California Gov. Gavin Newsom has requested $40 billion.
Day: March 12, 2025
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 BREAKING: RUSSIA has asked the US to REOPEN US airspace to RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT and to restore direct flights between the two countries. pic.twitter.com/uw5u4GOPin
— Legitimate Targets (@LegitTargets) March 12, 2025
Three state governors, all former educators, derided the decision to terminate nearly half the federal agency’s workforce.
President Trump is facing increasing headwinds from everyday Americans when it comes to his economic policies, which have sent markets tumbling and sparked worries of a recession. Why it matters: Trump’s re-election campaign hinged on lowering prices, but voters are beginning to notice his policies — from a trade war with the U.S.’ closes trading partners to mass deportations — are expected to do the opposite. The latest: A New CNN/SSRS poll out…
Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who the Trump administration has claimed is a national security threat, is in immigration detention in Louisiana.
TODAY: Following efforts with our interagency partners, I can report that a career Director level employee at US Customs and Border Protection has been charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA, as well as lying to federal agents.
This is part of the new FBI’s renewed…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 12, 2025
Commerce secretary under President Trump, Howard Lutnick, stands firm on the tariff agenda and rejects any notion that they cause U.S. prices to surge.