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Trump Protesters Turn Out on Revolutionary War Anniversary

Demonstrators see parallel to the fight against British crown

(Newser) - Hundreds of rallies across the US again drew demonstrators opposed to President Trump's policies on Saturday, in an attempt to capitalize on what organizers see as growing resistance. Many of the more than 800 protests, teach-ins, and mutual aid efforts planned were part of a "day of action"...

Vatican, White House Report Vance Meeting Differently

Church statement calls session an 'exchange of opinions'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met with the Catholic Church's top diplomats at the Vatican on Saturday, in the shadow of Pope Francis' criticism of the Trump administration's deportation policy and Vance's theological defense of it. The tension was reflected in the official statements released after Vance met...

Houthis Report US Strike on Yemen's Capital

Attack follows destruction of Red Sea port in which 70 people were killed

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi rebels said Saturday that the US military launched a series of airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, and the Houthi-held coastal city of Hodeida, less than two days after a US strike wrecked a Red Sea port and killed more than 70 people. The Houthis' media office said...

Administration Pulls Page With COVID Information

Users are redirected to White House site blaming China, Democrats

(Newser) - Until Friday, Americans going to the federal government's online COVID-19 portal could find information about masking, free testing, and treatment for infections of the disease that has killed more than 1 million people in the US. Now anyone going to Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov is redirected to a...

Trump Rule Makes Civil Servants Easier to Fire

Thousands would be become 'at-will' employees

(Newser) - The Trump administration is moving to reclassify tens of thousands of career civil servants—about 2% of the federal workforce—as "at-will" employees, making them easier to fire. The Office of Personnel Management proposed the rule on Friday, the White House announced. The statement said the change would address...

Judge Holds Up Trump Order Prohibiting 'X' on Passports

The marker is used by many nonbinary people

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers. In an executive order signed in January, the president used a narrow definition of...

Abrego Garcia Has Been Moved From Prison, Van Hollen Says

(Newser) - Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia told him when they met in El Salvador that he's been moved from the prison he'd been held in for almost three weeks to a detention center with better conditions. Van Hollen provided details of the meeting...

Immigrants Deemed Dead Show Up at SSA Offices

More than 2 dozen so far have been reinstated after being falsely placed on death list by DHS

(Newser) - The Social Security Administration has taken the unprecedented step of classifying more than 6,000 immigrants as dead to pressure them to self-deport. Now, some of those very-much-alive people are showing up at SSA offices with driver's licenses, work permits, and other paperwork in hand proving their existence, forcing...

Harvard Turns to Wealthy for Money to Fight Trump

Other alumni who aren't regular donors are responding

(Newser) - Now that Harvard has committed to resisting the Trump administration's attempt to exert control over its policies, the university is looking for the money to bankroll the battle. Harvard's fundraising operation already has contacted some of its biggest givers, the Wall Street Journal reports. And alumni, many of...

FDA Halts Food Safety Inspections After Jobs Purge

Some worry about the 'reckless disregard' with which the Trump administration is carrying out cuts

(Newser) - With as many as 20,000 staffers let go at the Department of Health and Human Services in the DOGE purge, and with President Trump aiming to slash $40 billion from the agency, services are shuttering at every turn. The latest victim: a Food and Drug Administration quality control program...

Activists Call for 3-Day Spending Boycott, Starting Now

'Economic blackout' coincides with another national day of protests

(Newser) - Activists are calling for another " economic blackout ," this one lasting three days. From Friday through Sunday (or, for those who celebrate, from Good Friday through Easter), organizers are calling on people to avoid buying anything online or in-store from any major business—from retailers and restaurants to banks...

Senator Meets With Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Chris Van Hollen is allowed contact after having first been kept away

(Newser) - After initially being denied a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was allowed to meet with him Thursday night at the prison where the Maryland man is being held after he was wrongfully deported from the US. "I said my main goal...

Court Finds Trump Appeal Over Abrego Garcia 'Shocking'

'Facilitate' is an active verb, judge tells administration

(Newser) - The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit needed little time on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's case for blocking a judge's orders to bring back the man who was illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador —while pointing out the clarity of the...

Supreme Court to Review Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

Trump's change has been paused by judges while legal challenges are considered

(Newser) - Arguments on whether the Trump administration can enforce the executive order that would end birthright citizenship will be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The court announced Thursday that the pause placed on its enactment by lower courts, which the administration wants lifted or limited, will remain in effect...

Abrego Garcia 'Will Never Live in the US,' Says Press Secretary

Trump administration releases documents related to his 2019 arrest

(Newser) - The White House press secretary on Wednesday made it abundantly clear the Trump administration has no intention of "facilitating" Kilmar Ábrego García's return to the US after he was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court's order to that effect. "...

Report: 3rd Pentagon Aide Placed on Leave in Leaks Probe

Department of Defense has been investigating leaks to the media

(Newser) - Source say three senior Pentagon officials have now been placed on leave amid a probe into media leaks from the Department of Defense. The first was Dan Caldwell, one of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's senior advisers, who was escorted out of the Pentagon by security on Tuesday. Another Hegseth...

El Salvador Turns Away Senator Trying to See Prisoner

Vice president won't let Chris Van Hollen talk to the prisoner on the phone, either

(Newser) - Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with the vice president of El Salvador after flying there on Wednesday, but he was not allowed to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the purpose of his trip . The US Supreme Court has ruled that Abrego Garcia was in the US legally and should not have...

Administration Orders Halt to Approved Wind Power Project

Biden rushed Empire Wind through, Burgum says

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Wednesday ordered a stop to construction of a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest action against the industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind, a fully...

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Hong Kong: No More Parcels to the US

Hongkong Post cites 'exorbitant and unreasonable fees' tied to tariffs

(Newser) - Hong Kong's post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city, the government said Wednesday, per the AP . The US government earlier announced that it would end a customs exception allowing small-value...

Hunter Biden Whistleblower to Lead IRS

Gary Shapley to become 4th acting IRS commissioner in as many months

(Newser) - President Trump has named the former IRS investigator who alleged the Justice Department "slow-walked" its investigation of Hunter Biden's tax crimes as acting commissioner of the IRS, per the Wall Street Journal . Whistleblower Gary Shapley becomes the fourth acting IRS commissioner of Trump's second term, though he'...

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