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Trump Admin Cuts 10,000 HHS Jobs, Shakes Public Health

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Daniel Arkin, Brandy Zadrozny and Erika Edwards The Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, aiming to slash around 10,000 full-time jobs from the federal agencies long tasked with regulating food and drugs and overseeing the nation’s public health policies. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is attempting to reduce the health department’s workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 across several agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. The drastic job eliminations are part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wider plan

Trump Orders Overhaul of Smithsonian, Targets DEI Programs

By Nnamdi Egwuonwu President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday taking aim at the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers. Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “improper, divisive, or anti-American” ideology from programs at the Smithsonian Institution, which receives federal funding. “Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,” the order reads. “This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.” In the order, Trump accuses the Biden administration

HHS Abruptly Ends $12B in Public Health Grants Nationwide

By Apoorva Mandavilli The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues. The cuts are likely to further hamstring state health departments, which are already underfunded and struggling with competing demands from chronic diseases, resurgent infections like syphilis and emerging threats like bird flu. State health departments began receiving notices on Monday evening that the funds, which were allocated during the Covid-19 pandemic, were being terminated, effective immediately. “No additional activities can be conducted, and no

U.S. Revokes Student Visas Over Campus Activism Surge

By Daniella Silva, Chloe Atkins, Julia Ainsley and Abigail Williams Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more student visas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose main transgression seems to be activism. Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for “these lunatics.” Around the country, scholars have been picked up, in some cases by masked immigration agents, and held in detention centers, sometimes a thousand miles from their homes with little warning and often with few details about why they were being detained. “It might be more than 300 at this point. We do

USPS Future Uncertain Amid Privatization Push, DeJoy Exit

BY  Susan Haigh The U.S. Postal Service is facing an uncertain future after the resignation this week of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the suggestion by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, that the mail service could be privatized. Unions representing postal workers have balked at the idea of privatization, staging protests across the country. While they support modernization efforts, including those initiated by DeJoy, union leaders warned that allowing private corporations to run the U.S. mail will ultimately harm everyday citizens, especially the estimated 51 million people living in rural areas who depend on the Postal Service. “It’s

Military Families Alarmed by White House Security Breach

By Ben Finley When Alyssa Myatt’s husband served on an aircraft carrier last year, she and other U.S. Navy spouses had to follow strict security protocols that meant driving to the ship’s home port just to learn that its deployment was being extended. Texting, phone calls and emails about the deployment were restricted. A Facebook group connecting families with sailors was consistently monitored by the Navy, and posts were deleted if they contained sensitive information such as a photo that could give away the ship’s location, Myatt said. The revelation of a group chat in which Trump administration officials discussed an attack

Federal Workers Frustrated by Chaotic Return-to-Office Order

By Shannon Bond Earlier this month, a Department of Agriculture employee who works remotely was given a list of possible locations for their upcoming mandatory return to office. One location was described as a “storage unit.” Confused, the employee drove to the address, which turned out to be, in fact, a storage facility. When the employee asked the facility’s owner why it might show up on a list of federal office spaces, the owner laughed and told the employee that the federal government does rent a unit there — to store a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boat. It doesn’t

NYC, Delaware State Launch First HBCU Early College Program

By Danielle McLean New York City Public Schools is working on launching an early college program with Delaware State University for the 2025-2026 school year. The early college program, called HBCU Early College Prep High School, will be the first such collaboration between a historically Black college or university and a school district that’s located in a state without an HBCU, according to Chyann Tull, a New York City Public Schools spokesperson. Early college programs are jointly run by high schools and colleges and allow high schoolers to take college courses for credits toward an associate or bachelor’s degree. These programs can help make college more attainable for low-income,

Pentagon Scrubs DEI Military History After Trump Order

By Curtis Bunn For the last four years, high school world history teacher Hadley DiForti has taught the story of Navy hero Doris Miller to her students. Miller, a cook on a ship, gunned down attacking Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor in 1941, before he led other sailors to safety. The effort made him the first Black sailor to receive the Navy Cross, and his image was used on recruitment posters. But earlier this year, when DiForti went to a Navy website that she had used for years to teach the students about Miller’s story, it had been taken down, leaving

UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball Returns to New Orleans Saturday

By Hannah Mitchell With New Orleans set to host the 12th Annual UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball, the city gears up for an evening dedicated to supporting the education of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Scheduled for Saturday, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, the fundraiser promises not only a night of celebration but also a reinforcement of UNCF’s mission. The event includes a VIP Reception at 6 p.m., a general reception followed by dinner and a program at 7 p.m., and live entertainment slated for 9 p.m. provided by none other than En Vogue, as reported by the City

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