By Natalie B. Compton · The Washington Post YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Olek Chmura parked his blue Chevy truck alongside the El Capitan Meadow, named for its prime view of the “big wall” of granite towering in the distance. Taped to the back window of his camper top, a sign pleaded to “save our parks.” “Every time […]
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Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions for ‘Liberation Day’
by Jeff Stein, David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post White House aides are preparing to impose new tariffs on most imports on April 2, laying the groundwork for an escalation in global economic hostilities that President Donald Trump has called “Liberation Day.” Through his first two months in office, the president has […]
Trump aides prep new tariffs on imports worth trillions for ‘Liberation Day’
by Jeff Stein, David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post White House aides are preparing to impose new tariffs on most imports on April 2, laying the groundwork for an escalation in global economic hostilities that President Donald Trump has called “Liberation Day.” Through his first two months in office, the president has […]
Jackie Robinson’s Army story deleted in Defense Department DEI purge
by Cindy Boren, Andrew Golden (c) 2025 , The Washington Post An article telling the story of the Army career of Jackie Robinson, the Hall of Fame hero who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, no longer is accessible on the Department of Defense website’s series on athletes who served, apparently removed in […]
Jackie Robinson’s Army story deleted in Defense Department DEI purge
by Cindy Boren, Andrew Golden (c) 2025 , The Washington Post An article telling the story of the Army career of Jackie Robinson, the Hall of Fame hero who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, no longer is accessible on the Department of Defense website’s series on athletes who served, apparently removed in […]
Who is the judge Trump wants impeached over Venezuelan deportations?
by Spencer S. Hsu (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the impeachment of federal judges who oppose his policies, including one who has temporarily blocked his administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants without due process under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law previously invoked only during wartime. […]
Who is the judge Trump wants impeached over Venezuelan deportations?
by Spencer S. Hsu (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the impeachment of federal judges who oppose his policies, including one who has temporarily blocked his administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants without due process under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law previously invoked only during wartime. […]
Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
by Katie Mettler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Trump administration has moved to reinstate at least 24,000 federal probationary employees fired in the president’s push to shrink the government, according to filings in one of two cases in which a federal judge ruled the terminations illegal. The records filed in federal court in […]
Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary workers
by Katie Mettler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Trump administration has moved to reinstate at least 24,000 federal probationary employees fired in the president’s push to shrink the government, according to filings in one of two cases in which a federal judge ruled the terminations illegal. The records filed in federal court in […]
Maryland judge orders DOGE to stop efforts to dismantle USAID
by Steve Thompson(c) 2025 , The Washington Post A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking billionaire Elon Musk and the U.S. DOGE Service from taking any further actions to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, and ordered that steps be taken to allow the agency to reoccupy its headquarters […]