OPM orders agencies to limit high performance ratings and speed up removal of federal employees, creating new “accountability” metrics for supervisors to enforce discipline.
NYC Mayor Adams bans Daily News reporter from press conferences for asking questions, threatens to use taxpayer-funded security to enforce press exclusion.
Third ICE detainee captured after escape from Newark facility during riot over insufficient food, one remains at large with $25,000 FBI bounty.
LA Mayor Bass lifts downtown curfew imposed during immigration raid protests, citing need to adapt to “chaos coming from Washington.”
Toy companies ask Supreme Court for urgent review of Trump tariffs after lower courts ruled them unlawful but administration continues collecting billions from American businesses.
Retail sales plunge 0.9% in May as consumers pull back after March tariff-driven buying spree, exceeding economists’ worst expectations.
New CBO analysis finds Trump tax cuts would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over decade, contradicting Republican claims they would pay for themselves.
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem closes through Friday as Trump weighs military strikes on Iran after claiming “complete control” of Iranian skies.
Trump claims “complete control of Iran’s skies” and demands “unconditional surrender” despite U.S. denials of involvement and no declared war.
Brain-dead Georgia woman kept on life support for four months under state abortion law gives birth before family can end treatment.
