President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 18, giving some extra time off to federal workers around the upcoming holidays.Trump declared Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 as federal holidays, extending the existing federal holiday on Christmas Day into an extra-long weekend.While many private businesses observe federal holidays with paid time off for employees, […]
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CBS postpones '60 Minutes' story on Trump deportees at the last minute – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeCBS News announced it would pull a “60 Minutes” report about the Trump administration’s sending detainees to a maximum-security “mega-prison” in El Salvador just hours before its scheduled broadcast Sunday.The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would not appear in the episode and that it would instead […]
Trump warns Maduro against playing 'tough' as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela – AP News
Trump warns Maduro against playing ‘tough’ as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela AP Newssource
President Trump says US needs Greenland for 'national security' – USA Today
President Donald Trump is renewing calls to take Greenland, the massive island controlled by Denmark, adding that a special envoy he appointed to the Arctic island would “lead the charge.”“We need Greenland for national security,” Trump told reporters on Dec. 22, during an announcement that the U.S. would build a “new “Golden Fleet” of “Trump-class” […]
Trump administration plans to promote loyal diplomats after recall of 30 ambassadors, sources say – The Guardian
Move comes as union representing US diplomats said it was ‘deeply concerned’ by the process, which could ‘politicise’ foreign serviceThe Trump administration has quietly recalled nearly 30 ambassadors and other senior overseas diplomats as the Trump administration plans to promote appointees loyal to the new administration to higher levels of the state department, according to […]