Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

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Trump slams ‘lunatic’ Democrats that tried to barge into Department of Education to stop DOGE ‘super geniuses’

President Trump slammed congressional Democrats Friday for attempting to barge into the Department of Education – where he assigned his team of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cost-cutters to...

Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of changing it to Mount McKinley

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount...

Trump appoints himself Kennedy Center chair, fires board members and blasts past drag shows ‘targeting’ children

Trump, 78, said a new board that supports his “Golden Age in Arts and Culture” will be established, while blasting Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...

Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the Court's 2024 presidential immunity case in her first public appearance since the start of the second Trump term. Supreme Court Justice Sonia...

Trump orders South Africa aid freeze, will announce refugee resettlement program for white South African farmers

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of...

DOGE working with two Trump health appointees to examine Medicare and Medicaid books

The Trump political appointees are leading the agency's "collaboration" with Elon Musk's team. The Trump political appointees are leading the agency's "collaboration" with Elon Musk's team. ​Health Care

Elon Musk bringing back DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts were exposed: ‘To err is human, to forgive divine’ 

Musk, 53, announced his decision to rehire 25-year-old engineer Marko Elez after Vice President JD Vance expressed strong support for giving the ex-DOGE staffer a second chance. President Trump...

Trump admin rips down USAID sign at agency HQ as DOGE looks to slash workforce

Federal workers removed USAID lettering from the facade of the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday, even as the agency's 10,000 or so employees and foreign aid programs remain in...

Trump wants a deal for Ukraine’s natural resources as ‘payback’ in exchange for aid stopping Russia attack: envoy

Ukraine is home to roughly 5% of the world's mineral resources, with rich deposits of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and lithium -- as well as oil and gas. Ukraine...

Trump says Japan’s Nippon will invest ‘heavily’ in US Steel — but that purchasing it is off the table

President Trump said Friday that Japan's Nippon Steel would be allowed to invest "heavily" in US Steel, but would still not be able to outright purchase it. President Trump...