HANNAH URÍA LABOVICK—On January 27, 2025, seven days into his second term as president, Donald Trump ordered the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue Memorandum M-25-13, directing federal agencies to temporarily “pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of Federal financial assistance.” Trump’s action ignited a firestorm of controversy, raising […]
IVAN BACHINSKY—The SEC recently sued Elon Musk over his alleged failure to timely disclose his five percent ownership stake in Twitter. The lawsuit, filed on January 14, 2025, concerns Musk’s purchase of Twitter stock that occurred in early 2022. In that year, Musk began accumulating Twitter shares and had amassed over five percent of Twitter’s […]
PERI MISHKIN—On January 7, 2025, two of the most destructive wildfires in California history ignited, causing nearly 40,000 acres to fall victim to the fires, entire neighborhoods reduced to ash, 27 lives to be lost, and more than 12,300 structures destroyed. Communities stand united in grief as thousands of displaced residents have no homes to […]
KIMBERLY COHEN—As President Trump takes office, his proposal to eliminate the Department of Education has become a contentious element of his policy agenda. He bases this proposal on longstanding conservative critiques of federal overreach in education and claims the current system indoctrinates “young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material.” Dismantling the Department of […]
LAUREN MEEHAN—On September 13, 2024, approximately 33,000 Boeing machinists went on strike after rejecting a tentative contract negotiated by Boeing and their union representatives. These machinists build Boeing’s bestselling airliner, the 737 Max, among other aircraft for the company. The majority of the machinists on strike are members of District 751 of the International Association […]
