Trump floats major change to federal student loan office

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The president said he doesn’t think the Education Department should be handling the federal government’s nearly $2 trillion student loan portfolio. “That’s not their business,” he said. Linda McMahon says Dept. of Education can only be closed by Congress President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary faced questions about federal funding for low-income schools, school … Read more

Trump admin probes University of California over alleged antisemitism

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Trump order targets pro-Palestinians to combat antisemitism US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at combating antisemitism, particularly on college campuses.  The order directs federal agencies to take action against antisemitic discrimination, vandalism, and violence, calling it an “unprecedented wave” of harassment. unbranded – Newsworthy The Department of Justice opened a civil … Read more

Second judge blocks Trump’s sweeping freeze on federal funding

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Nate Raymond  |  Reuters Trump administration memo to freeze federal funding rescinded The Trump administration has rescinded a memo to freeze federal funding across all agencies, which critics call unconstitutional.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

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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.

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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