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Sky York Journal Trump administration attorneys asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday night to overturn Friday’s appeals court decision finding that most of Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional. The filing came after Trump at a Tuesday press conference — ostensibly about moving Space Command from Colorado to Alabama — said his administration would swiftly seek a SCOTUS ruling. The Justice Department also asked for a motion to expedite briefing on the merits and oral arguments. Solicitor General D. John Sauer cast the stakes in apocalyptic terms.  “The President and his Cabinet officials have determined that the tariffs are promoting peace and…

Sky York Journal Texas’ top law enforcement official is set to appear alongside a man known as the “Lectern Guy” who served prison time for being among the crowds that broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 to protest President Donald Trump’s election loss. Lone Star State Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against his fellow Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, is one of the “special guests” headlining a shooting event hosted by the group Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) on September 13. Another one of the “special guests” is Adam Johnson, who became one of…

Sky York Journal Connor Clegg, a former Fox News producer who was ousted from his school’s student government over accusations of racism, is working in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s communications department, according to a current and a former EEOC employee with knowledge and a screenshot of the agency’s personnel directory viewed by Talking Points Memo. Details about Clegg’s precise role at EEOC are unclear. The former EEOC employee told TPM that while she was at the EEOC, Clegg was overseeing some press and social media duties, which meant he was reviewing the work of career staff. He also compiled…

Sky York Journal As secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has become one of the most visible leaders of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and detention push. According to officials, the role has caused Noem and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who operate under her authority to face threats that have led them to adopt masks and necessitated an unusual living arrangement for the secretary. However, on Facebook, Noem appears to be far less secure.  TPM has identified a page that seems to belong to Noem and was updated publicly through 2023. It is hidden in…

Sky York Journal This article was first published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Officials in a large North Texas county decided this week to cut more than 100 Election Day polling sites and reduce the number of early voting locations, amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The 3-2 vote on Tuesday by commissioners in Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, came one day after President Donald Trump vowed to end the use of mail-in ballots. The president lacks the unilateral power to decide how individual states run elections,…

Sky York Journal Just one minute before the White House distributed via email a new executive order further dismantling collective bargaining protections for U.S. federal workers, President Donald Trump’s Department of Labor made another, somewhat surprising announcement. The DOL in a Thursday press release sent at 4:01 p.m. announced it would be investigating whether workers at a slaughterhouse and meat distribution plant in Mexico “are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining” under a trade agreement labor provision. By 4:02 p.m., another administration email came: The White House was sharing Trump’s just-signed executive order adding six…

SKY YORK Journal | On the morning of May 22, 2025, Sudan’s military leadership woke up to more than the sound of distant artillery and airstrikes. In Washington, the U.S. government announced a new wave of targeted sanctions, a calculated, high-pressure move aimed directly at Sudan’s fragile economic arteries and the power structure led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The measures include frozen credit lines, blocked financial assistance, and restricted access to international markets. The message from Washington was unambiguous: the use of chemical weapons against civilians will not be tolerated. Strategic Pressure, Not Collapse Yet For now, the sanctions…

SKY YORK Journal — On May 22, 2025, the United States government escalated its response to the ongoing war in Sudan, imposing comprehensive financial and trade sanctions directly on the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sovereignty Council led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The sanctions are built on verified evidence of the army’s deployment of chemical and biological weapons against civilians, deepening global outrage over a war that has already displaced millions and pushed Sudan into its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. A Sharp Policy Shift This move represents a calculated change in U.S. strategy. Under the Biden administration, Washington…

SKY YORK Journal — On May 22, 2025, the United States, under President Donald Trump, imposed sweeping financial and trade sanctions on the Sudanese government, citing verified evidence of the Sudanese Army’s use of chemical weapons against civilians during the ongoing civil war. The move marks a sharp policy shift from the relatively restrained approach taken under the Biden administration, signaling Washington’s decision to leverage stronger tools of pressure to halt Sudan’s escalating conflict. A Direct Message to the Military Leadership According to senior officials, the sanctions are aimed squarely at General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Army…

SKY YORK Journal — In an exclusive video obtained by SKY YORK, former Sudanese soldier Asaad Babiker Musa delivers a harrowing testimony detailing war crimes and systemic cover-ups committed by the Sudanese Army during the ongoing civil war. Musa, who defected from the army after witnessing what he described as “indiscriminate violence against civilians,” recounts how military units targeted communities accused of sympathizing with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to Musa, these operations involved aerial bombings, chemical weapons, and mass executions that claimed the lives of countless civilians — including children. Firsthand Testimony of Atrocities In the video,…