US Court Upholds Biden Minimum Wage Order for Federal Contractors
The order from Biden raised the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts to $15 an hour with regular increases, and the U.S. Department of Labor then adopted a rule implementing the wage hike.
Immigration think tank cooks up scheme to use ‘snitches’ to force migrants to self-deport
The Center for Immigration Studies released a proposal for a small change in current tax law that would allow private ...
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
Trump is targeting telework. Here’s what it means.
A recent executive order took aim at federal union members with telework protections, the latest in an effort to shrink the ...
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Expected Trump Order to Shutter Education Dept. Could Amount to ‘Pocket Change’
The bulk of the agency’s funding is wrapped up in programs that only Congress can abolish. Right now, experts say, the ...
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America’s Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy
In my view, the Trump administration is moving this country very aggressively into an oligarchic form of society where extraordinary power rests in the hands of a small number of unelected ...