OPM Issues Privacy Assessment in Suit Over Government-Wide Email System

The Office of Personnel Management submitted the assessment, but Justice Department lawyers argued it was unnecessary. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted a privacy assessment in an ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s plan to implement a government-wide email system for communication with federal employees. The Feb. 5 filing was made after a

Trump signs order that will ban transgender athletes from women’s sports

Washington — President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity, marking his latest move targeting transgender rights.  “The war on women’s sports is over,” Mr. Trump declared at a White House event celebrating the mandate.  The order, titled “Keeping Men

Immigration Contractor That Says ‘No Immigrant Should Be Detained’ Hires GOP Lobbyist as Taxpayer Funding Remains in Limbo

The Acacia Center for Justice receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts Acacia Center (screenshot), Border Patrol stop ((John Moore/Getty Images) A pro-immigration group that has called for “freedom from detention” for illegal aliens and says the immigration system is “intentionally designed” to exploit minorities has hired a Republican lobbyist as it faces

Senate Republicans to move forward on Trump agenda as House stalls on budget

Washington — Senate Republicans said Wednesday that they intend to move forward with their own plan to approve key components of President Trump’s agenda beginning next week, as the House efforts to start the budget reconciliation process have stalled. “It’s time for the Senate to move,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters Wednesday, after briefing Senate