Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to head agency
Economist E.J. Antoni appears with President Donald Trump in the White House. On Monday, Trump nominated him as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
‘The Enduring Wild’ review: Josh Jackson pays homage to public lands
Book Review The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands By Josh JacksonHeyday Press: 264 pages, $38If you buy books linked on our site,…
A Republican plan to sell off public lands is no more — for now
A controversial proposal to sell off millions of acres of public lands across Western states — including large swaths of California — was stripped Monday…
Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill
WASHINGTON — Republicans have suffered a sizable setback on one key aspect of President Trump’s big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau…
After R. Kelly is hospitalized, lawyer blames alleged murder plot
R. Kelly collapsed in prison Friday and had to be hospitalized outside prison walls, then didn’t get care that hospital staff said he needed, his…
R. Kelly says his life is at risk, asks for time off from prison
An attorney for R. Kelly is painting a picture of corruption and deceit among the ranks of the federal Bureau of Prison’s staff and inmates,…
Bureau: Number of U.S. job openings little changed in April
June 3 (UPI) -- At 7.4 million, the number of job openings was little changed in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.…
Tribes say the U.S. misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools
Two tribal nations filed a lawsuit saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations…
Trump’s call to reopen Alcatraz falls flat with tourists, who ask: Why and how?
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — The exhibits on Alcatraz Island, the infamous federal prison that decades ago was shuttered and preserved as a national park site and…
FBI reportedly reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest
WASHINGTON — The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd…
LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block
In one of his final acts as mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti stood alongside Kristen Crowley, whom he had appointed as the city’s first…
Judge pauses mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
April 18 (UPI) -- Judge Amy Burman Jackson, in an emergency Friday morning hearing, paused the Trump administration layoffs of 1,500 of the 1,700 workers…
Kathleen Sgamma, Trump pick to head Bureau of Land Management, withdraws
April 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management, Kathleen Sgamma, withdrew her name from consideration on Thursday. Sen.…
L.A. looks to increase trash fees in each of the next five years
Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Los Angeles elected officials are returning to a tried-and-true formula for weathering difficult financial times: charging more for…
Judge blocks Trump effort to shutter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Donald Trump News
A federal judge has ordered a halt to attempts under President Donald Trump to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent government agency…
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director
WASHINGTON — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a…
Gore’s Efficiency Review Studies FBI-DEA Merger : Law: The panel also is considering creation of a single agency to manage nation’s borders. A lone U.S. anti-crime bureau is described as unlikely.
WASHINGTON — Sweeping changes in federal law enforcement, such as folding the Drug Enforcement Administration into the FBI or creating a single agency to manage the nation’s…
Hiltzik: The death of the CFPB, orchestrated by Trump
Back in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first term, his appointed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, gleefully described his plan to emasculate…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Scott Bessent testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing as nominee for secretary of the Treasury at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 17. He was…
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.Chopra…