President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other […]
Category: Politics
Kevin Drum Dead: Influential Early Political Blogger Was 66
Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online about politics, policy and his cats, quickly becoming a key figure […]
Judge Rejects Attempts to Temporarily Stop Migrant Detention at Guantánamo
A federal judge on Friday rejected for now efforts to block the Trump administration from sending migrants to the American military base at Guantánamo Bay, […]
Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss
President Trump on Friday opened a third attack against a private law firm, restricting the business activities of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison just […]
Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries
The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United […]
Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Soldiers, Women in Military and Civil War
Materials on the Arlington National Cemetery website highlighting the graves of Black and female service members have vanished as the Trump administration purges government websites […]
Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
President Trump repeated a number of well-trodden falsehoods on Friday in a grievance-fueled speech at the Justice Department, veering from prepared remarks to single out […]
The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?
When Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, announced that he would vote with Republicans to clear the way for passage […]
Marco Rubio Essentially Expels South Africa’s U.S. Ambassador
As he flew back from the Group of 7 allies meeting in Canada on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made an announcement that essentially […]
Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration’s DEI Crackdown to Proceed, but Judges Debate DEI Merits
A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government to go forward by […]