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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would cancel collective bargaining rights for most federal workers.  U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman blocked the Trump administration from implementing the order following a lawsuit from the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents about 160,000 federal employees. The union claims in the lawsuit that the order would violate federal workers’ labor rights and is unconstitutional, adding that it would lose two-thirds...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Friday calling for a review of Military Equal Opportunity and DoD civilian Equal Employment Opportunity programs. The secretaries of each military department are required under the memo to assess the programs in place within their own departments. In a video posted on X announcing the memo, Hegseth said that while it’s ‘a good thing’ that the military has multiple avenues for both service members and civilians to...

President Donald Trump’s patience is being tested by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched a barrage of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 100 more this week, one day ahead of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s fourth visit to Moscow. Trump told reporters Friday he believes it is ‘possible’ and even ‘very probable’ his administration will negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.  ‘I think, in the...

President Donald Trump isn’t ‘trolling’ when it comes to efforts to acquire Greenland and make Canada the 51st state.  Trump has discussed acquiring Greenland, Canada and Panama for months — and regularly has referred to Canada as the 51st U.S. state. Despite skepticism from some, Trump said in an interview with TIME magazine published Friday that he’s serious about these proposals.  When asked by TIME’s Eric Cortellessa whether Trump was ‘trolling a bit’ suggesting Canada...

Did they or didn’t they? President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping ‘many times’ but did not say if any of those communications took place since he imposed stiff tariffs on the communist nation.  Asked for details about those communications, Trump responded by saying ‘I’ll let you know at the appropriate time.’ Trump’s latest comments, which took place before he boarded Marine...