The U.S. State Department has begun laying off over 1,300 employees as part of a broader reorganization effort that will ultimately reduce the agency’s domestic workforce by nearly 3,000. The move, aligned with President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy, aims to cut redundancies and reshape the department’s operations to focus more on domestic interests and…
In 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned amid the Watergate scandal, a constitutional crisis that tested the resilience of American democracy. Fast forward to 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration is embroiled in a series of controversies that some legal scholars argue present even more profound challenges to the nation’s legal and constitutional frameworks. This essay examines…
In a pointed ruling that offered sharp words for President Donald Trump’s administration, a federal judge this week denounced what she called “seemingly baseless claims” against federal workers and described the administration’s rhetoric about mass government firings as “a slap in the face” to longtime public servants. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by…