Trump Moves to Fire Three Members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
The three Democrats removed from the commission said they were targeted for voting to stop imports of poorly made lithium-ion batteries and objecting to staffing cuts.
Appointments and Executive Changes
Holocaust Museum Board Member Condemns Silence on Trump Firings
Board members clashed over email after a Biden appointee sent a scathing letter invoking the Holocaust as he denounced the museum’s silence on President Trump’s firings of board members.
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.
Trump Names Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in Washington
Jeanine Pirro has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into one of a crucial prosecutors offices in the Justice Department.
FEMA’s Leader Is Dismissed
The move comes as the Trump administration has considered disbanding the agency.
Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Are So Large, 10% Feels Like a Relief
As he proposes ever stiffer tariffs, President Trump has normalized his merely big ones.
Republican Senator Says He’ll Vote Against Pick for U.S. Attorney
The nomination of the prosecutor, Ed Martin, has been teetering amid revelations that he once compared former President Biden to Adolf Hitler.
Trump Gets a Slow Start on Judges After Setting a Record Pace in First Term
The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China’s leader, who has only three titles.
Waltz had been on thin ice since he included a journalist on a sensitive group chat.
President Trump initially defended Mr. Waltz for mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat about military strikes.