A study released last week by the CDC found that more children have access to evaluations for autism and more children are being identified as autistic. The study concluded that actual cases of autism are not rising, but rather better screening and expanded diagnostic definitions are helping more children receive […]
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to lay off nearly 1,500 employees—about 88% of the workforce—at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect Americans from unfair financial practices. To address the failures that […]
U.S. stock markets suffered steep losses Monday after President Donald Trump intensified his public campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a first-term Trump appointee. Last week, Powell delivered one of his bluntest assessments yet of the Trump administration’s sweeping new tariffs, warning they could push the U.S. economy into […]
President Donald Trump is standing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after revelations that Hegseth shared sensitive details about U.S. military operations in Yemen in a second private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. The latest incident centers on a Signal chat group created during Hegseth’s […]
Rutgers University Senate has introduced a resolution urging the creation of a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among the 18 member institutions of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. This move aims to protect academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the research enterprise across some of the nation’s leading public universities. The […]
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is at the center of a dramatic legal confrontation with the Trump administration, following his finding of probable cause that administration officials acted in criminal contempt of court by defying his order to halt deportation flights of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. On […]
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has returned from a closely watched trip to El Salvador, where he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident whose wrongful deportation has become a flashpoint in the national debate over U.S. immigration policy and due process rights. Van Hollen’s efforts to check on […]
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the removal of a proposed class of Venezuelan men detained in U.S. immigration custody, issuing an order Saturday that prevents the government from deporting them under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) until further notice. The emergency order follows an application filed by attorneys for […]
“The Trump administration is paying El Salvador to keep (Kilmar Abrego Garcia) at CECOT,” Senator Chris Van Hollen revealed after meeting with Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa on Wednesday. Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador in an effort to secure Abrego Garcia’s release, recounted that Ulloa made this assertion […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed a significant increase in timber production and the rapid implementation of forest management projects across a majority of National Forest System lands. This includes 112,646,000 acres of National Forest System lands (59 percent of all national forest acreage). The move, outlined in Secretary’s […]
