End of Racial Consent Decree Poised to Change Federal Hiring
WASHINGTON—On Aug. 1, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington dismissed a 44-year-old consent decree that had curbed civil service testing. Judge Reggie Walton’s...
Newsom Opposes DOJ’s Proposed $1 Billion UCLA Civil Rights Settlement
California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Trump administration on Aug. 8 after the Department of Justice sought a $1 billion settlement against the University...
US-backed Transit Route Set to Reshuffle South Caucasus Trade, Geopolitics
Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 signed a U.S.-backed joint declaration aimed at ending decades of conflict between the two South Caucasus nations. Hosted...
Vance Says Trump Admin Working to Facilitate Putin–Zelenskyy Talks
Vice President JD Vance said on Aug. 10 that the Trump administration is working to arrange talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian...
Fed Official Says Latest Jobs Data Supports 3 Rate Cuts in 2025
Michelle Bowman, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision, on Aug. 9 said that recent job data corroborates her concerns over labor market fragility...
Trump Floats Sending Homeless ‘Far From the Capital’
President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 suggested removing homeless people from Washington to make the nation’s capital “safer and more beautiful than it ever...
Trump Nominates Tammy Bruce as Deputy Representative to UN
President Donald Trump nominated State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the United States’ deputy representative to the United Nations, with the rank of ambassador,...
Environmental Protection Agency Terminates Contracts With Unionized Employees
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ending all contracts with unionized employees, a union president said on Aug. 8. Justin Chen, president of the...
Pilot Program Aims to Teach Kids the Value and Potential of Money
Faith Fiorello dreaded the thought of classrooms during summer recess, but her interest in dollars and cents and a heavier piggy bank quickly took...