Fresh layoffs begin at Kennedy Center as closure continuesThe Kennedy Center laid off more than a dozen employees Friday, according to three people familiar with the cuts who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The layoffs come as the center’s main building remains closed during a widening legal battle over President Donald Trump’s transformation of the national cultural institution.Spokane Spokesman-Review20d agoWhole story →GovernmentCultureDonald Trumpkennedy center closure
Judge floats U.S. fund oversight amid Trump ‘weaponization’ flapWASHINGTON — A federal judge suggested a court-appointed “neutral” overseer could allay concerns that the Justice Department might use a long-standing U.S. fund to revive plans to compensate supporters of President Donald Trump as victims of government “weaponization.” U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema made clear during a hearing Friday in Virginia…Spokane Spokesman-Review20d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticejudgment fund oversight hearing
Appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countriesBOSTON – A federal appeals court rejected on Friday a policy adopted by President Donald Trump's administration that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns.Spokane Spokesman-Review20d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticetrump deportation policy ruling
ICE agent pleads not guilty to lying about Minneapolis shootingA U.S. immigration agent pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of lying to the FBI that he was attacked before shooting a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis at the height of President Donald Trump's deportation sweeps in January.Spokane Spokesman-Review20d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeice agent indictment
