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A dystopian surveillance fear has become reality in Texas Law enforcement used license-plate readers in several states to search for a woman who had an abortion Texas’s Flocked-up abortion laws Hello and welcome to the latest edition of “lo and behold, the dystopian thing that women and...

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Trump cuts threaten safety training for America’s most dangerous jobs https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cuts-threaten-safety-training-workers-americas-most-dangerous-jobs-2025-05-31/?utm_source=reddit.com

Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300,000 deaths — most of them children Elon Musk’s tenure running Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has, according to the academic Brooke Nichols, caused thousands of ‘preventable deaths’...

Trump administration to prioritize ‘patriotic Americans’ for federal jobs Applicants for government jobs will be required to write essays explaining how they will advance President Donald Trump’s policy priorities...

'Lowest staffing in modern history': National Park Service short thousands of seasonal employees https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/trump-admin-not-hiring-seasonal-park-staff-20351588.php

The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that’s sacred to Apaches https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-arizona-oak-flat-copper-mining-apache-64bb0d7c2bbf544f707ce3a421b67209

“Half the families we serve are already skipping meals,” Iowa food banks react to tariff impacts https://www.kcrg.com/2025/05/28/half-families-we-serve-are-already-skipping-meals-iowa-food-banks-react-tariff-impacts/

Turmoil, resignations and ‘psychological warfare’: how Trump is crippling US national parks As the administration slashes jobs and hobbles research, current and former workers say the mood inside US national parks – described as America’s ‘best idea’ – is bleak

Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last...