Joseph Goldstein found healing and purpose in the Boundary Waters. Now, the Trump administration says it wants to open the wilderness area's watershed up to mining. The post The Fight to Save a Beloved Midwest Wilderness appeared first on Earthjustice.| Earthjustice
No matter what happens in D.C., Earthjustice’s work to protect the environment will continue. The post What Happens to the Courts When the Federal Government Shuts Down? appeared first on Earthjustice.| Earthjustice
The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they're showing how clean energy progress can still be made.| Earthjustice
El presidente Donald Trump, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Mike Johnson, y miembros republicanos del Congreso han repetido esto una y otra vez.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend billions of dollars in federal tax credits that have dramatically lowered premiums and contributed to record-low rates of uninsured Americans. It’s a chance to talk about a winning issue — and maybe regain support from working-class voters.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Los demócratas ven este momento político como una oportunidad para hablar sobre la necesidad de que la atención médica sea accesible.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status are generally ineligible for federally funded health care programs. Democrats’ funding proposal would restore access to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplace for legal immigrants who will lose access once certain provisions of the Republicans’ tax and spending law take effect.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
The evidence is unequivocal: Vaccines do not cause autism. Yet adding autism to the list of conditions covered by a federal payout program, as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems inclined to do, could threaten its financial viability. Such a move also would suggest that the science is unsettled, that vaccines may be riskier than diseases, which is a fallacy.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Attorney General Pam Bondi had a fiery exchange with several Democrats, including Sen. Alex Padilla (D) of California, during her congressional testimony on Tuesday. Bondi and Padilla sparred when the attorney general called out the Democrat for hypocritically demanding "order" during Tuesday's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The two had a tense back-and-forth before Padilla called for order during the hearing despite repeatedly interrupting Bondi whenever she attempted to resp...| Blaze Media
Ed Yohnka of the ACLU of Illinois discusses how the ongoing immigration crackdown is putting communities at risk.| Articles – Truthout
COVID-19 data are limited this week due to the government shutdown, now the second time that vital disease surveillance has been interrupted since Trump took office in January. The CDC has not updated the majority of its COVID-19 and respiratory disease data pages since September 26. The post National COVID-19 trends, October 7 first appeared on The Sick Times.| The Sick Times
Key takeaways, along with a short list of what is and is not open during the ongoing government shutdown.| ARTnews.com
The outcome of “Chiles v. Salazar” could have major implications for conversion therapy bans across the country.| Articles – Truthout
It appears that AUKUS has cleared its Pentagon review. But passing review is not the finish line, it is the starting gun. The Trump administration can now step on the gas pedal and deliver on this partnership that promises to reshape deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. The post AUKUS Seems to Have Passed Review: Now It’s Time to Accelerate appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
A judge's South Carolina home went up in flames on Saturday afternoon, reportedly resulting in three hospitalizations. Photos and videos of the incident showed large black plumes of smoke engulfing the four-story property. Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former South Carolina Sen. Arnold Goodstein (D), are the owners of the beachfront house, according to local reports. Judge Goodstein was reportedly out for a walk with her dogs when the blaze broke out. Her husband, who w...| Blaze Media
The president’s assault on US museums, education and memory is a critical dimension of his fascist aims| the Guardian
Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.| Articles – Truthout
Federal Judge Karin Immergut blocked Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Portland, citing lack of evidence.| Articles – Truthout
International student demand for US master’s degrees has declined by 61% this year, as stakeholders warn of policy shifts threatening the long-term health of America’s talent pipeline. The post Global demand for US master’s degrees plunges by 60% appeared first on The PIE News.| The PIE News
A White House memo sent to nine top-tier universities has proposed a 15% cap on colleges’ international undergraduate enrolments, among other demands, in return for preferential access to federal funding. The post US moots 15% international student cap on 9 institutions appeared first on The PIE News.| The PIE News
Experts call Trump’s refugee plan a “dark hour,” leaving over 100,000 vetted refugees stranded worldwide.| Articles – Truthout
Hamas signals willingness to negotiate Gaza’s future under Trump plan, while Netanyahu resists and critics warn of gaps.| Articles – Truthout
“This administration is extorting universities to sign away academic freedom,” said one assistant professor.| Articles – Truthout
The OMB director is already withholding congressionally appropriated funds for projects in blue cities and states.| Articles – Truthout
Over 47 million Americans are already food insecure, and that number is expected to increase thanks to Trump’s budget.| Articles – Truthout
About 500,000 remain, cut off from any provisions coming from the south, including food, water, fuel, and medicine.| Articles – Truthout
UC Berkeley turned lecturer Peyrin Kao’s name over to Trump, but that hasn’t stopped Kao's solidarity organizing.| Articles – Truthout
North Carolina and Idaho have already announced plans to cut payments to hospitals, doctors, and caregivers.| Articles – Truthout
Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.| Articles – Truthout
The Supreme Court has picked a corporate litigator to defend a case that could unleash unlimited political spending.| Articles – Truthout
At 60, Kamala Harris has a lot of opportunities ahead of her. Which will she pursue?| Los Angeles Times
California is one of five states that have tried to restrict guns in all public places.| Los Angeles Times
ICE just isn’t getting the job done. Despite the masked men swarming everywhere to arrest every Mexican-looking person in sight, the agency still can’t meet the 3,000 arrests per day quota that White House advisor Stephen Miller has stated is merely the baseline for his expectations. The main reason for this is that we’re running […]| Techdirt
By William Rampe ~ After four years of the Biden administration doing everything in its power to keep our natural resources in the ground, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have made a concerted effort to get the most out of our federal lands and waters.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act marked an important step in […]| PA Pundits International
New York officials pledged Thursday to fight to keep the Second Avenue Subway’s path to East Harlem on track — even as the nearly $7 billion expansion project faces a funding threat from the Trump administration. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/The Bronx) and other elected officials ripped the U.S. Department of Transportation’s move to withhold billions […] The post City Leaders Rip Trump DOT for Pausing Billions for Second Avenue Subway appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would withhold $18 billion in federal funding from two major New York City transportation projects. Democrats say it’s meant as punishment. “It’s horrible. He’s selectively thinking he’s using it to target New York or Democrats, but this is something that’s important not just to the city and state of […] The post Trump’s Freeze on Billions for NYC Transit Is Retaliatory, Say State Dems appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.| THE CITY – NYC News
In his first two months in office, President Donald Trump ordered the closing of the Education Department and fired half of its staff. The department’s research and statistics division, called the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), was particularly hard hit. About 90 percent of its staff lost their jobs and more than 100 federal contracts […] The post Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
When Starr Dixon heard the Trump administration was floating a proposal last spring to eliminate Head Start, the 27-year-old parent in rural Michigan cried for a week. The free, federally funded early learning program has been life-changing for her and her young daughter, she said. It provided stability after Dixon, who lives about 100 miles […] The post What I learned about Head Start in rural America appeared first on The Hechinger Report.| The Hechinger Report
Update: Mario Guevara was deported from the United States on a 4 a.m. flight on October 3, 2025. Washington, D.C., October 2, 2025—In response to news that journalist Mario Guevara will be deported on Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press issued the following...| Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario Guevara, meaning that the journalist could now be deported back to his native El Salvador. In a decision published Wednesday, the court...| Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a public comment submitted Monday, urges the Trump administration to drop proposed changes to the duration and application for foreign media visas, known as “I visas,” for journalists working in the United States. Currently, such visas can last for the period of a journalist’s employment with a recognized foreign...| Committee to Protect Journalists
How can we understand Tump 2.0 foreign policy? It’s the product of the fusion of two different forces: Christian Nationalism and Personalist Rent-Extraction.| The Duck of Minerva
Since 2014 when the BJP came to power, there has been increased repression of protests, particularly those led by Muslims or aligned with a cause like Gaza, writes Betwa Sharma. By Betwa Sharma in Delhi, India Special to Consortium News While accepting the Orizzonti best director award| Consortium News
Nearly 1,000 senior Georgians have lost part-time jobs and face financial uncertainty after the U.S. Department of Labor halted funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program, which was designed to help low-income adults over 55 find employment. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
A government shutdown will likely lead to further dismantling of federal environmental science, enforcement and conservation agencies, advocates warned this week. Previous government shutdowns have seen federal employees furloughed until funding resumes. But this time, Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has told federal agencies to prepare for widespread layoffs. “That […]| Inside Climate News
In his first eight months of office, the second Trump administration has overseen the firing or buyout of more than a quarter-million employees, and cut out at least $36 billion in science funding, according to a dataset compiled by Scienceline. The science funding deficit is set to reach $163 billion by 2026, with institutions ranging from the Weather Service to the National Parks seeing their funding cut. Researchers, citizen scientists, and science communicators across the US are now havin...| Scienceline
In 1997, countries around the globe debated whether or not to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The idea that humans were altering the global climate was still very new — but now, a handful of citizen scientists had uncovered evidence that suggested something even more unsettling: the change wasn’t just coming. It had already begun. Four months before countries had to decide, scientists at the British Trust for Ornith...| Scienceline
This spring, Ashley, who wished to be referred to by their first name for privacy reasons, received an email that stopped them in their tracks. The National Science Foundation, or NSF, would no longer be supporting their work with its prestigious graduate student grant. The experiments they had planned for their master’s thesis, studying alligator and crocodile nesting behaviors in the Everglades, now seemed out of reach. “I just burst into tears,” they say. “Like, there goes graduate...| Scienceline
Fired scientists and funding cuts pose “an existential threat to the largest scientific endeavor in the world," researchers tell Scienceline.| Scienceline
Under a February executive order to defend the Second Amendment, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Trump continues to be much more of a friend to gun-rights advocates in matters concerning any government's gun laws but its own.| The Reload
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a “cross-agency” Trade Fraud Task Force “to bring robust enforcement against importers and other parties who seek to ...| Global Trade & Sanctions Law
Brief emphasizes president’s authority under both Constitution and federal law to reduce scope of union monopoly bargaining control WASHINGTON, DC - The National Right to Work Foundation has filed an amicus brief at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals defending the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce union bosses’ control within the federal government.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree revising regulations on international maritime transport that will enable China to take countermeasures against countries imposing discriminatory restrictions on Chinese...| gCaptain
The Justice Department was caught deleting a study conducted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and hosted on a DOJ website proving that right-wing violence poses a “far” greater threat than left-wing extremism. The report was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved in the […] The post Department of Justice deletes study on politics of domestic terrorists first appeared on Free Government Information (FGI).| Free Government Information (FGI)
The conservative justice’s remarks come as the court prepares to review and decide whether to revisit several major, long-standing decisions including same sex marriage and race based voting rights.| NewsOne
By Gary Bauer ~ Jobless claims are lower, consumer spending is up, second quarter GDP was revised up, and new home sales rise to a three-year high. There’s good news on the economy today. Jobless claims were much lower than the “experts” predicted. Consumer spending was up, as were durable goods purchases—more expensive items meant to […]| PA Pundits International
The costs of covering serious autism cases under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) could undermine childhood vaccine production. The post Adding Autism Claims to the VICP Would Likely Destroy It first appeared on The Regulatory Review.| The Regulatory Review
'These things should not be really questioned,' the World Health Organization said. Other agencies and foundations weighed in.| The Persistent
In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio The post What Trump’s UNGA Speech Tells the World appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Buy a Paid Subscription The developments in the legal fight between the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and the second Trump administration have evolved quite rapidly over the past three weeks. It's past time to examine where we’ve been, where we stand as of this writing and what it| Notes on the Crises
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had…| Semiwiki
Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza| the Guardian
One of the least understood but most consequential aspects of American government is the United States Federal Reserve System. Bankers, investors, and even the president sit with bated breath, waiting to see how the Fed will manage interest rates. The Fed is so important to the world economy that the president sometimes may feel the... Read more about: Jerome Powell: The Fed’s White Knight The post Jerome Powell: The Fed’s White Knight appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
American colleges and universities are facing an unprecedented moment of adjustment. President Trump’s second term has brought sweeping higher education reforms—executive orders against “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) bureaucracies, stricter enforcement against campus anti-Semitism, new scrutiny of foreign funding, and heightened pressure on institutions that grant privileges to illegal aliens. We anticipated a spectrum of […]| Minding The Campus
Many humanities professors at Stanford are ensued in a legal battle over research grant revocations from the current presidential administration. The post Humanities professors fight research funding cuts appeared first on The Stanford Daily.| The Stanford Daily
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to fire Lisa D. Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. “This application involves yet another case of improper judicial interference with the President’s removal authority—here, interference with the President’s authority to remove members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for cause,” Solicitor General D.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
The CFPB has released an ambitious Spring Regulatory Agenda that lists 24 regulatory initiatives the bureau has been and/or will be working on during the 12-month period from June 2025 through May 2026 as well as one long term action. “The CFPB is under interim leadership pending the confirmation of a permanent director, and is carefully considering various sources in setting its future priorities,” the agency said.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
President Trump has signed a bill that would restrict the use of “trigger leads” in the mortgage industry. The legislation will become effective on March 5, 2026. We previously reported on the passage of the legislation here. The law amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing a trigger lead except in limited circumstances. … Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
A divided federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump illegally fired Lisa Cook from her position as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. The decision, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, means that Cook may vote on whether to cut interest rates during a two-day meeting that started today.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
Fears of increased food insecurity grow amid looming federal SNAP funding cuts.| Truthout
Washington Post says announcement imminent despite guidelines showing drug – known as paracetamol elsewhere – is safe for pregnant women to take| the Guardian
When regulations limit what kind of housing can be built, the result is endless arguments about what people really want.| Reason.com
I recently wrote an assessment of the ROAD Act, a bill in the US Senate that would do some (mild) changes to NEPA and develop some guidelines and incentives for state and local governments to amend their zoning to facilitate more housing production. While the ROAD Act may be fine policy, one question is whether … Continue reading "The perils of federal abundance legislation"| Legal Planet
It’s not news that the Trump administration has little interest in getting the facts right. But facts often matter for crafting policy that serves our societal goals. And it’s not rare for the law to require that specific factual findings underpin government decisions. In both cases, we need to assemble, understand, and apply the best … Continue reading "National Academies School the Trump Administration on Gold-standard Science"| Legal Planet
To hear Trump & Co., you might think that the Constitution was one sentence long, with that sentence vesting the executive power in the President. That’s the theory behind his efforts to remake the government – including environmental regulation – single-handedly. But there’s a lot more in there. Much of that forgotten language is directly relevant to the presidential actions that are now shaking the government, including environmental governance.| Legal Planet
The majority in a recent case -- an Obama appointeet and a Trump appointee -- ruled in favor of renewable energy. Even without Chevron deference, they were able to conclude that the statute favored solar producers. And unlike a win under Chevron, this one can't be reversed by a more conservative agency -- it's etched in stone.| Legal Planet
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting on vaccines pitted scientific expertise against vaccine skepticism. An often confusing debate ended with critics of the current vaccine schedule tabling a vote to remove one of its cornerstones.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Susan Monarez and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief medical officer Debra Houry described turmoil in an agency dominated by anti-vaccine political officials nominated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’| the Guardian
President Trump appeared to cast doubt on such talks. 'We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,' he posted on his Truth Social site on Monday.| Los Angeles Times
Chris Wright signals abandonment of Biden’s ‘irrational, quasi-religious’ climate policies at industry conference| the Guardian
By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ~ Conservative youth organizer Charlie Kirk laid the groundwork for President Donald Trump’s historic presidential victories, supporters recalled in the wake of his tragic assassination on Wednesday. “There is no question that Charlie’s work and his voice helped my father win the presidency,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on the social media […]| PA Pundits International
By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ “We will not approve wind or farmer destroying solar,” said President Trump in an Aug. 20 post on Truth Social. “The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!” Trump’s remarks came six weeks after the enactment of his One Big Beautiful Bill, which terminated tax credits for wind and […]| PA Pundits International
By Joseph Vazquez ~ Who knew that removing ridiculous eco-extremist regulations could help auto manufacturers save money? Even the green freaks at Bloomberg News had to concede that point to President Donald Trump.Bloomberg News reporters David Welch, Keith Naughton, and Keith Laing admitted in an eye-popping September 7 story that Trump’s “push to cut federal […]| PA Pundits International
“As with other illegal efforts by the government, this too will be challenged and overcome,” said one of his lawyers.| Truthout
The measure won bipartisan support from the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee last month.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The U.S. Senate has confirmed a Southern Baptist pastor to serve as secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration.| Baptist News Global
On February 10, President Trump ordered a pause in the enforcement of the FCPA. His executive order claimed that its enforcement damaged American businesses while “impeding United States’ foreign policy objectives.” The order directed Attorney General Pamela Bondi to stop … Continue reading →| GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog
By: Minh N. Vu and John W. Egan Seyfarth Synopsis: There will be no new regulations for accessible equipment/furniture or public rights of way issued during this Administration. As we had predicted, no new ADA regulations will issue during the current Administration. On September 11, 2025, the DOJ announced in the Federal Register that it... Continue Reading| ADA Title III
The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.| The Hechinger Report
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Florida names several articles and one book written by two of the publication's journalists.| TheGrio
Temple’s LGBTQ organizations foster support in a time of federal backlash to their community.| The Temple News
President Donald Trump on Monday railed against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and threatened to declare another federal takeover in the| TheGrio
A three-judge D.C. appellate panel unanimously ruled against U.S. District Judge Jeb Boasberg in his latest attempt to provide “due process” for Tren de Aragua gang members who were deported to El Salvador. Boasberg has gained national attention over his efforts to prevent President Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal aliens […]| Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary
Miller threatened to deploy RICO and terrorism charges to persecute progressive organizations and individuals.| Truthout
Sweet gig if you can get it.| Gizmodo
After the Civil War, the U.S. government promised 40 acres, either from abandoned plantations or unused land, to formerly enslaved Black people. But then President Andrew Johnson intervened. He pardoned Confederates, returning their land. It became a common theme. In the following decades, some Black farmers gained land through deals with white landowners: After being […]| Investigate Midwest
Washington, D.C., September 9, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Trump administration to drop proposed changes that would shorten the length of foreign media visas, known as “I visas,” for journalists working in the United States. Currently, such visas can be extended up to five years based on employment and compliance with local law. Newly proposed restrictions would...| Committee to Protect Journalists
Trump's immigration policies have failed to capture violent criminals. Now they're jeopardizing jobs for Americans, too.| Reason.com