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Scientists Deem Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze a “Slow-Moving Apocalypse”

The hits to science, and scientists, keep coming under the Trump administration. This week, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a government agency that funds research across the country, told staffers that “until further notice,” it will stop payments on grants it has already awarded for studies—and stop awarding new ones. That’s according to a scoop […]


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The Immigrant Families Trump Separated Years Ago Are Getting Another Raw Deal

The immigrant families separated at the US-Mexico border during Trump’s first administration have gotten some bad news: Essentially, Trump’s second administration is taking away their lawyers and giving them new ones. The new ones work for the government. Put another way, the Trump administration, which has the power to deny immigrants’ applications to stay in […]


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A Whistleblower Says Trump Sent the US Marshals to Try to “Intimidate” Her

A whistleblower who testified in Congress today is accusing the Trump administration of trying to “intimidate” her with help from the US Marshals Service, the law enforcement agency of the federal judiciary. Liz Oyer, the former US pardon attorney who was fired last month, says Justice Department leaders dispatched two special deputy marshals to her […]


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