#SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the #Trump admin, calling the orders “scratch-paper musings” that can “seem oblivious & thus ring hollow.”

Jackson delivered a lengthy assessment of ~24 court orders issued last year that allowed Trump to put in place controversial policies on #immigration, steep federal #funding cuts & other topics, after lower courts found they were likely illegal.

#law

"Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration."
nature.com/articles/d41586-026…

"For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies…[The plan] includes a ban on using federal funds for subscriptions and publishing fees for some academic journals…Some of the steepest cuts would be made to the National Science Foundation (#NSF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA): the budgets of both would fall more than 50% in 2027 compared to their current levels…The budget for the US National Institutes of Health [#NIH] would drop 13%…The budget would increase funding for…the military, which would receive US $1.5 trillion, a 44% increase."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

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Judge blocks #Trump order to end #funding for #NPR & #PBS

A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National #PublicRadio & the #PublicBroadcasting Service.

#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
apnews.com/article/trump-npr-p…

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #opt / #genocide / #humanitarianaid / #blockade / #uno / #unga / #unwra / #funding

»"I must inform you that UNRWA may soon no longer be viable, with potentially far-reaching consequences for Palestine #Refugees at a time when the region faces seismic political and security challenges," Lazzarini said in a letter to the President of the U.N. General Assembly dated March 17.«

straitstimes.com/world/europe/…

UNRWA head warns on agency's future work in Gaza ahead of his departure

GENEVA, March 20 - The outgoing head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency has warned that the viability of the organisation is in doubt, a letter showed on Friday, saying any collapse would result in Israel taking over its humanitarian work in Gaza…

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