By CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC Published: 14:37 EST, 24 February 2025 | Updated: 14:46 EST, 24 February 2025 Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent pushed back against reports he was ‘trembling’ after his meeting with President Voldymyr Zelensky four weeks ago, calling it ‘fake news.’ The Financial Times reported that Bessent was ‘visibly
The Trump administration continued its bloodbath gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting 2,000 workers and placing all but a fraction of other staffers on leave. It comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with pulling thousands of domestic USAID staffers off the job and around the world.Â
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by the laws of armed conflict. Mr. Hegseth, in the Pentagon and during
Donald Trump has fired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown, a part of his plan to rid the military of so-called ‘woke generals.’Â Brown, a retired Air Force general appointed by Joe Biden, was sacked Friday night as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and
U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown testifies during his confirmation hearing on July 11, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images President Trump has fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., and announced he will nominate a retired three-star general to succeed him
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations, and would be looking for her replacement. The announcement came in a statement emailed to reporters Friday night, shortly after President Trump said he was
President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second African American to hold the chairman’s job, is to be replaced by
The Associated Press has sued three top Trump administration officials after the wire service was barred from covering events at the White House and traveling with the president on board Air Force One. The AP’s lawsuit was aimed at White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Press Secretary Karoline
By ROB CRILLY, CHIEF U.S. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM AT CPAC IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND Published: 17:31 EST, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 17:31 EST, 21 February 2025 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Friday that she discovered she was being sued by the Associated Press as she was on her way to a
The Trump administration started firing about 6,700 employees at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, extending its cost-cutting measures to the federal agency responsible for collecting tax revenue from millions of Americans. The job cuts at the I.R.S. are hitting probationary employees who were recently hired around the