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Policy Changes

Shutdown Deepens in Week Two as Senate Stalls and Back‑Pay Uncertainty Rises

A leaked OMB memo casting doubt on guaranteed back pay sharpened tensions during the shutdown’s second week.

OMB Orders Agencies to Draft Layoff Plans as Shutdown Threat Nears

Supreme Court Lets Trump Remove FTC Commissioner, Sets December Review of Agency-Removal Limits

White House Backs Homan, Denies $50,000 Cash Exchange as DOJ Closes Bribery Probe

Trump Directs New Census to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants

Senate Republicans Clash Over Trump’s Tax-and-Spending Bill After Musk’s ‘Disgusting Abomination’ Critique

Trump Withdraws Jared Isaacman’s NASA Nomination

Trump Affirms Two-Term Limit While Questioning Constitutional Constraints

Trump Administration Advances Plan to Revoke Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

Trump Ends Secret Service Protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden

Daylight Saving Time to Begin March 9 as Debate Over Its Future Continues

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Announces Plan to Step Down

Trump Administration Faces Legal Pushback Over Executive Overreach

Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Use of Paper Straws

FEMA Official Violated Hatch Act by Directing Staff to Avoid Trump Supporters’ Homes

Trump Administration Halts CFPB Operations, Sparks Debate Over Consumer Protections

Trump and Musk Face Legal and Public Backlash Over Federal Workforce Purge and Treasury Access

Elon Musk's Expanding Role in Trump Administration Raises Constitutional Concerns

Trump and Musk Push to Dismantle USAID, Prompting Constitutional Concerns

Trump Administration Faces Backlash Over Federal Funding Freeze and Controversial Executive Orders