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Joshua Barajas

Washington, D.C.

Senior Editor at PBS NewsHour

Senior editor for the PBS NewsHour's Communities Initiative. Also the newsletter editor. | [email protected] | 🇲🇽🏳‍🌈

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  • 2 weeks ago | pbs.org | Joshua Barajas

    As President Donald Trump celebrates his first 100 days in office, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds that a plurality of Americans give him a failing grade. Forty-five percent of U.S. adults rated Trump’s return to the Oval Office an “F,” including 80 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of independents.

  • 4 weeks 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 months 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.

  • 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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Joshua Barajas @Josh_Barrage
6 May 25

RT @kyledcheney: BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration's transgender military ban to take effect. https://t.co/qU…

Joshua Barajas
Joshua Barajas @Josh_Barrage
8 Apr 25

RT @seungminkim: WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citi…

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Joshua Barajas @Josh_Barrage
5 Apr 25

RT @kyledcheney: One reason is likely this exchange: https://t.co/a0fcsLDKER https://t.co/4jBDxFZMKZ