news2shortsRobert F Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said he will be laying off nearly 20,000 workers, imperiling crucial services Massive job cuts planned for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will pave the way for takeover of crucial services by the private sector, imperiling the US in future health emergencies, health experts and Democratic … Read more
Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are transported sometimes thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and courts Behind the reinforced doors of courtroom number two, at a remote detention centre in central Louisiana, Lu Xianying sat alone before an immigration judge unable to communicate. Dressed in a blue jumpsuit … Read more
The Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth brought his wife, Jennifer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed. It comes as fallout continues over the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic being accidentally added to a group chat where Hegseth and other administration officials were discussing details about … Read more
When President Donald Trump signed a sprawling election executive order this week, he set up his administration for a lengthy fight over documentary proof of citizenship, the power of the executive branch and existing federal election law.
We should be talking about how we help everyone enjoy sport, but instead players are being targeted in a dehumanising way The “hateful language” directed at Orlando Pride’s Barbra Banda during their 2-0 defeat of Gotham FC last Sunday, understood to be transphobic and racist in nature, is part of an alarming trend, with several … Read more
President Donald Trump has insisted the U.S. needs to “get” Greenland, “one way or another.” But it’s not the first time U.S. leaders have had their eyes on the icy, sprawling island. Located in the middle of contested waters between the U.S., Russia and Western Europe, Greenland is situated at a point that could protect … Read more
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage Beneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, at Florida leading the nation in immigration enforcement lies something of a conundrum: how to fill the essential jobs of the scores of immigrant workers targeted for deportation. The answer, according to … Read more
A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complex On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, a behemoth of a research and museum organization that operates more than 20 museum and research centers and is visited by millions of people each year, … Read more
Muhammed Ihsanullah was overjoyed when he received a $3,000 scholarship to spend the summer working at a camp in Minnesota.
OKLAHOMA CITY — There is a war raging across the United States on the role of religion in public life, and Ryan Walters is at the center of it.
