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Politico: White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown – September 24, 2025

Government Executive: The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs – September 24, 2025

GAO: What is a “Pocket Rescission” and is It Legal? – August 6, 2025

Washington Post: Trump administration improperly withheld Head Start money, GAO says – July 23, 2025

New York Times: Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds, Watchdog Finds – July 23, 2025

Grant Professionals Association: GPA Statement on Notices of Funding Opportunities and Application Deadlines – July 23, 2025

Brookings: A federal grant freeze could disrupt over $24 billion to Native American communities and undermine US obligations to Tribes – July 14, 2025

Washington Post: Trump administration moves away from abolishing FEMA – July 11, 2025

Government Executive: Federal agencies can resume mass layoffs, Supreme Court rules – July 8, 2025

Government Executive: Trump extends hiring freeze for 3 more months – July 8, 2025

SBA: Administrator Loeffler Orders Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Contracting Program – June 27, 2025

Government Executive: Withholding agency funds at the end of the year under consideration, White House says – June 25, 2025

STAT News: HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings – June 11, 2025

CBS News: RFK Jr. is struggling to keep his promise to protect Native Americans from health cuts – June 2, 2025

ProPublica: Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food – May 28, 2025

Government Executive: Top Democrats in Congress decry White House ‘lack of transparency’ in spending plans – May 28, 2025

Tribal Business News: SBA says DEI executive order does not apply to Native American programs – May 25, 2025

Government Executive: GAO: Transportation Department can’t withhold electric vehicle infrastructure program funds – May 22, 2025

Federal News Network: In reversal, OSC now says agencies can fire probationary feds for almost any reason – May 14, 2025

Indianz.com – ‘We prepaid with our lands and resources’: Indian health slated for major cuts under President Trump – May 13, 2025

NWF Blog – A Quiet Push to Sell Public Lands – May 8, 2025

The Chronicle of Philanthropy – The Nonprofit Sector Is Bleeding Jobs. Here’s What Our Tracking Data Reveals. – Updated May 7, 2025

Yahoo! News – Trump administration taps Potawatomi chairman to serve as DOT’s tribal affairs office– May 6, 2025

Reuters – US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Perkins Coie – May 2, 2025

The Hill – Trump moves to repeal disparate impact liability, a key civil rights tenet – April 24, 2025

New York Times – Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects – April 23, 2025

Government Executive – Interior Solicits Employees’ Resumes in Preparation for Widespread Layoffs – April 23, 2025

New York Times – Trump Joins a Bitter Fight on Long Island Over a School Mascot – April 22, 2025

CBS News – RFK Jr.’s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans – April 22, 2025

Politico – Federal Judge Orders Immediate Thaw of Climate, Infrastructure Funds – April 15, 2025

USA Today – US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of fired federal employees – April 8, 2025

Stat – Laid off HHS leaders offered transfers to remote Indian Health Service regions – April 1, 2025

The Hill – Trump considers axing FEMA grants over immigration – March 28, 2025

Politico – ‘Painful period’: RFK Jr. eliminates 10,000 jobs at HHS – March 27, 2025

The Hill – Trump administration sets up portal for polluters to request exemptions to clean air rules – March 27, 2025

AP – Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments – March 26, 2025

AP – Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in ‘green bank’ grants – March 18, 2025

The Hill – Rehired probationary workers can’t be placed on administrative leave, judge says – March 18, 2025

AP – Trump fires 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, seeking more control over regulators – March 18, 2025

Government Executive – Interior Department offers buyouts, early outs to staff as it looks to build housing on federal lands – March 17, 2025

Axios – Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order – March 17, 2025

CBS News – Medicaid cuts would decimate Native American programs, tribal health leaders say – March 14, 2025

Reuters – Democratic-led states sue to halt Trump from dismantling US Education Department – March 13, 2025

Law360 – Judge Orders Reinstatement Of Many Fired Federal Workers – March 13, 2025

AP – A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate – March 12, 2025

Turtle Talk – DOGE Plans to Close 41 Offices of the BIA, IHS, NIGC, and DOI Office of Hearing and Appeals – Probate Hearings Division – March 11, 2025

Law360 – Trump Admin. Shutters Enviro Justice Office – March 11, 2025

Politico – Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money – March 8, 2025

Washington Post – Multistate lawsuit seeks to reverse Trump administration purge of federal workers – March 8, 2025

AP – New EPA guidance says spending items greater than $50,000 must get approval from DOGE – March 7, 2025

AP – Tribal nations are concerned that Trump’s cuts have the potential to violate trust responsibilities – March 6, 2025

MPR News – Klobuchar, Smith call for answers about potential Indian Health Service office lease termination – March 6, 2025

The Hill – Trump to order McMahon to begin dissolving Education Department – March 6, 2025

AP – Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research – March 5, 2025

The Hill – OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies – March 4, 2025

Law360 – Enviro Groups Say DOGE Teams Are Violating Transparency Law – March 3, 2025

King 5 News – Trump administration plans to slash HUD programs in the Pacific Northwest, sources say – March 3, 2025

CNN – How Trump’s purge of “Bureaucrats” is impacting basketball (Haskell Indian Nation) – March 1, 2025

The Hil -l Trump to sign order to make English official language of US – February 28, 2025

Washington Post – Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers – February 27

Politico – EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm – February 26, 2025

Politico – Trump administration orders federal agencies to prepare plans by mid-March for large-scale layoffs – February 26, 2025

Talking Points Memo – CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health – February 22, 2025

Washington Post – Latest Trump guidance on race has schools scrambling amid ‘intense fear’ – February 22, 2025

Law360 – Dems Call For DHS To Stop Tribal Searches, Interrogations – February 21, 2025

New York Times – Trump Administration Updates: Judge Blocks Trump’s D.E.I. Crackdown – February 21, 2025

Law360 – Better Process Not Certain As White House Loses NEPA Regs – February 20, 2025

Law360 – FERC Chair Seeking More Clarity On Scope Of Trump Order – February 20, 2025

Law360 – Court Asks Trump’s DOJ To Opine On Texas Tribal Land Fight – February 20, 2025

Washington Post – Many of Trump’s early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds – February 20, 2025

Huffpost – Trump’s Education Secretary Pick Blames D.C. ‘Bureaucrats’ For Indian Boarding Schools – February 19, 2025

Politico – Trump signs order to claim power over independent agencies – February 18, 2025

Politico – American Indians seek exemption from Medicaid cuts – February 18, 2025

NY Times – Prosecutor in U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington Abruptly Resigns – February 18, 2025

Politico – Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies – February 17, 2025

Politico – DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs – February 15, 2025

Indian Country Today – RFK Jr. rescinds Indian Health Service layoffs – February 15, 2025

Washington Post – Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next – February 15, 2025

Law360 – Tribal Healthcare in Danger Due to Hiring Freeze, Letter Says – February 13, 2025

The Hill – OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation – February 13, 2025

Politico – Judge allows Trump to implement ‘Fork in the Road’ deadline for federal workers – February 12, 2025

CBS News – Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information – February 11, 2025

AP – Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration – February 4, 2025

Bloomberg – Trump Widens Net for Cutting Career Staff Job Protections – January 27, 2025

CNN – Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps – January 27, 2025

Reuters – Trump’s rapid changes in US government stun federal workers – January 24, 2025

AP – Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while visiting North Carolina – January 24, 2025

CNN – Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications – January 22, 2025

AP – Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave – January 22, 2025

KFF Health News – Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block – January 13, 2025

Politico – Bondi, Rollins, Zeldin set for confirmation hearings next week – January 6, 2025

ICT – LOOKING AHEAD: Indigenous nations under Trump – December 30, 2025

CBS News – See the full list of Trump Cabinet picks and major White House appointments – December 12, 2024

North Dakota Monitor – North Dakota tribal leaders see Burgum as an ally in Interior, energy role – November 15, 2024