Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, was not surprised at the DOJ initiative. He noted the new Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is targeting three of the same cities whose mayors were summoned to Washington to defend their sanctuary city status before a

The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism notified leaders of four major cities on Thursday that it wanted to meet to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses since 2023.

Thursday is the deadline for federal agencies to submit plans to the White House for “large-scale reductions in force” that were ordered by President Donald Trump about a month ago as part of the work of the U.

Across the federal government, agencies face a Thursday deadline for their plans for widespread layoffs and reorganization. The cuts are part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump’s administration and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut large numbers from the federal government.