Trump administration directs federal DEI staff to be put on leave
President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday.
Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. In doing so, Mr. Trump fulfilled a promise that he made repeatedly on the campaign trail as he courted political contributions from the crypto industry, which spent…
Trump Announces $100 Billion A.I. Initiative
President Trump on Tuesday announced a joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to create at least $100 billion in computing infrastructure to power artificial intelligence. The venture, called Stargate, adds to tech companies’ significant investments in U.S. data centers, huge buildings full of servers that provide computing power. Stargate could eventually invest as much…
Trump has postponed the TikTok ban. Was that legal?
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, his first day back in office, signed an executive order postponing the country’s ban of TikTok for 75 days. But whether this move was lawful is up in the air. The ban — signed into law by the Biden administration and upheld by the Supreme Court — gave the Chinese…