President Trump ‘s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, fulfilling a campaign pledge he made at the Libertarian Party’s National Convention.
A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.
A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard farm labor denied confining two of the children to a shed despite police finding them in the structure behind a locked door, news outlets reported.
President Trump said he is open to Elon Musk buying TikTok, just a day after he signed an order to delay the federal ban on the social media app.
Congress’ Republican leaders met with President Trump on Tuesday to hash out a legislative strategy but have yet to land on the same page.
The echo of President Trump’s oath of office had barely died down Monday when the first lawsuits were filed to derail his plans.
President Trump said Tuesday his executive order demanding that California elected officials allow water to flow to communities instead of into the Pacific Ocean is needed because state environmental policies are destroying fire-ravaged Los Angeles.