Month: March 2025

A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Maryland’s top prosecutor, is suing the Trump administration over sweeping layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, calling the cuts an illegal attempt to dismantle a critical agency that serves millions of students.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) expressed their concerns over Dave Weldon’s nomination to head the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) prior to senior Trump administra…

Federal Judge William Alsup said the directive to fire all probationary employees was not legal.

Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.

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US News: President Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on EU wines and champagne unless the EU rescinds its 50% tax on US alcohol. The intent is to protec

A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce.