Sources: White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor
A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting…
Hundreds rally against Trump, Musk in Westwood
When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference.“Already, people are leaving,” Ugalde,…
Top House Democrats seek DOGE details, questioning if it operates ‘outside the bounds’ of U.S. law
WASHINGTON — Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees have filed a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request questioning whether the Trump administration’s DOGE…
Why is Netanyahu firing Israel’s chief of internal security? | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeedAs Gaza ceasefire talks are taking place in Cairo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for a vote to fire his internal security chief is overshadowing…
Contributor: NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
In February, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency put the nation’s public radio network on notice. “Defund NPR,” he wrote on X. “It…
Axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
NEW YORK — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: relatives cheering their firing.The…
Judge rules Trump’s bid to oust watchdog agency head was unlawful
WASHINGTON — The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled Saturday, saying President Trump’s bid to remove the…
Donald Trump, Elon Musk are coming for your summer vacation
According to travel experts, early spring is the ideal time to begin planning your summer vacation. Some of the more anxious among us (OK, me)…
The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of…
Column: Bass fires the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over
Well, you could see that one coming.After Pacific Palisades was torched while a reservoir sat empty and fire hydrants ran dry, the fire chief didn’t…
Musk team laying off workers at auto safety agency overseeing Tesla
NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s…
Supreme Court turns away — for now — Trump’s appeal seeking to fire agency official
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal seeking to fire an agency official. Instead, the justices said they would weigh in…
A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far
WASHINGTON — Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Trump’s administration as the White House and its Department…
Trump’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of firings
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers alerted the Supreme Court over the weekend to what they called “an unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrants immediate…
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an…
In first Supreme Court filing, Trump asks justices to permit watchdog’s firing
A snowplow clears snow outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2025. On Sunday, the Trump administration asked the high-court justices to…
Trump appeals to Supreme Court over firing of US agency boss
ReutersHampton Dellinger was fired in a one-sentence email this monthPresident Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow him to fire the head…
Trump Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal…
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board members and naming himself chairman
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that he is firing members of the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center and naming himself chairman.He also indicated that…
Did Trump’s firing aviation officials raise the risk of the DC plane crash? | Aviation News
Even as emergency responders were working to recover the remains of passengers and crew members who died in the January 29 midair collision near the…