Joe Rogan breaks with Trump, calling Venezuelan deportations ‘horrific’

Influential podcast host and prominent Trump supporter criticizes administration for removal of gay makeup artist Joe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”. Andry José Hernández Romero, … Read more

Prisoners have no ‘constitutional right’ to sex changes, red-state AG tells court in brief backing Trump

Federal and state authorities are operating within the bounds of the U.S. Constitution when they deny federal prisoners access to taxpayer-funded sex change procedures for transgender inmates, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita told a U.S. district court this week. Rokita filed a 24-state amicus brief in support of President Donald Trump’s legal effort to uphold … Read more

NIH sued over ‘ideological purge’ of DEI, Covid and vaccine research

Agency canceled about $17bn in grants in move that went beyond Trump’s orders targeting diversity, suit alleges US politics live – latest updates A group of public health experts and major labor organizations are suing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over what they call an “ongoing ideological purge” of scientific research. In a legal … Read more

Naval Academy tosses 400 books from library following Trump DEI expulsion orders

The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is ditching almost 400 books from its library, in accordance with directives from the Trump administration to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).  “We can confirm the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from their Nimitz Library collection in order to ensure compliance … Read more

Two more law firms reach deals with Trump to avoid executive orders: ‘They’re all bending’

Settlements, one with Doug Emhoff’s firm, come as many fear Trumps’s effort to target firms affiliated with his rivals Two more legal firms have reached agreements with Donald Trump to avoid executive orders that could significantly harm their business. The settlements come as many have expressed deep alarm at the president’s effort to target law … Read more

US midwest and south faces potentially deadly floods and severe tornadoes

Forecasters say potent storm system moving east could become supercharged and bring ‘life-threatening’ flooding Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the midwest and south on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned. There were tornado warnings Wednesday morning near the Missouri cities of Joplin and … Read more