Donald Trump can fire members of two independent agencies, a divided federal appeals court in Washington ruled, boosting the president’s efforts to dramatically reshape the US government.In a 2-1 order issued Friday,

An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent labor agencies from their respective posts in the federal government.

Friday that President Donald Trump can remove commissioners from the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board. The two commissioners the Trump administration seeks to oust — Gwynne Wilcox of the NLRB and Cathy Harris of the MSPB — were appointed by former

National security adviser, Mike Waltz, inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic magazine, to a group text using the Signal encrypted messaging service where top officials were discussing plans to attack the Houthis.

He also said that he had confidence in Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, and Pete Hegseth, his Pentagon chief.

Asked if there were conversations about firing Mike Waltz, Trump insisted, “I’ve never heard that. And nobody else makes that decision but me, and I’ve never heard it.”