Second judge blocks Trump’s sweeping freeze on federal funding

Nate Raymond  |  Reuters Trump administration memo to freeze federal funding rescinded The Trump administration has rescinded a memo to freeze federal funding across all agencies, which critics call unconstitutional. President Donald Trump’s administration suffered another legal blow in its efforts to freeze federal funding for programs that do not align with the Republican’s agenda … Read more

Donald Trump can fire Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, court rules

Dems seek to reinstate fired workers A bill being introduced would reinstate federal workers fired under the Trump administration’s directives. The bill is called MERIT– standing for Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination. Fox – 5 Atlanta The government watchdog who has been getting federal workers temporarily reinstated after arguing their terminations were illegal can … Read more

Daily Briefing: Fired. Now rehired.

A federal personnel board has ordered to reinstate select fired federal workers. Washington, D.C. leadership has agreed to heed Republicans’ calls to remove a Black Lives Matter mural from the Capital. Experts are calling out a lack of research on the link between autism and teen suicide rates. 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. Proudly team … Read more

Trump withholds US intelligence from Ukraine, angers Democrats

President Trump pauses federal aid to Ukraine World leaders are reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to pause federal aid to Ukraine. WASHINGTON – Administration officials said Wednesday the U.S. is withholding critical wartime intelligence from Ukraine as a way to force President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into peace talks with Russia on President Donald Trump’s terms. … Read more