POLITICS

Trump Moves Forward With Plan to Make It Easier to Fire Some Federal Workers

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An estimated 50,000 career government employees would be reclassified as ‘at-will’ employees held to new civil service regulations. President Donald Trump announced on April 18 that he plans to implement a day-one executive order aimed at increasing accountability among the nation’s federal workforce. Trump said on Truth Social that, according to his order, the Office of

Trump Floats Revoking Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status—What Is It?

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Harvard University and the Trump administration are in an escalating standoff after the institution declined to comply with a list of conditions for addressing campus anti-Semitism and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration’s initial letter warned that $9 billion in grants and contracts would be reviewed. After some back-and-forth between the two

RFK assassination files released by Trump admin. Here’s what they say.

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Washington — The Trump administration on Friday started releasing the first tranche of records on Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, with roughly 10,000 pages of previously classified records. The disclosure — ordered by President Trump within days of taking office and backed by the senator’s son, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Maryland Senator Describes Meeting With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

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The senator said he would try to arrange a phone call between the deported Salvadoran and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on April 18 described his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man that the Trump administration said it deported due to an administrative error. Van Hollen made the