The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $
100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations
was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with The Authors Guild, several other groups and several people who had their grants canceled and sued DOGE and the National…
We do need to ask the question here, who is taking the decision to operate this practice? Is it council staff or elected councillors? Frankly, it has echoes of state-sponsored #ghettos of the 1940s.
Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away by London councils
An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting over a proposed data center in the city (Kiki Intarasuwan/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indianapolis-councilor-ron-gibson…
A special counsel has been appointed to investigate a Trump administration lawyer for possible misconduct. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/us/trump-news#special-counsel-lawyer-misconduct
US launches review of Mexican consulates (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-launches-review-mexican-consulates-2026-05-07/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260507/p114#a260507p114
Viewpoint discrimination.
Judge Rules Trump Administration's Cancellation of Humanities Grants Was Unconstitutional
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington-dc/articles/2026-05-07/judge-rules-trump-administrations-cancellation-of-humanities-grants-was-unconstitutional
Knicks Watch Party at Garden Is Canceled, as Game 3 Security Ramps Up (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/nyregion/knicks-watch-party-msg-canceled-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260607/p58#a260607p58
State Department reviewing all Mexican consulates in U.S. as tensions grow (Olivia Gazis/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-reviewing-all-mexican-consulates-in-u-s-as-tensions-grow/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260507/p111#a260507p111