Day: January 28, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.

The order would ensure that gender-affirming care for individuals below 19 would be excluded from coverage under federally-run insurance schemes

The move, which could dramatically reduce the size of the federal work force, appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.

As part of the foreign aid freeze by President Donald Trump, the U.S. distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries has been stopped.

The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.

Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India’s massive Hindu festival, local media report

Karoline Leavitt’s first White House press briefing reaffirmed a truism about the Trump White House: His aides perform for an “audience of one.”

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to all 2 million federal workers, saying it could lead to a cost savings of 100 billion dollars. And a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s order to freeze some federal assistance the White House says does not track with the president’s executive orders. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.