This Harvard-educated civil rights lawyer was laid off from the DOE—now she’s fighting back
Sheria Smith, a former Department of Education civil rights attorney and union leader, is speaking out about DOE layoffs.
Judge is ‘offended’ at DOGE’s tactics but does not pause its takeover of the US Institute of Peace
The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the ...
WA joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s effort to dismantle U.S. Education Department
They are strategic, internal-facing cuts that will not directly impact students and families,” a spokesperson for the ...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order ...
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...
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RI attorney general, 20 others file lawsuit to halt Education Dept. layoffs
On Thursday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and 20 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit to block the Trump ...
What Trump pulling back on police reforms means for Worcester and 11 other places
The administration appears set to end federal oversight of police, including agencies that have committed systemic civil ...
The Latest: Schumer backs GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown
President Donald Trump hosts NATO secretary general Mark Rutte. The leader of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance ...
Chicago-area housing organizations see HUD grants abruptly cut or in limbo
The groups say the funding disruption could potentially halt their work, which includes providing services to people facing ...
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The Latest: Education Department guts its civil rights office
Seven of the civil rights agency’s 12 regional offices were entirely laid off, including busy hubs in New York, Chicago and ...
Trump administration reverses course on some firings, moves forward on others
Amid one of the most tumultuous weeks for trade policy and the financial markets since Donald Trump returned to the White ...
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How hard have US agencies been hit by Trump and Musk's DOGE layoffs?
The agency has also placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs ... The department also enforces civil rights laws. The independent Consumer Financial Protection ...