The head of DOGE said there are examples of ‘non-existent people’ or ‘dead people’ being used to collect federal paychecks. Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, said Sunday that an email to federal employees asking them to report their accomplishments over the past week is designed to root out fraud from
The head of DOGE said there are examples of ‘non-existent people’ or ‘dead people’ being used to collect federal paychecks. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, said on Feb. 23 that an email to federal employees asking them to report their accomplishments over the past week is designed to root out fraud from
JERUSALEM—Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas fired his prisoners’ affairs commissioner this week, seemingly demonstrating new seriousness about reforming the system of payments for terrorists that the commissioner oversaw and vocally defended. But Abbas simultaneously replaced the former commissioner, Qadura Fares, with another convicted terrorist and leading proponent of the payments, Raed Abu al-Humus. The incoming
The governor said the funding would prioritize rebuilding homes, infrastructures, businesses, schools, health care facilities, and churches. California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in relief aid for the Los Angeles area after last month’s destructive wildfires, which could be the nation’s costliest natural disaster in history. In a Feb. 21
The president said on Friday that he did not think it was necessary for Zelenskyy to attend negotiations. President Donald Trump is confident in striking a deal with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, potentially ceasing the three-year-long war as early as this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Feb. 22.
President Donald Trump is using tariffs—essentially taxes paid by foreign companies to access the U.S. market—as a primary tool to achieve his America First agenda. And it has delivered results for him so far. Canada and Mexico both struck deals with the president after he vowed 25 percent tariffs on the two countries unless they
Trump nominated retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John D. Caine to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff after firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown. President Donald Trump has named retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John D. Caine to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking uniformed leader in