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(91) --- # Merit Street Media [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/enviornmental%20protection%20agency.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-environmental-justice-programs-at-epa-doj) #### [Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-environmental-justice-programs-at-epa-doj) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 07, 2025 WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-environmental-justice-programs-at-epa-doj) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/chicago.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-sues-chicago-in-latest-crackdown-on-sanctuary-cities) #### [Trump administration sues Chicago in latest crackdown on ‘sanctuary’ cities](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-sues-chicago-in-latest-crackdown-on-sanctuary-cities) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 07, 2025 CHICAGO — The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” federal... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-sues-chicago-in-latest-crackdown-on-sanctuary-cities) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/USAID.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-to-keep-only-294-usaid-staff-out-of-over-10000-globally-sources-say) #### [Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-to-keep-only-294-usaid-staff-out-of-over-10000-globally-sources-say) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 07, 2025 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-to-keep-only-294-usaid-staff-out-of-over-10000-globally-sources-say) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/trump%201.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/countries-vow-unwavering-support-for-icc-as-trump-hits-it-with-sanctions) #### [Countries vow 'unwavering' support for ICC, as Trump hits it with sanctions](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/countries-vow-unwavering-support-for-icc-as-trump-hits-it-with-sanctions) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 07, 2025 NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM - Dozens of countries expressed their "unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, a day after U.S.... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/countries-vow-unwavering-support-for-icc-as-trump-hits-it-with-sanctions) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/blake%20lively.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/blake-lively-is-sued-by-texas-crisis-specialist-in-latest-it-ends-with-us-lawsuit) #### [Blake Lively is sued by Texas crisis specialist in latest ‘It Ends With Us’ lawsuit](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/blake-lively-is-sued-by-texas-crisis-specialist-in-latest-it-ends-with-us-lawsuit) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 06, 2025 A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/blake-lively-is-sued-by-texas-crisis-specialist-in-latest-it-ends-with-us-lawsuit) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/trump%204.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-plan-offering-incentives-for-federal-workers-to-resign) #### [Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-plan-offering-incentives-for-federal-workers-to-resign) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 06, 2025 WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-plan-offering-incentives-for-federal-workers-to-resign) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/trump%203-1.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-tells-prayer-breakfast-he-wants-to-root-out-anti-christian-bias-and-urges-bring-god-back) #### [Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-tells-prayer-breakfast-he-wants-to-root-out-anti-christian-bias-and-urges-bring-god-back) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 06, 2025 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the U.S., announcing that he was forming a task... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-tells-prayer-breakfast-he-wants-to-root-out-anti-christian-bias-and-urges-bring-god-back) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/scott%20turner.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/scott-turner-confirmed-as-trumps-hud-secretary-after-pledging-to-address-housing-shortages) #### [Scott Turner confirmed as Trump’s HUD secretary after pledging to address housing shortages](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/scott-turner-confirmed-as-trumps-hud-secretary-after-pledging-to-address-housing-shortages) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 06, 2025 WASHINGTON — Scott Turner was confirmed Wednesday as the housing secretary, a role central to President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda at a time when... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/scott-turner-confirmed-as-trumps-hud-secretary-after-pledging-to-address-housing-shortages) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/transgender%20sports-1.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-plans-to-pressure-the-ioc-to-come-up-with-a-uniform-transgender-athlete-ban) #### [Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/trump-administration-plans-to-pressure-the-ioc-to-come-up-with-a-uniform-transgender-athlete-ban) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Feb 06, 2025 President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee. Trump said Wednesday during a... 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