Where things stand as Congress tries to avoid a partial government shutdown in two weeks
The exchanges demonstrate the divides that remain as the nation approaches a March 14 deadline to avoid a partial federal ...
Mass Firings Aren't Meritocracy
The goal is to make the federal government a meritocracy as much as possible. But the way DOGE has handled these firings probably isn't the right means of getting to meritocracy, unfortunately. Some ...
Judge rules OPM cannot fire federal workers at other agencies
A judge ruled the OPM cannot directly fire federal workers at other agencies and that they have to rescind their mass firing memo. Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade and Yale Law School Professor ...
Long-stalled Planned Parenthood mass-shooting case moves forward with forced medication of suspect
Robert Dear, 66, has admitted to killing three people and wounding nine others during a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood ...
'They have not even tried': Judge urged to keep injunction on Trump’s 'unequivocally unconstitutional' anti-DEI orders, plaintiffs say government repeating 'failed' argum…
"The Executive’s duty is to 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.' But this duty does not extend to enforcing laws ...
Pittsburgh biomedical research funding hit hard by Trump policies, warns former NIH director
Berg explained that President Donald Trump's first tactic to halt biomedical research came with a general federal funding freeze, which a judge later reversed. His second tactic: Not updating the Fede ...
The Latest: Trump, Vance call Zelenskyy ‘disrespectful’ in Oval Office meeting
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s leader sought security guarantees ...
Silicon Valley Bank's former parent can pursue $1.93 billion FDIC lawsuit
Silicon Valley Bank's former parent may pursue a lawsuit to recover $1.93 billion of deposits that the Federal Deposit ...
Walmart Avocado Oil Buyers Get Class Status in Adulteration Suit
A consumer convinced a federal judge to grant class certification in his suit alleging Walmart Inc.'s Great Value Avocado Oil ...
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The Many Lives of Caro Quintero’s Criminal Career
Following the kidnapping and murder of Camarena, Caro Quintero was arrested in April 1985 in Costa Rica and extradited to ...
Foreign aid groups ask US Supreme Court to require Trump to release funds
Foreign aid organizations asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to require President Donald Trump's administration to ...