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Sweeping Changes to Verification System Raise Concerns for Seniors, Disabled Americans WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to rapidly implement sweeping changes to its phone services, bypassing the usual lengthy review process and sparking widespread concern among lawmakers and advocacy groups. Leland Dudek, the agency’s acting commissioner, confirmed Monday…
The Trump administration is intensifying its crackdown on campus demonstrations, demanding that universities hand over the names and nationalities of students involved in recent protests—a move that legal experts warn could be used to justify deportations or other punitive actions. The request follows Trump’s vow to remove non-citizens who participated in what his administration calls…
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump frequently warned that stagflation—simultaneous high inflation and sluggish growth—was “worse than inflation” and represented “the death of the American Dream.” Today, his own economic policies are pushing the country toward that very scenario. The Federal Reserve has now outlined early warning signs of stagflation, driven in part by Trump’s…
President Donald Trump is escalating his controversial efforts to assert control over Greenland, sending top administration officials to the Danish autonomous territory—a move that Greenlandic leaders are decrying as “highly aggressive,” according to The New York Times. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are scheduled to visit Greenland earlier in the…
Students and activists gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday for a “study-in” protest against President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the federal agency—an agenda long championed by right-wing groups, including those behind the controversial Project 2025. Protesters arranged school desks on the sidewalk, displaying signs that read “Trump,…
The Trump administration has found a powerful tool to suppress campus protests—financial leverage. By threatening the cash flow of private institutions, the administration can pressure colleges into cracking down on student activism, legally banning protests and expelling demonstrators. At Columbia University, this strategy came with a staggering price tag: $400 million in rescinded federal funding….
The North Carolina Court of Appeals convened on Friday to hear oral arguments in Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s legal challenge to the results of the state Supreme Court election, an effort that could potentially disenfranchise approximately 65,000 voters. Griffin, a sitting appeals court judge, lost the November election to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs (D) by…
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the Department of Education’s dismantling, signaling a dramatic escalation of his administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the scope of the federal government. While the order does not officially dissolve the department, it instructs officials to close it “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted…
