The continued drain of personnel from the already strained immigration court system has contributed to depleted staff morale, mounting case backlogs — and floundering due process.
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Top Trump administration immigration spokesperson is leaving
Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.
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It’s about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers
Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.
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These federal workers proudly served the American people. Then came Trump’s upheaval
Mass firings, buyouts and heightened uncertainty led to an exodus of federal workers in 2025. More than 300,000 employees will be out of the government by the end of December.
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She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she’s been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration’s funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
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The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR’s data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.
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Why some federal workers aren’t scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs
Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.
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Rural Oklahoma kids were getting more counselors — then federal cuts pulled funding
A program at the University of Oklahoma trains much-needed mental health professionals for rural schools in the state. Now, its federal grant funding is on the chopping block.
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Supreme Court says Trump’s efforts to close the Education Department can continue
The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off.
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She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line
As part of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they’re 62.
