Day: February 28, 2025

Maine House speaker deletes X account after censuring lawmaker opposed to transgender athletes in girls sports

9:01 am February 28, 2025

Ryan Fecteau, the Maine House of Representatives’ Democratic speaker, deleted his X account early Thursday morning, just days after censuring Republican Rep. Laurel Libby. Libby was censured by the Democratic majority Tuesday evening for a recent social media post pointing out that a transgender high school athlete won a girls competition. The censure resolution passed […]

Vivek Ramaswamy argues DOGE hostility rooted in ‘irrationality,’ defends Trump, Musk’s pursuit of ‘golden age’

8:47 am February 28, 2025

Although he walked away from running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy believes he knows the root of the hostility facing Musk and his waste-slashing agency. “It comes from a place of irrationality. For the last several years, people have had Trump Derangement Syndrome. That derangement syndrome […]

JD Vance spars with British prime minister over free speech censorship during Oval Office meeting

8:32 am February 28, 2025

Things got awkward when Vice President JD Vance remarked on his previous comments on Britain’s free speech environment, just feet away from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an Oval Office meeting. Vance doubled down on his comments at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month when he said he feared that free speech was […]

Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass dismissals of probationary federal employees

8:23 am February 28, 2025

A judge in California blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from ordering departments and agencies to begin dismissing recently hired probationary federal workers, saying the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacks the power to fire employees. The move came during a court hearing over a lawsuit from labor unions and other groups challenging OPM’s mass […]

Trump says ‘I can’t believe I said that’ when asked if he still thinks Zelenskyy is a dictator

8:17 am February 28, 2025

President Donald Trump was asked several times on Thursday about comments he made last week, when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” though he oftentimes either ignored the question or could not remember making the statement. Trump met with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday, when the two […]

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