Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against "political retribution" even as the Trump administration has begun to fire and sideline Justice Department officials who were involved in investigations into the president.

President Trump said birthright citizenship was created for children of former slaves but is no longer appropriate with international migration.

Vice President JD Vance’s wife will have her citizenship revoked if Trump signs his executive order banning birthright citizenship,” read one Threads post with more than 14,000 likes. “Neither of her parents were US citizens at the time of her birth.

Congressional Democrats and good-government groups say President Donald Trump's Monday night directive to pause the distribution of trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans represents an immense power grab that would upend the constitutional separation of powers between different branches of government.

President Donald Trump rescinded an order freezing an array of federal grants, loans and financial assistance — a dramatic reversal after days of uncertainty and anxiety rocked governments and nonprofit organizations.

Donald Trump’s effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand his power