President Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 5, directing the Department of Defense to adopt the secondary title of “Department of War,” reviving a name that was last used in the 1940s. The original Department of War was established by President George Washington in August 1789, just months […]
The U.S. labor market delivered a concerning signal of economic weakness on Friday as employers added only 22,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent in August, matching levels not seen since September 2021 when the economy was still recovering from pandemic disruptions. With 7.4 million Americans now unemployed, the August figure […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed the controversial immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” to resume operations, overturning a lower court ruling that had ordered the facility to shut down within 60 days. In a 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the […]
A rare bipartisan coalition has emerged in Congress demanding full transparency regarding Jeffrey Epstein files, with lawmakers from both parties joining forces to compel the Trump administration to release all federal documents related to the convicted sex trafficker. The bipartisan push, led by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and […]
Approximately 1,000 current and former federal health employees have signed an open letter calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s resignation, citing his “dangerous” policies and actions that they say are compromising America’s public health infrastructure. The call for Kennedy’s removal comes after Kennedy fired the […]
A federal judge in Boston delivered a victory to Harvard University on Wednesday, ruling that the Trump administration unlawfully froze more approximately $2.5 billion in federal research grants in violation of the institution’s First Amendment rights and federal law. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs concluded that the administration “used antisemitism […]
A federal judge issued an emergency ruling on August 31, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to deport hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, some of whom were already aboard planes prepared for takeoff. The lawsuit was filed in the early morning hours of August 31, at approximately 1 a.m. in […]
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer found that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law when they deployed thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles following immigration protests in June. Judge Breyer determined that the Trump administration’s use of military personnel constituted systematic […]
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirms that President Trump lacks authority to impose widespread tariffs under the emergency powers law. In a decisive 7-4 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he imposed […]
President Trump has invoked a rarely used “pocket rescission” to cancel $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid on Friday. A pocket rescission occurs when a president submits a rescission request to Congress so close to the end of the fiscal year that lawmakers lack sufficient time to respond within the […]
