The U.S. Department of Agriculture cancelled a program intended to provide public schools with locally produced fresh vegetables.
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Trump and his commerce secretary are threatening to make medications more expensive by slapping tariffs on them.
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United States a global leader in the nascent industry. Trump issued an executive order Thursday declaring that US policy includes “creating a […]
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Trump Just Fast-Tracked Deep Sea Mining, Despite Global Opposition Read Post »
The administration says that it is restoring student visa records while it drafts a new policy to allow terminations.
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Facing 100 Lawsuits, Trump Admin Walks Back Student Visa Record Terminations Read Post »
Ed Martin, the far-right-activist-turned-acting US attorney for DC, apologized this week for praising an alleged Nazi sympathizer at an event last year. But Martin’s ties to Timothy Hale-Cusanelli—who is known for wearing a Hitler-style mustache, and who allegedly once told a coworker that the Nazis “should have finished the job”—are far more extensive than just that […]
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The arrest signals that Trump is “ramping up a campaign of intimidation against the judicial branch,” one critic noted.
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Trump is weaponizing a high-tech surveillance state in violation of international human rights law, experts say.
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Rights Groups Detail “Authoritarian” Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN Read Post »
ActBlue said that Trump’s order was his latest move to “stamp out all political, electoral and ideological opposition.”
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Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Democratic Fundraising Site ActBlue Read Post »
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged with two felonies after being arrested by federal officers early Friday morning for allegedly helping a man without legal immigration status avoid arrest while in her courtroom on April 18. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Dugan helped direct an undocumented immigrant through a side door in her courtroom […]
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FBI Arrests Judge, in Dangerous Escalation of Immigration Enforcement Read Post »
Owens’s departure comes amid a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the company from President Donald Trump.
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In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
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The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticize the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies. The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz […]
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