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Trump Says He's Firing National Portrait Gallery Chief

Whether he has the authority to remove Kim Sajet, the first woman in that role, remains unclear

(Newser) - President Trump announced Friday he has fired Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Sajet, who was the first woman in the role, led the gallery for 12 years. Trump made the move public in a Truth Social post , citing recommendations from "many...

PBS Sues Trump Over Executive Order to End Funding

President can't decide programming, filing argues

(Newser) - PBS sued President Trump on Friday to keep his executive order to end its federal funding from taking effect, calling the government's action unconstitutional. The suit filed in US District Court in Washington contends that the Trump administration violated the public broadcaster's First Amendment rights and the law...

Judge Blocks Trump's Order With 'Tone of Open Fury'

Federal judge strikes down president's executive order sanctioning WilmerHale

(Newser) - President Trump's attempts to punish law firms for political reasons failed for the third time this month when a federal judge on Tuesday struck down his executive order sanctioning WilmerHale. And Judge Richard Leon did it with flair, notes CNBC , which writes that Leon "suffused his 73-page order...

NPR Sues White House Over 'Textbook Retaliation'

Broadcaster says Trump administration isn't being subtle about cutting off funding, 'comes as a wolf'

(Newser) - National Public Radio promised to fight a presidential executive order cutting off its federal funding, and now that's exactly what it's doing. The public broadcaster—which, along with PBS, was targeted by President Trump's executive order earlier this month accusing them of being "biased media"—...

Federal Judge Throws Out Trump Order Against Law Firm

Court permanently strikes down sanctions against Jenner & Block as unconstitutional

(Newser) - President Trump's attempts to punish law firms for political reasons failed for the second time on Friday when a federal judge permanently struck down his executive order sanctioning Jenner & Block. DC District Judge John Bates ruled Trump's order an unconstitutional abuse of presidential power, Bloomberg Law reports....

Trump: New Executive Order Will Save 'Trillions' in Drug Costs

Plan would link Medicare drug prices to lowest rates abroad

(Newser) - President Trump says he'll sign an executive order aimed at lowering the cost of some prescription medications, reviving a policy effort from his first term. The order, which Trump says will be signed Monday, would instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to tie certain Medicare drug...

First Group of White South African Refugees Heads to US

Afrikaner families prioritized as refugee groups question US policy shift

(Newser) - The first group of white South Africans taking part in the Trump administration's controversial relocation program left South Africa Sunday en route for the US, where they'll have refugee status. The 49 people, members of the country's minority Afrikaner group, departed Johannesburg on a private charter...

DEA Quietly Shutters Its Body Cam Program

Move follows Trump executive order; critics say cameras' absence will pose challenges

(Newser) - The Drug Enforcement Administration has discontinued its body camera program, just four years after its launch, per an internal email seen by ProPublica . The move came quietly on April 1, without a public announcement. The agency cited a Trump administration executive order —one that Engadget notes rescinded nearly...

In a First, Judge Knocks Down Trump Order Against Law Firm

Action against Perkins Coie for political reasons is unconstitutional, ruling says

(Newser) - For the first time, a court has permanently blocked President Trump from punishing a law firm for political reasons. US District Judge Beryl Howell issued an injunction late Friday prohibiting the enforcement of any portion of Trump's order targeting Perkins Coie, along with a strong denunciation, NBC News reports....

PBS, NPR Say They'll Fight Trump's Order

Public broadcasters say their authorization comes from Congress

(Newser) - PBS and NPR promised to fight back Friday after President Trump signed an order to block their federal funding , calling the move illegal and a threat to public broadcasting's future. As that battle is fought, the fate of local stations across the country hangs in the balance, the...

Trump Moves to Cut Funding for 2 Media Outlets

No more federal cash for NPR, PBS, per new executive order against 'biased media'

(Newser) - President Trump has long made clear his disdain of the mainstream media, but now he's putting more teeth on that by closing the government's wallet on two major broadcasters. The commander in chief on Thursday added to his record-breaking executive-order blitz with yet another EO, this time directed...

Texas Hospitals Spent $122M on Migrant Care in November

Gov. Greg Abbott's order triggers new reporting on health care costs for those not lawfully in the US

(Newser) - Texas hospitals tallied nearly $122 million in health care costs incurred by undocumented migrants in one month in the state's first measure of those costs. The data was collected and released in the wake of an executive order signed in August by Gov. Greg Abbott that requires hospitals...

Trump to Revisit Auto Industry Tariffs
Trump's 'Significant
Reversal' on Auto Tariffs
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Trump's 'Significant Reversal' on Auto Tariffs

He signs executive order to ease impact on US automakers

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales, and make US production...

Trump Order Aims to 'Unleash' Law Enforcement

Executive orders aim to bolster law enforcement, punish sanctuary cities

(Newser) - Among President Trump's latest executive orders is one promising to strengthen and "unleash" the country's law enforcement. The order calls for resources to be directed toward the legal defense of law enforcement officers who find themselves incurring "expenses and liabilities" related to actions carried out in...

Trump's Order Returns to English Rule for Truck Drivers

Law has been in effect, but president says it isn't being enforced

(Newser) - President Trump's latest executive order calls for enforcing a measure already on the books—a federal law requiring proficiency in English for commercial truck drivers. In signing the measure on Monday evening, per the AP , Trump said the "requirement has not been enforced in years, and America's...

Trump Order Focuses on 'Secret Weapon' to Reshape Colleges

President has plans to change accreditation process

(Newser) - President Trump issued new executive orders Wednesday targeting US colleges and the accrediting organizations that oversee them, part of his campaign against "wokeness" and DEI efforts in higher education. One order calls for tougher enforcement of Section 117 of the Higher Education Act. This federal law, passed in...

Trump Puts End to a 'Stupid' Commercial Fishing Limitation

(Newser) - President Trump is opening commercial fishing in one of the world's largest ocean reserves, ending years of strict protection for a region rich in marine life. The executive order issued Thursday involves the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, an area about 750 miles west of Hawaii that...

Trump Orders Federal Agencies to 'Sunset' Green Protections

President's executive order decries 'an energy landscape perpetually trapped in the 1970s'

(Newser) - Federal agencies like the EPA, Department of Energy, and Fish and Wildlife Service have received their mandate from the top: It's time to let go of a slew of environmental protections. On Wednesday evening, President Trump signed an executive order that directed agencies tied to energy and environmental guidance...

Trump Order Punishes Firm That Handled Fox News Suit

Dominion reached $787M deal with help of Susman Godfrey

(Newser) - The latest law firm to be punished by President Trump for not siding with him is the one that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its false reporting on the 2020 presidential election. Susman Godfrey helped Dominion, which Fox said used rigged machines, reach...

Now Trump Turns to Making 'Showers Great Again'

Though director at advocacy agency predicts few, if any, changes will be made to showerheads

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to immediately reverse water conservation standards, with the White House saying in a press release that the order will "end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America's showers great again." The Obama-era standards restricted water flow...

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