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Kansas joins 3 states suing the Census Bureau for adding noncitizens to data
Kansas is the latest state to join a growing list of attorneys general suing the Department of Commerce over the Census Bureau’s inclusion of noncitizens in its population count. Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia and now Kansas are all challenging the agency’s decision to count immigrants regardless of citizenship status. 4 states join lawsuit against Census… -
Trump considers suing to end key limit on president’s spending power: Report
The Trump administration is looking to downsize the government and has announced efforts to cut spending, fire career officials and reassess where it sends federal money. However, U.S. laws as far back as Article 1 of the Constitution give Congress, not the president, the power to decide where taxpayer money goes. So, the Trump administration… -
Customs worker admits to taking bribes after daughter flaunts luxury items online
A Colombian customs worker entered a surprise guilty plea this week, admitting he took bribes and funneled more than $1 million in drug money. The plea came on the second day of the trial before anticipated information about corrupt activities between U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and their informants could be uncovered. Authorities received information… -
Trump restricts gender ideology in schools with executive order
President Donald Trump plans to restrict gender ideology in schools with a new executive order aimed at ending what he calls “radical indoctrination.” The order bans federal funds from being used to promote “radical gender ideology” in kindergarten through 12th grade education. “In recent years… parents have witnessed schools indoctrinate their children in radical, anti-American… -
RFK Jr. faces questions on Medicare, vaccine stance in confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced more than three hours of questions from senators on the Senate Finance Committee during his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jan. 29. The former 2024 presidential candidate is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has drawn controversy since his nomination. Democrats have criticized… -
Most charges against anti-abortion activists dropped in video case
Prosecutors have dropped the majority of charges against two anti-abortion activists who secretly recorded Planned Parenthood executives. In one of the videos, the activists allegedly discussed the harvesting and sale of aborted fetal tissue with a Planned Parenthood employee. The case, which has been dragging through the court system since 2017, involved David Daleiden of… -
Trump tells military to ready Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 migrant detentions
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday, Jan. 29, ordering the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security to prepare Guantanamo Bay for the detention of 30,000 migrants. The president signaled the order would be coming in remarks he made while signing the Laken Riley Act, which widens the scope of crimes that allow the… -
Google Maps labels US as ‘sensitive’ after Trump requires new names: Report
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Google said it would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on its maps, following a directive from President Donald Trump. Also, on Tuesday, the company’s maps division reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive” country, according to CNBC. Google uses the sensitive country designation for those with strict… -
Colleges’ test-optional policies hurt high-scoring lower-income students: Study
Dartmouth is one of multiple colleges and universities, including Harvard, that have brought back the requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score with their application. A new study by Dartmouth researchers found that the school’s test-optional policy may have had the opposite effect as it intended. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges… -
SCOTUS to decide if family can sue after mistaken FBI SWAT raid
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a family who claims FBI SWAT agents mistakenly raided their home in October 2017, traumatizing them. The court will decide whether the victims can sue the federal government. Trina Martin, her partner Toi Cliatt, and her then 7-year-old son Gabe were “jolted awake” when… -
Trump says administration will offer buyouts to most government employees
President Donald Trump says the federal government will offer buyouts to federal workers as part of his effort to shrink the size of the government workforce. In an email sent Tuesday, Jan. 28, buyouts were offered to two million federal employees who agreed to leave their jobs by Thursday, Feb. 6. The buyout option comes… -
State AGs sue Trump admin over federal funding freeze, judge issues pause
A coalition of state attorneys general has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging what they call an unconstitutional pause on federal grants and loans. The legal action comes after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s plan to review what taxpayer dollars are being used for. Legal challenge to federal funding freeze The… -
Sec. Hegseth to remove security detail, clearance for retired Gen. Milley: Report
Senior defense officials say newly sworn-in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will pull security detail and security clearance for retired Gen. Mark Milley, Fox News reports. Hegseth is also directing the acting inspector general to review whether there is enough evidence to strip Milley of a star in retirement for allegedly “undermining the chain of command”…
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