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Data nerds are banding together to preserve government information under attack by the Trump administration

Data Security

July 24, 2025 Data nerds are banding together to preserve government information under attack by the Trump administration BY Associated Press The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from U.S. government websites in unprecedented ways after President Donald Trump began his second term, an army of outside statisticians, demographers … Continue reading Data nerds are banding together to preserve government information under attack by the Trump administration →

How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump

Partnerships

July 22, 2025 How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump BY Associated Press Dawn Price signs rent checks worth about $160,000 every month for 79 people that her nonprofit helps house in Laguna Beach, California. Usually, she logs into an online portal to withdraw enough from an account funded by a grant from the … Continue reading How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump →

Trump orders end to NPR and PBS funding—legal experts say he can’t

Politics Regulations

May 02, 2025 Trump orders end to NPR and PBS funding—legal experts say he can’t BY Arden Anderson President Trump issued an executive order ceasing public funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) late Thursday. The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to eliminate funding for the two news … Continue reading Trump orders end to NPR and PBS funding—legal experts say he can’t →

Elon Musk’s Trump gamble is costing him bigly

Politics and Corruption

  April 26, 2025 Elon Musk’s Trump gamble is costing him bigly BY Jay Willis Tesla released its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, its first since the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, took up residence in the Trump White House and immediately began trying to fire federal workers, gut regulators, and illegally withhold funding from recipients … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Trump gamble is costing him bigly →

Can the Trump Musk bromance survive the tariff trade wars?

Politics Regulations

April 09, 2025 Can the Trump-Musk bromance survive the tariff trade wars? BY Chris Stokel-Walker When Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk would be joining the government as an adviser and head of the quasi-governmental Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), there was skepticism about how long the relationship between the two would last. Experts predicted that … Continue reading Can the Trump Musk bromance survive the tariff trade wars? →

President Trump has fired the FTC’s two Democrat commissioners

Politics

  President Trump has fired the FTC’s two Democrat commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya called the action illegal. anna washenko   Wed, Mar 19, 2025   Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the US government continued today with the firing of the two Democratic members of the Federal … Continue reading President Trump has fired the FTC’s two Democrat commissioners →

Teachers union sues Trump administration over anti-DEI ultimatum

Employee Unions

February 26, 2025 Teachers union sues Trump administration over anti-DEI ultimatum The American Federation of Teachers lawsuit says the Education Department’s anti-DEI memo violates the First and Fifth Amendments. BY Associated Press A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices … Continue reading Teachers union sues Trump administration over anti-DEI ultimatum →

How ‘Trump Take Egg’ captured the mood of an inflation-weary nation

Economy Inflation

February 21, 2025 How ‘Trump Take Egg’ captured the mood of an inflation-weary nation A simple phrase about egg prices has turned into a viral meme holding Trump accountable for inflation. BY Joe Berkowitz Which came first: the up-for-grabs blame over inflation or the meme about it? Either way, both have lately caused a stir on … Continue reading How ‘Trump Take Egg’ captured the mood of an inflation-weary nation →

By the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies

Employee Layoffs

February 19, 2025 By the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies Here are details on some of the layoffs at federal departments and agencies. BY Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, … Continue reading By the numbers: Trump and Musk’s layoffs at U.S. agencies →

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