EXCLUSIVE:The Department of Labor is suspending operations of Job Corps centers across the nation after revelations that the program, which costs taxpayers more than $1.7 billion per year, is no longer achieving its intended outcomes and is putting students in danger.Job Corps originally was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education and community. But Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that an "in-depth fiscal analysis and a startling number of serious incident reports reveal the program is not helping students achieve intended outcomes or keeping them safe."NEW REPORT EXPOSES HOW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM WITH EYE-POPPING BUDGET IS FAILING VULNERABLE STUDENTSThe decision to suspend the program comes after the Job Corps transparency report was compiled and released in April, finding that the average graduation rate for the program was just 32%.The average total cost per graduate ranges from $155,600 to $187,653, the report states. The average cost of a four-year college in the United States is $153,080, according to the Department of Labor.Additionally, once those students move through the program, the study found that they are largely being hired in minimum wage positions, with participants earning $16,695 annually on average after they leave the program.Currently, there are approximately fewer than 25,000 students enrolled in the Job Corps program, and that participants safety is "often at risk."Officials said there were 14,913 serious incident reports filed in 2023. In 2023, 373 instances of inappropriate sexual behavior and sexual assaults were reported; 1,764 acts of violence were reported; 1,167 breaches of safety or security were reported; 2,702 instances of drug use were reported; and 1,808 hospital visits for students were reported.Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that the Department of Labor is beginning a phased pause in operations at contractor operated Job Corp centers nationwide, initiating an orderly transition for students, staff and local communities.Currently, there are 123 Job Corps centers across the United States. 99 of the centers are run by contractors administered by the Department of Labor. An official said that those contracts will be terminated to pause operations. The remaining 24 centers are run by USDA and will not be impacted by the suspension.The pause of operations at all contractor-operated Job Corps centers will occur by June 30. During the transition, the Department of Labor will collaborate with state and local workforce partners to assist current students in advancing their training and connecting them with education and employment opportunities.Once the phased suspension occurs, students will be connected to other resources and will be registered within the American Job Center closest to their home and the Labor Exchange system in their home states.DOGE SLASHES 'WASTEFUL' 'PROBLEM-SOLVING' CONTRACT WORTH $50K IN LATEST ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS"Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community," Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Fox News Digital. "However, a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis reveal the program is no longer achieving the intended outcomes that students deserve."Chavez-DeRemer added: "We remain committed to ensuring all participants are supported through this transition and connected with the resources they need to succeed as we evaluate the programs possibilities."The Jobs Corps cost taxpayers $1.7 billion during fiscal year 2025.The program began in 1964 as part of former President Lyndon B. Johnsons war on poverty under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The program was intended to give young people from low-income backgrounds a chance to gain academic, vocational, and social skills in a residential setting.For program year 2024, Job Corps was operating at a $140 million deficit, requiring centers to be paused to save approximately $119 million to reach the end of this program year.It is projected by DOL officials that in program year 2025, the deficit would grow to $213 million."The program has been in a financial crisis for years, creating constant uncertainty for participants and administrators," a DOL official told Fox News Digital.The official stressed, though, that the Department of Labor is "not eliminating Job Corps," and stressed that only Congress has that authority.In December 2024, the Biden administrations Department of Labor instituted a similar pause in operations at two of the Job Corps centers, amid concerns of issues and rising program costs.Officials said that, at this point, the Job Corps program is financially underwater, and the funds appropriated by Congress for the year will not cover the costs of operations for the remaining program year.Officials said the pause will allow the department to reassess program alignment with the Trump administrations "workforce priorities, proposed budget framework, and overall vision for building a modern and effective workforce development program for Americas youth."

There will soon be a leadership shake-up within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Department of Homeland Security, Fox News has learned.The changes include the retirement of Kenneth Genalo, who currently serves as acting executive associate director of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), sources at the White House and ICE told Fox News. The sources also say that Robert Hammer, executive associate director of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is being reassigned.Current deputy special agent in charge Derek Gordon is expected to take over as acting HSI director.The role changes are only part of a "massive realignment" within ICE, the sources told Fox News. ICE and HSI have not responded to requests for comment.TEXAS BILL REQUIRING SHERIFFS TO COLLABORATE WITH ICE GIVEN INITIAL APPROVAL BY STATE HOUSEWord of the changes comes just days after White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly lashed out at top immigration officials at a May 21 meeting in ICE headquarters, Axios reported Wednesday.HOUSE GOP TARGETS ANOTHER DEM OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF BLOCKING ICE AMID DELANEY HALL FALLOUTMiller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly demanded that ICE start arresting 3,000 people per day as part of the illegal immigration and deportation crackdown.This week, ICE officers also launched a nationwide initiative to begin arresting illegal immigrants at their immigration and asylum hearings.The effort targets illegal immigrants who have been in the U.S. fewer than two years. The DHS strategy is to drop their immigration case, arrest the migrant, then place them into expedited deportation proceedings.The initiative requires the DHS to drop the cases because migrants cannot be put forward for expedited removal if they have a pending case.

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin indicated that he does not want to run for a fourth Senate term, but he isn't ruling it out.Johnson, who is serving his third six-year Senate term, said during remarks at a Wednesday event hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com that he learned from his run for a second term that "you can't say never."In a 2022 Wall Street Journal piece, Johnson explained his about-face on seeking another term.US OFFICIALS DELAYED WARNING PUBLIC ABOUT HEART INFLAMMATION RISK FROM COVID SHOT: REPORT"During the 2016 campaign, I said it would be my last campaign and final term. That was my strong preference and my wifes. We both looked forward to a normal private life," he said. "I believe America is in peril. Much as Id like to ease into a quiet retirement, I dont feel I should."The senator, who has been vocal in objecting to the Trump-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act that most in the House GOP voted to pass last week, said during his remarks on Wednesday that he would like to place America on a "sustainable course" and return home.ELON MUSK CRITICISM OF TRUMP TAX BILL FRUSTRATES SOME REPUBLICANS: NO PLACE IN CONGRESS"I don't covet the position," he said.But while he's not slamming the door on the possibility of running for Senate again, he flatly ruled out the prospect of a presidential bid.SUCCEEDING TRUMP: 6 REPUBLICAN POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON IN 2028CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"No, God, what an awful job," he said when asked whether he'd ever run for the presidency. He said he wouldn't want to make the decisions that a commander in chief must make.

A 1-month-old girl found dead with dog bites on her face in New York City Tuesday did not die from those injuries, the citys chief medical officer said in a perplexing new development.Initial reports suggested the familyspit bull-German shepherd mix was responsible for the infants death, but the citys chief medical officer has now ruled out that theory, and the true cause of death has yet to be determined."The cause and manner of death are pending further study and will require additional testing, but the medical examiner has been able to determine this is not a fatal dog mauling," the citys medical examiner told Fox News Digital.TEXAS BABYSITTERS DOGS ATTACK TODDLER AND TEENAGER LEFT ALONE IN HER CARE: SHERIFFThe young victim, Kiyanna Winfield, was sleeping with her mother and stepfather inside an apartment at the Queensbridge Houses public housing complex in Queens, police said. When the pair woke up at around 6:40 a.m., they found the child unresponsive with bite marks on her face.Neighbors said screams from the mother rattled the building, according to reports. The dog bit off a"substantial portion"of theface of the baby, theNew York Postreported, citing sources. The outlet reported that the infant was born April 13, and the dog was 6 weeks old.A friend of the mother said she had spoken to the distraught parent. "She told me she woke up, and the dog was eating the baby, chewing on the babys face," the friend told the outlet.'BACHELOR' ALUM SEAN LOWE SUFFERS SEVERE INJURIES AFTER HIS DOG ATTACKED HIM TWICE IN 12 HOURSThe child was pronounced dead by responding EMS workers.Police said the case is still under investigation, and no arrests have been made.Winfields mother and stepfather were not identified by police. The citysAnimal Care Centers of NYCwas called to take the puppy and another dog out of the apartment.The organization provided photos of the puppy being handled by a worker and inside a cage.The infants grandmother told theDaily News she had previously offered to take the newborn in while the mom, who was living in a shelter at the time, secured better housing."I learned that she was pregnant maybe a couple days before she gave birth," the grandmother told the outlet. "After she gave birth, she loved the baby. I asked her if she had any problems and if she wanted to give me the baby. She said no, shed take care of her. She would manage."The grandmother said she had not yet gotten to meet her new granddaughter when she learned of her death Tuesday."How could they have a dog with a baby?" she asked. "The dog shouldnt be in the house."

FIRST ON FOX Senate Republicans plan to launch their own investigation next month that delves into the alleged "conspiracy" behind former President Joe Bidens cognitive decline.Senators Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced plans to hold a Senate Judiciary hearing June 18 to look into the alleged cover-up of the 82-year-old former presidents mental decline while in office by the media and those closest to him.The lawmakers are still gathering witnesses for the probe, which would be the first full congressional committee hearing on the subject."Its time to expose how a cadre of Biden aides and family members were the de facto commander in chief, while President Biden was sidelined," Schmitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "I look forward to getting the American people the answers they deserve."SCOOP: GOP PUSH FOR NEW HOUSE COMMITTEE TO PROBE BIDEN DECLINE 'COVER-UP' GAINS STEAMBoth lawmakers contend Bidens decline was hidden for "years."Cornyn argued the country depended "on having a president who has the mental capacity to do the job, and it's clear that President Biden did not, so we must use this hearing to uncover the facts."KEY BIDEN STAFFERS ASKED TO TESTIFY ON ALLEGED ROLE IN MENTAL DECLINE COVER-UP"For this conspiracy between the mainstream media, Joe Bidens family and his inner circle to have hidden the impairment of the president of the United States for years, and lied consistently to the American people about his capacity to make decisions, which are solely vested by the Constitution, is unacceptable," Cornyn said in a statement to Fox News Digital.Schmitt and Cornyn join a growing chorus of Republicans demanding answers about what really went on behind the scenes during Bidens presidency.In the House, lawmakers are pushing to create a select committee that would investigate the Biden administrations alleged cover-up.Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., is leading the charge to create the panel and introduced legislation Thursday to start the committee that would dive into "the potential concealment of information from the American public" regarding Bidens health.And House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., has called on several high-ranking staffers from the Biden White House to participate in transcribed interviews regarding their alleged roles in covering up the former presidents decline.Comer called on Neera Tanden, the former director of the Domestic Policy Council; former assistant to the President and deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini; former senior adviser to the first lady Anthony Bernal; former deputy director of Oval Office operations Ashley Williams; and Bidens physician, Dr. Kevin OConnor, to participate.The growing fervor among Republicans to uncover whether Bidens allies and family hid concerns about his health from the public comes after the release of "Original Sin" by CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson.Their book claimed the Biden White House was trying to control the narrative about the former presidents health and that his allies worked to cover up his decline.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sided with a Chicago-area toy company on Thursday, blocking five executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that imposed tariffs on Chinese imports.U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras determined the International Economic Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize Trump to impose the tariffs in his executive orders.Contreras granted a motion for a preliminary injunction, filed by the toy company, Learning Resources, Inc., which will be stayed for 14 days in case the administration decides to appeal the decision.PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS: COMPANIES THAT WILL INVEST $1B OR MORE IN THE USTrump announced his "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariff plan on April 2, imposing a 10% baseline tariff on all countries.In certain countries, hostile negotiations led to even higher levies, with taxes on Chinese imports reaching 145%.Rick Woldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, said in April the third-generation family business that had been manufacturing in China for four decades would face an almost 98% increase in its tariff bill.He said the $2.3 million the company paid in 2024 would jump to $100.2 million in 2025.AMAZON DENIES TARIFF PRICING PLAN THAT WHITE HOUSE CALLED 'HOSTILE AND POLITICAL'"I wish I had $100 million," Woldenberg wrote in a statement. "Honest to God, no exaggeration: It feels like the end of days."China produces 97% of Americas imported baby carriages, 96% of its artificial flowers and umbrellas, 95% of its fireworks, 93% of its childrens coloring books and 90% of its combs, according to a report from the Macquarie investment bank.GROCERY GIANT WARNS ITS SUPPLIERS THAT SUPERMARKET WON'T BE ACCEPTING TARIFF-RELATED PRICE HIKESOn Wednesday, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled the administration overstepped its authority over tariffs under IEEPA."The Constitution assigns Congress the exclusive powers to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, and to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations," the court wrote in its opinion. "The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ('IEEPA') delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world."Three judges, appointed by former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and Trump, found IEEPA did not "confer such unbounded authority."DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR SIGNALS HE MIGHT COOL TARIFF FIGHT, WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL PRAISESThe Trump administration appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is unclear what goods will be subject to tariffs in the meantime, Reuters reported."Foreign countries nonreciprocal treatment of the United States has fueled Americas historic and persistent trade deficits," White House spokesperson Kush Desai told FOX Business after the decision. "These deficits have created a national emergency that has decimated American communities, left our workers behind, and weakened our defense industrial base facts that the court did not dispute.""It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency," Desai added. "President Trump pledged to put America First, and the Administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to address this crisis and restore American Greatness."FOX Business' Greg Wehner and Bill Mears, and Reuters contributed to this report.

Elite universities deserve all the opprobrium theyve been getting. Theyve discriminated on the basis of race in admissions and hiring, required loyalty oaths in the form of diversity statements, and allowed agitators to disrupt classes, block access to facilities, and wage mass campaigns of intimidation and harassment. The liberal left hand knew what the illiberal far-left hand was doingthe explosion in DEI that spawned everything from intellectual corruption and indoctrination to antisemitism and cancel culturebut was cowed into placating it.Harvard, besides being the biggest global brand in American higher education, is at the epicenter of this crisis. For example, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) named it the worst school in the country for free speech for the last two years, the only one with a negative score. There are other schools that may be worse on other measures, but Harvard is a fitting lightning rod for popular displeasure with our gowned oligarchy.Still, the Trump administrations blunderbuss tactics threaten its reformist goal,with which Im entirely sympathetic. Left-wing intolerance and perfidy have undermined universities core mission of open inquiry and truth-seeking, but executive-branch overreach and impatience with legal niceties have allowed Harvard grandees to don the mantle of academic freedom and educrats to dig in their heels.JUDGE TO BLOCK TRUMP ADMIN'S HARVARD FOREIGN STUDENTS BANThe executive branch is fully justified in launching investigations of Harvard and dozens of other schools for violating civil rights by: allowing antisemitism to flourish, using racial preferences in defiance of the Supreme Court, subverting student rights to free speech and due process, making hiring decisions based on illegal criteria, and a host of other pernicious practices. Violations of that kind do indeed imperil all federal funds, including grants to scientific and medical researchers who may want nothing to do with woke administrators, because theres no germaneness or even proportionality requirement in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and other relevant laws.It can even go after plagiarismrecall Harvards short-lived president, Claudine Gay, who remains on the faculty with a $900,000 salarybecause thats taxpayer-subsidized fraud.But imposing financial consequences, let alone revoking tax-exempt status, requires waiting for those investigations to be completed so that an evidence-backed indictment can be laid at Harvards feet. Issuing a list of demandsin a letter that was apparently sent by mistakewont cut it.Its not surprising that Harvard responded with a lawsuit, one its likely to win based on process fouls, without even reaching the substance of the administrations charges against the school. Alas, that would damage the administrations leverage over universities.CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP FIX HARVARD?The White Houses latest move further illustrates the weakness in the administrations approach. Last week, it announced that Harvard would be cut off from the Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP), meaning that the school would be unable to sponsor student visas. The move set off understandable panic, because27 percent of Harvard students are foreigners. Thats not unusual in the Ivy League; the foreign share of Yale students stands at28 percent, while the figure isover 50 percent at Columbia. Why so high? Follow the money: international students are more likely to pay the exorbitant sticker price of tuition, plus manyforeign governments fund American universities. Unsurprisingly, Harvard immediately got a temporary restraining order, and just yesterday the same judge issued a preliminary injunction.Thats because the ostensible basis for revoking Harvards SEVP certificationnon-compliance with information requestsdoesnt pass the legal smell test. Visa-sponsoring schools do have to report certain things about their foreign students, like whether theyre making progress towards their degree or whether theyve been disciplined for misconduct. But the information that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemdemanded goes beyond what the law requires. For example, she wants Harvard to report everything it knows about international students "dangerous" actions and turn over any "audio or video footage . . . of any protest activity."TRUMP-HARVARD FEUD SPARKS DEBATE AMONG STUDENTS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION IN ADMISSIONSTherelevant regulation, however, requires schools to report "any disciplinary action the school takes against a student as a direct result of a criminal conviction," explicitly excluding "student life infractions." The government can certainly ask for more than is required by that provision, but Harvard is within its rights to hold DHS to the letter of the law on visa eligibility.Moreover, Harvard has a strong argument that the government is singling it out for its high-profile opposition. Why didnt Secretary Noem ask for the same information from every Ivy League university or every university over a certain threshold of foreign students?CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONWhy didnt the Justice Department do this as part of the numerous civil-rights investigations described above? Its too coincidental that Harvard is the only university suing the administration. After all, Columbia is worse at "perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students" and "promot[ing] pro-Hamas sympathies" (quoting Noems letter), but Columbia settled with the administration.Politically, it makes sense to go after Harvard, the self-anointed center of the academic universe, but judges dont go in for PR stunts.The administration is on much surer footing in pausing student-visa interviews while considering new guidance on social-media vetting, or in revoking the visas of Chinese students "with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields."These are measured steps that are tied to specific statutory authorities. But the government cant steal legal bases, even in pursuit of a righteous cause against bad-faith actors.From its own perspective, the administration may prevail either way. Even if Harvard wins in court, the administration wins in the court of public opinion. But is the point to "own the libs" and make Harvard even more unpopular or to effect lasting change?Asmy colleague Chris Rufo has written, instead of "making graphic displays of force, the administration should change incentives, rewrite laws, [and] depersonalize its enforcement actions."CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM ILYA SHAPIRO

Julie Chrisley is ready to take on the real world.On Thursday, the "Chrisley Knows Best" star, 52, was seen leaving a butcher shop in Nashville, Tennessee, just one day after being released from federal prison.The reality TV star, who was serving two and a half years in federal prison on bank fraud and tax evasion charges, was rocking her natural hair color while smiling outside the shop.TODD CHRISLEY JOKES ABOUT PRISON AS HE REUNITES WITH DAUGHTER SAVANNAHOn Wednesday evening, Julie's husband Todd first walked out of a federal prison in Pensacola, Florida, after serving two and a half years in prison, according to lawyer Alex Littles office. The release came shortly after President Donald Trump signed pardons for both Todd and Julie, who were both convicted of the same charges in 2022.Little's office confirmed to Fox News Digital that Julie had been released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, shortly after Todd was released.The couple's daughter, Savannah Chrisley, got emotional outside the federal prison in Pensacola awaiting her father's release earlier in the day.When speaking to reporters, Savannah said, "Honestly, this process has been absolutely insane, and I am so grateful that I'm going to leave here with my dad."CHRISLEY CHILDREN CELEBRATE TRUMP'S PLAN TO PARDON REALITY TV PARENTS IN FRAUD, TAX EVASION CASE Savannah claimed that prosecutors had had her father's head "on a dart board" before his prison sentence. She read Trump's pardon to the reporters, which stated an immediate release, and she said she hopes "the prison is going to do that shortly."Savannah said Trump's pardon for her parents "literally came out of nowhere.""I was in such shock and awe that the president himself took the time to tell me my family is coming back together," she said. During her interview, Savannah got emotional while explaining her constant fight to get her parents released from prison wasn't just for them.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS"I'm literally fighting for every man that has been left behind here," she said, referring to the prisoners in the federal prison in Pensacola.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the couple's attorney explained how the "incredibly powerful" pardon will wipe the couple's case "entirely," as if it never happened.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"A pardon like this generally ends the case entirely, and so we'll see the fine print of the pardon explicitly, but generally when you are pardoned, it is wiped away, and so it's wiped clean," Little, a partner at Litson PLLC, said. "It's as if the case hasn't happened, and fortunately Todd and Julie will be able to pick up their lives to the best that they're able and go on forward and focus on the future.""I think that the pardon process is something that hadn't been used by many presidents for many, many terms. This president clearly looks at it differently, looks at, is part of his role to oversee the criminal justice system. And look, however much you may want to criticize that, it's an incredibly powerful tool the president has, and I think it's really important the president began to use it. This was a very deserving case and I hope that he finds more."Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash and Larry Fink contributed to this post.

FIRST ON FOX The Justice Department on Thursday formally notified the American Bar Association that it will no longer comply with its ratings process for judicial nominees, the result of what it argues is a biased system and one that "invariably and demonstrably" favors nominees put forth by Democratic administrations.The letter, sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ABA President William R. Bay, was previewed exclusively to Fox News. It marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight that Republicans have waged against the nation's largest association of legal workers."For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees," Bondi said in the letter. "In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA."TRUMP NOMINATES FORMER DEFENSE ATTORNEY EMIL BOVE FOR FEDERAL APPEALS COURT VACANCYThe Justice Department said in the letter that it will no longer grant the ABA the "special treatment" and first access it has received, revoking decades of precedent where the ABA interviewed and vetted potential members of the incoming DOJ team."Accordingly, while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, there is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations and the Department of Justice will not do so."It also ended an Office of Legal Policy that directed judicial nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information for nominees, including bar records.TRUMP ADMIN WORKING TO FLY BACK GUATEMALAN MIGRANT ERRONEOUSLY DEPORTED FROM US"Nominees will also not respond to questionnaires prepared by the ABA and will not sit for interviews with the ABA," Bondi said.The Trump administration's decision to excise the ABA from the judicial nomination process comes after several Republican senators on the Senate committee tasked with vetting judicial nominees told the ABA in a letter earlier this year that they planned to ignore its rating system.The ABA, established in the late 1800s, has grown into a sprawling organization that touts a membership of over 400,000 legal workers.But it has sparked criticism from Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, previously blasted the ABA as a "radical left-wing advocacy group."He and others on the panel previously took aim at the group for embracing so-called "woke initiatives," including its heavy use of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI efforts, in many facets of its work.This is not the first time Republican administrations have broken with the ABA. The George W. Bush administration ended the practice of giving the ABA a first look at nominees, and Trump also did so in his first presidential term.Fox News Digital has reached out to the American Bar Association for comment.

President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet will spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts, now that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is stepping aside from leading the initiative."The DOGE leaders are each and every member of the president's cabinet and the president himself, who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud and abuse from our government," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday at a White House press briefing.TRUMP, MUSK GET SUPPORT FROM FORMER NFL STAR AMID CRITICISM OVER DOGE CUTS, OTHER ISSUES"The entire Cabinet understands the need to cut government waste, fraud and abuse," Leavitt said. "And each Cabinet secretary at their respective agencies is committed to that. That's why they were working hand in hand with Elon Musk. And they'll continue to work with their respective DOGE employees who have onboarded as political appointees at all of these agencies. So surely the mission of DOGE will continue, and many DOGE employees are now political appointees and employees of our government."Since January, Musk has been heading up DOGE, which was tasked with cutting $2 trillion from the federal government's budget through efforts to slash spending, government programs and the federal workforce.WHAT'S NEXT FOR DOGE AFTER ELON MUSK'S DEPARTURE? 'ONLY JUST BEGUN'DOGEs efforts to cut waste has led to roughly $175 billion in savings due to asset sales, contract cancellations, fraud payment cuts, in addition to other steps to eliminate costs, according to a May 26 update from DOGEs website. That translates to roughly $1,086.96 in savings per taxpayer, according to the website.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA senior White House official previously told Fox News Digital that DOGE is now part of the "DNA" of the federal government, and that it will keep operating as it already has."The DOGE employees at their respective agency or department will be reporting to and executing the agenda of the president through the leadership of each agency or department head," the official said.MUSK OFFICIALLY STEPS DOWN FROM DOGE AFTER WRAPPING WORK STREAMLINING GOVERNMENTMusk announced his departure in an X post."As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," Musk said on X Wednesday. "The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.