Zoe Richards

Smartmatic settled a related defamation lawsuit in April against One America News for an undisclosed sum.

Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot, responded to the tech billionaire’s remark by saying “he’s not a serious guy” and should “go back to building rockets.”

White House staffers were seen Friday loading roughly 15 boxes, the contents of which are unknown, onto the rear of Air Force One.

A judge previously ruled the former Trump attorney had defamed Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss by falsely claiming they committed election fraud in 2020.

The decision comes after the judge had temporarily paused efforts to place thousands of USAID employees on administrative leave following a lawsuit by labor groups.

Trump made the remark while deriding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.

Trump said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

An earlier memo from the Office of Personnel Management had asked agency heads to submit written plans by Jan. 31 for dismissing employees.

Budde implored the president in her sermon at Washington National Cathedral to “have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now."

The Trump administration also directed government agencies to draw up plans for firing workers in DEI roles.