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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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They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them — The worst thing that the federal government has done to labor unions in my lifetime happened last night. Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that the government will no longer recognize and bargain with a huge portion of the unions that represent federal workers.
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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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Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
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AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, NPR, CNN and GovExec.com


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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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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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History
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Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
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Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian
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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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Want good relations with Trump? Bring a gift — If you're a foreign leader or a CEO about to meet with President Trump — or if you want to avoid his vengeance — come bearing gifts. — Why it matters: Government officials and business leaders around the world have gotten the message …
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All the laws flouted during SignalGate — 📱 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please click the button below and become one to support our work.
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Trump Takes Government Secrecy Seriously. But Only When It Suits Him.
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Officials say texts sent by Waltz, Ratcliffe in Signal chat may have damaged US' ongoing ability to gather intel on Houthis
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Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse — Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.


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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Detained Tufts Student Is Moved to Louisiana Despite Judge's Order — Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national with a student visa, was detained by federal authorities this week — Federal agents moved a Turkish student arrested in Massachusetts to Louisiana despite a judge's order barring her transfer without notice.
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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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Trump signs order targeting law firm with ties to Robert Mueller
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Elon Musk to travel to Wisconsin ahead of critical state Supreme Court election — Musk's heavy political involvement in the battle for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has made him a central figure in the race. — Tech billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk will head …
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Musk to Campaign in Wisconsin Ahead of Critical State Court Election
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Wisconsin Tried Campaign Finance Reform. It Ended Up With the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History.
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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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Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins — Democrats insist Republicans are panicking. — President Donald Trump's decision to keep Rep. Elise Stefanik in Congress is the clearest sign yet that the political environment has become so challenging …
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Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.'s Unproven Measles Treatment — Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state's public-health department didn't take up the offer. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., staring down his first major health crisis as the head of Health and Human Services, had a plan.
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Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case … President Donald Trump pardoned Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton for his October 2022 conviction of federal crimes related to defrauding investors with false claims about the success of the electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker.
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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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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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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.
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University of Michigan closes its DEI office, ending multi-million dollar investment into diversity — The university's diversity, equity and inclusion programs have long been a model for schools across the country — The University of Michigan — one of the leading academic bastions of diversity …


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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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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