President Donald Trump said Friday he expects his newly installed acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, to downsize the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and remove employees he views as politically problematic, saying Pulte will operate "less shackled" than his predecessors.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 29-27 along party lines Thursday night to codify President Trump's effort to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, folding the change into the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
A federal judge on Friday struck down a slate of Trump administration immigration policies that had blocked the processing of applications for asylum seekers worldwide and immigrants from 39 countries, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume adjudicating cases that had been frozen for months.
Federal security officials are warning of drone incursions, potential lone-wolf attacks, and cyberattacks as the FIFA World Cup prepares to kick off across 11 U.S. cities next week, with the Department of Homeland Security acknowledging it is "struggling" with counter-drone capabilities heading into the tournament.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Thursday it opened fifteen new investigations into potential race discrimination in medical school admissions, escalating a federal crackdown that has already produced findings against two of the country's most prestigious universities.
