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MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBJECT:       Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by   Federal Grantees By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: Section 1.  Investigations Into Use of Federal Grant Funds.  Federal funding reviews by my Administration …

Judge Orders New Federal Trial in Tyre Nichols Case  The New York Times Three officers ordered to have new trials in death of Tyre Nichols  NBC News New trial for 3 Memphis ex-officers convicted in connection with the beating death of Tyre Nichols  CNN Two ex-MPD officers closer to decertification; one arrested again  WREG.com Judge grants new trial for 3 Memphis ex-officers charged with …

PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) to end collective bargaining with Federal unions in the following agencies with national security missions: Hydropower Facilities in the Bureau of Reclamation. Energy security is a critical national security mission. The Bureau of Reclamation operates …

Prosecutors Reduce Felony Charge Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  The New York Times Alleged DC sandwich thrower charged with a misdemeanor after grand jury rejects felony indictment  CNN Prosecutors fail to secure indictment against man accused of throwing sandwich at CBP agent: Sources  ABC News D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge  The Washington Post Man who …

President Donald Trump is setting his design preferences as the standard for how federal buildings should look. An executive order Trump signed on Thursday sets classical architecture buildings, including the White House and the Capitol, as the “preferred and default” style for most federal buildings. Trump’s executive order on “Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again” singles out brutalist and modernist architecture …

Trump Signs Executive Order to Make ‘Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’  The New York Times Trump targets brutalist buildings in push to make federal architecture ‘beautiful again’  Federal News Network Trump executive order mandates classical architecture for federal buildings, discourages brutalism  CNN Trump Signs Order to ‘Make Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’  Bloomberg.com Trump order makes classical architecture default style for federal buildings  The Hill Source link

Members of the South Carolina National Guard stand outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., last week. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images As the Trump administration moves to take more control over the management of Washington, D.C., it is setting its sights on Union Station — a major transportation hub and national …

Trump has fired a Democrat on a federal railroad board. He’s the latest to refuse to leave his post.  Politico Trump railroad regulator was fired by White House after Amtrak Acela event  CNBC White House says it fired transportation regulator in latest move to reshape Trump’s government  NBC News Exclusive | Trump Fires Board Member of Regulator Weighing Rail Merger  The Wall Street Journal …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The surge in federal law enforcement in Washington, DC, has “enhanced” the capacity of local police officers and led to fewer crimes, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said this week while adding that it had also contributed to a “break in trust” between police and residents. The mayor’s comments – which come nearly three weeks after President …

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering a June protest near Atlanta can remain in immigration detention after charges against him were dropped. Attorneys for Mario Guevara asked the judge during a hearing to order his immediate release from an immigration detention center in southeast Georgia. A petition they filed …