The acting Social Security Administration’s chief stepped down from her role after multiple requests from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access recipient data, according to multiple reports.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed on Sunday that he refused to accept the United States’ proposal which would have provided the U.S. with Ukraine’s rare earth minerals in exchange for military aid.
Read More Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Mineral Deal, Warns of Imminent Russia-NATO War
White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff stated on Sunday that he will be traveling to Saudi Arabia later in the day, along with Security Advisor Mike Waltz, to speak with Russian officials on ending the war in Ukraine.
Read More White House Envoy Travels To Saudi Arabia For Peace Talks With Russian Officials
Following earlier reports this week regarding the Associated Press being temporarily banned from the White House Oval Office, Trump’s deputy chief of staff announced on Friday that the outlet is now indefinitely barred from entering both the Oval Office and Air Force One.
Read More White House Indefinitely Bans AP News From Oval Office And Air Force One, Citing ‘Irresponsible, Dishonest Reporting’
Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel, was approved by a Senate panel in a party-line vote Thursday, which now moves him to a final confirmation vote possibly next week.
Read More Senate Committee Advances Kash Patel For FBI Director, Setting Up Final Vote
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended temporarily blocking the Associated Press from the Oval Office briefing room, after the outlet refused to follow President Donald Trump’s executive order of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Read More Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Defends Decision To Ban AP News Over ‘Gulf Of America’ Defiance