POLITICS

Appeals Court Denies Trump Admin’s Bid to Stay Order Blocking Mass Firings of Federal Workers

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says the Trump administration has ‘not identified a federal statute’ granting the authority to conduct mass firings. A San Francisco-based federal appeals court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s bid to pause a lower court ruling that had blocked President Donald Trump’s directives for workforce reductions at federal agencies

Trump fires director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

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Companies could face repercussions over DEI Companies could face Trump repercussions over DEI 03:06 President Trump is terminating the head of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, continuing his aggressive moves to reshape the federal government’s cultural institutions. Mr. Trump announced Friday on his Truth Social platform that he was ousting Director Kim Sajet, calling

Appeals court denies Trump administration’s request to resume mass firings

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An appeals court on Friday refused to freeze a California judge’s order halting the Trump administration from downsizing the federal workforce, which means that Department of Government Efficiency-led cuts remain on pause for now. In the 2-1 ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the White House’s request to freeze the injunction.    “The Executive

Rubio Backs Rosa María Payá’s Nomination as IACHR Commissioner

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 29 expressed his support for Rosa María Payá Acevedo’s candidacy for commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the main body of the Organization of American States (OAS). Payá, a Cuban activist and daughter of Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban leader of the Christian Liberation Movement who