President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull his nomination of Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, bowing to bipartisan concerns about the conservative activist's modest legal experience, divisive politics and support for Jan. 6 rioters. Instead, the president said Martin will be tapped as an associate deputy attorney general and pardon attorney, putting him in the position of recommending pardons for a slew of defendants involved in the violent insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. When he returned to office in January, Trump granted sweeping pardons and commutations of all people charged with crimes in connection with the riot, or vowed to dismiss their cases.
President Donald Trump has fired Carla Hayden, the longtime head of the Library of Congress, in a move that Democratic lawmakers panned as "callous" and "ignorant." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., described Hayden as "accomplished, principled and distinguished" in a statement Thursday night. "Donald Trump's unjust decision to fire Dr. Hayden in an email sent by a random political hack is a disgrace and the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash American history and turn back the clock," Jeffries wrote. Hayden was formally notified of her termination in an email from the White House's presidential personnel department just before 7 p.m. Thursday, according to a copy of the email reviewed by CQ Roll Call.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, resisting pressure from President Trump to lower U.S. borrowing costs as policy makers assess the economic impact of his trade policies. read more
The Trump administration sparked confusion in Stockholm by demanding that Sweden's capital city gut policies regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. read more
"The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one," the Microsoft founder and billionaire told the Financial Times. Musk, CEO of electric automaker Tesla, spearheaded the efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash federal spending, including the shuttering of the foreign aid arm, USAID. read more
Jeanine Wine Box and Rapey Pete Hegseth are incompetent lushes.