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Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you maintain information about the Trump administration without taking over your life to political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff. Today, I'm focusing on confirming Kash Patel, the new FBI director in the Senate. This is a move that places hardcore Trump's loyalty on the head of federal law enforcement.What's the latest? The Senate voted 51-49 today to confirm 51-49 as head of the FBI. All Democrats and both independents voted no, as well as Sen. Lisa Murkovsky of Alaska and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. He is also a longtime Magazine Loyalist…
Last week, a Texas judge ordered Dr. Margaret Carpenter — a New York abortion doctor — to pay at least $100,000 in penalties for failing to appear in court. Carpenter has found herself at the center of two major abortion lawsuits: In December, she became the target of the first-ever civil suit against an out-of-state abortion provider, and officials in Louisiana are now also seeking her extradition, with newly appointed US Attorney General Pam Bondi signaling that she’d “love” to get involved. The mounting legal battles center on whether states with abortion bans can block their constituents from receiving FDA-approved…
H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza known as bird flu, continues to wreak havoc on the nation’s egg farms. In just the last month, more than 21.2 million egg-laying hens — about 7 percent of the national flock — have fallen prey to the virus or been brutally killed by egg producers in an effort to slow its spread. It’s led to egg shortages and a spike in egg prices, which reached $5 per dozen on average in January, up from under $2 in 2021, before the current bird flu outbreak began.Last week, in an effort to boost…
Uziel Gomez, 26, can be associated with his Gen Z client, who is navigating adults and personal funds for the first time. Gomez, founder of financial planning firm Primeros Financial, said young people faced a variety of financial challenges early in their lives and careers, including the Covid-19 pandemic, rapid cost-of-living and rapid tuition fees. It's no secret. Some of his Gen Z clients ask him how to help their parents financially. Looking forward to the future, Gomez knows he will face similar predicaments. “We have some clients. They're a full retirement plan for our parents,” he says. “For example,…
This story originally appeared Today's kidsVox newsletter about children. For future editions, please sign up here.I've been working on a long piece of work, so I wanted to bring you something a little lighter for this week's newsletter. I'm reading Arnold Lobel Owls at home I recently realized that my 2 year old and ever since he had been thinking about it. Owls at home Although Lobel is less well-known than the frog and toad books, it has always been a favorite in my house. The book tells five very short stories about owls. Until recently, my six-year-old requested to…
As soon as I sat down to write this I received a text that simply said “Hello”. In another era, I might have been intrigued by the mystical messages from unknown numbers. Maybe I was curious who wanted to say hello. However, this is not the first time I've played this game.Fraud texts are the growth of a multi-billion dollar industry. As robocalls become less common – partly thanks to the 2009 law that forced telcos to stop them – text fraud complaints from 2015-2022 Increased by 500%. It was sent on a given day and the problem has gotten…
The Second Trump administration has many protagonists. Of course, not only Donald Trump himself, but also Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and JD Vance. Russell Vought does not create that list. The mildly spoken bureaucrat was recently confirmed to lead the Bureau of Management and Budget rather than exactly sexy posts. His name is not well known outside of policy circles. But it probably should be. “I think we can see the so-called government efficiency Elon Musk and Doge as the so-called government efficiency office,” said Simon Rabinovic, an economist editor of US economics. I explained today Co-host Noel…
Despite Donald Trump’s campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, and despite his team’s overall move-fast-and-break-things approach, the administration’s approach to the now nearly three-year-old conflict started out slowly. Although the White House announced plans to seek a ceasefire deal, Trump made no moves at first to cut off aid to Ukraine and even threatened additional sanctions and tariffs on Moscow if Putin would not “STOP this ridiculous War.” Fears that Trump was simply going to sell out Ukraine for a quick deal with Russia appeared to have been overblown. The dramatic shift began last Tuesday,…
Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you maintain information about the Trump administration without taking over your life to political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff. Today, I focus on the Trump administration's efforts to control independent regulators. This holds the power that affects the balance of government power and your daily life.What's the latest? Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday, putting a series of independent regulators (and their investigation and rules-making processes) directly under White House control.How does that change how things work now? Dozens of independent federal agencies have the power to interpret federal law and…
Hampton Dillinger, a federal official who President Donald Trump tried to fire him earlier this month, appears very likely to lose the lawsuit that challenges the firing… in the end. But the Trump administration is panicking to make it happen as quickly as possible, and is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing battle of lower courts. In making this request, the administration effectively calls on justice to resolve core questions about the constitutional separation of power a few weeks after Dillinger filed the lawsuit.Therefore, the case is Bessentv. Dellingerthere are many mysteries about whether Trump can fire…