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FEMA Employees Speak Out After Attacks on Workers Warning of Looming Disaster
“The danger posed to our collective communities ... is very real,” said one employee who signed a public letter.
France, Germany, UK Push to Reimpose UN Sanctions on Iran, Make War More Likely
The countries insist Iran resume talks with the US, yet they don’t demand that the US refrain from bombing again.
Black Louisiana Community Coated in Toxic Fallout After Explosion at Oil Plant
“We need help over here and we’re not getting it,” said a resident of the city where 90 percent of kids live in poverty.
Trump Refuses to Participate in UN Review of the US’s Human Rights Record
The move sets “a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators and autocrats,” said one ACLU official.
Canada Considers Anti-Immigrant Bills as Haitian Immigrants in the US Flee North
Canada is not making it easy for asylum seekers from the US to find safe harbor.
Head Start Advocates Warn Program Could Be Fundamentally Altered Under Trump
Head Start has been thrown into uncertainty by an unprecedented directive to ban undocumented children from the program.
CDC Director Fired for Challenging RFK Jr.’s Policy; Other CDC Officials Resign
“Our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within," warned the purged director’s legal team.
Michigan AG Warns Capitulating to Trump’s Trans Health Care Ban May Be Illegal
State attorneys general will play a decisive role in halting preemptive compliance with Trump’s anti-trans threats.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over His Attempt to Fire Her
Trump has also threatened to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell as he pushes the central bank to cut interest rates rapidly.
Trump Administration Threatens 40 States’ Funding for Vulnerable Teens Sex Ed Program
States have 60 days to remove references in curricula to gender identity and trans people or risk losing federal funds.