Mar 21 While Trump's trans military ban is challenged in court, long-serving troops prepare for what's next By Joshua Barajas “We are just focused on putting our uniforms on, going to work every day, doing our jobs the best that we can do until we can’t do them anymore," one trans service member said. Continue reading
Mar 21 SBA to cut about 2,700 jobs while Trump announces it will take over handling of student loans By Mae Anderson, Associated Press The Small Business Administration said it will cut its workforce by 43 percent, or about 2,700 jobs, as part of a reorganization. Separately on Friday, Trump announced student loans would be handled by the SBA as part of a plan to shift Education… Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: ACLU attorney speaks after federal court hearing on deportation flights to El Salvador By Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vowed Friday to “get to the bottom” of whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around. Continue reading
Mar 21 Colleges cut ties with The PhD Project, a nonprofit targeted by Trump administration over DEI By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press The U.S. Education Department last week said it was investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees. Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: PBS and NPR leaders testify on federal support for public broadcasting in House hearing By News Desk Leaders from PBS and NPR appeared before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about federal support for public broadcasting. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 5:24 Trump administration's standoff with federal court over deportation order continues By Laura Barrón-López, Doug Adams, Ali Schmitz The Trump administration’s standoff with the judiciary continues as some of the president's top allies and advisers are ramping up their criticism of federal judges. The Justice Department again refused to provide a federal judge detailed information about deportation flights… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 5:38 Inside a heated town hall where a Nebraska Republican faced backlash over Trump's policies By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura While Republicans currently control both chambers of Congress, they’ve been losing control of their events back home. Lisa Desjardins attended one of the only town halls held by a Republican member during this congressional recess, catching up with him and… Continue watching
Mar 20 Former agent who accused FBI of political bias is charged with disclosing confidential records By Associated Press Johnathan Buma, who claimed in 2023 that the FBI went after President Joe Biden's son Hunter while stifling his own investigation of President Donald Trump's ally Rudy Giuliani, was arrested Monday evening at Kennedy Airport in New York as he… Continue reading
Mar 20 Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Americans' personal Social Security data, for now By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans. Continue reading
Mar 20 Taliban frees American man abducted while traveling in Afghanistan over 2 years ago By Eric Tucker, Associated Press George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January. He was seized by the Taliban's intelligence services in December 2022 and was designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully… Continue reading