Joshua Barajas
Senior Editor at PBS NewsHour
Senior editor for the PBS NewsHour's Communities Initiative. Also the newsletter editor. | [email protected] | 🇲🇽🏳🌈
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1 week ago |
pbs.org | Joshua Barajas
WASHINGTON — Climate scientist Sarah Cooley has been fired, rehired and fired again. Cooley joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last year to lead the agency’s efforts to address ocean acidification. Now she is one of hundreds of probationary workers at NOAA whose jobs were slashed by the Trump administration in February. When a federal court blocked the move weeks later, the workers were reinstated, but that was not the end of their turmoil.
While Trump’s trans military ban is challenged in court, long-serving troops prepare for what’s next
1 month ago |
pbs.org | Joshua Barajas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s executive order singling out transgender service members wasn’t a shock to Lt. Cmdr. Geirid Morgan and her family. Nor was the Pentagon’s accompanying policy to remove trans troops from the force, released about a month after Trump’s order. “The first feelings I had really were just, concerned for my fellow transgender service members, concerned for their families, concerned for the service members that service under them,” she said.
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1 month ago |
pbs.org | Joshua Barajas
President Donald Trump says Congress will pass his tax plan during his March 4 address to a joint session of Congress. Watch Trump’s remarks in the player above. The president said his tax cuts would include no taxes on tips, overtime or Social Security benefits. Within Congress, the pathway for Trump’s tax plan remains unclear.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
pbs.org | Joshua Barajas
You can watch all Inauguration Day events Monday on our livestream here, find a planned lineup of events, review President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping promises and learn what’s changed since he was sworn into office eight years ago.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
pbs.org | Joshua Barajas
Politics Jan 15, 2025 2:28 PM EST Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questioned U.S. attorney general nominee Pam Bondi in a confirmation hearing Wednesday held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Blackburn said she was concerned about high crime rates in the country. Bondi turned to Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., with whom she had just had a tense exchange. “Despite the questions from Sen.
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