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Trump administration rescinds 1965 clause barring ‘segregated facilities’ like water fountains and restrooms in government contracts

In its latest move to eliminate race-conscious policy across the federal government, the Trump administration rescinded a clause in federal contracts that prohibited segregated facilities, including water fountains and restrooms. A February memo issued by the General Services Administration that has become more widely known to the public calls for the “segregated facilities” clause to be stricken from new solicitations or contracts, along with provisions and clauses related to affirmative action in construction, among others. The clause barring segregation in […]

todayMarch 19, 2025

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‘Sham’: Judge chastises Trump administration, orders thousands of federal employees to get jobs back

In a blistering ruling on Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to “immediately” offer thousands of recently fired federal employees their jobs back. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered that federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Treasury, Energy, Interior, Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, rehire probationary employees who were terminated in mass, citing that it was “unlawful,” reports Politico. The lawsuit brought by federal employee unions came after the Trump administration implemented the mass firings as part of […]

todayMarch 14, 2025

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Federal agencies now flag or avoid words like ‘Black’ and ‘racism’ to comply with Trump administration

As the Trump White House continues to transform the federal government to the will of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement — particularly with issues like race, gender and sexuality — the new administration is literally eliminating or severely reducing the use of hundreds of words and concepts that have been targeted by Republicans for years. A New York Times analysis of memos, federal agency guidances, and other documents found that since taking office on Jan. 20, certain words have […]

todayMarch 10, 2025

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Social Security Administration could cut up to 50% of its workforce

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000, according to a person familiar with the agency’s plans who is not authorized to speak publicly. The workforce reduction, according to a second person who also spoke on condition of anonymity, could be as high as 50%. It’s unclear how the layoffs will directly impact benefits of the 72.5 million Social Security beneficiaries, which include retirees and children who receive retirement and disability benefits. […]

todayFebruary 27, 2025

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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional legislation. Two current USAID employees and one former senior USAID official told The Associated Press of […]

todayFebruary 7, 2025

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives. The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion and set the stage for a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money. The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. It lasts until Monday afternoon and applies […]

todayJanuary 28, 2025

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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration. Thousands of refugees are now stranded at various locations around the globe. The suspension was in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday. It left open the possibility that people who had undergone the lengthy process to be approved as refugees and permitted to come to […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave

President Donald Trump ‘s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. The moves follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring. […]

todayJanuary 22, 2025

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Biden administration says Sudan rebel force committed genocide, imposes sanctions on group’s leaders

The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the conflict, which began nearly two years ago and is considered the world’s biggest current humanitarian catastrophe, had escalated beyond a war crimes and ethnic cleansing determination he made in December 2023. Blinken said […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025