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Donald Trump
Jobs
Judge orders Pentagon to halt wind turbine obstruction
The Trump administration can’t continue blocking all wind energy projects. That’s what a federal judge in Oregon ruled Aug. 6.
Retirement
Trump DOL moves to allow crypto in 401(k)s
Up to now, federal regulation has largely kept the riskiest kinds of investments out of your 401(k). That could be about to change.
National
Labor Department turns back clock to 2019
A new overtime exemption rule will result in greater exploitation of low-paid managers and professionals.
National
Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer steps down amid scandal
Lori Chavez-DeRemer lasted 12 months as Trump's labor secretary, gone after scandal over inappropriate conduct and misuse of public funds.
National
Trump budget would slash workers rights enforcement
The administration says it doesn’t want training dollars to go to woke groups ... like the Laborers Union.
National
GOP voter ID bill hits a partisan wall in the Senate
A bill requiring proof of citizenship for voting sparks a divide in Congress.
National
J.D. Vance speaks to firefighters union
Addressing a union legislative conference, the vice president praised fire fighters for their work and talked up the Trump administration.
Trade
Trump’s tariffs tumble
A 6–3 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States says Donald Trump lacked authority to impose sweeping tariffs under a 1977 law.
National
Job Corps: Not dead yet
The Trump administration wants to close the program, but Congress hasn't acted yet, and a judge blocked an order closing some centers.
National
U.S. House votes to restore federal union rights
The bill is meant to block a Trump order that tore up union contracts for federal workers.
National
House members force a vote on a bill to reverse Trump federal union-busting
Trump’s order stripping union rights from up to 1 million federal workers is facing a bipartisan pushback in Congress.
Trade
Trump closes de minimis trade loophole
Since Aug. 29, products delivered by mail to individual consumers have faced the same tariffs as those arriving in shipping containers.
National
Trump orders end to more union contracts
An Aug. 28 executive order directs that additional groups of federal workers be stripped of their right to a union.
National
Trump busts union at Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Aug. 6 that it’s terminating the union contracts of VA workers.
National
Trump NLRB nominee dodges questions at Senate hearing
Crystal Carey was aggressively grilled by Missouri Republican Josh Hawley at her July 16 Senate confirmation hearing.
National
White House says it supports PLAs
Trump is keeping intact a Biden executive order that requires project labor agreements on federal construction projects over $35 million.
National
Trump administration says crypto is fine as a pension investment
Cryptocurrency has no inherent value and generates no income. That’s why in 2022 DOL advised retirement plans against considering it.
National
Judge blocks Trump order that busts unions for federal workers
To bust their unions, Trump declared falsely that dozens of agencies — from BLM to the EPA — have national security as their core mission.
National
Federal unions go to court to stop Trump order on union rights
Two cases are pending challenging the order that strips about 1 million federal workers of their all union rights.
National
NLRB’s Gwynne Wilcox: back again, gone again
The National Labor Relations Board is once again without a quorum, which means that labor law appeals will be frozen.
