National

President Donald Trump has targeted environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that were a Biden administration priority.

On Monday, a federal judge in New Jersey issued a temporary ban on the removal of two transgender men from the Air Force. The ruling follows a similar one last week.

Separately, more states and cities also are requiring paid sick days, which give people time off to deal with short-term illnesses like the flu.

The White House says the department would not close completely right now. It is to retain certain critical functions, like managing federal student loans and Pell grants.

Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record, was detained by federal immigration agents March 8 for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station.

The flashpoint for the latest controversy was deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, which is being paid by the U.S. to imprison them.

The Ivy League school joins other prestigious colleges, including UPenn, in raising income limits for free tuition and other supports.

In Philadelphia, an Ecuadorian man released by ICE in January was detained at his appointment in February. His lawyer said all that changed was who occupied the Oval Office.

The former regulators' warning comes in the wake of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement to roll back dozens of air and water protections.

A federal judge said that the terminations were directed by the Office of Personnel Management and its acting director, Charles Ezell, who lacked the authority to do so.

In the weeks since he took office, the Trump administration already has cut the department's staff in half and overhauled much of the department’s work.

After Tuesday’s layoffs, the Education Department’s staff will sit at roughly half of its previous 4,100, the agency said.

The Congressional budget resolution passed last week calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts.

Even with this pause, steel and aluminum tariffs are still expected to go into effect on March 12.