In First DOGE Hearing, Little Said About IG Watchdogs

Representatives from both parties leveled accusations at each other during heated hearing on improper payments by government. News Analysis Republicans and Democrats on the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) sparred on Feb. 12 about the hundreds of billions of tax dollars lost annually to improper payments, but little was said about the

In 1st DOGE Hearing, Little Said About IG Watchdogs

Representatives from both parties leveled accusations at each other during heated hearing on improper payments by government. News Analysis Republicans and Democrats on the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) sparred on Feb. 12 about the hundreds of billions of tax dollars lost annually to improper payments, but little was said about the

Trump Signs Executive Order Reforming Foreign Service 

The changes to foreign relations guidance are intended to unify the messaging in America’s international diplomacy. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 12 meant to establish a sole voice for foreign service activities and help strengthen his policy agenda. “The order guarantees a strong and effective approach to international relations that always

Trump to Give News Conference Thursday on DOGE Findings

‘We have to make our government smaller, more efficient, more effective and less expensive,’ the president said. President Donald Trump said he will hold a news conference on Feb. 13 to discuss some of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) findings in its probes into multiple federal agencies. Speaking from the Oval Office on Feb.

Powell Says Trump’s Rate Cut Demands Won’t Change Fed Policy

With inflation no longer at the peak seen during Biden’s presidency, Trump has ramped up pressure on the Fed chair to lower rates. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that the president’s calls for lower interest rates will not influence the central bank’s decisions, reiterating that Fed policymakers remain

Trump Admin Formally Ends Biden’s War on Gas Stoves

Federal consumer agency tells the Free Beacon it is ‘out of the gas-stoves-banning business’ Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images), gas stove (Tim Boyle/Getty Images), Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Consumer Product Safety Commission is formally ending a review that it initiated during the Biden administration to assess the potential health risks posed by gas-powered stovetops. In

Harvard Medical School, Citing Trump NIH Cuts, Encourages Distressed Students To ‘Take Advantage’ of ‘Countway Cuddles’ Pet Therapy

Days after President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health moved to cap government funding for so-called indirect research costs—that is, money tacked on to a research grant that universities use to fund administrative salaries and other expenses—Harvard Medical School sent concerned students and faculty a message encouraging them to “take advantage” of the school’s “Countway