Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency and consequences for human lives, writing in a sharply worded letter that its actions are causing “a dramatic reduction in life-saving research.” In a June 9 letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, NIH workers said...
“We’re a community, we stand by each other,” Ebobisse added. “It’s important that in these difficult moments, we reaffirm that and don’t back into our corners and be scared because solidarity is the only way through this. “It’s not normal and we can’t treat it as normal. I fear it’s only going to continue to...
6 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave BBC The Guardian leads on Trump’s “dramatic escalation” to quell LA protests against sweeping immigration raids in the US. The paper reports that Trump has been accused of “hoping for chaos”. A photograph of a group of heavily armed US National Guard soldiers in LA dominates the front page of...
On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump promised that he was not going to tolerate left-wing lawlessness on American streets and would use the full force of his presidential powers in response. The protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts in California on Saturday night gave him an opening to follow through on...
In July 2024, the Biden administration proposed a rule to address heat-related illness that it claimed would protect 36 million workers. The directive would have required companies to monitor workers for heat stress, provide them with cool-down breaks in shaded or air-conditioned areas, and ensure that they were given ample water. “The purpose of this...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Energy policy analysts are in broad agreement about one consequence of major legislation that Republicans are currently pushing through Congress: It will raise energy prices for the average American household by hundreds of dollars, once all is said and done. That’s...
In one of the most convoluted lawsuits of all time, a cabal of state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission are now accusing financial firms BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard of monopolistic behavior. The complaint asserts that these firms bought coal stocks and then helped impose radical environmental restrictions on...
Buried in the House’s budget reconciliation bill — now pending in the Senate — is a legislative provision that takes aim at the federal judiciary. Section 70302, titled “Restriction on Enforcement,” would undermine federal judges’ authority to enforce court orders by limiting their ability to hold government officials in contempt, a key tool for compelling...
This is another one of those things happening since, well, basically the election that isn’t just a surprising and encouraging reversal of recent trends. It’s frickin’ downright gobsmacking how fast the 180° turn and acceleration in the opposite direction took off. When last we saw our demoralized and struggling United States Army, they were being...
Progressive lawmakers, civil rights groups, and humanitarians responded with outrage and condemnation overnight and into Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a blanket travel ban on 12 countries and harsh restrictions on seven others, calling the move a hateful and “unlawful” regurgitation of a policy he attempted during his first term. In total, the executive...
NurPhoto via Getty Image US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation banning travel to the US from nationals of 12 countries, which goes into effect on 9 June. The countries listed are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Nationals from a further seven countries – Burundi,...
Emily Atkinson and Neha Gohil BBC News Getty Images Trump’s first travel ban triggered protests across the US in 2017 US President Donald Trump has issued a sweeping new travel ban for people from 12 countries, revisiting a hallmark policy of his first term in office. There are some key differences, however. The original travel...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its key interest rate for the eighth time in just over a year as it warned about continuing pressure on the eurozone from Donald Trump’s tariffs. The main rate has been reduced from 2.25% to 2% by the ECB, which sets rates for the countries that use the...
Getty Images Donald Trump has signed a ban on travel to the US from 12 countries citing national security risks, according to the White House. The US president said the list could be revised if “material improvements” were made and additional countries could also be added as “threats emerge around the world”. This is the...
Reuters Musk – who weeks ago wore a hat reading “Trump was right about everything!” – has attacked the president’s signature bill For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a “special government employee” working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government programmes and bloated departments. Now, after his exit...