In a major shakeup within the Trump administration, Kristi Noem has been removed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after just over a year on the job. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Noem would be replaced by Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma at the end of March, with Noem…
Desire Grace, the former top deputy in the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office, has formally appealed her termination, alleging she was fired in direct retaliation for being appointed by federal judges to replace Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney. Grace filed her complaint with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), arguing the July 22…
Democratic lawmakers have revived efforts to pass federal legislation aimed at banning discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture with the reintroduction of the CROWN Act. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, April…