Judge orders Trump administration to return two trans prisoners to women’s facilities

Federal Bureau of Prisons told to transfer women back and provide hormone therapy treatment for gender dysphoria A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP) to transfer two incarcerated transgender women back to federal women’s prisons after they had been sent to men’s facilities after Donald Trump’s executive order that truncated transgender … Read more

University of California imposes hiring freeze in response to Trump cuts

President Michael Drake also directs campuses to cut costs, such as delaying maintenance and reducing business travel The University of California has imposed a system-wide hiring freeze and made additional cuts, its president said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to mitigate the expected impact of sharp cuts in federal funding under the Trump administration. … Read more

Republican Sen Murkowski prepared to ‘take the criticism’ over DOGE pushback

A Republican senator has vowed to remain vocal against some of the Trump administration’s actions, even if it means risking a billion-dollar opposition campaign funded by billionaire Elon Musk. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who previously claimed actions taken by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have “incredibly troubling” outcomes, suggested that Musk may “take … Read more

Fired FTC commissioner raises concern over Trump ties to tech billionaires

Alvaro Bedoya points to ‘interesting coincidence’ that he was dismissed after criticizing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos A day after his abrupt firing by Donald Trump from the Federal Trade Commission, Alvaro Bedoya raised questions about the US president’s relations with some of the country’s richest men. Appearing at a hearing of the joint judiciary committee of … Read more

Trump to sign executive order to abolish the Department of Education

President Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to abolish the Department of Education. Trump is expected to sign an executive order following through on a campaign promise to disband the department, claiming on the campaign trail that the department was full of “radicals, zealots and Marxists.” A White House fact sheet states that the … Read more