Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmation Hearing for HHS Secretary (VIDEO)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in a confirmation hearing to become Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday, January 29.

RFK Jr. has faced relentless attacks from Democrats and the media since he joined with Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential campaign in an alliance to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).

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Donald Trump Offers All Federal Workers an 8-Month Buyout to Resign

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President Trump continued his crusade to thin out the federal bureaucracy by offering all 2 million federal workers eight months’ salary in exchange for resigning from their positions.

Under the deal, employees who resign by Feb. 6 would receive severance paid through Sept. 30, an unprecedented buyout for the federal government.

White House officials say the move could entice 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to quit, resulting in a savings of around $100 billion. Any government employee is eligible for the buyout, though military personnel are exempt.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said American taxpayers deserve federal employees “who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers.”

“If they don’t want to work in the office and contribute to making America great again, then they are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump administration will provide a very generous payout of 8 months,” she said in a statement. (Read more from “Donald Trump Offers All Federal Workers an 8-Month Buyout to Resign” HERE)

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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Federal Funds Freeze

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A lawsuit by the National Council of Nonprofits led to a federal judge pausing an order by President Donald Trump to freeze some federal funds in order to root out ideological spending from the budget.

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued the temporary pause in the spending freeze just minutes before it was set to go into effect at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The administrative stay only applies to already existing programs and will only last until Monday afternoon

“It seems like the federal government currently doesn’t actually know the full extent of the programs that are going to be subject to the pause,” said AliKhan in her ruling.

The freeze was communicated to federal departments through a memo from the Office of Management and Budget that explained it was necessary to ensure funds were no longer being used for ideological purposes.

“The use of federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and Green New Deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” read the memo. (Read more from “Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Federal Funds Freeze” HERE)

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Transgender Military Members Sue Trump, Hegseth Over Trans Ban

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Several transgender members of the military are suing the Trump administration over a ban on transgender service members.

The federal lawsuit was filed by two LGBTQ+ activist organizations on behalf of six active transgender service members and two others who wish to enlist. They argued that the transgender ban violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

“This ban betrays fundamental American values of equal opportunity and judging people on their merit,” said Jennifer Levi, the transgender and queer rights senior director for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

“It slams the door on qualified patriots who meet every standard and want nothing more than to serve their country, simply to appease a political agenda,” she added. “That’s not just un-American; it makes our country weaker by pushing away talented service members who put their lives on the line every day for our nation.” . . .

President Donald Trump ordered the ban on transgender military members on Monday. He first issued the ban in his previous term, but it was rescinded by an order from former President Joe Biden in 2021. (Read more from “Transgender Military Members Sue Trump, Hegseth Over Trans Ban” HERE)

Dozens of Former Intel Officials Urge Senators to Confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

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Dozens of top former intelligence officials are urging members of the Senate to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she will “begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies,” Fox News Digital has learned.

Former White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, Navy SEAL veteran and member of the intelligence community Erik Prince and more than four dozen other former intelligence officials penned a letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., on Monday, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.

“We, the undersigned former intelligence and national security officials, urge members of the United States Senate to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence,” they wrote. “Her service as DNI will begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies, which has been to the great detriment of the freedom and security of the United States and its citizens.”

The officials said Gabbard’s experience “more than qualifies her for this important position.”

Gabbard is a military officer with more than 20 years of service and multiple combat deployments. She also served in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years and served on numerous national security committees. (Read more from “Dozens of Former Intel Officials Urge Senators to Confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence” HERE)

Trump White House: ‘Mystery’ Drones over New Jersey Were Authorized by the FAA

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The “mystery” drones flying over New Jersey and other parts of the country were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday during the first press briefing of the second Trump administration.

Leavitt made the announcement before taking questions from reporters, many of whom were ostracized by the previous administration, including Breitbart News.

“Before I turn to questions, I do have news directly from the President of the United States that was just shared with me in the Oval Office,” Leavitt said.

“From President Trump directly, an update on the New Jersey drones,” she said. “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey, in large numbers, were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.”

However, she did not elaborate on what this “research” entailed, nor what the “various other reasons” meant, specifically. She did add that some of the drones were “also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones.” (Read more from “Trump White House: ‘Mystery’ Drones over New Jersey Were Authorized by the FAA” HERE)

Investigation Into Border Patrol Agent Killing in Vermont Reveals Delaware County, Pa. Connection

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A Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California, a federal prosecutor said in court documents Monday.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces two weapons charges in connection with the death of Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, who died Jan. 20 during the shootout in Coventry, a small town about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border.

She had been traveling with Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who also was killed, and the pair had been under surveillance for several days.

In a motion filed Monday, U.S. Attorney Michael Drescher said Youngblut should be detained as the case proceeds due to the nature of the crime, the weight of evidence against her, her lack of ties to Vermont, and the danger she poses to the community.

According to the motion, the gun used by Youngblut and one that Bauckholt was carrying were purchased by a third person in Vermont last February. The buyer is a person of interest on a double homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Drescher said. (Read more from “Investigation Into Border Patrol Agent Killing in Vermont Reveals Delaware County, Pa. Connection” HERE)

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Tucker Carlson Makes Bombshell Claim About U.S. Attempt to Kill Putin

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The United States attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to a shocking claim by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Political commentator Carlson, who last year travelled to Moscow for a lengthy sit-down interview with the Russian President – dropped the bombshell allegation during an episode of ‘The Tucker Carlson Show’ with US journalist Matt Taibbi.

‘[Ex-US Secretary of State] Tony Blinken was pushing so hard for a real war, trying to kill Putin, for example – which the Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin.

‘Yes. Yes, they did. Which is insane,’ Carlson said in his most recent episode, hosted on social media platform X.

Without providing evidence for his claim, Carlson went on to imagine a scenario in which the US was successful.

‘If like [Putin was assassinated]… okay, so who takes over Russia?

(Read more from “Tucker Carlson Makes Bombshell Claim About U.S. Attempt to Kill Putin” HERE)

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Pentagon Pulling Gen. Milley’s Security Detail and Clearance ‘Immediately,’ May Face Demotion in Retirement

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is “immediately pulling” retired Gen. Mark Milley’s personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.

The secretary is also directing the new acting Inspector General to conduct a review board to determine if enough evidence exists for Gen. Milley to be stripped of a star in retirement based on his actions to “undermine the chain of command” during President Donald Trump’s first term, officials say.

The Pentagon will also be removing a second portrait of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon. This one is from the Army’s Marshall Corridor on the third floor honoring his service as chief-of-staff of the Army. Fox is told the removal of this second portrait will take place as soon as tonight. This means there will be no more portraits of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon.

The first portrait of Gen. Milley, from his time as the U.S. military’s top officer, was removed from the Pentagon last week on Inauguration Day less than two hours after President Trump was sworn into office.

The now retired Gen. Milley and other former senior Trump aides had been assigned personal security details ever since Iran vowed revenge for the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in 2020 ordered by Trump in his first term. (Read more from “Pentagon Pulling Gen. Milley’s Security Detail and Clearance ‘Immediately,’ May Face Demotion in Retirement” HERE)

Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funding for Medical Mutilation of Minors

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Under President Donald Trump, the United States will no longer “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” the medical mutilation and chemical castration of children in the name of gender ideology. Accordingly, the federal government will “rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

Trump signed an executive order Tuesday ending federal funding for the medical “transitioning” of gender dysphoric children, including performing irreversible surgeries and the prescription of chemically castrating drugs like puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

According to Trump’s decree, “Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.”

Trump already took executive action revoking President Joe Biden’s harmful order previously promoting such barbaric practices that trans activists call “gender-affirming care.”

Trump is now ordering all agencies to use every available means to cut off federal financial participation in institutions that offer these so-called “services.” In other words, the order directs federally run insurance programs to exclude coverage for pediatric “transgender treatment.” (Read more from “Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funding for Medical Mutilation of Minors” HERE)

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