Trump had previously warned Maine’s governor that the funds would be withheld if the state continued to allow men to play women’s sports. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreed to settle a lawsuit with Maine on May 2, after it withheld around $3 million in grant funding for nutrition programs in that state. According
Kentucky Gov. Beshear and former Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo said they’re open to running, while several others are the subject of speculation. WASHINGTON—A number of U.S. governors are indicating that they may seek the Democratic nomination for president in the 2028 general election. The 61st U.S. presidential election will be held on Nov. 7, 2028.
Federal officials on the southern border say the president’s designation of cartels as terrorist organizations put more teeth in gun trafficking enforcement. Federal law enforcement officials along the U.S. Southern Border warned U.S. citizens that the Trump administration has added a new wrinkle to the crime of trafficking guns and cash into Mexico. They said
The firm had participated in the production of the Steele dossier, which was used to push the disproven Trump–Russia narrative in 2016. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on May 2 struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order on revoking government contracts of law firm Perkins Coie. The order also forbids the Trump administration from canceling
The proposal seeks $163 billion in cuts to non-defense programs, a 22.6 percent decline from 2025. Many progressive policy initiatives would be eliminated. WASHINGTON—Democrats expressed their objection to President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, criticizing the proposed big cuts to social spending programs. The Trump administration on May 2 published an extract of
Sean Duffy says the grants pushed ‘radical DEI and green agenda’ instead of focusing on taxpayers’ transport needs. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday announced the termination of seven federally funded university research grants totaling $54 million, saying the programs are wasteful and ideologically divisive projects that fall outside the scope of the Department of
A federal judge in March blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data. The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to gain access to Social Security data, coming after courts blocked the Elon Musk-led task force from accessing those records on privacy