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The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that could affect a significant part of the agency’s budget allocations and even threaten to disrupt core operations ranging from toxic cleanups to water quality testing, according to records and interviews. In one email exchange obtained […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) praises Delegate Dave A. LaRock of the Virginia House of Delegates for introducing a bill to amend the Virginia Code to recognize anti-Semitism as a form of unlawful discriminatory practice. Delegate LaRock, along with Delegate Mark L. Cole, introduced the bill to

Former first lady Michelle Obama took to Twitter Friday to tweet out her first message since leaving the White House. She sent the tweet from her old Twitter account, which hasn’t been used since 2013, to assure her followers that she won’t be gone long, writing, “After an extraordinary 8 years, I’ll be taking a

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump may hire his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be one of his most influential White House counselors, the US Justice Department said, noting anti-nepotism laws do not apply to the president. The law “does not bar this appointment because the president’s special hiring authority … exempts positions in the

Marvin Hier’s blessing at new president’s swearing-in met by wave of online posts featuring Nazi imagery, racist abuse By Times of Israel staff An anti-Semitic caricature posted on Twitter is pasted over the face of Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in a photo in which he is seen delivering a blessing