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Trump taps conservative economist to lead statistics agency
President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He fired the previous leader after a disappointing jobs report.
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following June protests over immigration raids.
Factories are losing immigrant workers, stressing those who remain
Trump campaigned on helping American workers through his immigration policies. Now that he’s revoked work authorization for thousands of immigrants, those left behind are feeling taxed by their absence.
Judge denies release of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts
President Trump called for the release of the grand jury transcripts after growing pressure to divulge more information about Jeffrey Epstein’s case, but the judge on the case said there is nothing new to release.