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Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official

Aug. 1, 2025, 7:11 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 1, 2025, 8:44 PM EDT Some Republican senators have expressed concern about President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the release of the July jobs report. Several Republicans told NBC News that they would take issue with the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the BLS, if it is the result of Trump disliking the jobs report numbers, which showed the U.S. job market in the past mont ...

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Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers

Fri, August 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM EDT (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold an injunction issued by a lower court judge that had been obtained by six unions including the American Federation of Governmen ...

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'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions

Aug. 1, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT / Source: NBC Miami A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” has entered its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions. One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continues to refuse food. His wife, Daimarys Hernández, said she’s terrified for his health and fears he could die in custody, or be deported back to Cuba, ...

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Pfizer CEO attending $25 million fundraiser at Trump's golf club after president demands drug price cuts, sources say

August 1, 2025 / 9:43 PM EDT Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is among those expected at a fundraiser President Trump is attending Friday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, sources told CBS News. The fundraiser for the pro-Trump super political action committee MAGA Inc. aims to raise about $25 million, one of the sources said. One day prior to the event, Mr. Trump sent letters to pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, demanding they lower U.S. drug prices to more evenly match what o ...

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'Good riddance': Top Baptist leader forced out by MAGA for not being 'aligned with Trump'

August 1, 2025 8:59PM ET On Thursday, July 31, Brent Leatherwood officially resigned from his position as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Leatherwood, in a press release, announced, "After nearly four years leading this institution, it is time to close this chapter of my life. It has been an honor to guide this Baptist organization in a way that has honored the Lord, served the churches of our Convention, and made this fallen ...

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Federal Reserve Governor Kugler, part of the committee that sets interest rates, is resigning

Published Fri, Aug 1 2025 3:30 PM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday she is stepping down from her role at the central bank, creating an important vacancy at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing for lower interest rates. In a letter addressed to Trump, Kugler, 55, did not state a reason for her decision to leave, only noting that she will be returning to Georgetown University as a professor in the fall. "It has been an honor of a lifet ...

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Donald Trump used registered sex offender to announce return of fitness test for kids

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back to schools, but that was not what caused a stir on social media. … It was Taylor that was the real brow raiser in the mix because … well, the 66-year-old is a registered sex offender. And that would have been something folks would have noticed on its own, but add in the current scrutiny of the president and the Epstein files, and it just didn’t go well for Trump on social media. ...

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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to federal prison camp in Texas

Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida, has been moved to a lower-security federal prison camp in Texas. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said in a statement to CNN. Maxwell, who was sentenced in 2022 for carrying out a years-long scheme with Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls, ...

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Suspect at large after multiple people shot at business in western Montana: ATF

Suspect at large after multiple people shot at business in western Montana: ATF Montana's governor called it an active shooter situation. By Emily Shapiro August 1, 2025, 3:10 PM 1:11 Multiple people have been shot at a business in Anaconda in western Montana, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. The shooting suspect, Michael Paul Brown, is at large and believed to be armed and dangerous, the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center said. Montana G ...

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Exclusive: US plans to fund deportations from Costa Rica, document shows

August 1, 2025 8:21 AM EDT Updated 9 hours ago WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is planning to spend up to $7.85 million to help Costa Rica deport immigrants, according to a document seen by Reuters, under an arrangement similar to a Biden-era program that drew criticism from migrant advocates. According to the document, the State Department will transfer money from its "economic support fund" - which is typically used to boost economic development in allied c ...

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'Good riddance': Top Baptist leader forced out by MAGA for not being 'aligned with Trump'

26 min ago - August 1, 2025 8:59PM ET On Thursday, July 31, Brent Leatherwood officially resigned from his position as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Leatherwood, in a press release, announced, "Afte ... (Raw Story)

9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols

45 min ago - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a stinging blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project Friday night in a fiery opinion upholding a lower court’s block on “roving patrols” across much of Southern Califor ... (Los Angeles Times)

Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official

57 min ago - Aug. 1, 2025, 7:11 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 1, 2025, 8:44 PM EDT Some Republican senators have expressed concern about President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the release of the July j ... (NBC News)

Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff

1 hr ago - 08/01/2025 07:47 PM EDT Updated: 08/01/2025 08:03 PM EDT The Senate passed its first three spending bills Friday, taking swift action after leaders struck a bipartisan agreement to package the bills together earlier in the day. The chamber voted 87-9 ... (Politico)

Pfizer CEO attending $25 million fundraiser at Trump's golf club after president demands drug price cuts, sources say

1 hr ago - August 1, 2025 / 9:43 PM EDT Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is among those expected at a fundraiser President Trump is attending Friday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, sources told CBS News. The fundraiser for the pro-Trump super political ac ... (CBS News)

Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers

2 hrs ago - Fri, August 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM EDT (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bar ... (Aol/Reuters)

Appeals court keeps in place restrictions on immigration stops in L.A. based on language and job

2 hrs ago - Aug. 2, 2025, 1:45 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 2, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT LOS ANGELES — An appeals court on Friday kept in place a Los Angeles federal judge's ruling that bars immigration agents from using a person's spoken language or job, like day laborer ... (NBC News)

US judge rejects states' bid to block Trump diversity research funding cuts

3 hrs ago - August 1, 2025 6:19 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago Aug 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by 16 Democratic-led states to force U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of grants it cance ... (Reuters)

Repealing rule to curb greenhouse gas emissions will increase gas prices, Trump administration's own analysis finds

3 hrs ago - August 1, 2025 / 9:08 PM EDT When the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would roll back regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions — especially from motor vehicles — it touted annual savings for Americans of $54 billio ... (CBS News)

Democrats blast GOP-proposed Texas congressional maps in redistricting showdown

4 hrs ago - August 1, 2025, 5:25 PM Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Friday that GOP-proposed congressional maps in Texas would draw her out of the district where she lives, part of a redistricting effort Democrats say is aimed at at picking up five seats t ... (ABC News)

'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions

4 hrs ago - Aug. 1, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT / Source: NBC Miami A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” has entered its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and danger ... (NBC News)

Senate strikes deal to approve funding bills ahead of August recess

5 hrs ago - 08/01/25 4:26 PM ET Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal 2026. The chamber will ... (The Hill)

Less staff, even less trust: Some states say they can't rely on Trump's DHS for election security

6 hrs ago - Aug. 1, 2025, 3:04 PM EDT When Arizona discovered in June that its website for politicians to file as candidates had been hacked, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes did something that would have been unthinkable in the past two presidential administrat ... (NBC News)

Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official

11 hrs ago - Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a significant slowdown in hiring in the U.S. Updated Aug. 1, 2025, 7:44 PM CDT Brennan Leach and Raquel Coronell Uribe ............. S ... (nbc)

AI is leading to thousands of job losses, report finds

12 hrs ago - Updated on: August 1, 2025 / 1:39 PM EDT The U.S. job market, already showing the strain from global trade tensions, is showing early signs of another critical issue facing workers today: artificial intelligence. In July alone, rising adoption of g ... (CBS News)

Comer agrees to postpone Maxwell's testimony to House on Epstein

12 hrs ago - 08/01/25 4:50 PM ET House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) agreed Friday to a request from Ghislaine Maxwell to delay deposing her until after the Supreme Court considers her petition to overturn her conviction for ... (The Hill)

Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey

13 hrs ago - Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey It could open additional challenges to her authority since a hearing isn't for two weeks. https://static.politico.com/9d/d6/139937cc4115813fd7dab7115702%2Fht ... (Politico)

'Shoot the messenger': Democrats condemn Trump's call to fire BLS chief

13 hrs ago - 08/01/2025 04:29 PM EDT Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s call to fire the head of the Labor Department official in charge of producing jobs data after the latest report showed job growth lower than expected. Trump’s social media ... (Politico)

US Cancels Environmental Review, Grants for Long-Stalled High-Speed Rail Project

13 hrs ago - Aug. 1, 2025, at 11:11 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Friday it canceled an environmental review of a long-delayed proposed high-speed rail project between Washington and Baltimore, and scrapped $26 million in grants, effecti ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

Justice Department ups the incentive for companies to rat out their own employees

14 hrs ago - Aug 1, 2025, 10:54 AM ET In June, Matthew Galeotti, the head of the Department of Justice's criminal division, gave a speech outlining the Trump administration's law enforcement priorities. About halfway through, Galeotti used a word that ricocheted ... (Business Insider)