President Donald Trump fired the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, on Sunday. Perlmutter was appointed by the former librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in 2020. In the days before this most recent firing, Trump also fired Hayden. The White House notified Perlmutter in an email, according to the Associated Press, writing, “Your […]

The House GOP has released its plan to cut Medicaid spending, with the most significant changes affecting eligibility requirements and how states can finance Medicaid. However, some of the biggest sticking points were left out of the bill, including changes to per-capita caps on federal Medicaid payments to states.  “Undoubtedly, Democrats will use this as […]

President Donald Trump’s slimming down of the federal government is having ripple effects on how the United States’s weather agencies operate ahead of hurricane season.  In Trump’s second term, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has faced budget cuts and staffing reductions, while the National Weather Service has dealt with personnel shortages. A budget blueprint […]

President Donald Trump‘s reported efforts to reestablish the ground rules of college athletics reflect his long interest in sports and the concern among fans that the NIL changes have gone too far. While nothing is official, Trump appears to be forming a presidential commission on college sports to establish a new set of guidelines to […]