Howdy! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. Currently devastated that "Challengers" didn't get a SINGLE Oscar nomination. |
Key Trump Cabinet pick moves one step closer to being confirmed |
Some of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks are on their way to confirmation. The Senate on Thursday cleared a key hurdle to confirming Pete Hegseth , Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department. It looks like he's on his way to a full confirmation vote on Friday. The nominee has faced allegations of sexual assault, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, along with other accusations. Read more. |
| • | Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted against Hegseth. Follow live updates here. | |
Trump also had another Cabinet win. His pick to lead the CIA, John Ratcliffe, was confirmed with a bipartisan 74-25 vote Thursday afternoon. He's the second of the president's picks to clear a vote after Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Read more. | President Donald Trump holds an executive grant of clemency in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Kevin Lamarque, REUTERS |
Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order |
Some of Donald Trump's executive actions are already being blocked. A federal judge on Thursday blocked the president from implementing his executive order that would end automatic citizenship for children whose parents are foreign nationals, whether they're here legally or not. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said "this is a blatantly unconstitutional order." Read more. |
Trump slams foes, outlines vision: 5 takeaways in first sit-down interview as president |
With the Resolute desk in the backdrop, Donald Trump gave his first sit-down interview since being sworn in as president to ally and Fox News Host Sean Hannity. Trump in the wide-ranging interview spent time airing grievances he had with the past administration, saying he will work to undo many of Joe Biden's policies. He also laid out his vision for his own administration, such as overhauling FEMA. Read more. | | | | Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict in Ukraine, but the war has proved tough to solve. Now, he says he'll sanction Russia. | | | | Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity. | | | | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies. | | | | The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and shoplifting. | | | | The surprise halt of travel this week scuttled the hopes of last-minute arrivals as Donald Trump's refugee shutdown took hold early. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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