Kennedy Center Cancels World Pride LGBT Events

Cancellations follow major changes at the center made in February, when President Donald Trump fired its president and chairman. A week of LGBT events scheduled for this summer’s World Pride festival at the Kennedy Center has been canceled, following a leadership change and new priorities at the renowned cultural institution, according to organizers and artists

Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Halting Collective Bargaining With Federal Employees

The administration has said the court lacked authority to review the president’s policies. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing its policy aimed at ending collective bargaining arrangements with employees in certain federal departments and agencies. In an order on April 25, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman granted a union’s request for

Border Officials Announce Dramatic Drop in Yuma Sector Rescues, Deaths

Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre said ’the message is out’ not to enter the United States illegally. Illegal immigrant rescues and deaths in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector are down nearly 80 percent compared to the same time last year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced on April 25. Yuma Sector

Trump says he hasn’t asked El Salvador’s president to return Abrego Garcia

President Trump said he has not asked Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to hand over Kilmar Abrego Garcia to U.S. custody, though the U.S. has admitted deporting him to El Salvador was a mistake. In an interview published Friday Mr. Trump called Abrego Garcia’s case “another men in women’s sports thing for the Democrats.” “I haven’t

Education Department Probes Berkeley Over Alleged Failure to Report Chinese Donations

Federal law requires schools to disclose substantial foreign gifts and contracts to the Department of Education twice a year. The University of California, Berkeley, is under investigation for allegedly not reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from a Chinese entity and allegedly sharing information about an “important technology,” the Department of Education announced

DOJ rescinds policy against seizing journalists’ records in leak cases

Washington — The Justice Department on Friday reversed a Biden administration policy that prevented federal officials from seeking journalists’ records and compelling their testimony in leak investigations.  Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated that reporters’ records could be subpoenaed for reasons broader than unauthorized disclosures of classified information, according to an internal memo obtained by CBS