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Trump Says Strikes in Somalia Targeted IS Planner, Recruits
US Strikes IS Targets in Somalia
Feb 1, 2025 12:56 PM CST

US Strikes IS Targets in Somalia

Pentagon reports that no civilians were harmed

(Newser) - The US military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump's second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by US Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia's government, the...

Trump's Latest Firing: CFPB Director

Rohit Chopra is the latest Biden-era head to roll

(Newser) - President Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20, reports...

Trump Envoy Gets Venezuela to Release 6 Americans

Some worry the negotiations send the wrong message about a government the US doesn't recognize

(Newser) - Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official tasked with urging the authoritarian leader to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the US. The AP...

White House Stenographers May Need Reinforcements

The AP reports they're struggling to keep up with Trump, who talks a lot more than Biden did

(Newser) - The White House stenographers have a problem. President Trump is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the words, per the AP . There were more than 22,000 on Inauguration Day, then another 17,000 when Trump visited disaster...

FBI Lays Groundwork for Mass Firing of Agents

There won't be political retribution, Patel had assured Senate panel

(Newser) - One day after Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI director, told Congress that the agency would not engage in retribution, multiple outlets reported that as many as hundreds of agents who worked on investigations of Trump or his allies are being examined for possible firing. The FBI is...

Federal Workers Have Until 5pm to Drop Pronoun Notes

Memos say Trump's executive orders require the change

(Newser) - Government employees have been told to remove notes about their pronoun preferences from their email signatures and documents by 5pm Friday. The memos said the action is required to comply with President Trump's executive orders issued on his first day in office intended to dismantle diversity and equity programs,...

Mexico Goes to Google on Resisting Trump Name Change

US can call the Gulf of Mexico whatever it wants, Sheinbaum says, for the first 12 miles

(Newser) - Mexico has taken its case against changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico straight to the top—to Google. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press conference Thursday that she sent the company a letter asking it not to follow President Trump's executive order to call the Gulf...

4 Big Things That Tariffs May Hit Hard

Prices could climb significantly on imported goods we depend on

(Newser) - Friday is looking like a good day to buy an electric vehicle and fill up on guacamole and salsa. As ABC News reports, with President Trump's threatened 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico set to go into effect on Saturday, Americans are going to feel the...

Sam Bankman-Fried's Parents Want Trump to Act: Sources

Sources say they're seeking a pardon for SBF

(Newser) - The parents of FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are reportedly trying to get President Trump to pardon SBF, currently imprisoned for fraud related to the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. Sources tell Bloomberg they have met with lawyers and others "considered to be in Trump's orbit" to discuss...

For Democrats, Polls Have Discouraging Findings

Polls show Republicans on the positive side of the favorability gap between parties, though Trump slipped already

(Newser) - Out of power in Washington, Democrats are looking for ways to win voters back. A new poll suggests they have their work cut out for them. The Quinnipiac University survey found that 31% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of their party, while 43% have a favorable opinion of...

Pete Buttigieg Responds to Criticism From Trump

Former transportation secretary calls the president's remarks on plane crash 'despicable'

(Newser) - President Trump delivered a blistering criticism of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday over the Potomac plane crash , and Buttigieg has quickly returned fire.
  • "Despicable," wrote Buttigieg on X. "As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls,
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FBI Pick Patel Breaks With Trump on J6 Pardons

'I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement'

(Newser) - Kash Patel, nominee to be the next FBI director, is known for his fierce loyalty to President Trump. But early in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Patel split with Trump on a high-profile issue—the sweeping pardons issued to all those in the Capitol riot,...

Trump Blames Helicopter, Buttigieg, DEI After Crash
Trump Blames DEI
for Role in Plane Crash
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Jan 30, 2025 11:50 AM CST

Trump Blames DEI for Role in Plane Crash

But he also says the 'people in the helicopter should have seen where they were going'

(Newser) - "We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas," President Trump said Thursday, referring to Wednesday night's plane crash in the Potomac. Among those opinions and ideas:
  • Helicopter: The president at one point laid blame on the military
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Vance: Expect 'All Gas, No Brakes' for 4 Years

Vice president sits for interview with Sean Hannity on Fox

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance lauded President Trump for his decision-making skills and energy, and he doubled down on the administration's immigration tactics in an interview with Sean Hannity that aired on Fox News Wednesday night. Highlights:
  • Decisions: Vance described as "genius" the way Trump gathers information before making
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Trump Moves to Establish 'Patriotic Education' in Schools

Executive orders also seek to expand school choice

(Newser) - In executive orders signed Wednesday, President Trump mandated changes for American schools that include replacing what he calls radical ideologies with a curriculum of "patriotic education." One of them calls for cutting federal funding for schools that teach certain topics related to race, sex, gender, or politics, ABC...

Meta Will Pay $25M to Settle Trump Lawsuit

President sued after Facebook, Instagram accounts were suspended in 2021

(Newser) - Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to President Trump to settle a lawsuit he filed in response to being kicked off the company's platforms the day after the Capitol riot. The company confirmed the settlement to the Wall Street Journal . Sources tell the AP that the settlement includes...

Senate Confirms EPA Pick With a Mandate From Trump

Lee Zeldin is to pursue deregulation, higher energy production

(Newser) - Lee Zeldin, President Trump's choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency and throw out many of the regulations it enforces, was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate. The vote was 56 to 42. Zeldin, who doesn't have much experience in environmental regulation, said during his confirmation hearing that he...

Trump to Send Up to 30K Migrants to Guantanamo Bay

'It's a tough place to get out of,' he says

(Newser) - Only around 15 people are currently detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, but that number could soon be going up 2,000-fold. President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to prepare a facility to detain 30,000 migrants at the base on Cuba's south coast, the BBC reports. "...

Trump: Let's Put Repeat Offenders in Jails Abroad

President floated the idea as a cost-saving tactic

(Newser) - It's an idea that harkens back to the days of Australian penal colonies: President Trump on Monday floated the idea of sending repeat criminal offenders abroad to serve their time. When speaking at a conference for House Republicans in Miami, Trump put it like so:
  • "If they've
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Trump Funding Freeze Rescinded After 2 Days

It was blocked by a federal judge Tuesday

(Newser) - The White House never fully explained how President Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans was going to work—and now it won't have to. The White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded the order Wednesday, according to a memo obtained by CNN . "OMB Memorandum M-25-13...

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