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Musk's Second Warning: Reply to Email or Be Fired
Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk reaffirmed Monday that federal employees who fail to respond to an email detailing their weekly accomplishments could face termination despite conflicting guidance from the Office of Personnel Management.
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VA Axes Another 1,400 Employees in Latest Round of Cuts
The Department of Veterans Affairs dismissed another 1,400 employees on Monday, sparking renewed criticism over transparency and staffing shortages following the termination of 1,000 workers earlier this month, The Hill reported.
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Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Ukrainian Mineral Rights a Big Deal
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt praised on Newsmax the prospect of President Donald Trump landing a deal with Ukraine that would grant the United States exclusive rights to the country's rare earth minerals.
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Huckabee to Newsmax: FBI Should Target Hamas Collaborators
Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, predicted that the FBI under Kash Patel will now pursue "real criminals," telling Newsmax that includes American campus protesters who allegedly were in contact with members of the terrorist...
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Trump Says He Wants Keystone XL Pipeline to Be Built
Republican President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the Keystone XL pipeline, which was opposed for years by activists fighting against climate change, to be built.
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Sec. Noem to Newsmax: Big Results From Ad Campaign
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Newsmax on Monday about the multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns her agency has launched domestically and internationally warning illegal immigrants and criminal migrants about the Trump administration's dedication to mass...
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Rep. Comer to Newsmax: DOGE Only Scratching Surface
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Monday that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency commission is only scratching the surface of government waste fraud and abuse.
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Alice Johnson to Newsmax: Prison Can Be a Very Dark Place
President Donald Trump's appointment of Alice Johnson as pardon czar follows her being pardoned by Trump during his first term in office. Johnson told Newsmax Monday that her life sentence for nonviolent crimes forced her to deal with the hard realities of prison.
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CUNY Prof to Newsmax: Faculty Union Pressured to Rescind Anti-Israel Resolution
Jeffrey Lax, a law professor at City University of New York, told Newsmax on Monday about an effort to pressure the school's faculty union to rescind a resolution calling for a boycott of Israel.The Professional Staff Congress on Thursday voted 113-63 to rescind the...
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Hegseth: Fired JAG Officers Were 'Roadblocks'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that two JAG officers (judge advocates general) were fired, as they served as "roadblocks" to President Donald Trump's agenda, The Hill reported.
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Dershowitz to Newsmax: Trump Has to Settle Musk-Workforce Row
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor emeritus, told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump will ultimately have to settle the dispute in the executive branch spurred by Elon Musk's latest memo to the federal workforce. Trump on Monday backed Musk's memo demanding ...
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Napolitano to Newsmax: Patel, Bongino Bring Respect to FBI
Judge Andrew Napolitano praised FBI officials Kash Patel and Dan Bongino for their commitment to constitutional rights and suggested they should take up the Biden investigation during an appearance Monday on Newsmax's "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE."
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Firings at US Agency Foreshadow Second Wave of Mass Government Layoffs
The U.S. government's human resources agency is rushing to shut down and drastically shrink entire departments in what sources familiar with the actions say will serve as a template for a second wave of mass layoffs in the federal bureaucracy.The Office of Personnel...
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Trump Rescinds Order on Rights Abuses With US-Supplied Weapons
The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era order that required it to report potential violations of international law involving U.S.-supplied weapons by allies including Israel, two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.The Washington...
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Senators Question EPA Effort to Claw Back $20B in Funds
U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to end his campaign to claw back funds previously granted for greenhouse gas reduction projects, saying that effort is illegal.
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Supreme Court Leaves Tennessee Drag Ban Intact
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Tennessee theater troupe's plea, letting stand a first-of-its-kind state law that essentially bans drag performances in public areas or areas where minors would be present, The Hill reported.
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Putin Says Russia Open to Europe's Involvement in Ukraine Peace Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was not opposed to Europe's involvement in Russia-U.S. peace talks aimed at settling the conflict in Ukraine, but noted that Brussels had long rejected any dialogue with Moscow.Putin, interviewed on Russian state...
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Lawsuit Challenges 'Resignation' Threat to Federal Workers
Federal workers are claiming in an amended lawsuit that they can't be fired for not responding to an email from the Office of Personnel Management that requires them to submit a list of their recent accomplishments or face forced "resignation."
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DHS' Noem: 200 Border Arrests Marked Lowest in 15 Years
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that apprehensions of illegals over the weekend at the southern border marked the lowest in 15 years.
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DeSantis Throws Water on Rep. Donalds as Fla. Governor
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is throwing a bucket of water on talk that supports Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., winning the upcoming gubernatorial election.
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Judge Won't Immediately Restore AP Access to WH, but Urges Govt to Reconsider
A federal judge on Monday refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press' access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not demonstrated it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter. But he urged the government to reconsider...
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JPMorgan CEO Dimon: Hope DOGE Is 'Quite Successful'
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that he's hoping President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency is "quite successful" in streamlining the federal government by eliminating waste and fraud.
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Speaker Johnson: 'Key Step' to Advance Trump's Agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., vowed this week that the House would take a "key step" towards advancing President Donald Trump's "Full agenda this week" with a vote on the GOP budget reconciliation bill that he's "very optimistic" will pass in the House.
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US Tells Federal Agencies They Can Ignore Musk Ultimatum
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees not replying to an email asking what they did last week will not be taken as a resignation and staff were not obliged to respond to the email, according to a Justice Department internal...
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Rep. Perry to Newsmax: Musk's Productivity Email 'Puts Everybody on Notice'
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., told Newsmax Monday that Elon Musk's email to federal workers asking them about their productivity for the week may have been "semiofficial," but he thinks it "puts everybody on notice" that the American people expect results from their government.