Trump fires top US military officer in Pentagon shake-up
President removes CQ Brown and other senior leaders who he blames for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion policies
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Trump fires top US military official in Pentagon shake-up
President removes CQ Brown and other senior officers who he blames for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion policiesFinancial Times - 12h -
Trump fires nation’s top-ranking military officer in latest job cuts
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top-ranking military officer, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr. It’s the first of many more job cuts expected with thousands of ...NBC News - 1h -
Trump fires top general in Pentagon shake-up
The new defence secretary earlier accused Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown of having a "woke" focus.BBC News - 7h -
Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer
Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.The New York Times - 8h -
Trump Plans to Use Military Bases to Detain Migrants
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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.The New York Times - 10h -
Ukraine offers rare earth deal to Trump for more US military aid
Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industryABC News - Feb. 11 -
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.The New York Times - 17h -
Pentagon to fire 5,400 probationary workers, institute hiring freeze
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of the next five years, sources familiar with his plans told CBS News.CBS News - 11h -
US politics briefing: Trump administration warns Kyiv and picks up court win in mass firings case
From the Trump administration’s latest moves abroad and in the US – here are the key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance. Thursday saw a judge rule that the Trump administration can ...The Guardian - 1d -
Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in bid to fire whistleblower office chief
President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.CBS News - 14h -
Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in bid to fire whistleblower office chief
President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.CBS News - 14h -
Trump's birthright order to remain blocked; Pentagon to cut $50B
The Pentagon is in the cost-cutting crosshairs of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders officials to find $50 billion in cuts to the defense ...NBC News - 1d -
Pentagon firings to begin next week in effort to cut up to 8 percent of civilian workforce
The Pentagon seeks to cut more than 5,000 civilian employees on probation status beginning next week in a bid to eventually shave off up to 8 percent of the U.S. military’s civilian workforce, the ...The Hill - 15h -
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Top FDA official resigns, warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda."CBS News - 1d -
Top FDA official resigns, warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda."CBS News - 1d -
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.Wired - 2d -
Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia
Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and PutinFinancial Times - 1h -
Trump Urged to Halt Firings at the FAA
After a string of deadly plane crashes, lawmakers and union members are urging the president to protect the transportation department from further personnel cuts.The New York Times - 2d -
NATO holds military drills as leaders express concerns over Trump's shifting foreign policy
In Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, NATO is holding its largest combat exercises of the year. The drills come as European leaders are expressing rising concern over the military ...CBS News - 1d -
NATO holds military drills as leaders express concerns over Trump's shifting foreign policy
In Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, NATO is holding its largest combat exercises of the year. The drills come as European leaders are expressing rising concern over the military ...CBS News - 1d -
From pills to new uses, here's what Eli Lilly’s top scientist sees as the future of weight loss drugs
Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky spoke to CNBC about obesity pills and more on the future of weight loss.CNBC - 1d -
Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will
The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump fires CQ Brown as Joint Chiefs chairman
President Trump announced that he had fired Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and planned to replace him with Air Force Lt. Gen.ABC News - 48m -
Associated Press sues three top Trump officials over access restrictions
"The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government," the AP said in its lawsuit.CBS News - 13h -
Associated Press sues three top Trump officials over access restrictions
"The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government," the AP said in its lawsuit.CBS News - 13h -
Denise Cheung, the US prosecutor resisting Trump
A lifetime public servant, the by-the-book lawyer is the latest to defend the integrity of an increasingly imperilled justice systemFinancial Times - 20h -
Trump’s first month back in office marked by mixed polling on his federal cuts
NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube and Capitol Hill Correspondent Julie Tsirkin join Meet the Press NOW to report on President ...NBC News - 1d -
South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, 67, chooses to be shot dead amid concerns that lethal injections have caused ‘excruciating’ pain. A South Carolina man on death row has chosen to be killed by firing squad, and if ...The Guardian - 20h -
Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations
Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.The New York Times - 2d -
Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules
US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’. The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, ...The Guardian - 1d -
Thousands of IRS employees expected to be fired by Trump administration this week
One month into Trump's new administration, the president is continuing with his efforts to reshape the federal government. More than 6,000 IRS employees are expected to be fired by the end of the ...CBS News - 1d -
6,000 IRS Employees Fired in Latest Round of Trump Cuts
Labor unions have sued to try to stop the mass firings, but this ruling has allowed them.Inc. - 1d -
What do we know about Trump administration and DOGE's mass firings?
A federal judge is giving President Trump the go-ahead to continue mass firings of thousands of federal employees, for now. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro and CBS News congressional ...CBS News - 14h -
Supreme Court stiffs Trump, punts on firing whistleblower agency head
The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office. ...The Hill - 14h -
Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog
The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire.The New York Times - 12h -
Trump fires Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown
Trump said he plans to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine of the U.S. Air Force to replace Gen. CQ Brown as the nation’s top-ranking military officer.NBC News - 10h -
Trump fires chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown
President Donald Trump fired Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman CQ Brown Jr., the country's highest-ranking military officer, from his position. This comes amid a wave of administration changes under ...NBC News - 11h
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