurricane season nears

Updated on: March 22, 2025 / 4:58 PM EDT After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation's federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, "Hiring Update" and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a new hiring process that overhauls contract renewals for more than two-thirds of the agenc ...

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House Democrat: Trump administration acting 'with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality'

4 min ago - 03/23/25 3:38 PM ET Democratic Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.) said he thinks the Trump administration is acting “with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality.” Himes, who is the ranking member on the House Committee on Intelligence, ... (The Hill)

Trump administration is seeking "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program, Waltz says

18 min ago - March 23, 2025 / 3:37 PM EDT The Trump administration is seeking the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program as it ramps up a U.S. military campaign in the Middle East, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said Sunday on "Face the ... (CBS News)

Greenland Officials Express Fury Over Trump's Plan to Send Delegation

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National Association of Letter Carriers protest nationwide to protect USPS jobs

6 hrs ago - Dozens of mail carriers and community members protested against proposed changes to the United States Postal Service at a Jacksonville post office on Sunday. They said their mission is to protect the jobs of 640,000 employees, which includes 73,000 v ... (News4JAX)

Expelled South African ambassador returns home and says will wear US sanction as 'badge of dignity'

7 hrs ago - Updated 3:13 PM EDT, March 23, 2025 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was welcomed home at an airport Sunday by hundreds ... (AP)

Trump is not 'dictating' legal work in Paul Weiss deal, chairman says

7 hrs ago - March 23, 2025 6:08 PM EDT Updated an hour ago March 23 (Reuters) - Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp said in a letter to its lawyers and staff on Sunday that the Trump administration would not be "dictating" what free legal work the powerful Wall Street ... (Reuters)

Sudan's Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War

7 hrs ago - At the battle-scarred presidential palace in the heart of Sudan’s shattered capital, soldiers gathered under a chandelier on Sunday afternoon, rifles and rocket launchers slung over their shoulders, listening to their orders. Then they trooped o ... (New York Times)

Trump Administration Eyes Move to Privatize Fannie, Freddie, WSJ Says

8 hrs ago - March 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM EDT The Trump administration is considering an executive order on housing that may push for the privatization of home loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with th ... (Bloomberg)

Trump Ally Visits Beijing to Pave Way for Xi Summit

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says Supreme Court could get involved in Alien Enemies Act case

8 hrs ago - March 23, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi once again attacked members of the judiciary in a Fox News interview Sunday, criticizing federal judges who have struck down or paused portions of President Donald Trump’s ... (NBC News)

Overcrowding plagues detention units amid Trump's immigration blitz

9 hrs ago - 11 hours ago Days without a shower. Sleeping on floors. Two hundred people confined in a space meant for 85. Some immigration detention units are so crowded that non-citizens arrested in President Trump's crackdown are living in inhumane conditions, ... (Axios)

'Chilling effect on free speech:' Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media

9 hrs ago - ‘Chilling effect on free speech:’ Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles Story by Rhian Lubin • 44m • 3 min read The Trump administration’s proposal to vet social media ... (msn)

For decades the Columbia River has benefited both the U.S. and Canada with little worry. Then Trump took office

9 hrs ago - Sunday 23 March 2025 09:59 EDT A river that runs between the U.S. and Canada has now run itself right into the middle of the fight between the two allies. President Donald Trump’s administration has now stopped negotiations to re-up a decades-o ... (The Independent)

Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover

9 hrs ago - Updated 1:33 PM EDT, March 23, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Second lady Usha Vance plans a trip to Greenland, the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark that President Donald Trump has suggested the United States should take c ... (AP)

Texans could be 'hardest hit': The state could lose 370,000 jobs and $47 billion a year in GDP because of Trump's tariff

10 hrs ago - Story by Christy Bieber • 7h • The Trump Administration has been moving aggressively to impose tariffs on select foreign countries from the earliest days of the presidency. If you aren't yet familiar with the economic tool, tariffs are ... (msn)

McMahon: Gutting Education Department will eliminate 'red tape' on state funding

10 hrs ago - Posted 2:09 PM, Mar 23, 2025 U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is elaborating more on what the future of the Department of Education will look like as she is tasked with dismantling the same agency she now oversees. Speaking Sunday on CNN's " ... (Scripps News)

Americans won't let Trump 'establish an oligarchic form of government': Bernie Sanders

11 hrs ago - March 23, 2025, 10:58 AM Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour is an attempt to stand up to President Donald Trump's agenda. "I'm trying to make it clear to the people throughout the world and throughout our own country, that ... (ABC News)

'This is not your grandmother's Easter Egg Roll': White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event

11 hrs ago - Updated 1:36 PM EDT, Sun March 23, 2025 CNN — The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics e ... (CNN Politics)

GOP Sen. John Curtis says politicians are 'not being honest' when they say they won't touch Social Security

12 hrs ago - March 23, 2025, 10:49 AM EDT / Updated March 23, 2025, 11:19 AM EDT WASHINGTON — Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Sunday that politicians are “not being honest” when they say they won’t t ... (NBC News)

How Trump's regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry

13 hrs ago - March 23, 2025 6:00 AM EDT Updated 8 hours ago President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries, raising the risk of a delayed start to the fishing season for some East C ... (Reuters)