Transgender Service Members File Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Trans Military Ban
Two national LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on Tuesday filed the first federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders and the…
Republicans Block Resolution Condemning Pardons For Rioters Who Assaulted Police
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a symbolic resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s pardons for rioters who attacked police on Jan. 6, 2021.Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) asked the Senate for “unanimous consent” to…
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.The…
Trump Signs Order Aimed At Banning Gender Transitions For Everyone Under 19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the…
Congressman Demands Fellow Lawmakers Stand Up To Trump: ‘This Is A 5 Alarm F-ing Fire’
As the brand new Trump administration continues to rapidly carve out the federal government, a Democratic congressman has expressed frustration about his fellow lawmakers — particularly those within his party — who he says are not meeting…
Jan. 6 Rioter Pardoned By Trump Remains Jailed In Child Sex Abuse Case
A North Carolina man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is still facing charges of possessing child sex abuse material. David Paul Daniel, 37,…
Donald Trump’s ‘Anti-Constitutional’ Funding Freeze Is Headed For A Blockbuster Showdown In Court
President Donald Trump’s order to freeze all federal grants, loans and financial assistance on Monday could provoke a blockbuster case on the president’s authority to subvert the separation of powers and control spending without Congress’…
Trump Offers Buyouts To All Federal Workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed.A memo from…
How Will Trump Sabotage Government? Look At What He Did To The USDA’s ‘Crown Jewel.’
Five years ago, President Donald Trump’s budget director and acting chief of staff flew home to South Carolina for a Republican Party gala and celebrated the slow decay of the federal government. Referring to Trump’s promise to “drain the…
Some Conservatives Keep Awkwardly Calling Trump ‘Daddy.’ Experts Weigh In On…
A number of prominent conservatives have made it a point to publicly refer to President Donald Trump as “daddy.” While the nickname has been derided by many as cringey and weird, it might actually tell us something about Trump’s political…
‘A 5 Alarm F-ing Fire’: Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Is Jolting Some Dems Into…
WASHINGTON ― Democrats on Capitol Hill are fuming about President Donald Trump’s Monday night announcement that he is freezing all federal grants and loans, a stunning action that appears as unconstitutional as it is harmful to millions of…
Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners In ‘Unprecedented’ And ‘Illegal’ Move
President Donald Trump fired two commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission late Monday night, drawing rebukes from Democrats who called the ousters an illegal power grab.Jocelyn Samuels, one of the agency’s Democratic…
GOP Senators Want Trump To Release Epstein Files Even If He’s In Them
Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to declassify documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and now some Republican senators want more.…