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As immigration raids step up, US citizens predicted at risk for detainment
The Trump administration’s aggressive drive to carry out mass deportations of people without legal status already has led to U.S. citizens being swept up in raids and detained, according to news reports from around the country as well as immigration experts. Such detainments now will increase, experts predict.
Sep 25, 20255 min read
Trump threatens mass firings of federal employees in a government shutdown
The White House has sent guidance to departments and agencies, telling them that if a shutdown begins Wednesday, they’re expected to institute mass firings and layoffs.
Sep 25, 20253 min read
Trump ties autism to Tylenol use in pregnancy despite inconclusive scientific evidence
President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration believes it’s found one contributing factor of autism and a possible treatment, though experts have said such claims are inconclusive and not backed by scientific evidence.
Sep 22, 20256 min read
Fewer households, businesses will get high-speed internet under revamped federal plan
Trump scales back Biden-era program aimed to close digital divide; cuts eligible Alaskans by 12%.
Sep 22, 20258 min read
After food stamp cuts, Trump ends annual report on hunger in US
The Trump administration is ending the federal government's annual report on hunger in America, stating that it had become “overly politicized” and “rife with inaccuracies.”
Sep 22, 20251 min read
Some Republican states, including Alaska, resist DOJ demand for private voter data
State has turned over public data, but not private information such as driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers.
Sep 18, 20258 min read
More states protect access to the COVID shot as feds restrict eligibility
The moves represent an extraordinary state rebellion against the public health authority of the federal government.
Sep 17, 20254 min read
Watchdog agency says Trump violated law for sixth time in withholding FEMA funds
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office released a report Monday concluding the Federal Emergency Management Agency violated the law “when it withheld or delayed the obligation of” funding Congress approved for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and the Shelter and Services Program.
Sep 15, 20252 min read
U.S. Education Department boosts funds for HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it will redirect $495 million in additional funding to historically Black colleges and universities as well as tribal colleges. The U.S. Education Department’s announcement came just days after the administration decided to gut and reprogram $350 million in discretionary funds that support minority-serving institutions over claims that these programs are “racially discriminatory.”
Sep 15, 20252 min read
E.P.A. to stop collecting emissions data from polluters
(Environmental Protection Agency photo) The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting...
Sep 12, 20251 min read
DOJ is sharing state voter roll lists with Homeland Security
Alaska among states that have turned over its voter list and other data at behest of Trump administration.
Sep 12, 20254 min read
Trump moves to scrap Biden-era rule that protected public lands
The proposal from the Bureau of Land Management would prioritize the use of public lands for oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other industrial activities.
Sep 10, 20251 min read
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