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
Trump ended funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services in a March 14 executive order. A federal judge has tentatively prohibited the Trump administration from ending an agency supporting libraries across the United States. Richard Leon, a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled on May 1
The agency said that it’s trying to address a ‘longstanding oversight concern.’ The Social Security Administration (SSA) in an update said that it has made headway in determining data accuracy for individuals marked as eligible to receive payments but are likely deceased. In an April 29 statement, the agency said it has “has made significant
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the ‘gangs are a primary source of instability’ in the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday designated two Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, as they move to control the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince, he said. The action comes just months after the designation was applied
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS over what he called “biased and partisan news coverage.” What does this mean for the future of journalistic integrity in the United States? NTD asks a panel of experts. Trump said on Friday morning that Harvard University could soon
The judge wrote that the plaintiffs did not establish standing to file their lawsuit and would likely fail. A federal judge on Friday declined to block enforcement of provisions in President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), in response to a lawsuit filed by pro-LGBT organizations. In a 58-page ruling, U.S.