Trump Signs Order Renaming Department of Defense as Department of War

President Donald Trump (L) shows a signed executive order next to the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 5, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War. “I

Social Security Inspector General to Audit Agency’s Wait Times, Customer Service

A Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Washington on March 26, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The inspector general’s office for the Social Security Administration (SSA) indicated in a newly released letter that it has initiated an audit into the agency’s metrics on wait times. Michelle Anderson, the acting inspector general of the agency,

Feds scrap proposal to offer cash to air passengers for flight disruptions

The Department of Transportation is dropping a proposed rule that would have required airlines to offer cash to passengers whose flights were disrupted.  The rule, which never went into effect, would have required carriers to provide compensation “to mitigate passenger inconveniences” for cancellations or delays that were within a carrier’s control.  Reuters was the first