A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s administration from making drastic cuts to research funding provided by the National Science Foundation. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston struck down on Friday a policy change that could have stripped universities of tens of millions of dollars in research funding. The universities argued the move threatened
Respondents overwhelmingly agreed that the Chinese Communist Party leverages the openness of U.S. society to infiltrate institutions and advance its agenda. By Lawrence Wilson | June 21, 2025Updated:June 21, 2025 More than 200 incidents of espionage and more than 1,200 thefts of intellectual property have been committed against the United States by the Chinese Communist
The Department of Labor said on Friday that it was suspending a Biden-era regulation aimed at providing workplace organizing protections to foreign farmworkers holding H-2A visas in the United States. The farmworker rule, implemented last year under President Joe Biden’s administration, allowed farmers to hire H-2A workers, or foreign farmworkers on a temporary basis, when
Like its House counterpart, the Senate’s draft version of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget rescinds billions in approved funding for solar, wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture initiatives authorized under 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and 2021’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Both chambers’ spending plans largely replicate the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill
A U.S. State Department employee responsible for reviewing visa applications has been fired after he admitted on hidden camera that he helped illegal immigrants evade deportation and expressed anti-American sentiment. Visa specialist Arslan Akhtar is no longer working for the State Department following a June 18 undercover investigation by O’Keefe Media Group (OMG), according to
Palantir Technologies is roundly denying claims it’s building a massive, unified database containing Americans’ personal information, following media coverage implying its work for various federal agencies could enable unprecedented surveillance. On May 30, the New York Times published an article highlighting the potential impact of the more than $900 million worth of federal contracts awarded
Palantir Technologies is roundly denying claims it’s building a massive, unified database containing Americans’ personal information, following media coverage implying its work for various federal agencies could enable unprecedented surveillance. On May 30, the New York Times published an article highlighting the potential impact of the more than $900 million worth of federal contracts awarded