Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from women’s sports

Order to reinterpret anti-discrimination rules is latest move by Trump administration to roll back trans rights Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, the latest in a slew of moves rolling back the rights of trans people. The order establishes stricter mandates on sports and gender … Read more

GOP rebels push for $2.5 trillion cuts in Trump budget bill during tense closed-door meeting

Republican spending hawks in the House of Representatives are pushing their leaders to include at least $2.5 trillion in spending cuts in a massive piece of legislation intended to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republicans held their weekly closed-door agenda meeting on Wednesday where they discussed a path forward via the budget reconciliation process.  By … Read more

USAID staffers stunned, angered by Trump admin’s DOGE shutdown of $40B agency

Staffers and contractors who work with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were stunned and angered after President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – the government accountability unit headed by billionaire Elon Musk – effectively shut down the $40 billion agency on Monday. One USAID staffer who wished to remain anonymous … Read more

Ten thousand Kroger-owned grocery store workers strike in Colorado

Two-week strike begins as union for King Soopers alleges surveillance of workers and pushes to gut health benefits Ten thousand workers at Kroger-owned King Soopers grocery stores in Colorado begin a two-week unfair labor practice strike on Thursday. The union, United Food and Commercial Workers local 7, whose contract expired last month, voted 96% in … Read more

‘Sesame Street in Iraq’: USAID’s ‘wasteful and dangerous’ spending exposed by senator

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst published a list of projects and programs she says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped fund across the years, highlighting it as “wasteful and dangerous” spending that has gripped taxpayers until the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stepped in.  “From funneling tax dollars to risky research in Wuhan … Read more