"It's an agonizing waiting game." That's how Dr. Simon Adams, president and CEO of the Center for Victims of Torture, described the state he and others are in Wednesday evening as they await guidance from the federal government on its directives to potentially freeze federal funds and its current pause on foreign aid as it reviews various programs.

A slew of executive orders from President Donald Trump continued on Tuesday as the White House pushed an executive order to “Protect Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation”.

It’s a scary thing to be targeted by your own government. That was probably the point of the executive orders pouring out of the White House in the first days of the second Trump administration. Orders targeting government employees.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.

An order from the Trump administration released Monday night that would temporarily pause all federal financial assistance left Minnesota lawmakers scrambling to decipher what it would mean for the state.

The retailer has been the subject of boycott calls since an internal memo revealed a rollback of its DEI programs.

The White House posting that 538 undocumented immigrants have been arrested. 373 with criminal records. Including Cristofer Alexander Ramirez-Olivia of St. Paul. He was arrested Thursday after being convicted of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor in Minnesota back in 2018.

There is no assurance President Donald Trump will only serve this single additional term. While seemingly outlandish, the prospect deserves to be taken seriously.

A Monday night memo could affect programs in every state, from aid to nonprofits to small business loans and local government grants.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions. But it didn’t stop Minnesota and 21 other states from filing suit against the White House calling the move unconstitutional.

In the DNC race back then, Howard Dean was selected as the next party chair. In the midterms, Democrats routed the GOP and won control of Congress, and two years later Barack Obama was elected to the White House.