Tag: the Trump administration

Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria

A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil — a former Columbia University graduate student linked to pro-Palestinian…

National Academies publishes rebuke of EPA attempts to dismiss climate threats

One of the United States' leading scientific groups published its strongest rebuke of the Trump administration's dismissal of…

U.S. adding more questions to citizenship test

The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become…

Despite Trump sanctions, ICC staff and advocates vow to fight on

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As U.S. President Donald Trump ratchets up pressure on the International Criminal Court,…

Trump is modeling Chinese state capitalism and there’s no going back

Last month, the Trump administration and Nvidia worked out what some have called an unusual and surprising deal for the…

Blue-city mayors urge colleges to stand up to Trump

Mayors of blue cities poised to feel the economic hit of President Donald Trump’s feud with universities are…

California lawmakers to decide on extending key climate program and boosting grid reliability

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The fate of a key California climate program Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed as…

California passes bill to stop ICE and other law enforcement from hiding faces

California lawmakers have passed a bill to stop Immigration agents and other law enforcement from hiding their faces…

Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can end legal protections for…

Bessent met with BlackRock’s Rieder as search for next Fed chair continues, source says

By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with BlackRock Inc executive Rick Rieder in New…

The Trump administration’s destruction of contraceptives was both wasteful and cruel

Federal officials had already spent nearly $10 million on birth control pills, intrauterine devices and hormonal implants to…

Maddow Blog | Will the GOP’s ‘weaponization’ panel care about the allegations in the new FBI lawsuit?

Throughout Donald Trump’s second term, the FBI has been purging those deemed insufficiently loyal to the president and…