Six decades of race- and gender-based government hiring initiatives are set to end. President Donald Trump has repealed a legal landmark from the earliest days of the federal government that obliged federal contractors to establish “affirmative action” programs aimed at increasing workplace diversity. Trump’s Jan. 21 order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”
Trump has signed an order to halt enforcement for 75 days. President Donald Trump has prompted TikTok to restore service for its users despite a divest-or-ban law from Congress but questions remain as to whether the executive order will withstand judicial scrutiny or allow tech companies to avoid liability. Here is a breakdown of the
The agency said the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is working quickly to make the name changes ‘effective immediately for federal use.’ The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Jan. 24 that it is formally implementing President Donald Trump’s efforts to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, the tallest mountain in North America.
Trump has vowed to take back the Panama Canal. The United States ceded the waterway to the Central American country in 1999. Financial services giant JP Morgan downgraded its assessment of Panama’s bonds on the growing concern that the United States may repossess the Panama Canal. On Jan. 23, JP Morgan’s Global Emerging Markets Research
The Office of Management and Budget said the order only applied to some programs under the Inflation Reduction Act. The White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo this week clarifying what authorized allocations can potentially be rescinded from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law under a Jan. 20 executive
Nixing the coin could be one of DOGE’s recommendations for slashing government waste. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is targeting the U.S. penny, or the cent, as something to eliminate to save costs. “The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023,” the department wrote
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said China’s PNTR status has enriched the CCP while costing American jobs. A group of lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced a bill in both the Senate and the House to suspend normal trade relations with China and codify higher tariffs on goods from the country. It came after President Donald Trump signed