President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November.

A majority of justices on the Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to let President Trump fire a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member without cause, significantly limiting the independence of independent agencies.

The Supreme Court heard arguments over the president's authority to remove members of many independent agencies that Congress has sought to insulate from political pressure.

The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.

Video shows Guatemalans setting alight a version of the U.S. president at the Burning of the Devil festival.

Sacks is the Trump administration's top advisor on tech and crypto policy. In recent weeks, he's faced questions about conflicts of interest and criticism over his drive to undo state AI laws.

The Supreme Court on Monday morning signaled that it was likely to strike down a federal law that restricts the president’s ability to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission. […] The post Court seems likely to side with Trump on president’s power to fire FTC commissioner appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

The White House is not happy with recent reports suggesting Donald Trump is ready to fire people from his Cabinet. A spokesperson for the White House went ballistic while fiercely defending the president's "talented" advisors in response to claims staffers are "frustrated" by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski — whom she hired as her chief advisor.

But that hands-off approach to covering Barron has probably ended with the New York Times reporting this week that the 19-year-old college student has become an admirer of Andrew Tate, the manosphere influencer with American and British citizenship who is an accused sex trafficker and rapist and who has been under investigation in Romania for allegedly coercing women into pornography and beating and having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, forcing many offices to continue to cope with vacancies that could affect winter forecasts.