Federal Agencies
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Animal welfare groups praise Trump administration for more moves to reduce animal testing
FDA changes to "archaic" terminology clarify animal testing isn't required for all drug development, while NIH spends big on non-animal research construction projects and seeks to track exactly how many animals it uses for tests.
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Keep the lights on, sideline Big Brother: Trump EPA rollback could save ratepayers $310 billion
Republican officials and fossil-fuel advocates have long argued that Biden-era climate rules threatened coal plants, new gas generation and export projects, even as U.S. crude output and dry natural gas production would go on to set records. The EPA said it will save taxpayers $310 billion through 2047.
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ICE officer shoots illegal immigrant man during encounter in Austin
Authorities have not released further details about his condition.
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Democrat senator pushing for answers from ICE about use of spy software
Peters argues the software represents "one of the most significant expansions of DHS and ICE's surveillance ambitions to date."
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HUD launches civil rights investigations into university housing programs over race discrimination
HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is investigating the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota to determine whether their campus housing programs violate the Fair Housing Act by steering or advertising housing opportunities based on race or ethnicity.
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Democrats push back against education department dismantling
The administration announced in June that it would move civil rights and special education programs to other agencies as part of its broader effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
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Patel returns looted artifacts to Indonesian president during overseas trip
Indonesian officials told reporters that the handover took place Wednesday at Subianto’s residence in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The return was part of an ongoing effort to recover and return cultural artifacts.
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Trump imposes new tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor violations
The tariffs, brought under Section 301 of the United States Trade Act of 1974, range from 10% to 12.5% depending on the agreement with the U.S. and whether a country is receiving Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) status.
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DHS to spend more than $30 million on body cameras following fatal shootings
Following the controversy over the shootings in Houston and Maine, DHS said that its agents who don't have the camera will receive them in the next 60 days.
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Nonprofit alleges DEA contractor faced retaliation for backing fentanyl whistleblower
A whistleblower alleges a pattern of institutional retaliation designed to silence people who raised alarms about a deadly government practice, suggesting that the fentanyl-walking scandal in New Mexico may have been compounded by efforts to punish those who spoke out.
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Trump directs agencies to waive NDAs for former employees involved in UFO investigations: report
The nondisclosure agreements have proved an impediment to government investigations into UAPs, also known as UFOs, and the directive is intended to ease this source of reluctance.
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IRS chief Frank Bisignano denies WSJ report saying he spied on colleagues while working at JPMorgan
The piece alleges, among other things, that Bisignano used his authority over the security department and position to access sensitive information and internal communications without a business justification.
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FBI Director Patel planning trip to Russia: report
The host will likely be the FSB, the Russian security service that followed the Soviet-era KGB.