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Former Education Dept. employees react to layoffs

By Kanishka Singh  |  Reuters WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, has stepped down – a departure that comes one week after it agreed to significant changes amid a heated battle with the Trump administration over its federal funding. The government this month canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia and threatened to withhold billions more, … Read more

Democrats know there’s little chance the GOP-controlled Congress will pass bills to combat disparities, but pledge to keep pushing. New hair laws protect people from race-based hair discrimination Multiple states and cities across the US have proposed laws banning race-based hair discrimination policies in the workplace and schools. USA TODAY Several Democratic lawmakers have introduced … Read more

Laid-off Education Department workers packed up their offices Friday – and said goodbye to jobs they cherished. WASHINGTON – Anguish. The feeling was almost palpable in the crisp spring air on Friday as Nikki Churchwell exited the U.S. Department of Education headquarters. She’d been slotted to clean out her office on the second floor at … Read more

President Trump doubles down after Justice Roberts defends judiciary President Trump denied he’ll defy a future court order after Chief Justice Roberts rebuked his calls to impeach a federal judge. WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor on Friday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and the rule of law, warning in comments at … Read more

Vice President J.D. Vance made a pitch Friday for Greenland to consider U.S. leadership, saying Denmark is “failing” at securing the Arctic island. Vance visit to Greenland met with cold welcome by locals Vice President JD Vance pushed President Donald Trump’s agenda to acquire Greenland during his visit to a U.S. military base there. Vice … Read more

What we know now about the Trump administration and justice system Could the Trump administrations actions against lawyers and judges set a precedent? Here is what we know now. Law firms are taking different approaches to the Trump administration’s executive orders that target their business: some are suing, while others have entered into agreements to … Read more

President Donald Trump’s proposed migrant deportation detention site at Fort Bliss is set to begin construction in the coming weeks. What we know now about who the Trump administration is deporting Delivering on a campaign promise, the Trump administration has cast a wide deportation net. Here’s what we know about it. Construction of a new … Read more

VP JD Vance visits Greenland

Last year, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, and Tom Alison, one of his top lieutenants, were discussing how they wanted to reshape Facebook for the future of social networking. Mr. Zuckerberg, who had grown Facebook from a dorm room project to a $1.5 trillion company that he renamed Meta, wanted to bring back some of … Read more