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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Trump administration has asked the University of Texas at Austin to agree to a “set of operating …

Federal employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s threats to conduct mass layoffs of government workers amid the latest shutdown. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees allege that the Office of Management and Budget has taken a “legally unsupportable” position to use a lapse in …

New York Attorney General Letitia James and the top prosecutors from 19 other states announced that they are suing the Trump administration to block new restrictions on federal funding to help some victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Specifically, the coalition is focusing its lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, on …

As the Trump administration insists it is serious about negotiating an end to the government shutdown, a pair of racist deepfake videos mocking Democratic leaders played on a loop in the White House briefing room for hours on Wednesday. The videos, posted by Trump on his social media platform on Monday, use fabricated audio to make it seem as if …

Trump administration pushes OOO emails blaming shutdown on Democrats  Axios Trump administration uses government websites and email messages to pin the shutdown on Democrats  NBC News Trump administration seeks to exert control over government shutdown  The Washington Post Government agencies are blaming the shutdown on Democrats. Ethics experts say it could be against the law.  Politico HUD website blames looming shutdown on ‘Radical Left’  Federal …

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference  The New York Times US memo to colleges proposes terms on ideology, foreign enrolment for federal funds  Reuters Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage  The Wall Street Journal White House approaches Dartmouth to sign agreement for funding benefits  The Dartmouth White House sets hiring, foreign …

FILE: Federal agents confront the protesters in the driveway of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 28, 2025. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Federal authorities pushing for National Guard deployment in Portland gave Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek a tight timeline Saturday: Either call up 200 guard members on her own authority in the next half …

On the first day of a government shutdown, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will close one of its regional offices and lay off employees. USPTO announced Wednesday that it will permanently close the Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office in Denver, Colorado. In an email obtained by Federal News Network, John Squires, USPTO director and the under …

Trump Administration to Withhold $18 Billion for N.Y.C. Infrastructure  The New York Times White House freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure funding  NBC News Trump to withhold billions of dollars from Gateway tunnel and Second Ave. subway projects  Politico Trump administration freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects, Vought says  CNBC Trump team puts on hold $18 billion in funding …

Director of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell (Russ) Vought speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on July 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration has frozen about $18 billion for two major infrastructure projects in New York City to ensure that funding is …