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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its policies to say it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The committee made the change in an updated “Athlete Safety Policy,” posted to their website Monday, which does not mention the word transgender in any of its 27 pages. But the document …

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington’s NFL franchise used to be in the news all the time for reasons other than football. That seemed to have changed under new team ownership, but President Donald Trump’s remarks about the team name and possibly holding up a stadium deal are making waves just as training camp opens. Still, Commanders general manager Adam Peters …

Donald Trump recently attempted to revive the Cleveland Indians name change controversy, claiming Native Americans want the former name restored. But according to Native American community members and local reaction, this claim has no basis in reality and appears to be a calculated political maneuver. The Today in Ohio podcast team explored Trump’s comments and the community response, revealing how …

President Donald Trump is not the first Republican in office to go after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Kennedy-era nonprofit that manages federal funding to thousands of local TV and radio stations. But he is the first one to succeed. On July 18, Congress approved a $9 billion rescissions request that will claw back $1.1 billion in CPB funding, …

Here’s who is bearing the cost of Trump’s tariffs so far this year  MarketWatch Kelly Evans: The tariff math  CNBC Americans are mostly paying for tariffs — and price rises may be on the way, says Deutsche Bank  Business Insider Tariffs are a tax. Are you already paying it?  NPR Tariffs, Explained — and Explored  UC San Diego Today Source link

Trump’s Student Arrests, and the Lawsuit Fighting Them, Tread New Ground  The New York Times A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump’s Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students  The New Yorker Homeland Security agent says he was told not to inform Rümeysa Öztürk her visa was revoked when she was arrested  CNN Judge weighs reality of Trump ‘ideological’ deportation policy as activists crackdown …

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances. If approved, the wide-ranging changes unveiled this month also would affect working conditions at constructions sites and in …

President Donald Trump’s intelligence chiefs are conducting a systematic campaign to rewrite the history of the 2016 election, seeking to reverse an eight-year-old assessment that Russia waged an information war to boost Trump’s candidacy. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe have cited declassified emails to allege in social media posts and television appearances that Obama administration …

President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The European Union appears to be preparing to deploy its “Anti-Coercion Instrument” — characterized as a “nuclear option” to try to deter trade disputes — as …

The Trump administration is targeting sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive after labelling them “sanctuaries for criminals” following the shooting of an off-duty law enforcement officer in New York City, allegedly by an undocumented person with a criminal record. Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement …