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truthout.org > articles > court-blocks-trumps-loyalty-question-on-civil-service-job-applications

Court Blocks Trump’s “Loyalty Question” on Civil Service Job Applications

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (475+ words) Unions sued over the question, which asks job applicants to share how they would further the president’s agenda. A court’s decision to block the Trump administration from including a “loyalty question” on federal job applications was a win not only…...

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truthout.org > articles > trump-admin-removes-slavery-context-from-former-confederate-statue-site

Trump Admin Removes Slavery Context From Former Confederate Statue Site at Arlington

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (484+ words) The revision comes as members of the Trump administration have indicated plans to restore the statue at the site. The Trump administration has removed language critical of slavery from the site where a Confederate memorial once stood in Arlington National…...

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truthout.org > articles > faith-leaders-speak-out-after-dhs-sent-undercover-agents-to-spy-on-mn-churches

Faith Leaders Speak Out After DHS Sent Undercover Agents to Spy on MN Churches

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) People should not have to wonder if “standing with their neighbors will put them in a federal file,” one minister said. Minnesota faith leaders are sounding the alarm regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) surveillance of churches during and…...

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truthout.org > articles > democrat-calls-for-criminal-probe-of-rfk-jr-for-lying-in-confirmation-hearing

Top Democrat Seeks Criminal Probe Into RFK Jr. After Strongest Evidence Yet of Lies to Congress Emerges

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) “RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake,” said Sen. Ron Wyden. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has called for a criminal investigation into Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert…...

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truthout.org > articles > democrats-probe-trump-administrations-fascist-persecution-of-left-wing-groups

Democrats Probe Trump Administration’s Fascist Persecution of Left-Wing Groups

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (324+ words) A group of 27 Congressional Democrats is probing the Trump administration over its campaign to suppress and persecute people with left-wing beliefs under National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), demanding that officials divulge the breadth of their shadowy suppression campaign. In a…...

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truthout.org > articles > whistleblower-says-politics-drove-trump-admin-antisemitism-inquiries

Whistleblower Says Politics Drove Trump Admin “Antisemitism” Inquiries at Ivy League Universities

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) For some of the inquiries, “there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,” the complaint states. A whistleblower complaint submitted to Congress this week alleges that Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations into supposed instances of antisemitism at Ivy…...

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truthout.org > articles > weve-spent-a-year-fighting-a-federal-assault-on-memphis-your-city-may-be-next

We’ve Spent a Year Fighting a Federal Assault on Memphis. Your City May Be Next.

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (461+ words) Trump’s Department of Justice has introduced a program to bring Memphis-style policing surges to other cities. Local elected officials also began speaking in opposition to the National Guard’s imminent descent on Memphis. These included State Rep. Torrey Harris, who sent…...

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truthout.org > articles > us-refugee-admissions-on-pace-to-hit-record-lows

US Refugee Admissions On Pace to Hit Record Lows

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (447+ words) The U.S. admitted 10,258 refugees — nearly all of them white South Africans — in the first 10 months of the fiscal year. The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit…...

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truthout.org > articles > if-trump-has-his-way-20000-kids-could-face-immigration-court-without-lawyers

If Trump Has His Way, 20,000 Kids Could Face Immigration Court Without Lawyers

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (729+ words) The federal government is withholding funding for legal representation and diverting it to dubious alternatives. As part of its relentless project of mass deportation, the Trump administration has taken particularly brutal aim at the most vulnerable population of immigrants: children....

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truthout.org > articles > federal-agents-in-mn-opened-spying-operation-4-days-after-alex-pretti-was-shot

Federal Agents in MN Opened Spying Operation 4 Days After Alex Pretti Was Shot

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (381+ words) The spying was based on “fantasies of political retribution that animate the Trump Administration,” the filing states. A new legal filing in Minnesota federal court accuses the U.S. government of opening unwarranted investigations into multiple left-leaning groups as residents…...