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The New York Times [no paywall] – “The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile …
follow up to previous post – The US Library of Congress is under attack, see also Washington Post no paywall: “The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name — administration lawyers are now arguing that the main research library of the …
Wall Street Journal: “At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight. Cucinella, head of litigation and …
MIT Technology Review [no paywall]: “The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change amid a widening campaign to slash federal funding for scientists and institutions studying the rising risks of a warming world. The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens …
Tech Policy Press – “Recently, an entity called the Observatory on Information and Democracy released a major report called “Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance.” The report is the result of a combination of three research assessment panels comprised of over …
Marisa Kabas – The Handbasket: “Secretary Marco Rubio’s State Department published a reorganization chart Thursday morning showing massive cuts to diplomatic offices and functions, plus a few new additions. Rubio’s department also reportedly sent the plan to Congress concurrently. What hasn’t been previously reported is the extensive 136-page document Congress received that includes the more …
Via LLRX – Trump Administration Continues Scrubbing Statistics and Disappearing Data – What is the status of the official data published by U.S. federal statistical agencies? As the current administration continues its disassembling of huge swaths of the federal government, not only are the workers and services gone, so of course is much of the data …
Follow up to Trump’s disappearing transcripts, via Ben Amata [Government Information Librarian, California State University, Sacramento]: “The White House has removed a database of official transcripts documenting the President’s announcements and appearances. The “remarks” section of the White House website provides only YouTube videos rather than the transcripts that for decades past administrations have published. …
Fact Check: “Is Harvard launching free college courses on basic U.S. government understanding and “how to recognize a dictatorship” or a “dictatorship takeover” in response to recent actions from the Trump administration? No, that’s not true: According to a Harvard spokesperson the “edX” program has existed since 2012 and it takes about 12 to 18 …
Via Legal AF: “Harvard just successfully blocked the Trump Administration’s attempt to get it out of the international students business, trying to destroy what makes “Harvard Harvard.” Read the Motion they filed that was successful, and Judge Burrows TRO against Trump, here – and the Harvard TRO here.” See also The New York Times – “The …
SO 3431 – Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History. May 20, 2025 – Sec. 1. Purpose. This Order implements provisions of President Trump’s March 27, 2025, Executive Order (EO) 14253, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” EO 14253 directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to provide sufficient funding, as available, to improve …
“Chief Justice John Roberts has personally shielded the Department of Government Efficiency from having to hand over reams of internal data. Acting as an individual, Roberts temporarily blocked two orders from a lower court that instructed DOGE to turn over thousands of pages of documents and have its administrator, Amy Gleason, sit for a deposition. …
