Caesars Palace, MLB stadium, an ice cream truck: DOGE reveals how schools spent billions in COVID-relief funds
Schools spent nearly $200 billion of COVID-relief dollars on expenses that had "little" impact on students, DOGE said.
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New Lawsuits Challenge Trump’s DEI Policies, DOGE Operations
The plaintiffs said DOGE is breaking federal laws and that recent executive orders on DEI and transgender ideology are unconstitutional. Two lawsuits were filed on Feb. 20 against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Donald Trump’s executive orders that curb the government’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and disavow transgender ideology. Citizens
Trump taps Alice Johnson to be “pardon czar”
President Trump is tapping Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency in his first term over long-ago drug offenses, to be his “pardon czar.” The president made the announcement during a Black History Month event in the White House East Room Thursday afternoon. Johnson spent over 21 years in prison for nonviolent drug-related crimes
Mental health agency loses 1 in 10 to DOGE cuts, 988 hotline team impacted
More than 10% of the staff working for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were fired this month as part of the government-wide cuts to recently hired federal workers ordered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, task force. The cuts amounted to around 100 probationary workers, multiple current and
AG Bondi says violent anti-Israel student protesters in US on visas ‘need to be kicked out’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said at CPAC on Thursday that anti-Israel protesters in the United States on visas "need to be kicked out of this country."
Nation’s Biggest School Districts Stand to Lose Billions Over Trump’s DEI Order
The five largest U.S. public school districts stand to lose more than $5 billion in federal funds per year if they refuse to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order barring progressive ideologies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. Under a Jan. 29 executive order from Trump, districts face federal funding
Group of Venezuelans sue Trump admin for temporary immigration protections
A group of migrants are suing the Trump administration for ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, claiming the move is unlawful and racially motivated.