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US Recalls Dozens of Career Diplomats in 'America First' Move

Returning envoys will have 90 days to find new posts

(Newser) - The Trump administration is ordering more than two dozen ambassadors and other senior envoys to leave their posts within weeks. Ambassadors in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe began receiving calls last week from Washington telling them to depart by mid-January, the Washington Post reports. The move has alarmed many...

Show Us What You Have, Clinton Aide Tells DOJ

Former president doesn't need protection on Epstein files, spokesperson says

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's staff says that if the Justice Department has any incriminating information on him in the Jeffrey Epstein files, it should put it all on the table—now. On Monday, Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena urged the DOJ to release every Epstein-related document involving the former president as it...

Feds Halt Wind Power Projects Over 'National Security'

Critics say concerns about radar are overblown

(Newser) - The Trump administration has struck another blow against wind power. The Interior Department on Monday ordered construction halted on all five large offshore wind farms currently being built in US waters, citing "national security concerns" flagged in classified Pentagon assessments. The order applies immediately to Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution...

DHS Triples 'Exit Bonus' to Migrants to $3K

DHS chief Kristi Noem say those who remain in US will face harsher treatment

(Newser) - The federal government is sweetening the deal for undocumented immigrants who choose to leave on their own—and threatening a harsher path for those who don't. The Department of Homeland Security has boosted its one-time "exit bonus" for migrants who voluntarily depart the US from $1,000 to...

Coming in 2026: Increased ICE Raids in Workplaces

New funding boosts ICE, Border Patrol raids as public backlash grows

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a July spending package approved by the GOP-led Congress, Immigration...

Coast Guard Tries to Seize Fleeing Tanker

US forces had seizure order for the Bella 1 off Venezuela

(Newser) - US authorities were pursuing an oil tanker off Venezuela on Sunday, after the ship did not submit to being boarded by American forces and sailed away in the Caribbean Sea. Officials said the US Coast Guard approached the vessel, which they said was not flying a valid national flag, late...

Report: Trump Used Primary Mortgages for Rentals

Records show Trump claimed 2 Palm Beach rentals as primary residences, per ProPublica

(Newser) - The Trump administration has aggressively gone after political rivals over alleged mortgage games. Newly unearthed paperwork, however, suggests he once played a similar game himself. ProPublica reports that Trump signed two mortgages in Palm Beach in late 1993 and early 1994, each time listing the property as his main home....

White House Considers Big Change to Vaccine Guidance

Move toward 'shared decision-making' alarms public health experts and doctors

(Newser) - The federal government is weighing a redesign of its childhood vaccine playbook that would move it closer to Denmark's leaner schedule and step back from strongly recommending many shots, the Washington Post reports. According to two people familiar with internal talks, Trump administration officials are considering moving most routine...

Supreme Court Denies Administration on Judges Case

Decision isn't final but breaks string of Trump successes on emergency docket

(Newser) - The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges on Friday, rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case with possible implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power. The decision is a technical step in a long-running case, but it touches on the effects of a...

Death Toll in US Boat Strikes Blows Past 100

US military says 5 were killed in 2 new boat strikes against alleged drug smugglers in eastern Pacific

(Newser) - The US military on Thursday said it had conducted two more strikes against boats it claimed were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. US Southern Command posted on social media that "intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern...

Trump Makes Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 Federal Holidays

Move for this year gives many federal workers a 5-day Christmas weekend in 2025

(Newser) - Federal workers can look forward to an unusually long Christmas break this year. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving federal employees Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 off, effectively shutting most government offices from Wednesday through Friday next week, with Christmas Day already a statutory holiday, per the...

Epstein Case Files Are Due by Midnight

Sources say there will be extensive redactions

(Newser) - The clock is ticking on the release of the Epstein files. By midnight Friday, the Trump administration is required by law to publish a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related records that could expose new details about the sex offender's crimes and his links to prominent figures, including President Trump, the...

Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery Program After Shootings

Program allowed suspect in Brown, MIT shootings to stay in US

(Newser) - President Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States, the AP reports. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that at Trump's direction she...

Trump Moves to End Transgender Care for Minors

Health secretary Kennedy has called the treatments 'junk science'

(Newser) - The Trump administration is moving to sharply curb gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed two rules aimed at restricting such care, which can include puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries. One proposal would bar any hospital or clinic that provides gender-affirming...

Deaths in US 'Drug Boat' Strikes Hit 99

Latest lethal kinetic strike targets alleged narco-trafficking vessel in Pacific

(Newser) - The Pentagon says a suspected drug-trafficking boat moving through the eastern Pacific was the latest target in a string of lethal US strikes, NBC News reports. US Southern Command on Wednesday described the operation as "a lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel it says was run by a "...

China Likely to Be 'Infuriated' by US Move on Taiwan

US announces $10B package of arms sales

(Newser) - The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China, the AP reports. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address...

Trump, a 'Student of History,' Writes 'Eloquent' Presidential Plaques

Bronze plaques added to West Wing feature partisan attacks and debunked claims

(Newser) - It's not just the Oval Office getting the Trump treatment—now the White House's Colonnade is talking, too. President Trump has added a new feature to the West Wing walkway he's dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame": bronze plaques beneath the portraits of his predecessors that...

Senators Block Nomination Over Swastika, Noose Policy

New language conflicts with Adm. Kevin Lunday's purported decree after backlash

(Newser) - Two Democratic senators have blocked a vote to promote Adm. Kevin Lunday to run the Coast Guard, citing a new harassment policy that no longer explicitly labels swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Jacky Rosen placed holds on Lunday's nomination after the Coast Guard implemented...

House Rejects Limiting US Military Actions in Caribbean

Measure would have required administration to seek congressional authorization

(Newser) - House Republicans voted down a pair of Democratic-backed resolutions on Wednesday that would have put a check on President Trump's power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump has stepped up his threats against...

Trump Dismantles a Key Climate Research Center

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says 'science is being attacked'

(Newser) - The Trump administration is breaking up one of the country's premier climate research hubs. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said Tuesday night that the National Science Foundation will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), escalating the administration's effort to scale back government-funded climate...

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