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Labor Department rules a civilian mariner's alleged rape by her captain aboard a Navy ship, in her locked cabin, was a workplace injury, leaving workers' comp as her only remedy.
Coast Guard found he assaulted her
Source: Military dot com
August 27, 2026
EEOC votes 2-1 to propose ending federal workers' guaranteed hearing before a judge on discrimination claims and banning class complaints, with comments due in 30 days.
Hearings would lose discovery rights
Source: Government Executive
August 27, 2026
UAE's national security adviser backs a 49% stake in the Trump family's new federally chartered crypto bank as the administration eases AI chip sales to his firm, the Journal reports.
Rare "passive shareholder" pledges required
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
August 27, 2026
Justice Department says it will appeal the dismissal of its antisemitism suit against Harvard 2 weeks after a judge found the claims rested on one school year plus 3 later incidents.
Also appealing the research funding loss
Source: Bloomberg
August 27, 2026
FAA moves to fire 2 LaGuardia controllers who left an hour early before a March crash that killed 2 pilots, after Transportation Secretary Duffy called the airport "well-staffed."
Duffy calls leaving early "fraud"
Source: AM New York
August 27, 2026
Trump will mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon rather than ground zero, in part because the Manhattan memorial bars politicians from speaking, the Times reports.
Advisers discussed federalizing the memorial
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
August 27, 2026
