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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse
It’s hard to keep track of all the temper tantrums that Donald Trump has had because he’s so ticked off that one judge after another has ruled against his flood of illegal actions. In seeking to put their fingers in the dike to stop the US president’s lawlessness, federal judges have issued a startling high number of rulings, more than 185, to block or temporarily pause moves by the Trump administration.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse
With the most authoritarian and lawless president in history sitting in the White House, the US supreme court is no doubt worried about looking weak in one of two ways. First, the court fears it will look pathetically weak if it becomes the first supreme court in history to have a president defy its rulings in a wholesale way.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Steven Greenhouse
With Donald Trump pushing hard to give big tax cuts to the rich and do huge favors for crypto billionaires, it was jarring to see a photo of a Trump aide carrying a sign that said: “President Trump’s Pro-Worker Priorities”. The aide was about to place the sign on Trump’s lectern; it mentioned such “pro-worker priorities” as ending federal taxes on tips and overtime pay: catchy, but scattershot policies that will help only a fraction of the nation’s workers.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse
Twice in the past two weeks, communications between air traffic controllers and airplanes at Newark Liberty, one of the US’s busiest airports, have failed – leaving controllers unable to communicate with pilots. The outages have, thankfully, only led to massive delays, not disaster. But they have also once again focused a harsh light on the persistent safety problems at US airports, which handle over 50,000 flights a day.
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1 month ago | 
portside.org | Steven Greenhouse
America’s Labor Unions Are Souring on Trump Published May 7, 2025 Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports, but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse
While Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating of any administration in American history”, last week’s economic news emphatically refutes that. Trump’s commerce department reported on Wednesday that the US economy – in a sharp and dismaying reversal – shrank in the first quarter of this year. That of course is when Trump returned to the White House, but Trump, true to form, denied that he was in any way responsible for the surprisingly bad economic news.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Steven Greenhouse
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports , but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Steven Greenhouse
As Elon Musk steps back from his role heading the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), many experts on government operations complain that Doge has done nothing to improve the quality of services the government provides to the American people. “Doge is not offering any solid claims that it has improved services in any way,” said Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.
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1 month ago | 
slate.com | Steven Greenhouse
Skip to the content Keeps an Uncluttered Mind Politics Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports, but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.
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yahoo.com | Steven Greenhouse
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stock markets slid and business executives frowned when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports, but he could take solace that the nation’s most prominent union president applauded the move.
