By David L. Stern, Robyn Dixon · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The program that provides billions in U.S. assistance internationally is better known for its humanitarian and medical work, but the funding has also been used for democracy promotion as well as supporting journalism. Ukraine’s independent media, a collection of small regional outlets, muckraking investigative websites and […]
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New Mexico’s public media threatened by Trump cuts
By Alice Fordham, KUNM As the Trump administration moves to slash the federal government, some of its actions could threaten New Mexicans’ access to public television and radio. Last week, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS stations’ use of underwriting and added in the letter announcing […]
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New Mexico’s public media threatened by Trump cuts
By Alice Fordham, KUNM As the Trump administration moves to slash the federal government, some of its actions could threaten New Mexicans’ access to public television and radio. Last week, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS stations’ use of underwriting and added in the letter announcing […]
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Trump’s claims about diversity, equity, inclusion don’t match reality
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Like a grinch stealing Christmas, the Trump administration has pilfered not only the meaning of diversity but also Black History Month programs from federal employees. In the process, the White House has emboldened white supremacists who applaud the effort, according to experts on the extremist groups. Ordinarily, federal agencies […]
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Trump’s claims about diversity, equity, inclusion don’t match reality
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Like a grinch stealing Christmas, the Trump administration has pilfered not only the meaning of diversity but also Black History Month programs from federal employees. In the process, the White House has emboldened white supremacists who applaud the effort, according to experts on the extremist groups. Ordinarily, federal agencies […]
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DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
By Jacqueline Alemany, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s powerful payment systems, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations. Tom […]
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DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
By Jacqueline Alemany, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s powerful payment systems, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations. Tom […]
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Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s commitment to the rule of law, saying he is trampling the Constitution to pursue “political or personal gain.” U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour offered his commentary while becoming the second federal judge in two days to issue […]
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Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s commitment to the rule of law, saying he is trampling the Constitution to pursue “political or personal gain.” U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour offered his commentary while becoming the second federal judge in two days to issue […]
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2nd federal judge in 2 days blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain. U.S. […]