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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’ — President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” …
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted …
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History — RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions and reversing the spread of divisive ideology.
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Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian
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Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
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A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email — The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration. — A federal worker accidentally includes …
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Trump Takes Government Secrecy Seriously. But Only When It Suits Him. — In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president. — As far as the Trump administration is concerned, there are government secrets and then there are government secrets.
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Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts — Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged. — A federal judge in Washington …
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Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth's growing pile of mistakes
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Concerns about Hegseth's judgment come roaring back after group chat scandal
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A Disregard for the Rules Trickles Down From Trump to His Aides
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All the laws flouted during SignalGate
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Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order — The discussions come as other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House. — The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump's advisers about a deal …
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Another law firm targeted by Trump sues to block punishing executive order — Jenner & Block is the second law firm to try to fight Trump in court over his executive orders. — A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump sued Friday to bar enforcement of his executive order that seeks …
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Trump signs order targeting law firm with ties to Robert Mueller
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Trump Targets WilmerHale, Citing Law Firm's Connection to Robert Mueller
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Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs — Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up — When President Trump convened CEOs of some of the country's top automakers for a call earlier this month …
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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I'd see in America — You've probably seen something like this before — but only in a movie, and only in a film that was seeking to capture the horrors of daily life under Joseph Stalin at the peak of his 1930s purges across the USSR …
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ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why
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Detained Tufts Student Is Moved to Louisiana Despite Judge's Order
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements — PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 …
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Trump Moves to End Union Protections Across Broad Swath of Government
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Trump administration moves to end union rights for many federal workers
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies — While officials stressed the estimates were subject to change, the snapshot suggests how agencies are working to meet Trump's mandate to shrink government. — Just now — Federal officials are preparing for agencies …
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Fallout coming for House GOP over Trump's rug pull on Stefanik — President Trump's dramatic rug pull of Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-N.Y.) UN ambassador nomination has given House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) a new series of headaches. — Why it matters: Johnson has to reassure GOP lawmakers …
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Trump Pulls Stefanik's UN Nomination to Protect GOP Majority
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RFK Jr.'s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling — The cuts sent shockwaves through the department's sprawling workforce, prompting a scramble among senior agency officials to figure out which employees and policy priorities were affected.
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Addressing Risks From WilmerHale — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Background. My Administration is committed to addressing the significant risks associated with law firms …
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Vance and wife to tour US military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit — NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders …
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This Is Just Dumb — It's not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it's the stupidity. We're all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don't actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already.
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Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending — Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, joined top Democrats in insisting that the president does not have the power to “pick and choose” what to fund. — A top Senate Republican …
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ADL Shutters Flagship Anti-Bias Program … IN DECEMBER 2023, during a monthly call with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) education team, Clara Hess, the vice president of education for the nonprofit, announced a major change: The organization would be phasing out its flagship anti-bias education program, A World of Difference (AWOD).
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Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance — A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention.
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works to Make Our Nation's Capital Safe and Beautiful — MAKING WASHINGTON THE GREATEST CAPITAL CITY IN THE WORLD: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to make Washington, D.C. what it should be—the pride of every American to whom it belongs.