‘These taxpayer-funded benefits should be only for eligible taxpayers,’ said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on April 15 directing several federal agencies to take measures to prevent Social Security payments from going to ineligible people such as illegal immigrants and fraudsters. The memorandum was directed at the Social
The Justice Department is prioritizing deportation of the suspect rather than prosecution. A federal judge in Virginia has granted the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) request to dismiss a gun charge against a Salvadoran national whom Trump administration officials have called a senior leader of the notorious MS-13 transnational gang—clearing the way for his possible swift
Both governors say the changes will fight chronic disease and refocus SNAP on nutrition rather than subsidizing unhealthy, processed food. Arkansas and Indiana each submitted waivers on April 15 seeking federal approval to remove soft drinks and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
The Trump administration can’t immediately revoke the deportation protections and work permits of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the U.S. legally under a Biden-era program, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its plan to
Diversity is strength. Inclusion is the key to growth. Representation matters. WNBA / Sports Illustrated The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the nonprofit charitable arm of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has long claimed to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. Critics have argued these claims are bogus, primarily because attractive white women are woefully underrepresented
President Trump issued a new threat to Harvard University on Tuesday after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in grant funding for the institution, suggesting that the Ivy League school “should lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity.” The president’s latest statement came after the Cambridge, Massachusetts institution announced Monday that
‘It became clear that the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees,’ the agency says. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 15 that it terminated a $3.1 billion climate-related farming program after finding that it didn’t align with the Trump administration’s priorities. An archived USDA dashboard on its website had said