Merit Street Media | Mar 12, 2025
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said on Monday he canceled 400 environmental justice and diversity, equity...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
“The Apprentice,” the long-running reality TV show that boosted Donald Trump’s profile, will begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video, the company...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at...
Merit Street Media | Mar 11, 2025
The Senate voted Monday to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge of enforcing federally...
