CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS PORTAL

Authored by Casey Harper via The Center Square,

U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on LGBT issues, the kind of funding now under scrutiny by the Trump administration.

The research relies on conducting interviews – in one case for $373 per Zoom call – to explore a researcher’s hypothesis of widespread discrimination.

For instance, one taxpayer-funded research grant studied (more…)

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Federal and local authorities are investigating a fire that damaged the headquarters of the New Mexico Republican Party in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 30.

Fire damage to the Republican Party of New Mexico's headquarters building, in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 30, 2025. Republican Party of New Mexico via AP

Agents working with local authorities recovered unspecified “incendiary materials” at the scene (more…)

Another activist judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its mandate – this time, regarding a plan to lift protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans.

In his order to temporarily pause DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's plan, California-based US District Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, said the move "smacks of racism."

According to Chen's 78-page order, the government did not follow proper procedures for stripping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from potential deportees.

Homan Hits Back

In response to the block, Trump border czar Tom Homan called it "Another activist judge making a stupid ruling," adding "I've been around since 1984 — and 'temporary protected status' is never temporary."

"If you look at that decision, it's based on opinion, not the rule of law."

h/t Western Lensman

Is this even legal?

As the Epoch Times notes further, TPS is a designation that allows individuals from countries affected by armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary events the ability to remain in the United States.

In 2021, the Biden administration granted TPS to Venezuelans, citing a “severe humanitarian emergency” caused by political and economic crisis under the South American nation’s leader, Nicolas Maduro. The TPS designation was initially set for 18 months but was later extended until Octo (more…)