WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation's premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again. ”In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump fumed about the Friday decision from U. S. District Judge Christopher Cooper who also ordered Trump’s name removed the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation's premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again. ”In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump fumed about the Friday decision from U. S. District Judge Christopher Cooper who also ordered Trump’s name removed the...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday moved to give political appointees more power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies, a move scientists say puts critical research funding into the hands of partisans without relevant expertise. In what would be the most sweeping change to the federal grantmaking process in years, the proposed regulations would require senior appointees to review funding to see if it complies with the law and the to...