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Federal agencies investigate racist texts sent after election
The FBI and other federal agencies are investigating the mass racist text messages sent after the presidential election. The messages, which referenced slavery, were sent to people around the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 9 -
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on federal charges
Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."Top stories - ABC News - November 12 -
Federal telework improves productivity. Why is Congress so desperate to limit it?
A new study has found that public sector employees working remotely recorded a 12% increase in productivity compared to when they were in the office, challenging the assumption that physical ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Federal judge blocks Louisiana's Ten Commandments law in public schools
A coalition of Louisiana parents attempting to block a state law that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms by next year have won a legal battle in federal court.Top stories - NBC News - November 12 -
Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana's Ten Commandments in public schools law
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles granted a preliminary ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms
The ruling is probably the first in what could be a long legal fight for conservative Christian groups hoping to amplify public expressions of faith.Top stories - The New York Times - November 12 -
Syphilis cases see first substantial decline in 20 years: Federal data
Though the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the U.S., the spread of syphilis appears to be slowing, according to new federal data showing that cases grew by 1 percent ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
Lobbying World: AirBnB books new federal affairs lead
AirBnB has added Aquila Powell as head of federal affairs. She was most recently managing director at Prime Policy Group and is a General Motors alum. Phil Bianchi has joined JPMorgan Chase as vice ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Federal Court takes aim at White House’s environment authority
A federal court in D.C. has issued a ruling that curtails the White House’s ability to set government-wide rules pertaining to how environmental reviews can be conducted. On Tuesday, judges with ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States.Tech - Wired - November 14 -
How the states can protect public health from the federal fringe takeover
No matter where we live, we should ask what our state doing to protect our families against rancorous false cries against basic public health protections.Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Nex Benedict's Oklahoma school district violated federal law, investigation finds
Owasso Public Schools, the district where Nex Benedict died following a fight at school, violated federal law, according to the U.S. Department of Education.Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education, vowing to use federal money as leverage
President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”Top stories - ABC News - November 15 -
Democratic senators call for federal probe into Musk's contact with Russia
A pair of Democratic senators called for a federal investigation into Elon Musk’s involvement in SpaceX’s federal contracts following reports the tech billionaire has been in regular contact with ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
How Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency May Try to Slash Federal Spending
President-elect Donald J. Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with identifying ways to cut the budget. The hard part comes next.Top stories - The New York Times - November 16 -
How Trump's plan to expand drilling, logging on federal land could be thwarted
President-elect Donald Trump has ambitious goals for utilizing U.S. federal lands for extraction of oil and other resources.Top stories - ABC News - November 16 -
Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he selected Project 2025 chapter author Brendan Carr to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.Top stories - NBC News - November 18 -
Federal workers brace for Trump with morale ‘as low as it’s ever been’
President-elect has expressed desire for mass firings of civil service workers to be replaced with political appointees. Donald Trump’s return to office sets the stage for harassment, intimidation ...World - The Guardian - November 18 -
Vivek Ramaswamy's plan to force federal workers back into the office
Vivek Ramaswamy's effort to cut costs could target the nearly two-thirds of federal workers who are still approved to work from home 18 months after the pandemic ended.Politics - NBC News - November 19 -
As Rafael Nadal Prepares to Retire, Roger Federer Pays Tribute to His Rival
“You challenged me in ways no one else could,” Federer wrote in a letter to his longtime opponent.Sports - The New York Times - November 19 -
‘This is not his first rodeo’: will federal courts be able to rein in Trump?
Hope that federal judiciary can provide guardrails as Trump plans for largest domestic deportation effort in US history. A week after Donald Trump entered the White House for the first time in ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Federal bribery investigation is another blow for Mississippi's embattled capital
Political observers say Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's indictment could intensify a long-running battle between city Democrats and Mississippi Republicans.Top stories - NBC News - November 19 -
Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government
A look at how Trump can upend the federal government, including "deleting" agencies and ousting workers he sees as unloyal.Top stories - ABC News - November 20 -
Mace eyes legislation banning trans women from restrooms in federal buildings
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) plans to file legislation that would prohibit trans women from using women’s restrooms and changing rooms in all federal buildings, going further than a resolution Monday ...Politics - The Hill - November 19 -
Mace bill would ban trans people from bathrooms in federal buildings
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has unveiled a bill that would ban transgender people from bathrooms aligned with their gender identity in federal buildings. In a post on the social platform X, Mace said ...Politics - The Hill - November 20 -
Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies ...Top stories - The New York Times - November 21 -
Musk and Ramaswamy call for ending work-from-home for federal employees
Pair suggest Trump could require government workers to be in-office five days a week as part of effort to trim workforce. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Donald Trump could require ...World - The Guardian - November 21 -
Automakers Want Trump to Keep Federal E.V. Regulations in Place
Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants to keep them.Business - The New York Times - November 22 -
Chicago Federal Reserve President Encourages Cautious Rate Cuts
Some policymakers want to ensure the labor market doesn’t cool more, suggesting additional rate cuts.Business - Inc. - November 21 -
Supreme Court to hear a new challenge to the scope of federal agency power
The Supreme Court could further weaken the power of federal agencies by agreeing to hear a dispute over a Federal Communications Commission program that requires companies to subsidize ...Top stories - NBC News - November 22 -
Supreme Court takes up another federal agency power challenge
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a case that could deliver another blow to federal agencies’ powers. The justices agreed to take up the government’s appeal of a decision invalidating ...Politics - The Hill - November 22