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President Trump's Executive Orders
Executive Orders Straight Out of Project 2025
Read all the Executive Orders
"President Donald Trump on the campaign trail last summer disavowed Project 2025, saying he knew nothing about the effort. But many of the conservative blueprint’s ideas have made their way into his early executive orders, signaling the sweeping impact the Heritage Foundation document has already had on the Trump administration’s policy making. A side-by-side review by POLITICO found dozens of cases where the president’s early executive actions have aligned with portions of the 922-page policy document, including some instances with nearly verbatim language lifted from the report to the White House....(read more from Politico)"

Tracking Legal Challenges to the Executive Orders
U.S. News is tracking lawsuits challenging some of Trump’s biggest executive orders. The list will be updated as new lawsuits are filed.
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National Labor Relations Board
How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-Mail
"The bottom line: A single late night e-mail has jeopardized the organizing and bargaining rights of 80 million workers...The consequences and implications of Trump’s action were immediate and far-reaching. By firing Wilcox, President Trump disabled the NLRB, because by law, the board needs three members to issue decisions. Since there were already two vacancies (caused by the failure of the Senate to confirm two nominees in December 2024), Wilcox’s removal left the board with just two members...By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards...(read more from The Nation)"

"Acting [NLRB] general counsel William Cowen’s issued a policy and guidance memo that reverses the pro-worker policies accomplished during the previous administration. His guidance runs the gamut including making it more difficult for workers to form unions, allowing employers to hold mandatory anti-union captive audience meetings, cuts monetary damages for victims of unfair labor practices, and reverses the ban on non-compete agreements including allowing employers to charge employees for training if they want to quit their job, and more." (read more from The Hill)

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Fighting Back Against Illegal ICE Actions in Chicago
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Elon Musk on Monday in an interview with Fox Business Network's Larry Kudlow referred to federal spending on programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as areas that need to be eliminated.
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Gwynne Wilcox Returns To Work At NLRB After Federal Judge Overturns Trump's Attempt To Remove Her
Forbes Breaking News

The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major step toward dismantling the U.S. Department of Education by firing roughly half of the agency's workforce, a decision that teachers' unions and other champions of public education said would have devastating consequences for the nation's school system.
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Here are the Ways the Trump Admin Is Already Trampling on Workers’ Rights
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President Trump Appoints William B. Cowen Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
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Trump has paralyzed agency that safeguards worker rights, labor experts and advocates say
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Trump fires EEOC and labor board officials, setting up legal fight
NPR