NEW YORK — Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and children’s books, died Friday. He...
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump's sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.
President Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to "return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring" and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. "I hereby order the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring, as required by law," the directive read. "All...
The Trump administration has directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. In a Tuesday memo to heads of departments and agencies, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed them to place staff on leave and to remove all DEI-related websites and social media...
A bipartisan bill called the Protecting Students on Campus Act, recently reintroduced in the Senate, aims to make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their schools. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) reintroduced the legislation after previously bringing it forth...
President Trump's commitment to border security and immigration reform is supported by Utah Sen. John Curtis, who emphasizes the need to uphold both compassion and the rule of law in addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
President Trump ended his Inaugural Ball on Monday with a dance that included fist pumps and a large sword. At the end of Monday's event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., "YMCA" by The Village people began to play, as it has at many Trump rallies and events in recent months....
Jon Stewart is defending former first lady Michelle Obama for displaying a "consistent ethical stance" by skipping President Trump's inauguration. "Former President Obama was there, George Bush seemed kind of there," Stewart said on Monday's "The Daily Show," name-checking former commanders in chief and critics of Trump who attended the 47th president's inauguration at the Capitol. "Even...
President Trump criticized former President Biden for pardoning several members of his family during his last moments as commander in chief, with Trump arguing the actions make “him look very guilty.” "That makes him look very guilty," Trump said while speaking to reporters late Monday in the Oval Office as he signed a number of...
We need to think creatively about threats to open inquiry and ways to preserve and enhance free expression on campus. Reiterating well-worn attacks on DEI will not help in that effort.
President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight on Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term and retired Gen. Mark Milley, who Trump tapped as Joint Chiefs chairman in 2018. Trump wrote on Truth Social that fired celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés from the President’s...
Food companies criticize the science supporting front-of-package labeling, delay public consultation periods, push for their own confusing label designs and emphasize the possible harms of a mandatory labeling policy.
In today’s issue: Trump whirlwind second term begins President Trump stormed into office for his second term with soaring rhetoric and sweeping orders that shattered records for Day 1 executive action. Borders are closed. More oil and gas drilling. Halts to “government censorship” as well as new outer continental shelf offshore wind leases. Trump issued...
In a pair of cases heard this month, the Supreme Court has faced collisions between the First Amendment’s right to speech and the unprecedented dangers presented by the Internet and social media.
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso is stoking speculation about his political future as he becomes one of the most vocal Democratic critics of the handling of the wildfires that have ravaged parts of the region. Caruso has taken part in a local and national media blitz, telling Bill Maher over the weekend that...
The House GOP’s Main Street Caucus has turned into a critical behind-the-scenes force for striking deals in the fractious, slim majority — and is set to grow even more important as its leaders prioritize being in President Trump’s orbit as Republicans plot an ambitious legislative agenda. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) is in his second term...
House Democrats are bracing for major fights in the coming year as President Trump enters the White House for his second term and Republicans control all levers of power in Washington. Trump, who was sworn in on Monday, has promised an ambitious legislative agenda, vowing to overhaul policies across the agencies while making bold claims...
