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LGBTQ Activists Call New HHS Guidance 'Deeply Concerning'

Health Secretary RFK Jr. issues new guidance recognizing only 2 sexes: male and female

(Newser) - The Department of Health and Human Services has synced up with the Trump administration's push against transgender protections , releasing new guidance on Wednesday that states the US government recognizes only two sexes: male and female. The new "sex-based definitions" assert that "an individual human is either female...

6K IRS Employees Are Getting the Boot

DOGE-driven layoffs to begin Thursday

(Newser) - About 6% of employees at the Internal Revenue Service are reportedly to be laid off. After the Biden administration's attempts to improve services at the agency with new staff, the Trump administration has ordered the firing of 6,000 of its 100,000 employees, including recent hires, sources tell...

Deportees in Shackles Are White House's 'ASMR'

Footage shared by Trump White House viewed as dehumanizing 'boast'

(Newser) - The White House X account on Tuesday shared a video showing undocumented immigrants in handcuffs, shackles, and chains preparing to fly out of Seattle's Boeing Field on Feb. 4 with the caption, "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight," per the Seattle Times . ASMR, meaning autonomous sensory meridian response,...

Feds Giveth Accidental Pink Slips, Taketh Them Away

Chaos abounds as multiple federal agencies accidentally fire staffers amid DOGE cuts

(Newser) - Last week, the Energy Department had to scramble to rehire nuclear energy specialists for the National Nuclear Security Administration, after it mistakenly told hundreds of staffers at the agency they'd lost their jobs. That's not the only incident of head-count slashing gone awry throughout the government at the...

White House: Musk Does Not Run DOGE
White House: Musk
Does Not Run DOGE
Feb 18, 2025 11:14 AM CST

White House: Musk Does Not Run DOGE

Court filing in response to lawsuit says he's not the administrator of the new office

(Newser) - Quick, name the leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency. If you answered, "Elon Musk," you're at least technically incorrect. The White House on Monday night explicitly stated in a court filing that Musk isn't the administrator of DOGE, reports the New York Times . Nor...

Julianne Moore: My Kids Book About Freckles Was Banned

Actor says it was 'great shock' to learn Freckleface Strawberry was pulled from Defense Dept. schools

(Newser) - Last week, the Defense Department issued a memo noting it had started reviewing books in schools for military families operated by the DoD—and now an Oscar-winning actor says her children's book is one that's been pulled from library shelves. "It is a great shock for me...

Report: Trump Administration Squeezes Romania on Tates

Per FT , US wants travel restrictions lifted on siblings held for sex misconduct, trafficking, other crimes

(Newser) - Andrew and Tristan Tate are being detained in Romania on human trafficking, sexual misconduct, money laundering, and organized crime charges, but the US government now wants the influencers to have a little more freedom in how they move about. Per the Financial Times , the Trump administration is putting the squeeze...

Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

Administration Quickly Rescinds Firings of Nuclear Arms Crews

Administration disputes accounts that it dismissed employees in vital weapons roles

(Newser) - After informing hundreds of employees that they've lost their jobs—a move met with alarm from national security experts—the Energy Department is scrambling to bring back nuclear energy specialists. The reversal on the firings was announced Friday at a staff meeting of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Bloomberg...

After Uprising, DOJ Official Drops Adams Case Himself

Federal judge hasn't said whether he'll approve the motion yet

(Newser) - At least seven prosecutors in New York and Washington resigned rather than drop the corruption prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, so the Justice Department official who gave the order put his own signature on the motion Friday. Emil Bove, an acting deputy attorney general, gave a court...

Vance Meets AfD Leader After Scolding Europe on Far Right

Alice Weidel is running for chancellor of Germany

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met the leader of a German far-right party in Munich on Friday, nine days before a German election and after scolding European leaders about the state of democracy. Vance met with Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party and candidate for chancellor,...

Trump Administration Cuts 10% of CDC Workforce

Veteran staffers in new roles may also fall under probationary job cuts

(Newser) - The CDC didn't just lose webpages . Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce—are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. The Atlanta-based agency's leadership was...

Vance to Europe: Your Biggest Threat Is From 'Within'

VP accuses European leaders of 'shutting down media,' ignoring the people's will

(Newser) - European leaders were looking to clarify President Trump's approach to Russia and Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. But Vice President JD Vance only mentioned Ukraine in passing during a speech in which he scolded Europe's leaders for opposing anti-immigration parties, while signaling support for political...

By Video, Email, and Group Calls, Musk Aides Fire Thousands

OPM defends firing probationary employees

(Newser) - The Trump administration's campaign to remove government workers intensified on Thursday, with thousands fired and more told they could be next. Agencies were ordered by the Office of Personnel Management to dismiss almost all probationary employees who don't yet have civil service protection; the government hired about 200,...

Feds Say 75K Workers Took Buyout Offer
'The Fork in the Road Is Closed'
Feb 13, 2025 12:03 PM CST

'The Fork in the Road Is Closed'

Feds say 75K workers accepted buyout offer before it expired

(Newser) - A judge lifted his block on President Trump's buyouts of federal workers—but any employees who had belatedly decided to take the offer were out of luck. Soon after the ruling, the Office of Personnel Management, which informed workers of the buyout offer late last month in an email...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed as Health Secretary

Mitch McConnell is the only 'no' vote among Republicans

(Newser) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Trump's health secretary, per the AP . Republicans fell in line behind Trump despite hesitancy over Kennedy's views on vaccines, voting 52-48 to elevate the scion of one of America's most storied political—and Democratic—families to...

Disney's DEI Shift: New Movie Disclaimers

It's a shorter, vaguer warning now on Dumbo , Peter Pan , other older films amid government pressure

(Newser) - Google , Meta , and PBS are just some of the companies that have announced changes to their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's push to get rid of such programs and services, and now Disney has joined the mix. The Hill reports the company is tweaking...

Judge Lets Trump's Buyouts of Federal Workers Proceed

Court decides it lacks authority to block the plan

(Newser) - A federal judge removed the hold he'd placed on President Trump's buyouts of federal workers on Wednesday, ruling that neither he nor the unions that sued to block it can stop the plan. US District Judge George O'Toole had paused the buyouts on Thursday to let him...

As Plant Opens, China Celebrates 'Tesla Speed'

Tariff tensions don't hurt official reception, despite Elon Musk's Trump administration role

(Newser) - Tesla's $200 million battery plant in Shanghai has launched production, complicating Elon Musk's unique position atop the Trump administration as it engages in a trade fight with China while his company further invests in the giant economic rival of the US. China's state news agency posted photos...

Report: Marc Fogel Swapped for Cybercrime Kingpin

Trump says another American prisoner is due to be released soon

(Newser) - Marc Fogel, a US teacher and former diplomat arrested in Russia , is back on US soil—and a Russian cybercrime kingpin is apparently set to depart from it. "We got a man home whose mother and family wanted him desperately," President Trump said Wednesday of Fogel, per ABC...

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