The Democratic attorneys general of 21 states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration for its attempts to defund the Obama-era federal agency created to protect Americans from consumer fraud and discriminatory lending. After the U.S. mortgage market crashed in 2008 and millions of Americans lost their jobs, savings, retirements and homes, Congress in […]
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for imposing a $100,000 fee on a popular legal pathway employers use to hire highly skilled workers. That’s roughly 13 to 100 times the current fees charged for the limited visas that are reserved for foreign workers. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 18 other Democratic-led […]
(The Center Square) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, under fire for failing to prevent a massive welfare fraud scheme in his state, was in Seattle on Tuesday as the special guest at Gov. Bob Ferguson’s fundraising luncheon, telling those in attendance Somalis were being "demonized" and vowing to bring more into his state.
Washington D.C. — The official portrait of the former Pennsylvania health secretary who was later tapped to serve under the Biden administration has been changed, according to NPR.
(The Center Square) – This week, President Donald Trump took another step toward fulfilling his promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
(The Center Square) - A new national poll reveals strong American voter support for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education.
Oregon Democrats have agreed to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars, months after Congress approved a measure blocking access to federal Medicaid funds until at least July 2026. Senate Majority Leader Kayse Jama, D-Portland, announced late last week that the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board will allocate the funding to Planned Parenthood at […]
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Senate to confirm Pete Serrano as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington before Dec. 4.
(The Center Square) - A coalition of teacher unions and nonprofits sued the U.S. Department of Education this week over its new rule limiting Public Service Loan Forgiveness for government and nonprofit workers.
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for allegedly holding back emergency grants promised to the state for emergency management, disaster-relief and homeland security operations. Eleven other states joined Oregon in filing the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Eugene. It lists the U.S.Department of Homeland Security, Department Secretary Kristi Noem, the Federal Emergency Management […]
