Anti-DEI battle threatens nonprofits in Chicago area
Chicago Women in Trades and similar groups face federal funding cuts from anti-DEI executive orders. Lawsuits argue orders vague while WANTO grants and apprenticeship programs for women hang in the balance. Ongoing training at Ironworkers Local 63 continues under funding uncertainty as labor groups push to expand women in skilled trades.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Philanthropies
DEI
Construc
Tion
Chicago Women In Trades
Department of Labor
Jayne Vellinga
Biden Administration
Cago
George H.W. Bush
Biden
Labor Department
Associated Press
Matthew Kennelly
U.S. District Court Northern District of
Iinois
Kennelly
Associated Builders and Contractors
Vanessa Jester
Turner Construction
Columbus
Ohio
Executive order mandates 30 day drug price talks
President Trump signs a sweeping order urging the health department to cut prescription costs within 30 days or propose new rules tying U S prices to lower overseas levels. Kennedy and CMS head Oz will meet drugmakers to set new prices, with no immediate savings guaranteed amid industry opposition and limited Medicare leverage.
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Donald Trump
U.S
Health Department
Robert E Kennedy Jr
Kennedy
Trump
Europe
House
Stephen J. Uhl
Phrma
America
Joe Biden
White House
Centers For Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Mehmet Oz
Food and Drug Administration
Marty Makary
National Institutes of Health
Jay Bhattacharya
Rachel Sachs
Washington University
Sachs
HHS
Medicare
Congress
Acting Librarian of Congress Named in Trump Era Shuffle
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump in 2024, is named acting librarian of Congress replacing Carla Hayden amid conservative criticism. The move follows failed entry attempts by Blanche aides Nieves and Perkins to the Copyright Office as Capitol Police and library officials negotiate congressional direction. Senate leaders say lawmakers will review presidential power to dismiss the librarian as the Library of Congress and Capitol react.
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Todd Blanche
Donald Trump
Congress
Justice Department
Blanche
Carla Hayden
White House
Trump
Brian Nieves
Chad Gilmartin
Paul Perkins
Register of Copyrights
Copyright Office
Shira Perlmutter
Nieves
Perkins
Library of Congress
Vadgre
U.S. Capitol
Capitol
Senate
John Thune
Legislative Branch
Thune
Associated Press
Robert Randolph Newton
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