Judge Clears Way for Trump to Pull Thousands of USAID Staffers Off the Job

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-staffing-cuts-lawsuits/2025/02/21/id/1200010/

Friday, 21 February 2025 03:50 PM EST

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols removed his temporary block on the effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID staffers from their posts and give those abroad a 30-day deadline to move back to the U.S. at government expense.

His ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by unions on behalf of workers. They say the rush to dismantle the agency had cut off some staffers overseas from emergency communications systems, including some in danger of political violence in Congo.

The Trump administration and the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency tied to billionaire Elon Musk have moved swiftly to shutter USAID, asserting that its work is wasteful and out of line with the president’s agenda.

Talk about frivolous lawsuits….

AP Sues 3 Trump WH Officials Over Gulf Name Dispute, Citing Freedom of Speech

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials/2025/02/21/id/1200025/

Friday, 21 February 2025 04:32 PM EST

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.

The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order.

“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit, which names White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment,” the news agency said. “This court should remedy it immediately.”

In stopping the AP from attending press events at the White House and Mar-a-Lago, or flying on Air Force One in the agency’s customary spot, the Trump team directly cited the AP’s decision not to fully follow the president’s renaming.

“We’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it’s the Gulf of America,” Trump said Tuesday.

This week, about 40 news organizations signed onto a letter organized by the White House Correspondents Association, urging the White House to reverse its policy against the AP.

Newsmax is among the organizations backing AP in the White House access restriction.

>>22628828

Learn to speak…or write…ENGLISH, you ebonic fuck-wit.

Oh, by the way, meet the new Director of the ATF.

Yes.

Seriously

2 jobs.

But,sorry, @Kash, President @realDonaldTrump says only ONE paycheck!

https://truthsocial.com/@SebGorka/posts/114044366169919272

MUST WATCH: Kash Patel's full statement after being sworn in as FBI Director

https://rumble.com/v6nq3ho-must-watch-kash-patels-full-statement-after-being-sworn-in-as-fbi-director.html?mref=22lbp&mc=56yab

Kash is going to work this WEEKEND!

>>22629100

SECONDED!

>>22629120

This isn't 'REAL winning', this is just the 'teaser winning'.

You'll definitely know when the 'REAL winning' get's started up.