ABC News In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy warned of an “assault on the Constitution” under President Donald Trump. “I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate,” Murphy said. “The president is attemptingRead More →
ABC News Republican Rep. Mike Turner on Sunday refuted claims that the massive overhaul of the federal government by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) constitutes a federal crisis. “Elon Musk goes about his job, which is a very important job, I mean the fact that we have ElonRead More →
ABC News More than 15 million people across a large portion of the nation were under winter storm alerts on Super Bowl Sunday morning, with many digging out from snow left by the first of three storms forecast to slam the U.S. through Thursday. Snow was continuing to fall inRead More →
(Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency group has made swift work of the billionaire’s goal to scale back or dismantle much of the federal government, end diversity policies and otherwise further President Donald Trump’s agenda. DOGE employees, many of whom have no governmentRead More →
(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Environmental nonprofits are gearing up to challenge some of the actions President Donald Trump has issued since taking office. There is litigation coming for the majority of the executive orders Trump has signed so far that affect the environment, conservation and decarbonizing the economy, several nonprofitsRead More →
Roughly half of California’s farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Via ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — California’s Central Valley is considered “America’s bread basket,” supplying a quarter of the nation’s food and producing 40% of its fruits, nuts and other table foods. However, roughly half of California’s farm workers are undocumentedRead More →
(Stella/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In classrooms across the country, children of immigrants are facing heightened fears over news that immigration enforcement officers are now allowed to enter schools, according to educators. While it’s unclear if immigration raids have actually taken place in schools, the lifting of the prohibition itself byRead More →
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight. In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols — a Trump appointeeRead More →
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge, in a ruling late Friday evening, has denied an effort to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data from the Department of Labor. In his ruling, federal Judge John D. Bates found that the five federal employee unions thatRead More →
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The decades-long wait for the release of the government’s secret files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy could be nearing an end, with word from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that a plan to make the documents public hasRead More →
