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Moynihan on Trump challenge when firing federal employees

Feb 13, 2025 The New York Times

As President Trump sweeps the civil service workforce across federal agencies, there are some roadblocks he's set to encounter. Some laws existing to protect federal employees challenge the efforts of the administration. “Many of these systems have...

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Moynihan claims Trump's efforts to dismantle civil service are illegal

Feb 14, 2025 The Washington Post

The Washington Post reviewed the Trump administration's recent acts to cut civil servant employees and terminate federal agency operations. Donald Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School, said “such a power would be too great in the hands of any...

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China's retaliation on Trump's tariff policy - Wolfers

Feb 6, 2025 MSNBC

Fixating on the early actions of the Trump administration, Justin Wolfers spoke with MSNBC on President Trump's imposed tariff policy. Wolfers explained how China has pushed back on the tariff policy. "China has levied a bunch of retaliation...

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Wolfers has lingering uncertainty about Trump's tariff tactics

Feb 3, 2025 CNN

As President Trump doubles down on his threats for tariffs on foreign trade, the Ford School's Justin Wolfers isn't sure his tactics work economically. Wolfers told CNN, “Trump announces tariffs, so markets fall. Trump walks back tariffs, markets...

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Ali explains how Trump could initiate an unprecedented attack on Mexican cartels

Feb 4, 2025 The War Zone

“Every president has a powerful tool under Title 50 in which military operations could be approved and conducted against a priority U.S. target in a foreign country, but without the consultation or coordination of the foreign government in which the...

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Ali alarms threats to national security if FBI continues to face job cuts

Feb 4, 2025 KQED

The Ford School's Javed Ali raises concerns about a shrinking FBI agency as the Trump Administration promotes job cuts within federal agencies. Commenting on the recent extermination of many senior officers at the FBI, Ali told KQED, "I think the...

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How federal employee cuts are impacting national security - Ali

Feb 5, 2025 The Cipher Brief

Speaking with The Cipher Brief, the Ford School's Javed Ali stated national security agencies are witnessing and "unprecedented moment" due to federal job cuts in civil service. Ali noted, "I can't remember a time when the bureau was under this much...

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Hausman's clean energy investment proposal

Apr 27, 2023

The Ford School's Catie Hausman has established principles for a transition of policy focus to clean energy research and development (R&D). In an essay for The Brookings Institution Hausman outlines her thoughts on clean energy R&D policy,...

Conversations Across Differences

Promoting Civic Discourse - Democratic and Republican politicians on bridging the political divide

Mar 19, 2025, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium

Politicians from across the aisle discuss cross-partisan collaboration and how it can play a vital role in promoting unity, understanding, and constructive dialogue, ultimately benefiting the public by facilitating more inclusive and effective governance.

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Lantz named to prestigious commission to address U.S. societal resilience

Feb 14, 2025

Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak Professor of health Policy, has been named to a new commission convened by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. The commission is tasked with recommending how to enable communities to prepare for, resist, and...

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