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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of data. The terminations by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were effective February 28 and communicated on Tuesday via email to one of the panels, the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee…
For the past five months, The Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop, in collaboration with The VII Foundation and the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has produced a photo book project titled “USA 3.0,” capturing the changing political landscape in the U.S. over the past two years. The book chronicles the 2024 presidential…
A federal judge extended a nationwide block Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s executive orders halting federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. The judge’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege their health care has…
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday will tout his administration’s work on a “gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska,” signifying his efforts to invigorate a long-stalled $44 billion project to transport natural gas across the state and export it overseas. Most Read from Bloomberg The administration is “working on a gigantic natural gas pipeline…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has been a close ally of the Trump administration through the President’s second term, still taking moments to reflect on what the previous administration failed to do in the eyes of many. Going back to the Obama presidency, there was an ongoing crisis at the Mexican-American border as thousands…
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he contemplates wading into the 2026 Senate race in Michigan. The two met last week to discuss Buttigieg potentially running for outgoing Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ seat in the Trump-won pivotal swing state, a source familiar confirmed to Fox News…
PEPFAR, the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program, is — for the first time in its two-decade history — facing significant challenges that could impede its ability to fulfill its mission. One of President Trump’s first actions was to issue an executive order to re-evaluate and realign foreign aid, requiring a 90-day pause in foreign aid funding…
Tateona Williams and children In response to public anger over the freezing deaths on February 10 of two-year-old A’millah Currie and nine-year-old Darnell Currie Jr., the Democratic mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, commissioned Deputy Mayor Melia Howard to review the city’s emergency shelters and the attempts of the mother, Tateona Williams, to find relief through…
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog wants more than 5,000 probationary employees to be reinstated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the latest example of resistance to President Donald Trump ‘s efforts to downsize the federal workforce. The Office of Special Counsel made the request Friday and disclosed it Tuesday. If the request is granted by…