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'A lot of chaos': Companies try to make sense of working with Trump
The chief executives of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. made recent pilgrimages to Washington to figure out answers to questions on every CEO's mind: How do you know which policies President Donald Trump will push through, attempt to influence his decisions, and, meanwhile, explain the business impact to investors without irritating the ...Read more

Trump vows to end Education Department. DOGE has already started
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump this week reiterated his aim to shut down the U.S. Education Department “immediately.” Elon Musk’s budget-slashers have already started doing their part.
Six people are carrying out the work of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at the agency, reviewing operations, auditing student loan data...Read more

Missouri judge clears path for abortions in KC, blocking 'discriminatory' clinic rules
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Friday cleared the way for abortion procedures to begin in Kansas City and across the state, blocking clinic licensure rules that represented the last remaining obstacles to renewed access.
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang halted a requirement that abortion clinics must obtain state ...Read more

'We won't do it': Trump's targeting of diversity in art hits Maryland hard
BALTIMORE — The choice facing Adam Frank, managing director of Baltimore Center Stage, is no choice at all — swear off the theater’s decadeslong practice of showcasing diverse voices, or wave goodbye to any chance of federal funding in the future.
“Our staff, our board, and the stories on our stages all include Black people, white ...Read more

Ex-Atlantic City council president admits to 2022 election fraud scheme
NEW YORK — A former Atlantic City council president and longtime political organizer in New Jersey admitted he was involved in a fraudulent mail-in ballot scheme during the 2022 general election, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Craig Callaway, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of depriving, defrauding, and attempting to deprive and ...Read more

Trump administration lays off about 1,300 employees at the CDC
The Trump administration is laying off 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shrinking the public health agency as part of an effort to cut costs across the federal government.
The layoffs amount to about 10% of the CDC’s total workforce and focused on probationary workers who have been in their roles for two ...Read more

Issa Rae cancels Kennedy Center show after Donald Trump takeover
NEW YORK — Actress Issa Rae has pulled the plug on her show at Kennedy Center amid Donald Trump’s takeover of the prestigious Washington, D.C., venue.
The “Insecure” star canceled a sold-out show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing “an infringement of values” after the president terminated board members and ...Read more

Judge orders temporary end to freeze on foreign aid spending
WASHINGTON — A federal judge imposed a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s executive order freezing all foreign assistance funding.
Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the preliminary injunction Thursday, ordering a temporary end to the freeze on foreign assistance spending ...Read more

How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
Information on the internet might seem like it’s there forever, but it’s only as permanent as people choose to make it.
That’s apparent as the second Trump administration “floods the zone” with efforts to dismantle science agencies and the data and websites they use to communicate with the public. The targets range from ...Read more

How Americans really feel about deporting immigrants – 3 charts explain the conflicting headlines from recent polls
President Donald Trump’s signature promise during his campaign was to carry out the “largest deportation” operation in U.S. history, targeting all migrants “who violated the law coming into this country.”
Since anyone living in the U.S. without legal permission has broken civil immigration law, Trump would have to deport all...Read more

Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Because of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut staff and spending, Congress’ “power of the purse” has been in the news lately. Many of these actions have been challenged in court.
I’m a law professor who has written about Congress’ power of the purse and some of the legal and constitutional issues that surround it. ...Read more

Trump, who railed about weaponized justice, weaponizes the Adams corruption case
President Donald Trump claims that he wants to end the politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice, or so we thought. But Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, once Trump’s personal criminal defense lawyer, is doing exactly that in sending a memo to the Southern District of New York ordering the corruption prosecution of ...Read more

Commentary: Is Congress fine with giving up its war powers?
President Donald Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 10 days than his recent predecessors have signed during their first 100. Trump, who fancies himself a man of action, is relishing his power as chief executive.
Trump’s policy decisions, however, have faced resistance from the federal courts. Lawsuits have been filed against ...Read more

Commentary: Signposts on the road to authoritarian rule
If one were to design a path to authoritarian rule, it would be what we have seen in the first weeks of the Trump administration. For my book “No Democracy Lasts Forever,” I studied how democracies die and are replaced by authoritarian regimes. Almost always the rulers are elected rather than coming to power through a coup, and then they ...Read more

Some federal funding still frozen despite court orders, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's administration reports
BOSTON — A judge’s restraining order has not prevented the Trump administration from holding up grant funding allocated for several programs in Massachusetts, according to the Healey administration.
Bay State Gov. Maura Healey’s staff says the Trump administration continues to defy the courts by withholding grant funds allocated for rape ...Read more

Washington state leaders tell Trump to 'follow the damn law,' vow to shield state
SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday reiterated his vows to shield the state from "chaos" coming from the Trump administration, including the freezing of congressionally approved federal funds.
At a news conference, flanked by more than 20 other state officials, Ferguson said $162 million in federal money remains inaccessible, ...Read more

'Not equipped mentally': Trump rips Mitch McConnell after votes against Cabinet picks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump laced into Mitch McConnell for his mental acuity and accused him of letting the Republican Party “go to hell,” unleashing a rhetorical tirade against the Kentucky senator hours after he voted against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health department.
“I feel sorry for Mitch ... He wanted ...Read more

Rep. Dave Min introduces his first legislation in Congress, and it's climate-related
Rep. Dave Min is pushing his first bill in Congress — a plan to track marine life along Southern California’s coastline.
The legislation would create a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collect data on biodiversity loss and at-risk aquatic species, building on research from the Southern California Coastal...Read more

Bipartisan bill to combat illicit xylazine reintroduced by Rep. Panetta
MONTEREY, Calif. – The bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act has been reintroduced in the House by author Rep. Jimmy Panetta, CA-19, that would list xylazine as a Schedule III controlled substance while protecting the drug’s legal use by veterinarians, farmers, and ranchers. The bill has bipartisan support in both the Senate and the ...Read more

Trump birthright citizenship order piling up losses in court
President Donald Trump’s executive order to end so-called birthright citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants was blocked indefinitely by a fourth federal judge, handing the administration another legal setback and signaling an uphill constitutional fight.
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston granted a preliminary injunction ...Read more
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