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How federal funding flows from the White House to Minnesotans
Amid the Trump administration’s slashes to program budgets from scientific research to education to social services, nonprofits and state agencies are left in financial and legal limbo.
Joy Reid fired from MSNBC amid network shakeup
Reid is a longtime political commentator who has been vocal on progressive issues and sharply critical of President Trump.
Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump’s purge of probationary employees
U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.
Health care workers are rushing to learn about immigration law in case of ICE raids
A policy change by the Trump administration allows immigration agents to enter and arrest people in health facilities. Some clinics are training health workers to support patients in the event of arrests.
5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening
As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with increasing alarm.
Trump’s Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmed
As they mustered support for their confirmations by the U.S. Senate, some of President Donald Trump’s appointees made statements from which they’ve already distanced themselves upon taking office.