The DOJ is appealing a Rhode Island federal judge’s ruling requiring the executive branch to unfreeze government spending. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal by the Trump administration to pause an order by a Rhode Island federal judge which ruled that the administration can’t freeze government spending for
The president has encountered dozens of lawsuits during the first month of his second term of office. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 11 that he would abide by court rulings blocking his agenda, but would also appeal them in hopes that higher courts will reverse those decisions in his favor. “I always abide by
The union members view the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the government as an attack on civil servants. WASHINGTON—House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) headlined dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 11, gathered at a rally against the Trump administration’s proposed downsizing of the federal government. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort, and we’re fighting on your
‘The stuff we’re doing with the Treasury Department is so basic that you can’t believe it doesn’t exist already,’ Musk said. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already found payment inefficiencies and waste in its probes into the Treasury Department and Social Security Administration, the tech CEO said from the Oval Office alongside
The bill would allocate $150 billion for new military spending and $175 billion for new border security measures. WASHINGTON—The Senate Republican Conference announced on Feb. 11 that it will draft legislation to fund $325 billion worth of government spending in support of border security and military expansion. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said
PBS has closed its DEI office, citing compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders dismantling DEI programs in taxpayer-funded institutions. PBS has shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office and fired its DEI officers after recent executive actions by President Donald Trump, who opposes DEI on the premise that it’s anti-meritocratic and discriminates
DOGE has also canceled 29 contracts related to DEI training in education totaling $101 million. The U.S. Department of Education verified Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has canceled 89 Institute for Education Sciences multi-year contracts totaling about $900 million and 29 contracts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion training in education totaling