Washington Mayor to Fired Federal Workers: We Are ‘Here to Support You’

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday held a virtual town hall for federal workers who recently lost their jobs. Bowser hosted the town hall to discuss the impact of federal job losses on the National Capital Region and to share resources with D.C. residents such as unemployment insurance. A new public service career hub has

Judge Blocks NYC’s Bid to Swiftly Recover $80.5 Million in FEMA Grant for Housing Illegal Immigrants

The money had been given to the city during the Biden administration to offset the overcrowding of facilities housing illegal immigrants. A federal judge on March 5 rejected a bid by New York City to force the Trump administration to immediately return its $80.5 million in grants, which were intended to fund portions of the

Federal judge extends block on funding cuts to medical research

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a

Judge Blocks NIH From Cutting Funding to Administrative Costs for Research

The judge ruled in response to a lawsuit from 22 state attorneys general that says the NIH cuts are unlawful. A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on March 5, blocking the Trump administration from instituting funding cuts for administrative costs associated with research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). U.S. District Judge Angel