Trump Admin Handed Legal Loss Over Transgender Troops Ban in Stinging Order
The Trump administration’s motion to dissolve a court order blocking the president’s ban on transgender military troops was denied on Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense (DOD) via email for comment Wednesday night. Why It Matters President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders and previously pushed policies aimed at rolling back […]
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Fox News Contributor Rips Trump Admin Over Signal Texts Claim: ‘Undeniable’
Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy ripped into the Trump administration’s claims that the information shared in a Signal app chat among high-ranking Cabinet members and a journalist was not classified. The Department of Defense referred Newsweek to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s remarks on X, formerly Twitter, when reached via email for additional comment Wednesday. Why […]
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Trump Dubs Himself ‘Fertilization President’ At Women’s History Month Event
President Donald Trump came up with a new nickname for himself while speaking at a White House event celebrating Women’s History Month. Touting his administration’s efforts to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, Trump called himself the “fertilization president.” What To Know “We’re going to have tremendous goodies in the bag for women, […]
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Donald Trump Discusses ‘Compensation Fund’ for Jan. 6 Rioters
Donald Trump has voiced support for providing financial assistance to individuals convicted or charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot. Why It Matters On the first day he took office in January, Trump pardoned almost every individual convicted of crimes related to the deadly January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and […]
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Democrats Declare Victory In District Donald Trump Won By 15 Points
By Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek’s National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a graduate of University College London. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda […]
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John Bolton Flags Trump Admin’s ‘Original Sin’ in Signal War Texts
In the aftermath of the Signal war texting leak, former Trump national security adviser John Bolton warned that the current administration’s use of a commercial platform in lieu of a secured network to discuss military plans is the “original sin.” Newsweek previously reached out to the Department of Defense on Tuesday for comment via email. […]
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Satellite Captures US Aircraft Carrier Moves After New Orders by Trump
A United States aircraft carrier was captured by satellite imagery as it reached a military hub in the Western Pacific Ocean after being ordered to redeploy to the Middle East. The U.S. Navy confirmed that USS Carl Vinson arrived in Guam on Monday for a regularly scheduled port visit. USS Carl Vinson arrives at Naval […]
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Defiant Dreamer Doesn’t Fear Deportation Under Trump
A Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient has told Newsweek that she doesn’t fear deportation under the Trump administration. “I could lose my DACA come December because I’m fighting against that administration but at this point, I’m like I don’t care,” Karla Castaneda, the executive director of the Workers’ Rights Education Project, said in […]
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Trump Administration Invokes ‘State Secrets Privilege’ in Deportation Case
The Trump administration invoked “state secrets privilege” on Monday in response to a federal judge’s order to provide further information on its deportation of more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador this month. The Context Citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the Trump administration carried out the deportations despite U.S. District Court Judge […]
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Donald Trump Gets Bad News From Americans About Housing Market
Americans might be losing confidence in President Donald Trump‘s impact on the housing market as the majority of households prepare for rent and mortgage rate hikes. A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that households expect 30-year mortgage rates to increase to a median of 7 percent a year from […]
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