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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Fired federal workers could fill factory jobs created under Trump
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing jobs by filling them with fired…
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Treasury Secretary Says Fired Federal Workers Can Work in the Factory
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks that all the federal workers who were fired by DOGE will move to manufacturing and reinvigorate…
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Trump administration orders national parks to remain open amid staffing shortages
The Trump administration has issued an order demanding that all national parks remain open amid severe staffing shortages — an action that…
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hits EU ban on hormone-treated meat imports
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday the European Union has leaned on "fake science" to bar U.S. beef imports, hurting…
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Press Secretary Suddenly Knows Nothing About Trump Tariff Comments
Trump’s global tariff war is expected to affect just about every sector of life for the average American. Products that will see prices…
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A Trump bid for a third term could set off legal battles in states nationwide
WASHINGTON — In a private meeting at a global summit in Buenos Aires in 2018, China’s president, Xi Jinping, turned to President Trump and…
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Trump Press Secretary Freaks Out Over Questions About Deportations
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt flailed Monday when asked about the government’s shady system for classifying gang members.…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth included wife in sensitive meetings: report
A new report says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to "sensitive" meetings with foreign officials. The report comes amid…
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Kristi Noem, Trump's secretary of Homeland Security, meets Mexican president
MEXICO CITY — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived in Mexico on Friday to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum and members of…
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Homeland Security Secretary Noem tours El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump…
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Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University is "on the right track" toward recovering federal funding after the elite…
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she supports 'more money' for students with special needs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Sunday that the push to dismantle the Department of Education will not disrupt services for…
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Trump Commerce Secretary Makes Wild Plea to Help Tesla
“We’re going to have the strongest economic country in the history of the world, of the planet. We are taking in so much money,” Trump…
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Trump Press Secretary Announces Terrifying Change to White House Press
According to the letter, at the beginning of the Trump administration staffers were subjected to intense questioning by Musk’s…
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Treasury secretary touts economic guarantees for Ukraine in Trump's deal
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he believes that President Donald Trump's Ukraine deal…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends Trump's firing of Joint Chiefs, other military leaders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that President Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
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Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing
Democratic senators on Thursday questioned Steven Bradbury, President Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary of the Transportation…
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Trump Secretary Reveals Next Giveaway to the Rich: Abolishing the IRS
Trump has already started cutting the government agency, with plans to lay off about 7,000 IRS workers beginning Thursday, despite tax…
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Trump’s Defense Secretary Gives Pentagon Days to Plan for Massive Cuts
Unsurprisingly, several of Trump’s claims aren’t true. The U.S. has actually allocated a total of $183 billion to Ukraine since Russia’s…
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Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick to be President Trump’s commerce secretary, putting in place one of the…
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RFK Jr. Names First Targets in Chilling Speech as Health Secretary
Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to put his frightening ideas about…
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Trump Press Secretary Hit With Embarrassing Fact-Check on Fraud Claim
“We had that a couple months ago, long before this other discussion. So, I don’t think that had anything to do with that,” Homan insisted.…
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RFK Jr. overcomes odds, is confirmed as HHS secretary
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, sweeping aside concerns about…
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Treasury Secretary Expected to Visit Kyiv
The first senior Trump administration official was expected to visit Ukraine, a day after Russia released an American prisoner in a…