Democrats Grill N.I.H. Leader on Cuts: Who Is Calling the Shots?
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.
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Justice Dept. Seeks to Pause Ruling Ordering Due Process for Deported Venezuelans
The emergency request came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion.
CFPB Official Quits With Fiery Email
The Trump administration has frozen the agency’s work and abandoned most of its lawsuits against banks and lenders.
Trump Says Protesters at Military Parade Will Be Met With ‘Very Big Force’
“I haven’t even heard about a protest,” at the Saturday event in Washington celebrating the Army, he said, but “this is people that hate our country.”
A Look at the Crackdown On the L.A. Protests
Livia Albeck-Ripka, a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles, describes how she was one of the reporters struck by crowd control munitions. Experts say that some aggressive measures used by the authorities in the Los Angeles protests have violated their own policies, federal policies and injunctions put into place after the George Floyd protests.
Document Shows E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Limits on Mercury From Power Plants
The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while also scrapping restrictions on planet-warming greenhouse gases.
The Welfare Queen Is Back, but With a Video Game Console in Hand
Republicans targeting safety net programs once invoked women they claimed were living lavishly on government funds. Now as they seek to pare back Medicaid, the imagery has changed — but not the argument.
700 Marines Are Deploying to LA Protests to Join Federal Response
The Pentagon mobilized 700 Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops even as the president said the situation was “under control.” Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the escalating response.
Who Will Replace Elon Musk as the Leader of DOGE?
Joe Gebbia, a close friend of Mr. Musk’s, is expected to be a part of a small council of advisers that will oversee the Department of Government Efficiency.
Fetterman Calls California Protests ‘Anarchy’ as He Criticizes Democrats
The Pennsylvania senator warned that his party would lose “the moral high ground” if it did not go further in condemning acts of destruction or violence, which local officials said were under control.