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Judge orders Trump officials to unblock funds
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump officials ordered to 'immediately' unblock funds A federal judge has ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Fourth judge blocks Trump’s birthright executive order
A fourth federal judge blocked President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S., yet another blow to the president’s controversial idea. In a pair of lawsuits, U.S. ...The Hill - 5d -
Judge questions Trump’s transgender troop ban
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Judge questions motives for Trump’s transgender troop ban A federal ...The Hill - 1h -
Trump has paralyzed agency guarding worker rights, labor experts say
President Trump's firing of one of the National Labor Relations Board's five members has left the labor watchdog adrift, experts say.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Targets Skilled Legal Workers Too
The executive order would ban citizenship for children born in the United States to foreign workers on visas that often lead to permanent residency.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Trump Officials Escalate Layoffs, Targeting Most of 200,000 Workers on Probation
Workers across the federal government were terminated on Thursday after the federal government’s human resources division advised agencies to lay off most probationary employees.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump administration seeks to un-fire nuclear security workers
President Trump's administration is attempting to un-fire some nuclear security workers who were dismissed earlier this week. On Friday, National Nuclear Security Administration officials attempted ...NBC News - 3d -
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programsABC News - 1d -
Trump administration tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers fired by DOGE
The Trump administration has halted DOGE's firings of hundreds of federal employees working on the nation's nuclear weapons programs.CBS News - 1d -
Former USDA worker fired by Trump administration shares her story
The Department of Agriculture is one of the many federal agencies hit by President Trump's mass layoffs. According to several staffers, emails started going out on Thursday without warning, leaving ...CBS News - 23h -
Trump administration fires thousands of U.S. Forest and National Park Service workers
The Trump administration hit the U.S. Forest and National Park Services with major staffing cuts over the weekend. The administration fired about 10% of the U.S. Forest Service workforce and about ...CBS News - 23h -
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order
The cuts at the foundation, which supports cutting-edge research, came as the nation’s health and science agencies were reeling from other significant cuts.The New York Times - 2h -
How Musk and Trump are flooding the zone
Musk raids a dizzying swath of agencies with the goal of ‘slashing waste and fraud’ as the two deploy brinkmanship. Hello, and welcome back to TechScape. This week in tech: Elon Musk and Donald ...The Guardian - Feb. 11 -
Trump’s Tariff Plan Is Looking Potentially Disastrous for Inflation
Here’s why Trump’s opening tariff salvo will likely hurt U.S. consumers.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
How far is Trump willing to go on Gaza plans?
President Trump is insisting on his Gaza plans and comparing them to a real estate development for the future. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Dozens of US organizations condemn Trump Gaza plan
Social justice organizations based in the U.S. issued a joint statement Monday condemning President Trump’s plans to redevelop the Gaza Strip, effectively displacing Palestinians from their ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Trump’s Gaza proposal is reckless. Here is a feasible plan.
Instead of such headline-chasing chicanery, what is needed is a serious, enforceable regional security arrangement — one that anchors stability in Arab-state involvement, coordinated security ...The Hill - 6d -
Trump launches plan to target countries with new tariffs
The US president ordered his staff to develop a response to countries with trade policies he says are unfair.BBC News - 4d -
Why Trump’s Plan to Relocate Gazans Is Untenable for Jordan
President Trump’s plan would send a huge number of refugees to Jordan, adding new frictions to the kingdom’s often tense, sometimes violent history with displaced Palestinians.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump ices Europe out of Ukraine peace plan
Donald Trump says negotiations on ending the conflict will start ‘immediately’. Will Europe and Ukraine play along?Financial Times - 3d -
EU plans Trump-style import ban on food
Brussels wants to block farm products containing prohibited pesticidesFinancial Times - 2d -
Trump is moving at light speed with no plan in sight
Has the White House at least thought about the consequences, both likely and unintended, of this panoply of actions?The Hill - 1d -
Trump administration previews plan for bird flu
Consumers are feeling the pressure at the grocery store as bird flu causes egg prices to skyrocket. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman has more on what the Trump administration says ...CBS News - 1d -
Netanyahu ‘committed’ to Trump’s plan to take over Gaza
Comments suggest Israeli PM will reject Hamas pledge to hand over control of territory to the PA. Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that he is “committed” to Donald Trump’s plan to take over and ...The Guardian - 1d -
What to know about Elon Musk's DOGE and its latest impact on federal agencies
Katie Drummond, the global editorial director at Wired, joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to explain what to know about the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which is run by Elon Musk, its ...CBS News - Feb. 10 -
As Musk cuts federal spending, his own firms have received billions in contracts
As Elon Musk has led an effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last few years, received billions of dollars in government contracts.ABC News - Feb. 11 -
FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink among latest federal firings, sources say
About 20 people working on medicine devices at Food and Drug Administration dismissed amid government purge. US Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk ’s brain implant company ...The Guardian - 12h -
Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort risk “the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information” and render them “more vulnerable than before ...The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
Musk calls to impeach judge whose order blocks DOGE from Treasury systems access
Musk wants to impeach a federal judge after an order temporarily restricts his team from accessing the Treasury Department's payment systems and sensitive data.CNBC - Feb. 10 -
Judge adjusts ruling blocking Musk, DOGE from Treasury Department payment systems
A federal judge Tuesday clarified that a ruling preventing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems does not extend to ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Judge continues to block Musk, DOGE from Treasury data while mulling injunction
A judge says she will continue to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems while she decides whether to issue a preliminary injunction.ABC News - 4d -
Judge won't block Musk and DOGE from accessing data, making cuts at 7 agencies
A judge on Tuesday declined to stop Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing data systems at seven federal agencies.CBS News - 4h -
Virginia Legislature Says It Will Study Trump’s Attack on Federal Jobs
The state has one of the highest numbers of residents employed by the federal government.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
Federal Employees Push Back on Trump’s Job Slashing Drive
Civil servants, officials, and outside groups are challenging Trump’s frenzied orders to slash federal agencies and headcounts, often denouncing them as illegal.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
Trump promotes misleading claims about federal government’s media subscriptions
Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's spending hawksABC News - Feb. 6 -
Small Businesses and Contractors Also Get Hit by Trump’s Federal Funding Cuts
Reports suggest several thousand private sector jobs have been lost in the last two weeks, as federal funding freezes start having knock-on effects.Inc. - Feb. 7 -
Scientists, researchers work to archive federal health data purged by Trump administration
Scientists, researchers and private health organizations scrambled to preserve as much federal public health data and guidelines as possible last week after news reached them that the Trump ...The Hill - Feb. 8 -
Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity
Russell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies. Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Trump faces pushback as he works to reshape federal government
Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Joe Fryer on Sunday TODAY to discuss the two dozen lawsuits against President Donald Trump that are aimed at slowing down his attempts to reshape the ...NBC News - Feb. 9