President Donald Trump‘s return to the White House appears to have sparked a change in tune on K Street, the heart of lobbyist influence in Washington, D.C., as several prominent lobbyist voices are now pledging to work with the new president after previously criticizing him.   “Manufacturers are ready to work with @realDonaldTrump to roll back the federal regulatory onslaught, unleash American energy and build on the success...

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing 11 CIA employees linked to DEI programs Thursday. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga’s order delays the employees’ firing for at least five days. Former CIA officer Kevin Carroll, a lawyer representing the CIA employees, filed the lawsuit on Monday, noting that the 11 officers were on temporary assignments relating to DEI initiatives and that none of them...

A bill before the Colorado state legislature would require a deceased person’s gender identity be recorded on their certificate of death under penalty of a fine and/or jail time for anyone who “knowingly and willfully violates” the measure, which one critic told Fox News was an “insane” effort that compels speech. Under the proposed law – sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Karen McCormick and Kyle Brown and state...