Michael Sainato

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Drastic cuts at a federal workplace safety research agency increase the risk of illness and injury for workers across the US and undermine preparations for public health emergencies, fired employees warn. The Trump administration ordered widespread layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when it issued a “reduction in force” notice to some 85% of the agency’s 1,100 workers employees on 1 April.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Lauren Aratani |Dan Milmo |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Michael Sainato | +1 more

New Pentagon spokesperson promoted antisemitic conspiracy theory last yearThe US department of defense, which has held just one news conference this year, announced on Friday that it has a new press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, who has repeatedly shared an antisemitic conspiracy theory promoted by neo-Nazis.

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Michael Sainato |Lucy Campbell

A US federal judge on Friday blocked the government from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students just hours after the elite college sued the Trump administration over its abrupt ban the day before on enrolling foreign students. US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued the temporary restraining order late on Friday morning, freezing the policy that had been abruptly imposed on the university, based in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Harvard University on Friday sued the Trump administration over its abrupt ban the day before on enrolling foreign students. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has accused Columbia University of violating civil rights laws, while overseas governments had expressed alarm at the administration’s actions against Harvard as part of its latest assault on elite higher education in the US.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Workers hit by the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts of federal government jobs, programs and services turned to congressional Republicans for help. But Republicans don’t want to talk about it, according to people who have tried to reach the politicians. Sabrina Valenti, a former budget analyst for the Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), was fired in February, then reinstated, and fired again weeks later.