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18 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 18, 2026.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reviewed 100,000 complaints and found policies at the largest national banks that swayed decisions. The industry says it supports fair access.
Vought accused Bhattacharya of funding 'woke' projects and tried to claw back unspent money; the NIH says 'all NIH grant monies will be spent.' Congress blocked a similar OMB rule earlier this year, and the ACLU sued last week over the agency's existing screening list.
WatchU.S. District Judge Carl Nichols wrote that the rule's key portions 'exceed any conception of the outer bounds' of the Postal Service's authority. It is the second injunction in eight days against a regulation whose voter portal still does not work.
Draft guidance would make a mother's I-94 or green card part of her newborn's passport file — the first concrete machinery behind Trump's Aug. 6 birthright citizenship order.
WatchThe executive order, signed at Johnson Space Center, would build a fourth service academy for the Space Force, NASA and the commercial launch industry. Ted Cruz is already lobbying to put it in Texas.
WatchThe president said infants are getting "vats" of vaccine and should be dosed across five separate visits. The Senate's only practicing physician called the order "wrong" within minutes of the signing.
The framework built on Trump’s June executive order is voluntary, an official said, and the administration will present it to industry partners Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled the president's bid to build federal voter rolls and restrict mail-in voting unconstitutional, writing that 'the Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.'
A new executive order moves roughly 8,000 career employees into a 'Schedule Policy/Career' classification, making them fireable at will and reviving the fight over the old 'Schedule F' plan.
A new executive order reclassifies roughly 8,000 senior policy positions into an at-will category, allowing the administration to fire them for almost any reason as unions and Democrats race to court.
Order responds to resistance during first Trump administration when senior career officials routinely pushed back against policies exceeding legal boundaries.
The order marks a significant shift from the administration's previously hands-off approach to artificial intelligence regulation.
The order signals a shift from the hands-off approach the White House had previously taken toward artificial intelligence, following debates over how to gain control without disrupting innovation.
President scraps landmark order expected to establish partnerships with leading AI companies for vetting new artificial intelligence models.
The president's order aims to accelerate research into compounds like psilocybin and ibogaine for treating severe depression and PTSD.
WatchLed by California, a coalition of Democratic attorneys general filed suit in federal court to block the order that would restrict USPS mail ballot distribution ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Election experts and Democratic officials call the order legally invalid as Arizona and Oregon pledge immediate court challenges.
The executive order extends the administration's anti-DEI campaign into the private sector, threatening contractors with debarment and False Claims Act liability for non-compliance.