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Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’
The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ...
Judge restricts Trump administration from cutting school funding over DEI
The Trump administration's plan to slash school funding over diversity and equity initiatives would "cripple the operations ...
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Administration Proposes Rescinding the Endangered Species Act Regulatory Definition of “Harm”
On April 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, the ...
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Labor Department Won't Enforce Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule
What the federal government considers an independent contractor vs. an employee is once again changing based on the change in ...
Trump administration seeks to narrow Endangered Species Act by redefining ‘harm’
On Wednesday, the Trump administration proposed changing the definition of "harm" in the bedrock environmental law, which ...
Federal judge restricts Trump administration's efforts to withhold school funding based on DEI
A federal judge on Thursday restricted the Trump administration from denying funds to public schools that participate in ...
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How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
Last year, however, Chevron was overturned, and the Trump administration has seized on that in the new proposed rule. The new proposal would eliminate this “harm” definition—and the habitat ...
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Trump takes aim at the definition of a showerhead as a way to “make America’s showers great again”
In a brief executive order (EO) titled “Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure In Showerheads” and dated April 9, 2025, President Trump “ordered” the repeal of the 13,000-word regulation ...
What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is
Turns out, presidents − just like the rest of us − sometimes say embarrassing things. Or mean things. Or clueless things.
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Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species
Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil. By Lisa Friedman ...