BREAKING: The acting head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) quit her job over the weekend after butting heads with the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), over efforts to access certain sensitive government records, according to reports.
The Washington Post reported that three people familiar with Michelle King’s departure said on Monday that she stepped down from her position after the disagreement.
In response to King’s departure, President Donald Trump reportedly appointed Leland Dudek to lead the agency as the president’s nominee to serve as commissioner of the SSA, Frank Bisignano, is vetted by federal lawmakers.
Principal Deputy Press Secretary at the White House, Harrison Fields, said they expect Bisignano to be "swiftly confirmed in the coming weeks." READ | XPOST
The Trump administration sent three illegal immigrants back to their home country of Venezuela in response to a judge's decision blocking them from being sent to Guantánamo Bay as part of a continued crackdown on illegal immigration.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales of New Mexico issued a memo Friday announcing the court had vacated a March 3 status conference for three Venezuelan migrants just five days after it blocked the Trump administration's efforts to transfer the migrants to Guantánamo Bay.
Since then, Gonzales said, respondents had filed a notice of removal "informing the court that all three petitioners were removed to Venezuela, their home country, on Feb. 10, 2025." READ | XPOST
Trump’s Executive Order directs Tulsi Gabbard to declass and release the JFK & MLK docs. It says nothing about former stripper Luna launching a Congressional committee to review all the documents and “if necessary” (HER WORDS) release documents to the people.
Every hearing Congress has is a massive grandstanding grift where the Congress people drone on for HOURS and then give their witnesses 4 minutes where they are only allowed to answer specific questions.
Luna… shove it. We don’t trust you. Release the docs or get primaried.
Panic in DC: Peter Strzok just deleted everything on his X account. Kash Patel told us that Lisa Page and Peter Strzok were texting each other before the 2016 election on how they would stop Trump from being elected. In other words, they were committing treason. He must know that Kash is about to be confirmed as the FBI Director and is feeling the fear. Unfortunately for him, nothing is truly deleted. Panic in DC.
"To remind you who Lisa Page and Peter Strzok were: The number one lawyer responsible for the Russiagate investigation and the number one FBI agent. These two, while having an affair, were texting each other saying they would stop President Trump before the election. The individuals charged to lead the investigation into the Trump campaign were texting each other before the election saying all the ways that they would stop it."
President Trump said he will take a 'very hard stance' on Gaza if all hostages aren't freed by Hamas by Saturday at noon.
However, he said it will be 'up to Bibi' and Israel to determine what to do if they are not returned.
'I don't know what's going to happen at 12 o'clock. If it was up to me, I'd take a very hard stance. I can't tell you what Israel is going to do,' Trump said in the Oval Office.
Earlier this week, he said that 'all hell will break out' if they aren't freed by the deadline. READ | XPOST
Republican Rep. Eli Crane said he has drafted articles of impeachment against Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after the judge blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department payment systems.
🚨 Deloitte secured a $36.3M bag for the Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program II (V-LEEP II).
Translation: Uncle Sam wired millions to an Arlington consulting firm to "help" Vietnam lower emissions—because apparently, the best way to fight climate change is powerpoints from consultants 8,000 miles away. 🌍💰
06.03.202502:05
Hunter Biden is claiming he is too broke to continue a legal battle he launched against his nemesis, ex Trump White House staffer Garrett Ziegler, blaming the Palisades Fire that destroyed his home.
The claim, made by Hunter's lawyer in a letter to Ziegler's attorney this week, indicates the former First Son is out of cash, can no longer tap his 'sugar brother' Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris for funds, and is not being bailed out by Democrat donors.
The letter, Daily Mail can exclusively reveal, says Hunter 'lacks the resources to continue this litigation at this time'.
A source close to the case also told Daily Mail that the pardoned felon is planning to quit California and move back to the east coast.
The legal letter claimed hard-up Hunter's financial woe 'have been exacerbated after the fires in the Pacific Palisades in early January upended Plaintiff's life by rendering his rental house unlivable for an extended period of time'.
Hunter's $15,800-per-month Malibu rental was razed by the Palisades Fire that swept through an entire neighborhood on January 7. READ | XPOST
A longtime drug policy reform advocate says he spoke with a White House staffer at an event last week and was invited to submit a proposal outlining why President Donald Trump should back federal marijuana legalization.
“I got a couple minutes with her, just one-on-one, and basically gave her the basics that my organization of law enforcement and citizens would like to see an end to the drug war and make it a medical issue in the macro,” Wooldridge told Marijuana Moment in a phone interview on Tuesday.
“She was very open to any and all suggestions coming to that particular meeting, because it obviously is a friendly environment for someone who’s coming from the Trump White House,” he said. “She was certainly a good listener.”
“Basically what I’m going to bring in the proposal is the political advantages for the Trump administration to end the policy of federal prohibition,” Wooldridge said, stressing the potential appeal of pitching a states’ rights position on the issue of legalization to the Republican president’s team.
Trump has backed that states’ rights perspective in the past, and on the campaign trail he also endorsed a Florida marijuana legalization proposal as well as federal rescheduling and industry banking access.
A federal appeals court Wednesday said President Donald Trump can fire a top government watchdog in the latest round of a legal fight over the authority to dismiss federal officials.
The D.C. Court of Appeals put on hold on a lower court’s ruling that found Hampton Dellinger’s termination at the Office of Special Counsel was “unlawful.” The court said it would expedite its review of that ruling, but in the meantime Dellinger can be removed from his post. READ | XPOST
06.03.202501:39
The House of Representatives moved to advance the censure of Rep. Al Green (D-TX), after his unruly behavior during President Donald Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
In a 211-209 vote, the House voted to move forward with the censuring of Green after the House Sergeant at Arms escorted him out over his refusal to follow decorum during Trump’s speech. READ | XPOST
06.03.202501:39
A federal judge denied New York City’s request to force President Donald Trump’s administration to immediately return the $80 million federal grant for serving migrants it pulled out of a city bank account last month.
Mayor Eric Adams’ Law Department had asked Judge Jennifer Rearden for a preliminary injunction ordering the federal government to give back the funds as well as a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from taking any more migrant grants out of the city’s account with Citibank.
The arguments in Manhattan federal court Wednesday were narrowly focused on whether immediate action by the judge was warranted — and Rearden found it better to let the federal government hold onto the money while the trial plays out.
“The city has identified no irreparable harm,” Rearden said, reading her ruling from the bench. READ | XPOST
06.03.202501:27
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reportedly invited nearly 200 employees laid off two weeks ago to return to work.
"We apologize for any disruption that this may have caused," the health agency, whose primary job is fighting and monitoring disease outbreaks, said in an email to workers obtained by the Associated Press.
The emails were sent on Tuesday to 180 of the roughly 1,300 CDC employees who were terminated last month when the Trump administration slashed the agency's workforce by 10 percent. READ | XPOST
06.03.202500:41
Wednesday, a federal civil service board ruled that the firings of over 5,000 probationary employees at the Agriculture Department may have been unlawful, and the workers should be reinstated for at least the next 45 days.
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris issued the order after the Office of Special Counsel alleged that the Agriculture Department had "engaged in prohibited personnel practices" to carry out the mass firings.
The ruling affects only Agriculture Department workers, but numerous government agencies have carried out similar mass firings of probationary employees, meaning Wednesday's action could prove damaging to President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. READ | XPOST
UPDATE🚨: According to internal State Farm messaging, Kirkpatrick is no longer employed at State Farm:
“On March 5, a video with a former State Farm executive was posted on social media.
“These assertions are inaccurate and in no way represent the views of State Farm. They do not reflect our position regarding the victims of this tragedy, the commitment we have demonstrated to the people of California, or our hiring practices across the Company. The individual in the video is no longer affiliated with State Farm.”
A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of Agriculture, according to a newly issued order obtained by CNN.
The order, by the Merit Systems Protection Board, undercuts President Donald Trump’s attempts to downsize the federal civil service and is a major indication that the mass layoffs were unlawful and may eventually be reversed by the board.
It also signals the board may reverse the Trump administration’s approach to mass firings across several other agencies in the federal government.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is urging the Department of Justice to investigate whether Joe Biden’s cognitive decline enabled unelected staff to implement radical policies without his knowing approval. Bailey argues that if true, executive orders, pardons, and other actions issued under Biden would be unconstitutional and legally void.
