The Black History Month reception held at the White House on Thursday had all of the pomp of celebrations past. Guests sipped champagne and snacked […]
Tag: Executive Orders and Memorandums
Trump Targets Agency Overseeing the Presidio, a Cherished San Francisco Park
President Trump moved to drastically shrink the Presidio Trust, the federal agency that oversees the Presidio of San Francisco, a national park at the base […]
Trump Orders End to Federal Benefits for Undocumented Migrants
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at eliminating federal benefits for undocumented migrants in the United States, describing the benefits as an […]
A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, or NASEM, is an independent, 162-year-old nongovernmental agency tasked with investigating and reporting on a wide range […]
Trump Order Pushes Universities to ‘Monitor’ Protesters on Student Visas
Universities have set up task forces, tightened discipline policies and used surveillance cameras to track protesters’ movements. They have hired private investigators to examine cases […]
With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
With a series of executive orders, President Trump has demonstrated that he has the appetite for an audacious fight to remake public education in the […]
Trump Signs Executive Order to Promote ‘Patriotic Education’ in Schools
President Trump signed several executive orders on Wednesday aimed at reshaping American schools, including restricting how racism is taught in classrooms, curbing antisemitism and allowing […]
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s […]
Trump Takes Victory Lap in Las Vegas With Speech on Ending Taxes on Tips
President Trump was supposed to cap his first week since returning to the White House with a speech on Saturday in Las Vegas about an […]
How Trump Shifted Policy in Week 1, on Immigration, DEI and More
President Trump’s blunt message after a whirlwind week of executive orders and presidential proclamations may boil down to this: Take me at my word. During […]