President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, February 14, 2025, in Washington
PRESIDENT Donald Trump appealed to the United States Supreme Court today to allow him to fire the head of an independent ethics agency that protects government whistleblowers.
In the latest of his administration’s attempts for full control, Mr Trump filed an emergency appeal seeking a ruling on whether he can dismiss US Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger.
Mr Trump has cut more than a dozen inspectors general from multiple federal agencies and fired thousands of government workers as part of a cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
