US Institute of Peace and ousted board members ask court to block Trump from carving his name into the buildingBy Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Another DC institution is fighting to stop President Donald Trump from permanently planting his name on the front of their building. The US Institute of Peace and its ousted board members on Thursday asked a federal appeals court for emergency relief to prevent the administration from carving Trump’s nameABC17News.com20d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentDonald Trumptrump building naming dispute
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ put detainees in metal cages labeled ‘calming areas,’ watchdog findsBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which…ABC17News.com24d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticealligator alcatraz detention center report
Judge rules Trump administration order to fire FEMA staffers was illegalBy Fadel Allassan, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal. In a decision that marked a critical victory for union workers in the ongoing lawsuit, US District Judge SusanABC17News.com25d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticefema staffing lawsuit ruling
Trump admin pushes sweeping overhaul of census that could exclude millions, reshape Congress and slash federal fundingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to the US census that could leave millions out of the count, dramatically altering the allocation of congressional seats and billions in federal funds. The proposed regulation posted in the Federal Register would add a citizenship question to the 2030ABC17News.com28d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentcensus overhaul proposal
