This Day in Alaska History-November 6th, 1907
Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump Admin From Firing Federal Workers During Shutdown
An attorney for unions suing over layoffs called the order “a major blow to the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful attempt to make the Project 2025 playbook a reality by targeting our nation’s career public servants.” US District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday again sided with federal workers over President Donald Trump’s administration, indefinitely extending her block on the mass […]
Why American Labor Day is in September
Why do Americans celebrate Labor Day? Labor Day is a national holiday, created to honor U.S. workers and their contribution to the economy. Many Americans use the day to celebrate the end of summer and would be surprised to know the day has its roots in the labor movement of the late 1800s. How did […]
Trump Agriculture Chief Mocked for Suggesting Medicaid Recipients Could Replace Deported Farm Workers
“They’re like cartoon villains,” remarked Bloomberg political columnist Patricia Lopez. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday drew instant jeers when she defended the mass deportation of immigrant farm laborers and suggested that they could be replaced by Americans who are currently enrolled in Medicaid. While speaking in Washington, D.C., Rollins declared that there would […]