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How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until ...
What happens if a president and the federal government fail to follow a judge's orders?
Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government wrongly deported to El ...
Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges for CEO killing
Luigi Mangione is charged with stalking United Healthcare chief Brian Thompson outside the Hilton in Midtown and then ...
DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by "by failing to protect women in women's sports"
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's ...
Read the Letter From Kristi Noem to Harvard
In a letter sent to the university on Wednesday, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, demanded “relevant information ...
Appeals court backs judge in Abrego Garcia case, saying Trump DOJ ‘would reduce the rule of law to lawlessness’
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request that it halt the next steps Judge Paula Xinis is seeking ...
Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board
In a sworn declaration sent to Congress, the employee said he witnessed several anomalies in DOGE’s handling of security.
Trump to reclassify many federal workers, making them easier to fire
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration is set to change the employment classifications of tens of ...
Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems ...
The United States of Fear
For anyone who’s in the president’s crosshairs—or who could be—it’s the dominant emotion of Trump’s second term.
iPhones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. What’s at stake with Trump cuts to university funding
Imagine a world without the internet, or GPS, MRNA vaccines or the touchscreen on your iPhone. The science and technology ...
Trump extends federal hiring freeze through July 15
When the hiring freeze expires, “agencies will be able to hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart from federal service (with appropriate immigration, law enforcement, ...