Trump administration will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign  —  An email is set to go out to federal workers beginning Tuesday.  —  President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” …

Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans  —  The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker's office.  The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people …

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management  —  Sources tell WIRED that the OPM's top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir.  One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter  —  In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump's HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy's ethics and views on vaccines.  —  Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators …

Americans sour on some of Trump's early moves, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Americans have a dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Trump's Order on Transgender Troops Will Likely Ban Their Service, Again  —  In an executive order issued Monday night, the president said transgender service members “cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary” for the military.  —  Hours after President Trump signed …

Trump moves to fire members of EEOC and NLRB, breaking with precedent  —  The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee large swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.  —  President Donald Trump has moved to fire Democratic members of two independent federal commissions …

Departing the New York Times  —  As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years.  Despite the encomiums issued by the Times, it was not a happy departure.  If you check out my Substack …

Michigan's Gary Peters won't seek reelection to U.S. Senate.  Here's why  —  Washington ― Gary Peters, Michigan's senior senator and a former congressman, said he won't seek reelection next year and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his second term ends in January 2027.

Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy and Purpose.  Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming …

France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says  —  The comments came as Denmark's prime minister travels to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up support from allies.  —  PARIS — France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response …

Pentagon pulling Gen. Milley's security detail and clearance ‘immediately,’ may face demotion in retirement  —  EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is “immediately pulling” retired Gen. Mark Milley's personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.

Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues  —  As Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their “resistance” strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.

Trump's Attempt to Usurp Congress's Spending Power  —  The Trump Administration is undertaking what amounts to a wide-ranging assault on Congress's power of the purse, seeking instead to usurp authority over federal spending.  Today, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo mandating a …

Google reclassifies U.S. as ‘sensitive country’ alongside China, Russia after Trump's ‘Gulf of America’ comments … Google's maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country,” a designation it reserves for states with strict governments and border disputes, CNBC has learned.

RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and made baseless claims on race  —  A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements finds the candidate for the nation's top health post has falsely linked vaccines to autism.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …