22 State Attorneys General Sue to Block Trump Admin Cuts to NIH Research Payments

The cuts were ordered late last week by the federal health agency. Democratic attorneys general of 22 states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block billions of dollars in cuts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ordered last week by the Trump administration. Filed in federal court in Boston, their lawsuit is

University of Illinois Sued Over Racial Hiring Quotas

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) was slapped with a lawsuit on Monday over a slew of race-based hiring programs that discriminate against white scholars, the latest sign that faculty hiring could become a target for litigants seeking to challenge racial preferences under the Trump administration. The plaintiff, Stephen Kleinschmit, a former professor of public

Facing Blowback For DEI Policies, Brown Misrepresents Free Beacon Report

The university is claiming that the story omitted details it included L: Manning Hall at Brown University (Wikimedia Commons) R: Brown Dean of Medicine Mukesh Jain (brown.edu) When doctors reached out to the dean of Brown University Medical School regarding a Washington Free Beacon report published earlier this month, they received a reply from medical

‘I’m Asking Trump Himself To Relocate Us’: Gazan Citizens Say They Want Out

‘I want to leave because there’s no life left here; life here is gone,’ one interviewee says As President Donald Trump moves forward with his plan to “own” Gaza and relocate its inhabitants, some citizens of the war-torn strip are expressing an eagerness to leave, citing a desolate living situation and an eagerness to live

Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Federal Worker Buyout Plan

The Trump administration argued extending the deadline would exacerbate the harms the plaintiffs alleged. BOSTON—A federal judge in Massachusetts said on Feb. 10 that he was extending his temporary pause on President Donald Trump’s federal worker buyout program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr.’s decision came after he paused last week a Feb. 6 deadline

Judge Says Trump Admin Didn’t Fully Obey Order to Unfreeze Federal Spending

In a case involving 22 states, the jurist for the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island previously ruled against Trump’s executive order in January. A federal judge found on Feb. 10 that President Donald Trump’s administration has failed to fully abide by his earlier order to unfreeze all federal funding. Judge John McConnell of the