Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to lead the largest national library in the world.
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Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian of Congress, Sparking Widespread Outrage Read Post »
On April 3, a Justice Department contracting officer sent the Acacia Center for Justice a “notice of termination for convenience.” The email instructed the nonprofit to discontinue several federally funded programs described as “no longer needed.” Among them was the little-known National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP), which appoints government-paid counsel to detained immigrants deemed unfit […]
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives in modern history. Its signature blue label is now nearly as recognizable as the Nike swoosh or a Coca-Cola can, and appliances bearing it save American consumers some $40 […]
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Trump’s Killing of Energy Star Program Will Cost Families a Bundle Read Post »
In late March, Ed Martin, then the embattled acting US Attorney for DC, showed up at a community meeting at a police station to tout his efforts to combat crime in the district. Martin politely fielded questions from attendees, even answering one from a man who, citing Martin’s widely condemned description of his office as […]
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Ed Martin’s Derailed Nomination Shows Donald Trump’s Power Is Waning Read Post »
The Conclave has spoken, and President Donald Trump will not be the next pope. Instead, that designation will go to Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican announced on Thursday. Leo, who is 69 years old and was born in Chicago, will be the first American pope following the […]
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Is the New Pope MAGA or Woke? Depends Who You Ask. Read Post »
Trump claimed that companies were only saying costs will go up in order to “negotiate deals” with him.
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Trump Dismisses Rising Costs Worries, Wrongly Claims Consumers Don’t Pay Tariffs Read Post »
Under Trump’s direction, the US government is going to war against its own population.
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Trump’s Repressive Measures Show US Imperialism Has Come Home to Roost Read Post »
On Wednesday, following controversy about inconsistencies in her résumé, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to become Surgeon General, and gave the nod to alternative medicine practitioner and author Dr. Casey Means. “Her academic achievements, together with her life’s work, are absolutely outstanding,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Dr. […]
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Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Wants to “Raise the Vibration of Humanity” Read Post »
At stake is whether some deported to El Salvador could be brought back to the US to receive due process denied to them.
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Judge Questions Whether Trump’s Hands Are Really Tied Over Kilmar Abrego García Read Post »
Polling consistently shows that most Americans want Medicaid funding to be increased or remain the same.
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CBO Report: Millions of Enrollees Would Be Dropped From Medicaid Under GOP Cuts Read Post »
Several human rights groups have documented deplorable conditions in Libya’s immigrant prisons.
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Deporting Immigrants to Libya Read Post »
Last week, baffling many and delighting a few, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared during a Trump administration cabinet meeting that he’s engaged in a hunt for what he said were 300,000 missing children trafficked by the Biden administration. “We have ended HHS’s role as the principal vector in this country for child trafficking,” […]
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