Nathalie Baptiste

Washington, D.C.

Opinion Writer at HuffPost

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Articles

Trump's Newest Political Power Grab Is Targeting Maine

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it is suing Maine over its policies and laws that allow trans kids to compete on sports teams that match their gender identity. “The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports. This is about sports. This is also about these young women’s personal safety,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said at the press conference announcing the civil lawsuit.
Trump's Spin On His Tariffs Conveniently Leaves 1 Major Thing Out

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. The White House took a victory lap on Wednesday when the stock market surged in the wake of the announcement that President Donald Trump was backing down on some of the tariffs he announced last week. But their glee was obscuring the fact that they’d just announced a plan that was possibly worse.
Fake Social Media Posts Can Tank The Stock Market Now

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

The stock market tumbled early on Monday as the impact from President Donald Trump’s trade war spread around the world — and an erroneous post from a user on X, formerly known as Twitter, added to the chaos and uncertainty. The market dramatically began to rally around 10:15 a.m. after an X user who goes by the name Walter Bloomberg posted that the White House was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs after watching a CNBC interview with Kevin Hassett, one of Trump’s economic advisers.
The Trump Administration Has Launched A War On Kids

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Lil Kalish |Nathalie Baptiste |Alanna Vagianos |Matt Shuham

President Donald Trump loves to boast about protecting America‚Äôs children. But when you strip away his party‚Äôs ‚Äúpro-life‚ÄĚ rhetoric and ignore the carefully crafted family photos of Elon Musk or JD Vance, you see an administration that has declared war on wide swaths of American children. During Trump‚Äôs speech to a joint session of Congress in February, the president introduced a boy named DJ Daniel, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018.
Republicans Love This Word — Yet They Seem To Not Understand It At All

2 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

After a Maryland father was mistakenly deported to an El Salvadoran prison famous for its abuses, the Trump administration admitted that it was an error — but refused to do anything to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. In fact, government officials scoffed at the notion that Abrego Garcia deserved to return from the Salvadoran supermax prison the Trump administration has been busy deporting people to.
Trump Has Thrown The Agency He Wants To Take Over Special Education Into Chaos

3 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

The Trump administration has tried to downplay the effects of potentially dismantling the Department of Education by saying crucial programs for kids with disabilities would be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services. But HHS is in the midst of its own widespread layoffs, with thousands of workers losing their jobs and critical programs being cut, and advocates worry what could happen if a crucial education program is moved from one agency in turmoil to another.
Trump Has Found A Way To Punish Blue States — And Kids Are In The Crosshairs

3 weeks ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Since President Donald Trump went back to the White House in January, his administration has been on a frenzied and haphazard tour gutting existing government agencies, flouting norms and attempting to force conservative values across the government. Much of this effort has, ostensibly, been laser-focused on ending or curtailing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Trump Will Reportedly Sign Executive Order To Shut Down Department Of Education

1 month ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

President Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order Thursday that calls for Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education. The Associated Press reported Thursday that Trump would sign the order in the late afternoon, citing a White House official. Trump repeatedly trashed the Department of Education on the campaign trail and had promised to abolish it completely.
Trump Signs Executive Order To Dismantle The Department Of Education

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Nathalie Baptiste

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that calls for Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education. In the late afternoon, Trump announced that his administration would “return education back to the states.”“Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making,” Trump said.
Trump Administration Hires Strategist Who Posted Racist Tweet

1 month ago | huffpost.com | Nathalie Baptiste

The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Thursday it was hiring a political strategist who once posted racist imagery of Native Americans on his X, formerly Twitter, account in 2022. Colton Duncan, who is set to serve as the agencyâ€™s White House liaison, was â€śthe most important personâ€ť in Kari Lakeâ€™s gubernatorial campaign in Arizona, the Arizona Mirror reported in 2022.