Trump administration says TSA workers can expect pay as early as Monday

President Trump signed an executive action on Friday that promises to pay TSA workers immediately as Congress remains at odds over Department of Homeland Security funds and the partial shutdown drags on. New DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said TSA officers can expect paychecks as early as Monday. Source link

Covid and flu shots in limbo as Trump administration mulls appeal over vaccine panel

More than a week after a federal judge blocked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of both the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule and a key vaccine advisory committee, the Justice Department has yet to appeal the decision — and ultimately may not. The Justice Department has 60 days to appeal the … Read more

Epstein survivors sue Trump administration and Google over release of personal information

Washington — A group of survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse is suing the Trump administration and Google over the release of their personal information in troves of files made public by the Justice Department. The survivors filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in California on Thursday arguing that the Justice … Read more

Trump administration opens investigations into race in admissions at 3 medical schools

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities. The Justice Department opened the investigations Wednesday into possible discrimination at the medical schools of Stanford University, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego. Harmeet … Read more

Epstein survivors sue Trump administration and Google over release of private information

A group of Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google on Thursday over the disclosure of personal information found in the release of files related to the late sex offender over the past several months. “The United States, acting through the DOJ, made a deliberate policy choice to prioritize … Read more

Judge blocks Trump administration from limiting Anthropic’s contracts with federal government

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off all work with the AI company. Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies this month after the Pentagon labeled it a “supply-chain risk to national security.” President Donald Trump said … Read more

US appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond

The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking … Read more

Trump administration to pay Michael Flynn in settlement over earlier prosecution

Michael Flynn and the Justice Department have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, over his claims of political targeting in a 2017 case in which he initially pleaded guilty. The parties notified a federal judge Wednesday in Florida that they had reached a settlement. The amount … Read more