On January 20, his final day in office, Trump issued a proclamation to exempt the U.A.E. from a 10% tariff on aluminum imports and indicated that a quota would suffice. Tariffs were first imposed in 2018, and in exempting the U.A.E., Trump cited “an important security relationship.” Trump also signed... Read More »
General Motors (GM) announced that as of 2035, it would no longer make any gas-powered cars or trucks. Once known for its gigantic SUVs, the company has become a pioneer in the automobile industry by pledging to make only electric vehicles in the near future. As the largest US automaker,... Read More »
In his next steps in changing course from the previous administration's immigration policies, President Biden has asked the Supreme Court to cancel arguments on two cases filed against the Trump administration's immigration policies. The cases tackle President Trump's construction of the border wall and his “Remain in Mexico” asylum program.... Read More »
In an attempt to avoid an impeachment trial, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) are instead working to build support for censuring Trump for his rhetoric before the Capitol riots. This push began Wednesday, just a day after five Republicans sided with Democrats in a procedural vote... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) found pay disparities at Google’s offices in Seattle and Kirkland, Washington, and in Mountain View, California. These disparities affected women software engineers. The OFCCP also found differences in hiring rates that “disadvantaged female and Asian applicants” for engineering... Read More »
Way back in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." Roosevelt’s words remain alive and well today as a... Read More »
A Texas immigration lawyer is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after his phone was seized and searched at an airport upon re-entry into the U.S. Adam A. Malik was returning home from a trip to Costa Rica when he was stopped at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on... Read More »
Douglass Mackey was arrested Wednesday, January 27, 2021, after a Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint found Mackey to be the main contributor behind a disinformation scheme to interfere with the 2016 Presidential Election between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Mackey, also known as Ricky Vaughn, opened... Read More »
The week of February 8th will mark the beginning of the second Senate trial to impeach former President Donald Trump. The last trial ended with the Senate voting in favor of the then-sitting President. The political landscape changed over the previous year, though. Not only do more Democrats now hold... Read More »
January 20, 2021, was a busy day for White House ethics. In the morning then-president Trump revoked his 2017 ethics policy and, in the afternoon, as one of the seventeen executive orders he signed on his first day, President Biden introduced his own Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive... Read More »
In one of his 17 executive orders signed his first day in office, President Biden stopped construction on the border wall between the United States and Mexico. The executive order said that all projects on the border wall needed to stop within a week of the order being signed. Customs... Read More »
For the first time ever, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a national terrorism bulletin about violent domestic extremists. The bulletin comes after the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill which has heightened the threat of violence across the nation, according to DHS. The bulletin, formally titled the National... Read More »
Janet Yellen was confirmed as the first female Treasury secretary on Monday, January 25, 2021. She won unanimous backing from both parties on the Senate Finance Committee and was confirmed by the full Senate on an 84-15 vote. Her confirmation comes 232 years after Alexander Hamilton became the first Treasury... Read More »
One of six men accused of planning to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer last fall has pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping conspiracy charge, while the other five defendants remain silent. According to the plea agreement of Ty Gerard Garbin, part of the “Wolverine Watchmen,” an aim of certain members... Read More »
One week in and President Biden has already been met with the first major setback of his presidency. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked Biden's 100-day deportation freeze. The deportation freeze was implemented via executive order on January 20th. As part of the memorandum, the Department of... Read More »
