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College at center of USA Fencing fight agrees to deal with Trump administration on trans athletes

Wagner College, a small, private liberal arts college on Staten Island in New York has agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender student-athletes following a federal investigation that stemmed from an incident at a women’s fencing competition in March, the Education Department announced Friday.  The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched...

Trump ally Bukele secures path to indefinite reelections in El Salvador

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, an ally of President Trump, scored a Friday win after the country's lawmakers passed constitutional amendments eradicating term limits.  The measure was passed in a 57-3 vote just one year after Bukele broke with the law setting term limits by saying he would seek a second term as president. The...

Who is Erika McEntarfer, labor statistics chief sacked by Trump

President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, directing his team to fire the former President Biden appointee.  Trump blamed McEntarfer for the bad Friday jobs report, showing that the country added 258,000 fewer jobs in May and June than previously reported.  The...

Comer agrees to postpone Maxwell’s testimony to House on Epstein

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) agreed Friday to a request from Ghislaine Maxwell to delay deposing her until after the Supreme Court considers her petition to overturn her conviction for sex trafficking. Comer, however, declined requests from an attorney for Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, to grant her...

Labor secretary hails Trump move to fire BLS chief

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer praised President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after the Friday release of the July jobs report. In a statement on social media, Chavez-DeRemer hailed Trump's decision to fire BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency, which is housed in the Labor Department, released...

Senate strikes deal to approve funding bills ahead of August recess

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal 2026. The chamber will vote on three full-year funding plans that cover the departments of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration,...

Comer OKs delay for Ghislaine Maxwell’s congressional testimony, denies immunity request

House Oversight Chairman James Comer agreed to delay Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition but rejected the Jeffrey Epstein confidant's request for immunity from prosecution.

Recess on ice as Republicans hunker down for high-stakes nominee blitz

Senate Republicans have struggled to reach a deal with Democrats to confirm a slew of President Donald Trump's nominees as they move beyond their scheduled departure from Washington.

Iran says it has ‘plenty of scientists’ left to restart uranium enrichment, despite US, Israeli strikes

Tehran demands compensation from Washington for nuclear facility strikes as Iran's foreign minister says the country retains uranium enrichment capabilities.

Federal judge finds ‘racial and discriminatory animus’ in Trump move to cancel temporary protected status

Court ruling provides reprieve for over 60,000 immigrants with temporary protected status as judge finds Trump policy rooted in discrimination.

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