Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Plan to Freeze Federal Aid

The judge ordered a brief administrative stay on portions of the freeze. A federal judge temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump’s directive to pause federal loans, grants, and other financial assistance on Jan. 28, hours after advocacy groups and several Democratic state attorneys general filed lawsuits against the administration. During a Tuesday afternoon hearing

LGBT Groups Silent About Scott Bessent’s Historic Confirmation

Trump’s Treasury secretary became the highest-ranking openly gay official to be confirmed by the Senate (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made history as the nation’s highest-ranking gay official after the Senate confirmed him to the cabinet post on Monday. But the confirmation has gone unmentioned by the country’s top LGBT groups, which effusively

WaPo Issues ‘Clarification’ Acknowledging It Cited Sanctioned Terror Financier in Piece on ‘Palestinian Prisoners’

‘A previous version of this article referred to Samidoun as an activist network that supports Palestinian prisoners’ L: (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) R: A Samidoun flier with an anti-Israel slogan. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) The Washington Post quietly amended a piece on “Palestinian prisoners” to note that the original version cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

House Oversight Chair Worries Resistance From Federal Agencies Will Sink Efforts to Cut Spending

Sitting on the shelf in the nation’s capital are thousands of ideas for making Uncle Sam cost taxpayers a lot less. Federal departments and agencies haven’t addressed 13,808 cost-saving anti-waste and fraud recommendations from Inspectors-General (IGs), some more than five years old, and nearly 300 more related Government Accountability Office (GAO) ideas, according to government

EXCLUSIVE: Read Jim Acosta’s Resignation Letter to CNN

No one more fully embodied the mainstream media’s smug self-righteousness and sneering disdain for everyday Americans It’s official. Jim Acosta, the obnoxious TV journalist best known for fighting a young female staffer who tried to take away his microphone at the White House, has quit his job at CNN after refusing to accept a humiliating

New White House Press Rules Will Expand Access for ‘New Media Voices’

Independent journalists and content producers are encouraged to apply for admittance to press briefings. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Jan. 28 new guidelines for media access aimed at allowing more independent journalists and content creators into media events. Describing President Donald Trump as the “most accessible” commander-in-chief in the nation’s history, she