FLOOD THE ZONE: In a bold move to shrink the government, the Trump administration yesterday offered all federal employees the opportunity to quit now and be paid through September. Most of the 2.3 million federal workers are eligible for the incentive …

RETRIBUTION: Donald Trump’s political purge of the government is well under way with firings and suspensions at several agencies just yesterday.    Trump fired at least a dozen Justice Department officials who worked under Special Counsel Jack Smith and were involved with …

TRADE WAR: The president of Columbia backed down after a weekend clash with Donald Trump over US military flights returning immigrants to their home country.    Colombia’s leftist president, Gustavo Petro was refusing the flights until a furious Trump slapped 25 percent tariffs on …

THE WARRIOR: Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was confirmed last night to be Secretary of Defense with Vice President JD Vance casting the single deciding vote. Three Republican senators and two independents voted against Hegseth, leaving it 50-50 requiring Vance …

BIRTH ORDER BLOCKED: A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in American territory, dealing the president his first legal defeat just four days into his presidency as he vows to use every …

DAY TWO: Hundreds of January 6th rioting convicts were getting out of prison yesterday following President Trump’s blanket pardon. The President who in his inauguration speech promised to return the country to “law and order” released the people who broke the law …

MEIN TRUMPF: President Donald Trump announced immediately after taking office that the “The golden age of America begins right now.”   In a speech frequently insulting to now former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris sitting just to his left, …

D-DAY: Donald Day. In one last political rally before he becomes President again  Donald Trump yesterday promised that “Tomorrow at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline, and we begin a brand-new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity …

TIKTOK, TIKTOK: The social media platform TikTok used by 170 million Americans for fun and to make money is supposed to go offline tomorrow after the Supreme Court upheld the federal ban or forced sale of the Chinese-owned tech behemoth.   Congress passed …

THE WAR ROOM: The Israeli war cabinet was meeting this morning amidst political disagreement to vote on approval of a ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange with Hamas militants in Gaza.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged a “yes,” but Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s …