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Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over ‘Gulf Of America’ Modification On MapsMexico's President Claudia Shein...
02/18/2025

Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over ‘Gulf Of America’ Modification On Maps
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum listens to a question during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on November 6, 2024. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that Donald Trump's election victory was "no cause for concern" for her country, despite his threats of tariffs and mass migrant deportations.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum listens to a question during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on

Mexico’s first woman president has warned that if Google does not restore the label “Gulf of Mexico,” the former designation of the oceanic basin and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, to its popular Google Maps service — then the country will file a lawsuit against them.

On Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted that the country will take legal action against Google if it continues to show U.S.-based users the “Gulf of America” designation across the entire body of water.

Sheinbaum continued, arguing that President Donald Trump’s order only applies to the part of the continental shelf under U.S. control.

“What Google is doing here is changing the name of the continental shelf of Mexico and Cuba, which has nothing to do with Trump’s decree, which applied only to the US continental shelf,” Sheinbaum told reporters. “We do not agree with this, and the Foreign Minister has sent a new letter addressing the issue.”

Sheinbaum called the renaming “incorrect,” noting that Trump’s order “only changed the name within his own continental shelf, which extends 22 nautical miles from the US coast—not the entire Gulf.”

The Mexican president read out a response from Google to a letter sent by Mexico to the company in January, contesting the decision to rename the gulf.

“As we first announced two weeks ago, and consistent with our product policies, we’ve begun rolling out changes in Google Maps. We would like to confirm that people using Maps in Mexico will continue to see ‘Gulf of Mexico,’” the letter from Google reiterated.

According to the department run by Elon Musk, the grants totaled $373 million. One specific grant was funding training f...
02/18/2025

According to the department run by Elon Musk, the grants totaled $373 million.

One specific grant was funding training for teachers to “engage in ongoing learning and self-reflection to confront their own biases and racism, and develop asset-based anti-racist mindsets,” the cost-cutting department said.

DOGE has been revealing significant findings over the past few weeks, including the canceling of multiple avenues of funding to DEI in education, including $9.7 million for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills.”

Additionally, DOGE announced the termination of another 89 DOE contracts that totaled $881 million. This number included over $100 million in DEI grants.

Meanwhile, the Education Department has been cutting DEI practices in education as a whole, mandating all 50 state education departments last week to remove DEI policies within 14 days or else they will lose federal funding.

The letter said the “overt and covert racial discrimination that has become widespread in this nation’s educational institutions” will no longer be tolerated.

“The law is clear: treating students differently on the basis of race to achieve nebulous goals such as diversity, racial balancing, social justice, or equity is illegal under controlling Supreme Court precedent,” the letter reads.

01/30/2025

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01/29/2025

Trump HHS secretary nominee RFK Jr to stress he's not 'anti-vaccine' at confirmation hearing
Kennedy to pledge, if confirmed to Trump's Cabinet, to 'reverse the chronic disease epidemic and put the nation back on the road to health'
Paul Steinhauser By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published January 29, 2025 6:00am EST

Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr expected to face opposition in Senate confirmation hearings
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram provides details on the Senate's efforts to confirm President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.

EXCLUSIVE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will emphasize that he is not "anti-vaccine" when he appears Wednesday in Congress at the first of two straight days of Senate confirmation hearings.

"I want to make sure the Committee is clear about a few things. News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. Well, I am neither; I am pro-safety," Kennedy will say in his opening statement in front of the Senate Finance Committee.

The statement was shared first with Fox News ahead of the appearance by Kennedy, who, if confirmed, would have control over 18 powerful federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

And Kennedy will emphasize he's not "the enemy of food producers. American farms are the bedrock of our culture and national security … I want to work with our farmers and food producers to remove burdensome regulations and unleash American ingenuity."

HOW KENNEDY MAY BE TARGETED OVER HIS VACCINE VIEWS

The hearing, as well as a Thursday hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (a courtesy hearing as only the Senate Finance Committee will vote on Kennedy's confirmation), are expected to be contentious because of Kennedy's controversial vaccine views, including his repeated claims linking vaccines to autism, which have been debunked by scientific research.

Kennedy also served for years as chair or chief legal counsel for Children's Health Defense, the nonprofit organization he founded that has advocated against vaccines and sued the federal government numerous times, including a challenge over the authorization of the COVID vaccine for children.

After Trump's convincing November presidential election victory, Kennedy has said he won't "take away anybody's vaccines."

And in his opening statement at his confirmation hearing, Kennedy will spotlight that "all of my kids are vaccinated, and I believe vaccines have a critical role in healthcare."

But he will also say, "In my advocacy, I have disturbed the status quo by asking uncomfortable questions. Well, I won’t apologize for that. We have massive health problems in this country that we must face honestly."

HHS is a massive federal department, with approximately 90,000 people and an annual budget of roughly $1.7 trillion. And Kennedy has said he wants to shift the focus of the agencies he would oversee toward promotion of a healthy lifestyle and the root causes of chronic diseases, which has garnered some bipartisan support in Congress.

Kennedy has said he would aim to overhaul dietary guidelines and take aim at ultra-processed foods, among other initiatives.

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"American farms are the bedrock of our culture and national security," Kennedy is expected to say in his opening statement. "I want to work with our farmers and food producers to remove burdensome regulations and unleash American ingenuity."

He will warn that "the United States has worse health than any other developed nation, yet we spend far more on healthcare — at least double; and in some cases, triple."

And he will "thank President Trump for entrusting me to deliver on his promise to make America healthy again."

"Should I be so privileged to be confirmed, we will make sure our tax dollars support healthy foods. We will scrutinize the chemical additives in our food supply. We will remove the financial conflicts of interest in our agencies. We will create an honest, unbiased, science-driven HHS, accountable to the President, to Congress, and to the American people. We will reverse the chronic disease epidemic and put the nation back on the road to health," Kennedy is expected to say.

The 71-year-old Kennedy, the longtime environmental activist and crusader who is the scion of the nation's most storied political dynasty, launched a long-shot campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination against then-President Biden in April 2023. But six months later, he switched to an independent run for the White House.

Kennedy made major headlines again last August when he dropped his presidential bid and endorsed Trump. While Kennedy had long identified as a Democrat and repeatedly invoked his late father, former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his late uncle, former President John F. Kennedy – who were both assassinated in the 1960s – Kennedy in recent years built relationships with far-right leaders due in part to his high-profile vaccine skepticism.

Trump announced soon after the November election that he would nominate Kennedy to his Cabinet to run HHS.

Opposition to Kennedy's nomination has been fierce, with advocacy groups running ad campaigns urging senators to vote against his confirmation.

Kennedy, in his opening statement, will "thank my wife Cheryl, who is with us here today; and all the members of my large extended family, for the love that they have so generously shared. Ours has always been a family devoted to public service, and I look forward to continuing that legacy."

But many members of the Kennedy family were very vocal in their opposition to his primary challenge against Biden as well as his independent White House run.

And on the eve of his confirmation hearing, his well-known cousin, Caroline Kennedy, sent a letter to senators on Tuesday that charged Kennedy as one who "preys on the desperation of parents and sick children" and whose actions "have cost lives."

She seemed to be referring to Kennedy's connection to a measles outbreak in 2019 in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa, where 83 people died.

Among those vocal in their opposition to Kennedy is Democrat Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, a former emergency room physician who traveled to Samoa to help treat the deadly measles outbreak, including vaccinating tens of thousands of individuals.

"Our people deserve a Health and Human Services Secretary who champions science, supports vaccines, and is committed to lowering costs while safeguarding health care access," the governor said in a statement. "Mr. Kennedy’s lack of experience raises serious concerns about the future of critical programs like Medicare and Medicaid."

It's not just Democrats who have issues with Kennedy.

Social conservative Republicans aiming to curtail abortion rights take issue with his past comments in support of abortion rights.

On the eve of the confirmation hearing, former Vice President Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom public advocacy group launched a modest ad campaign opposing Kennedy based on his abortion views.

"We need leadership that defends life and protects the most vulnerable—not radical policies that undermine our values," the group wrote in a social media post.

Kennedy met with senators again on Tuesday, on the eve of his confirmation hearing, but didn't take shouted questions from reporters.

But veteran Trump administration official Katie Miller told Fox News Digital that Kennedy's "prepared and excited" for the hearings.

Trump's effort to withhold federal funding triggers constitutional showdownWASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s attem...
01/29/2025

Trump's effort to withhold federal funding triggers constitutional showdown

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s attempt to withhold federal funding is fueling a long-brewing legal battle over the core constitutional principle that Congress gets to decide how to spend taxpayer money.

And like President Donald Trump’s early executive order on birthright citizenship, the fight is leading to immediate litigation that could quickly end up at the Supreme Court.

A lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups has already led a federal judge to temporarily put Trump's plan on hold.

Trump’s Office of Management and Budget sparked the showdown with a memo issued Monday that ordered an immediate block on spending related to federal aid and programs.

The administration said the aim is to evaluate those programs to ensure they are aligned with Trump’s agenda, despite the the fact such funding was approved by Congress and signed into law. In a new memo issued by OMB on Tuesday, the administration said the order did not constitute a funding freeze and is not subject to the Impoundment Control Act.

“It seems clear to me that the Trump administration is aching to get this issue to the Supreme Court,” said Sam Bagenstos, who served as OMB general counsel under then-President Joe Biden. “The Trump administration clearly thinks they have a favorable court.”

The Constitution specifically states that Congress has the job of imposing taxes and spending money, giving it what is colloquially known as “the power of the purse.” It is the principle authority Congress has in separation of powers showdowns with the president.

“If you take it away, you’ve got a Congress that really can’t do much of anything in the face of an intransigent president,” said Josh Chafetz, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

In addition to the nonprofit groups' lawsuit, more than 20 Democratic attorneys general quickly announced a lawsuit seeking to block the proposal from going into effect.

New York Attorney General Letitia James told reporters Trump is defying a co-equal branch of government and has no authority to do so.

"Not only does this administration’s new policy put people at risk, but it is plainly unconstitutional. The president does not get to decide which laws to enforce and for whom. When Congress dedicates funding for a program, the president cannot pull that funding on a whim," she said.

Other lawsuits could follow.

Challengers to Trump’s actions to withhold funding are likely to cite the Impoundment Control Act, a law passed in 1974 to regulate the president’s control over the budget. That followed efforts by then-President Richard Nixon to withhold spending on programs he did not support, like Trump has indicated he intends to do.

Under that law, the president can temporarily withhold funds — but must notify Congress first, and the decision cannot be based on policy grounds. The president can also ask Congress to rescind spending decisions, which can also be grounds for a pause in spending.Trump’s nominee to run the OMB, Russ Vought, repeated during his recent Senate confirmation hearing his belief that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional, foreshadowing a potential legal argument. Vought has not yet been confirmed.

A key supporter of Vought’s legal argument is Mark Paoletta, whom Trump has appointed to be OMB general counsel. Before the election, Paoletta co-wrote an article advocating for broad presidential powers, including the authority to withhold funding.

“Just as the President has discretion to not enforce every criminal law to the fullest extent, the President may make judgments on the extent to which to expend appropriations,” the article stated.

Among other things, the article cited the Supreme Court ruling last year that found Trump had broad immunity from legal prosecution as evidence of presidential dominance over the other branches of government.

Litigation could also focus on a provision in the Constitution that requires the president “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”

Jed Shugerman, a professor at Boston University School of Law, said that although there have been previous fights between presidents and Congress over spending on specific issues, what makes this one different is that it is so broad.

“The part that is abnormal is the flagrant and across the board impoundment of allocated funds,” he added.

The Trump proposal constitutes "a dangerous and unconstitutional power grab," said Ilya Somin, a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

It is possible a potential case on the issue could reach the Supreme Court quickly should a federal judge prevent the Trump administration from carrying out its plans.

Although the court has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three Trump appointees, legal experts say this could be one of several uphill legal battles the administration has picked.

Supreme Court precedents have also acknowledged restrictions on presidential power when it comes to how money is spent.

In 1974, around the time the Impoundment Control Act was enacted, the court ruled against the Nixon administration in an attempt to withhold funding aimed at reducing water pollution.

On a related issue, the court in 1998 invalidated a law that allowed the president to issue “line item” vetoes of laws enacted by Congress — that is, vetoing specific items within legislation, instead of taking or leaving the full text.

Bagenstos said the Trump administration may be “overestimating" its odds when it comes to the Supreme Court.

“It’s more likely the court will rule the Impoundment Control Act is constitutional,” he added. “But it’s up for grabs in some ways.”

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