Author: Buzzo

One day after Donald Trump returned to office, a leading government labor union filed a lawsuit against his administration’s reclassification of thousands of federal workers as political hires.An executive order signed by the president – making public sector workers easier to fire – amounts to a “dangerous step backward”, according to the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents federal government employees across 37 agencies and departments.The move, one of several actions announced by Trump in the hours after his inauguration on Monday, was swiftly criticized as an attack on workers. As they plotted his return, Trump’s allies claimed to have…

Readers like you are the sole source of support for PoliticusUSA, so please consider becoming a subscriber.Rep. Jamie Raskin is using his position as House Judiciary Committee ranking member to help lead the charge against Donald Trump’s agenda.Rep. Raskin reacted to Donald Trump’s extremist, unconstitutional, and potentially illegal executive orders by saying:This is the closest margin between the parties in the House of Representatives in decades and Donald Trump received less than 50% of the popular vote, but the new governing team of MAGA zealots and billionaires is claiming some imaginary landslide mandate to push deeply unpopular and unconstitutional policies.Our…

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account – free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News’ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to “deepen strategic coordination” in a video call less than a day after President Donald Trump re-entered the White House.A transcript of the call posted to the…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins of the main agency carrying out U.S. foreign policy at a time of violent global crises and as other nations begin engaging with President Trump.After greeting employees at a ceremonial gathering, Mr. Rubio went into a meeting with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia to discuss issues in the Indo-Pacific region, an area that, in his eyes, China seeks to dominate.The State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, which works under Mr. Rubio’s…

WHAT NATION can you fit into the Capitol Rotunda? Answer: somewhere between a Portugal and a Thailand. Each country’s total household net wealth was $1.3trn, give or take, according to the latest available figures from a few years ago. This is around the accumulated fortune of the billionaires who turned up for Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration in Washington on January 20th. Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH, a luxury empire, and Europe’s richest man, represented the old continent’s fat cats. Mukesh Ambani, an Indian industrialist who is Mr Arnault’s Asian opposite number, stood in for the global south’s.

AFPLt Gen Herzi Halevi (L) called for a commission of inquiry into the 7 October 2023 attackIsrael’s military chief has resigned, saying he recognised his responsibility for its failure on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas carried out a deadly attack on the country that triggered the Gaza war.In a letter to the defence minister, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi admitted the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had “failed in its mission to protect the citizens of Israel”.”My responsibility for the terrible failure accompanies me every day, every hour, and will be so for the rest of my life,”…

Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity will present an interview with President Donald Trump from the Oval Office on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. The “Hannity” exclusive sit-down will be Trump’s first Oval Office interview since returning to the White House. Trump will discuss the executive orders he’s signed thus far, his plans for his first 100 days in office and more. Trump has signed dozens of executive orders since he was sworn into office on Monday, advancing his administration’s goals on issues from illegal immigration to withdrawing from the World Health Organization.FOX NEWS DOMINATES 2024 VIEWERSHIP, TOPPING CNN AND MSNBC COMBINED DURING…

This creamy fettuccine with ham, peas, and mushrooms is wonderfully savory, cheesy, and full of awesome flavor that comes together easily on the stovetop for a satisfying meal. Creamy pastas are arguably one of the dreamiest comfort foods out there. I’ve got several on the blog, fitting a variety of palates. From my turkey tetrazzini and creamy lemon pasta with ham and peas to my roasted mushroom stroganoff, these pasta dishes scratch that comfort food itch and creamy pasta craving. My latest creamy pasta endeavor, this fettuccine with ham and peas features luscious strands of fettuccine coated in a silly…

Paterson says PM must ‘urgently clarify’ overseas link antisemitic attacksYesterday, federal police revealed they were investigating whether a spate of antisemitic attacks have been funded by “overseas actors” using cryptocurrency.Earlier this morning, the shadow home affairs and cybersecurity minister, James Paterson, called on the prime minister to “urgently clarify” what he knows and what action will be taken. He wrote in a post to X: It is a gravely serious claim to suggest foreign actors may be behind the spate of terror attacks targeting the Jewish community. The PM must urgently clarify what he knows about it and what action…

Decades of trade integration across North America are on the precipice of major disruption by tariffs that President Trump says he wants to impose on Canada and Mexico, the United States’ top trading partners.And while tariffs are predicted to inflict pain on all three nations, they would cause more damage to Canada and Mexico, smaller economies that are deeply dependent on the United States.Officials in both countries breathed a brief sigh of relief on Monday, when Mr. Trump stopped short of making tariffs part of his blizzard of executive orders on his first day in office. But the relief was…