When It Comes to D.E.I. and ICE, Trump Is Using Federal Grants as Leverage
The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing billions of dollars in grants to make sure cities and states are complying with President Trump’s priorities on immigration and diversity.Read More
Trump Is Threatening School Funding. Here’s What Families Should Know.
The impact of the upheaval could vary greatly across the country. New York, for example, is not feeling significant effects so far, but district leaders are watching closely.Read More
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.Read More
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.Read More
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Order to Return Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
The government said Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered that the administration return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, had engaged in “district-court diplomacy.”Read More
Justice Dept. Raises Executive Privilege to Try to Muzzle Fired Pardon Attorney
A fight over the testimony of Elizabeth G. Oyer could have a ripple effect on whether other fired Justice Department lawyers speak publicly about their experiences.Read More
In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many Forms
President Trump’s campaign to exact revenge against his perceived foes has turned out to be far more expansive, creative, efficient — and for now, less reliant on the justice system — than anticipated.Read More
Justice Department Litigators Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
Inside the Justice Department’s civil division, lawyers are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.Read More
U.S. Visa Ban Adds to South Sudan’s Mounting Troubles
The Trump administration’s revocation of all visas held by South Sudanese nationals comes as the East African nation faces the threat of renewed war.Read More
‘The Tsunami Is Coming’: China’s Global Exports Are Just Getting Started
A staggering $1.9 trillion in extra industrial lending is fueling a continued flood of exports that could be spread even wider across the world by the Trump tariffs.Read More