WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity ,and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. The moves follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal […]
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ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement.
An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans. State lawmakers across the country have introduced […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company,holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States. A sale does not […]