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Trump administration loses bid to lift bar on Education Department layoffs
A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belonging on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The Trump administration on Wednesday lost a bid to lift a federal district court order temporarily barring the U.S. Education Department from laying off about half of its employees. The administration […]
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Musk whips opposition to Trump tax plan: ‘KILL the BILL’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Elon Musk on Wednesday ramped up his attacks against the massive tax-cut bill President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to pass, claiming it will condemn America […]
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Education Department says Columbia University fails to meet accreditation standards
Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University on April 14, 2025, in New York City. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday that Columbia University has failed to meet the standards for accreditation because it “is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws” for allegedly tolerating harassment of […]
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Sen. Ron Johnson rips into ‘immoral’ GOP spending bill: ‘I can’t accept it’
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” as “immoral” and “grotesque,” and reiterated that he will vote against it unless his GOP colleagues make major changes. “This is immoral, what us old farts doing to our young people,” Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” after sounding alarms that […]
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Trump administration threatens to pull $4 billion from California high-speed rail project
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he announced the reopening of a major runway at the airport, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule on June 2, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The future of a high-speed rail project in California is under […]
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Immigrant said to be framed for writing Trump threat letters remains detained, for now
ICE arrested Ramon Morales-Reyes, a 54-year-old from Mexico on May 22, 2025. Courtesy: U.S. Homeland Security An undocumented immigrant who prosecutors say was framed by a jail inmate for writing threatening letters about President Donald Trump was ordered Wednesday to remain detained by an immigration judge in Chicago to give a government lawyer more time […]
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Trump tax bill would add $2.4 trillion to deficits, Congressional Budget Office says
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $2.4 trillion to federal budget deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday. The bill passed by House Republicans last month would decrease federal spending by $1.3 trillion, but also see a a $3.7 trillion drop in revenues, according to the CBO’s latest analysis. The […]
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Republican FCC commissioner Simington will step down this week
Nathan Simington, Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on oversight of the FCC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Republican Federal Communications Commission member Nathan Simington said Wednesday he plans to resign this […]
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Trump says he spoke to Putin, predicts no ‘immediate’ peace for Russia and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for well over an hour about Ukraine’s latest attack on Russian airplanes and nuclear talks with Iran. Putin in that call vowed retaliation against Ukraine […]
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Trump says ‘Too Late’ Powell must lower interest rates after weak ADP jobs report
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs after holding a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, minutes after […]
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