RFA and VOA Shutdown: The Erosion of U.S. Soft Power in Southeast Asia With the defunding of RFA and VOA, the United States risks ceding more ground in Southeast Asia to malign actors, such as China and Russia, eager to fill the void left by the United States’ increasing...

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Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets Court win for investors may sway SEC’s probe of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase.

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US warns French companies they must comply with Trump's diversity ban PARIS (Reuters) -The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes, highl...

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Fight or cut a deal? Law firms face stark choice under Trump Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp's deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to escape an executive order that threatened the firm's business has sparked broad condemnation in the legal industry, as Trump on Monday continued to wield a cudgel, saying that "law firms have to behave themselves."

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Trump’s crackdown on top law firms spreads to Congress An email sent to Senate Republican offices and obtained by POLITICO puts Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie on a Capitol Hill blacklist.

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Trump signs order to gut Voice of America, other agencies President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at gutting the parent of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America and six other federal agencies, his administration's latest step to shrink bureaucracy.

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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

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After hundreds of Radio Free Asia staff placed on leave, some fear deportation About 75% of Radio Free Asia staff were placed on leave Friday, the result of funding cuts ordered by Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

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Why Washington and the business world are freaking out about Trump's FTC firings Removing two Democratic commissioners could trigger a cascade of problems for the longstanding agency, and even blow back on Republicans.

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Top housing regulator in upheaval as executives, employees put on leave Bill Pulte earlier this week fired 14 members of Fannie and Freddie’s boards of directors and appointed himself chair of both.

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We finally learned how many federal probationary workers the White House fired and where they worked Justice Department filings in a Maryland case provide previously unseen details of the Trump administration's mass firings.

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Ensuring the Enforcement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Subject:       Ensuring the Enforcement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) In recent

Squashing opposition by requiring upfront potential costs to be posted in court.
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Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studi...

“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.”

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Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization.

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Trump’s Science Cuts Have Thrown the Research World Into Chaos (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is...

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Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, Bradley Bondi, and a top deputy to Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., are vying for leadership roles at the D.C. Bar Association.

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Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

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Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

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Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The

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Law firm targeted by Trump executive order sues administration U.S. law firm Perkins Coie has sued President Donald Trump’s administration in federal court, claiming Trump illegally retaliated against the firm over its prior work for his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and its internal policies promoting diversity and inclusion.

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Trump Intent on Transforming U.S. into Pariah State William Boot's latest dispatch

Checking out this site that analyzes what is happening in the US as it were one of those foreign countries that one observes unraveling with critical/realistic analysis.
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Another sample of a letter sent to higher-Ed schools, perverting the language and tradition of civil rights to eliminate DEI. Asians are added to Whites, so it does not look like a White-only agenda? 😡

Good, Georgetown Law stood up for its principles! Probably all law schools received the letter.

Brother of US attorney general Bondi runs to lead DC Bar Brad Bondi, a corporate defense lawyer who is the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, is one of the candidates in an upcoming election to lead the mandatory professional membership organization for Washington's 120,000 lawyers.

DC Bar members: vote to stop this MAGA takeover!
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber — Guardian US President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

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