Trump has long threatened to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, raising fears about a non-independent Fed. Read more
Forbes - Dec 28California has dismissed a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project. The Trump administration has said the authority running the project doesn't have a viable plan to compl... Read more
Apnews - Dec 26The federal workers’ charity drive, the largest of its kind in the country, is facing a steep decline in donations and other challenges just months after the Trump administration weighed canceling it altogether. Read more
Spokesman - Dec 25
A leading pediatrics group is asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration from terminating nearly $12 million in long-running federal grants. Read more
Cnn - Dec 24
A spokesperson for the federal Department of Education said the agency will send the first notices to defaulted borrowers in early January. Read more
Newsday - Dec 24
Rahmanullah Lakanwal has pleaded not guilty to the D.C. charges. Read more
Huffpost - Dec 24
A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's challenge to the $100,000 fee imposed by President Donald Trump on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.H‐1B Fee Challenge OverruledOn Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., dismissed the challenge f... Read more
Benzinga - Dec 24
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Governor of Colorado, along with wildlife and natural resource officials. Read more
Salt Lake City - Dec 22
Sorry, you probably still have to clock in on Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas.The post Trump Just Named Two New Federal Holidays. Here’s Who Gets Them Off appeared first on The Sacramento Bee. Read more
Sacramento Bee - Dec 22
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was established to protect public health. Now it's being used against it. Read more
Time - Dec 22