States suing to stop steep federal cuts to medical research funding

A coalition of attorneys general from 22 states announced Monday they are suing the Trump administration to stop steep cuts to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health. “We will not allow the Trump Administration to unlawfully undermine our economy, hamstring our competitiveness, or play politics with our public health,”

Judge directs Trump officials to comply with earlier order halting funding freeze

Washington — A federal judge in Rhode Island said Monday that the Trump administration has not complied with an earlier order that blocked its freeze on federal assistance and ordered agencies to immediately restore any paused or withheld dollars during continuing legal proceedings. The move from U.S. District Judge John McConnell comes in a case

Schumer lays out Senate Democrats’ strategy to push back against Trump

Washington — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer outlined Democrats’ strategy to push back against the Trump administration on Monday, detailing efforts to combat what he called a “coordinated assault” by President Trump and his administration that “is not what most Americans and our constituents voted for in November.” “Senate Democrats have a responsibility to fight

Trump has paralyzed agency guarding worker rights, labor experts say

President Trump’s firing of a member at the National Labor Relations Board leaves the federal agency unable to perform its duties protecting the rights of U.S. workers and monitoring union elections, according to labor experts.  The agency is now down to two members, one below the minimum required to fully function, labor attorneys said, even

Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown, DOGE access

Washington — A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with one seeking to block the apparent shutdown of the agency and another aimed at stopping Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing employee records and information.  

Third federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order

Washington — A federal judge in New Hampshire on Monday blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, becoming the third judge to do so amid more than half a dozen legal challenges to the president’s directive. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante said at the end of a brief hearing that he would