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Federal Appeals Court Rules Art Generated Solely by AI Cannot Be Copyrighted

Federal Appeals Court Rules Art Generated Solely by AI Cannot Be Copyrighted

University of Toronto visiting law professor and economist Neil H. Buchanan discusses Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to avert a government shutdown by supporting a controversial continuing resolution (CR), despite backlash from Democrats and anti-Trump groups who saw it as a capitulation.


Democrats push the Justice Department to keep the Election Threats Task Force amid rollbacks

Democrats push the Justice Department to keep the Election Threats Task Force amid rollbacks

Agencies and initiatives focused on combatting election interference have been early targets of Trump and his political appointees, most notably when it comes to countering the spread of mis- and disinformation and coordinating information-sharing activities with state and local officials.


The Trump administration is taking steps to comply with court orders to reinstate tens of thousands of fired workers

The Trump administration is taking steps to comply with court orders to reinstate tens of thousands of fired workers

The Trump administration appears to be preparing to comply with multiple court orders to quickly place tens of thousands of federal workers fired during their probationary periods, according to officials at three agencies briefed on the plans.


Judge orders reinstatement for most fired probationary federal workers

Judge orders reinstatement for most fired probationary federal workers

The reinstatements are to take immediate effect, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for Northern California said when issuing his preliminary injunction from the bench, and agencies were directed not to make any excuse for delaying the rehirings.


Education Department to slash nearly one-third of its workforce with sweeping RIFs

Education Department to slash nearly one-third of its workforce with sweeping RIFs

Education joins the Office of Personnel Management, General Services Administration and U.S. Agency for International Development in issuing widespread layoffs to date.


Why more Trump LNG? Green advocates slam EU’s ‘disastrous’ energy price plan

Why more Trump LNG? Green advocates slam EU’s ‘disastrous’ energy price plan

“We need to seriously question the idea of creating long-term gas contracts and also supporting infrastructure in third countries,” added Ville Niinistö, a Green lawmaker also on the energy committee and a former Finnish environment minister.


Defense Department police officers can’t get proper credentials nearly 2 years after Congress required them

Defense Department police officers can’t get proper credentials nearly 2 years after Congress required them

The National Fraternal Order of Police in 2024 sent a letter to the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee, urging them to “exercise [their] power of the purse and oversight” to ensure DOD implements the standardized credential mandate.


Lawmakers to DOGE: Use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer at the Pentagon

Lawmakers to DOGE: Use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer at the Pentagon

Bacon used the example of cuts to U.S. foreign aid that could have had significant consequences: “We put a foreign-aid freeze out there, and we realized at the last minute—thankfully, if we had gone another couple minutes it would have been too late—that we prevented the funding of the Kurds that were detaining 10,000 ISIS terrorists.


Louis DeJoy to step down as USPS postmaster general

Louis DeJoy to step down as USPS postmaster general

President Biden while in office faced some calls to fire DeJoy, a long-time Republican donor who came to USPS after running a successful private sector logistics company, though he could only be removed by the board or on his own volition.


Independent agencies targeted by Trump’s latest executive order

Independent agencies targeted by Trump’s latest executive order

These practices undermine such regulatory agencies' accountability to the American people and prevent a unified and coherent execution of Federal law,” Trump wrote in the directive.


IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday

IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday

Staff in their probationary periods—mostly recent hires, though in some cases longtime federal workers—received notice that they must report into the office Thursday and bring all of their government equipment, identification cards, parking permits and other documents.


Dismantling government won’t make it more efficient–investing in it will

Dismantling government won’t make it more efficient–investing in it will

President Trump began his second term in office by signing an executive order to create the Department of Government Efficiency and institute a sweeping federal hiring freeze, exempting only positions related to immigration enforcement and security.