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LAW  (Legislation, Legal Rulings, Eecutive Orders & Regulations) Over the past month DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), led by Elon Musk has made sweeping changes to work, staffing, and resource allocation at a number of federal agencies including:  the Department of Defence, Department of Energy, Department of Education, and more. DOGE’s unchecked authority has generated a flood of lawsuits which have  frustrated the team's efforts to cut federal spending , includin

ORDER  (Law Enforcement, Military Activity, National Security) Among the new administration's top priorities is rapidly deporting the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. To that end the Trump administration has  rescinded a policy that prevented ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) from making arrests in schools, hospitals, and churches , and   imposed quotas  to ensure each field office makes a minimum number of arrests each day. The externa

LAW (Legislation, Legal Rulings, Executive Orders & Regulations) The flurry of executive orders President Trump signed during his first week in office had an immediate impact on the federal workforce and their ability to provide certain public services. In response to one such order intended to enforce the use of   “clear and accurate language”  as it related to gender and sex, the State Department stopped processing new passport applications  and passport renewals for people