Elon Musk once said he could save taxpayers $2 trillion by slashing away at government agencies with his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Then it was $1 trillion. Most recently, he has revised that estimate significantly downward to $150 billion. And even if he could prove he has reduced …
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The Supreme Court has ordered that President Donald Trump’s administration “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported on March 15 to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known for human rights abuses. The conservative-controlled court’s ruling was unanimous, with all nine justices backing a lower-court order to return …
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Shred Kelly had the paperwork. The Canadian indie-folk band had hired an immigration lawyer, secured their visas, and lined up their spring U.S. tour — a run that included a coveted slot at Idaho’s Treefort Music Festival, booked in partnership with Music BC, a nonprofit funded in part by the …
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The National Park Service restored an image of Harriet Tubman and a quote from her on a webpage about the Underground Railroad on Monday. The move came after backlash over reports that the page had reduced the emphasis on the prolific abolitionist to highlight other abolitionists, including two white people, …
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The Trump administration gutted federal health agencies on Tuesday morning, as thousands of employees received layoff notices, following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement last week he was planning to lay off nearly 10,000 workers. More than 7,000 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and …
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A New York Judge has dismissed the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams with prejudice — meaning the government will not be able to resubmit charges against the embattled mayor who allied himself with the Trump administration following his indictment last year. On Wednesday, Manhattan Federal District …
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Last fall, Momodou Taal, a dual Gambian and U.K. citizen working toward a Ph.D. in Africana studies at Cornell University, was facing suspension and the loss of his F-1 student visa because he had attended a pro-Palestine campus demonstration. As he told Rolling Stone at the time, having his legal …
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John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight on Sunday by assailing officials in the Trump administration for Signalgate and its handling of mass deportations, labeling them “ deeply unserious people doing deeply stupid things with massively serious consequences.” ”It’s true, they put a journalist in their group chat,” Oliver said, “something [Jeffrey] …
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