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Politico reports:
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Thursday that California will sue the Trump administration over the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts to AmeriCorps. It’s the Golden State’s second lawsuit against the White House in as many days.
The Trump administration placed all but a handful of senior AmeriCorps employees on leave on Wednesday as DOGE pursues sweeping spending cuts across the agency that deploys thousands of volunteers across the nation each year. Newsom cast the slashing as an affront to not only those workers, but to America as a whole.
“We’ve gone from the New Deal, the New Frontier, and the Great Society to a federal government that gives the middle finger to volunteers serving their fellow Americans,” Newsom, a Democrat, said in a prepared statement. The lawsuit comes one day after Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta made California the first state to sue Trump over tariffs in an aggressive move to challenge the president’s sweeping actions.
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DOGE continues to hurt our country. AmeriCorps represents Americans’ best instincts – to help each other. Musk has no interest in helping anyone other than the ultra wealthy and powerful.https://t.co/SL0MmmL9m2
— Al Franken (@alfranken) April 17, 2025