Donald Trump wants to end union rights he says could “interfere” with America’s national security interests. On Thursday night, the president signed an executive order aimed at preventing groups of employees who deal with national security from collective bargaining. The move comes as federal unions have been challenging the administration’s …
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On Friday, Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn a temporary court order and let him deport migrants without a hearing after he sent almost 300 Venezuelan migrants to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. The filing argues that the president has the ultimate authority to remove people based …
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Donald Trump explained why he pardoned Trevor Milton, a campaign donor who was convicted of defrauding investors by making false claims about his electric truck company, in comments at the Oval Office on Friday, telling reporters that Milton’s treatment was “very unfair” and that “the thing that he did wrong” …
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The past few months have been grueling for America’s art and music institutions, which have come under threat as President Donald Trump takes aim at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the country. Following Trump’s takeover of the John F.Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts — and its subsequent …
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and a doctoral student at Tufts, wrote an opinion essay for her school newspaper The Tufts Daily last March. She, along with three other students, penned the piece criticizing university leaders for their response to its community union Senate passing resolutions demanding Tufts “acknowledge the …
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) instituted a $5 cap on overdraft fees under President Joe Biden. Thankfully for major banking institutions — and unfortunately for working Americans — Donald Trump won the presidential election last November, and with his administration’s blessing, Republicans just advanced legislation to repeal the cap …
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After various senior members of the Trump administration denied sharing “war plans” — classified or otherwise — in a Signal group to which they had inadvertently added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine is now releasing additional details about the chat’s contents previously withheld over national security concerns. The Atlantic …
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The Supreme Court has upheld the legality of Biden-era restrictions on the distribution of parts and “kits” used to assemble so-called ghost guns. In a 7-2 ruling on Wednesday, the justices rejected a bid to overturn rules allowing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to include …
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Last year, Elon Musk bought himself a president, now he’s following through on his promise to turn his billions towards down-ballot races — beginning with Wisconsin. After spending $290 million last election cycle to elect Donald Trump and Republicans, the Tesla billionaire and so-called Department of Government Efficiency chief has …
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President J.D. Vance, and other high-ranking figures in Donald Trump’s administration recently used an unsecured Signal group chat to discuss plans to bomb Houthi militants in Yemen. The group chat somehow included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of …
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