news2shortsThe Washington Post reports ‘Doge’ is requesting access to the system that contains the personal financial records of millions of Americans Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual federal spending with huge job and regulatory cuts is spurring charges that they have made illegal moves while undercutting congressional … Read more
The president’s actions have sent a wave of terror through the community that underpins much of the US economy Donald Trump has ramped up anti-immigration fervor into his second presidency, promising mass deportations, pushing to increase arrests and bolstering public relations efforts to amplify arrests. The moves have sent a wave of terror through the … Read more
During the anti-police riots of 2020, Oregon was front-and-center as protesters vandalized Portland and made a dayslong violent stand in front of the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse. But in the eastern two-thirds of Oregon, the conservative geographic majority of the state did not ideologically align with their urban brethren. Over the past several years, the … Read more
A new book explores the nuanced history of a city in which Black athletes have been revered and discriminated against in equal measure When cricket gained popularity in Boston in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Black immigrants from the West Indies became some of the top players. Based in Boston and neighboring Cambridge, … Read more
The science community is clapping back at President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut facilities and administrative costs that go out to institutions when the federal government disperses money for publicly funded research projects. A cohort of academic unions around the country has called on scientists, researchers, clinicians, academics and “allies” to protest in front of … Read more
Elon Musk’s campaign to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will end up hurting the very people Donald Trump promised to safeguard.
The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into several school districts in northern Virginia over allegations of refusing to follow President Donald Trump’s executive order banning gender identity policies. The department’s Office for Civil Rights opened an enforcement investigation into the school districts, according to Fox 5 DC. The districts include Arlington County … Read more
Gabriel Basso says actors should ‘shut the fuck up’ and that they have no authority to publicly bestow political views The actor who portrayed JD Vance in the Oscar-nominated film Hillbilly Elegy before the latter man became the vice-president of the US has said his fellow thespians should “shut the fuck up” rather than express … Read more
I’m far from certain that staying engaged will make a difference. What I do know is that if we all tune out, there’s no hope at all It’s tempting in this dire moment to try and shut out the nightmare of what’s happening in Washington DC. “I’m waking up every day to a genuinely sick … Read more
First US president drew hope from citizens’ response to devastating British attack in handwritten letter A letter written by George Washington, providing rare understanding of his confidence in regular Americans to fight and win the revolutionary war, has been put up for sale on Presidents Day. The first US president penned the document as leader … Read more
