President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections” Wednesday in a Truth Social post, extending a verbal sparring match between the two world leaders the day after U.S. and Russian officials met without Ukraine to discuss terms to end Russia’s three year old invasion. “He refuses to have Elections, is very low…
MOSCOW, Feb 19 – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump could meet this month, although the first face-to-face encounter between a Russian and a U.S. leader since 2021 could take longer to prepare, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump said on Tuesday he would probably meet Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine’s concern about being left out of U.S.-Russian talks in…
Elon Musk urged U.S. officials to audit how much gold is at the Fort Knox military base in Kentucky, addressing decades-old conspiracies that the U.S. gold reserves are no longer there. The senior advisor for President Donald Trump has shared a few posts to X criticizing the lack of annual audits determining the amount of…
Protests against the actions of President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk swept across the nation Monday, with some calling the Presidents Day holiday “No Kings Day.” The protests were organized under the banner of the 50501 Movement and are the second wave of national demonstrations by the group in less…
Presidents Day is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the third Monday of February. The holiday was originally established to honor President George Washington’s birthday. While federal and state offices are closed, many businesses, including retail stores and restaurants, remain open. Presidents Day, a federal holiday, is Monday and while federal and…
Winter doldrums got you down? Well, at least you may get a three-day holiday weekend. Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in the middle of February to honor past U.S. presidents. Here’s when we celebrate Presidents Day and why: When is Presidents Day? This year, Presidents Day falls on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025….
Presidents Day is on Monday, Feb. 17, giving some employees and students the day off, while others will head in to work on the federal holiday. Grocery stores, retail stores and restaurants will largely remain open on the holiday, but that will not be the case for banks, post offices, government offices and the stock…
In a flurry of activity at the end of the week, the Trump administration fired more than 10,000 federal workers across multiple agencies as part of its “large-scale reductions” in the government workforce. This is likely just the beginning of the job cuts, as President Donald Trump and top White House aide Elon Musk seek to continue slashing…
In just a matter of days, President Donald Trump signaled a new direction in Washington’s approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its relationship with NATO. Trump talked this week to Russian President Vladimir Putin directly for the first time since the war began, his Defense Secretary declared Ukraine’s NATO membership and returning its pre-invasion…
Feb. 6 marked the deadline for federal workers to accept the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Trump Administration’s offer of a buyout. These buyouts, or the option of “deferred resignation,” were offered via email from the OPM to over two million federal employees. All federal workers were given the choice of a…