Politics

“President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson, a co-founder of the now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, on the day he was set to surrender to prison,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Watson was sentenced in December to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud

“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official has been pushed out,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “Dr. Peter Marks, who played a key role in the first Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed to develop Covid-19 vaccines, stepped down Friday. A Health and Human Services official

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “One of the

“Federal judges dealt twin blows to President Trump’s retaliation campaign on Friday by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking much of his executive orders targeting two major law firms that participated in investigations of him, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale,” the New York Times

“The entire staff of the federal government’s Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off,” CBS News reports. “The moves are part of a broader restructuring plan ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that involves cutting 20,000 HHS