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A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She resigned in April.
The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.
After a bruising primary, Democrats in Michigan are working to unify their coalition ahead of what is expected to be a razor-thin Senate race this fall for a seat they need to hold if they hope to retake the Senate ma…
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.
The Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools.
The Trump administration is taking the unprecedented step of creating lists of adult citizens who are eligible to vote in each state – but will not meet its own deadline 60 days before Election Day.
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