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Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, attempted to deliver a “civics lesson” to U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), but his move quickly backfired, prompting what appears to be a quiet retreat.

Congresswoman Sherrill is an attorney, former federal prosecutor, and former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot. She earned her law degree from Georgetown, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and her bachelor’s from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies have never been shy about trolling liberals and progressives as well as traditional conservatives and Never Trumpers. And some Democrats are urging Trump's critics to avoid responding to every outrageous thing he says or does and be more selective in their criticism.

Steve Bannon, host of the "War Room" vodcast and former White House chief strategist for the first Trump Administration, famously described MAGA's approach as "flood the zone with s---" — meaning create as much chaos as possible in order to overwhelm and exhaust political opponents. And the Washington's Aaron Blake, in a February 22 column, argues that MAGA Republicans "appear increasingly consumed with trolling their opponents" during Trump's second term.

The total number of federal government workers who will lose their jobs because of mass layoffs being pushed by the second Trump Administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) remains to be seen. But according to reporting from the Washington Post and Newsweek, the number could be as high as 200,000.

In an article published Saturday, Salon's Daria Solovieva examines the layoffs' possible economic impact. And she warns that according to some economists, the layoffs could trigger a major recession.

One billionaire investor is predicting a sharp policy reversal from President Donald Trump's administration after his policies caused shock throughout the economy.

CNBC reported Friday that Steve Cohen — the billionaire hedge fund manager who owns the New York Mets baseball team — is bearish on the economy in the wake of Trump's signature policies. He specifically mentioned Trump's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, layoffs of thousands of federal workers due to budget cuts and the tariffs he imposed on goods imported from overseas.

Last month, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has on rare occasions stood up to Donald Trump, cast the deciding—and, to some, unexpected—vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Now, a report reveals that Tillis says the FBI had informed him of “credible” death threats before his vote. This revelation has led some to question whether he voted under duress, while others accuse him, and other Republicans, of caving to pressure.

“In private,” Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman reports, “Republicans talk about their fear that Trump might incite his MAGA followers to commit political violence against them if they don’t rubber-stamp his actions.”

The Trump-era Department of Justice has been rocked by yet another resignation, leading to a cascade of reactions Tuesday.

According to Reuters' Sarah N. Lynch, Denise Cheung — the top senior prosecutor in DOJ's Washington office — told her colleague Ed Martin, in her resignation letter, that she is leaving DOJ because of a request from Trump Administration officials she considers improper. The Trump allies, Lynch reports, asked Cheung "to launch a criminal probe" and "ordered her to investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden's administration and pursue a freeze of the recipient's assets."

After a week of disastrous messaging by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, resulting in a 180-degree turn and leaving European leaders and some Americans wondering what U.S. foreign policy is, the Trump administration is once again under fire as critics charge the team he has assembled to start discussions with Russia over its illegal war against Ukraine does not match the “heavyweights” Russia is sending.

The U.S. is already in the hot seat as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who has made clear his country will accept no peace deal if they are not part of the negotiations — appears to have been frozen out of the initial talks, which were held Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, according to multiple reports and the FAA workers’ union, even as fatal plane crashes continue to mount under President Donald Trump’s administration — including one as recently as Saturday.

“The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press,” the AP reported. The firings also come as the FAA is without a Senate-confirmed administrator, after Musk called for him to resign. In 2023, Michael Whitaker had been confirmed unanimously, 98-0.

Veterans working for Atlanta’s Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System in Georgia say they were “betrayed” by the Trump administration and former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins — who last week was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s veterans affairs secretary — after “nationwide layoffs at the Veterans Administration [impacted] Atlanta’s VA Health Care System,” ABC affiliate WSB-TV reports.

According to WSB-TV reporter Richard Elliot, former U.S. Army First Sergeant Nelson Feliz Sr. said he has been “mistreated” by the Trump administration’s directive to slash funding throughout the federal government.

As WSB-TV reports, the VA, in a Thursday press release, “said the more than 1,000 layoffs would save $93 million a year, which would then be redirected to veterans’ health care, benefits and services.”

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Feliz, who’s been with the VA for 12 years “but just started in a new position in which he’s still in his probationary period,” is among those impacted by the Trump administration’s directive.

According to the report, he received a “‘Notice of Termination’ email from the VA” which told Feliz, “The agency finds, based on your performance, that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest.”

“I was a first sergeant” Feliz told WSB-TV. “My job was to take care of troops, making sure they were paid, fed, and slept. Why is this happening to us? I’ve been here too long for this to be happening.”

“Why? Why do this? We call this a Pearl Harbor,” Feliz added.

Read the full report at WSB-TV.

The leader of Canada's Conservative Party has drawn a line in the sand for Donald Trump that, if he wins his country's next federal election, he has no intention of entertaining a plan for Canada to become part of the U.S.

According to a report from Politico, Pierre Poilievre gave a rousing speech in Ottawa on Saturday where he told a crowd, "Let me be clear: We will never be the 51st state. We will bear any burden and pay any price to protect the sovereignty and independence of our country,"

Political onlookers on Saturday were overwhelmed with information about a woman who some say is the mother of Elon Musk's latest child.

Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer, claimed in a post on X Friday that she gave birth to Musk's child five months ago. Musk has yet to comment on the claims, according to a Forbes report.

Thousands of federal government workers have been laid off since Donald Trump's second presidency started less than a month ago. According to a Politico source described as someone "familiar with" activities at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as many as 200,000 civil service workers who were in the probationary period could be laid off.

The mass layoffs are being widely criticized among Democrats, and conservative Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is speaking out as well. In a Valentine's Day 2025 post on X, formerly Twitter, Murkowski warned of negative repercussions in her state.

Georgia — which was ravaged by Hurricane Helene last fall — is still counting on billions of dollars in federal aid to recover from the disaster. However, President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly stonewalling new requests for assistance.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday that Trump rebuffed a request from Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp to allow cities more time to apply for relief. This despite the Peach State reeling from what the University of Georgia estimates to be roughly $5.5 billion in damage to its agriculture and forestry industries alone. Kemp's request was specifically limited to debris removal and emergency protective measures