Politics

Senate Republicans are taking decisive steps to advance President Donald Trump's legislative priorities, focusing on border security, military enhancement, and energy independence. This initiative comes as the House faces internal disagreements hindering progress on similar legislation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended former U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion of allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza permanently, despite widespread criticism labeling the proposal as ethnic cleansing. Rights groups condemned the plan, calling it a violation of international law. The idea, floated by Trump during a recent speech, proposed relocating Gaza’s population and hinted at a U.S.-led rebuilding effort.

On February 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," effectively barring transgender women from participating in women's sports at educational institutions receiving federal funding. The order mandates that schools allowing transgender athletes in women's teams or granting them access to women's facilities may face withdrawal of federal funds. It also directs the U.S. Olympic Committee to prohibit transgender women from competing in women's events.

On February 5, 2025, hundreds of protesters gathered at the Capitol Mall in Sacramento as part of a nationwide demonstration against recent policies introduced by the Trump administration. Organized under the banner of the #50501 movement, protests took place in all 50 states, with demonstrators raising concerns over government overreach and controversial new policies.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has criticized Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne for releasing Jesus Romero-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant with a history of violence, in Ithaca, New York.

A Japan Airlines aircraft taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport collided with a parked Delta Air Lines plane on Wednesday morning.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has outlined the Trump administration's strategy to rejuvenate American manufacturing through targeted tariffs.

The Trump administration is set to present its strategy to conclude the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the upcoming Munich Security Conference in Germany.

In a recent closed-door meeting, conservative members of the House of Representatives pressed for at least $2.5 trillion in federal spending reductions as part of President Donald Trump's proposed budget.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration's executive order mandating the transfer of transgender women from female to male prison facilities and discontinuing their access to hormone therapy. The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," directs federal agencies to house inmates based on biological sex and cease funding for gender-affirming medical care.