By Katrina Northrop, Vic Chiang · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland -refusing torule out military force to do so – and has suggested using “economic […]
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Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]
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Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an […]
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
By Lisa Rein, Holly Bailey, Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, three people familiar with her departure said Monday. Michelle King, who spent several decades at […]
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
By Lisa Rein, Holly Bailey, Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, three people familiar with her departure said Monday. Michelle King, who spent several decades at […]
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High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns in protest
By Carol D. Leonnig, Spencer S. Hsu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Veteran […]
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High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns in protest
By Carol D. Leonnig, Spencer S. Hsu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Veteran […]
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Santa Fe County Raising Living Wage Starting in March
By Independent Staff As the cost of living in Santa Fe County rises, so are wages. Starting March 1, the minimum wage in the unincorporated areas of Santa Fe County will increase to $15 per hour and the base wage for tipped workers will rise to $4.50 hourly. Santa Fe County adopted its Living Wage […]
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Santa Fe County Raising Living Wage Starting in March
By Independent Staff As the cost of living in Santa Fe County rises, so are wages. Starting March 1, the minimum wage in the unincorporated areas of Santa Fe County will increase to $15 per hour and the base wage for tipped workers will rise to $4.50 hourly. Santa Fe County adopted its Living Wage […]
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Sandoval County Outlines $72 Million in Ongoing Facility Projects
By Kevin Hendricks Public Works was in the spotlight at the Feb. 12 Sandoval County Commission meeting as the department provided an update on the status of over $72 million in construction projects across the county. Charles Martinez, the Special Construction and Special Projects Manager for Sandoval County, presented an overview of the various facility […]