Personnel moves have raised concerns about oversight, according to the inspector general The federal government’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has largely left the agency unable to oversee billions in unspent aid, according to a Feb. 10 watchdog report. The federal government has paused most USAID programs, except for life-saving assistance,
The order cites the Trump administration’s policy of removing programs that don’t directly benefit the American people or national interests. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 10 eliminating the Federal Executive Institute, a leadership training center that was established more than 50 years ago. The order states that the institute’s removal was
Amid Democrats’ pushback, lawsuits, and threats to DOGE employees, the cuts keep coming—including almost $1 billion announced on Feb. 10. After three weeks, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made over $1 billion in cuts, according to to numbers from the White House. Some of the biggest savings reckoned by the White House
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy announce they will vote to confirm former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence
Department of Justice lawyers filed an appeal hours after a judge ordered payments for federal programs to resume. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Feb. 10 appealed a federal judge’s order to immediately restore and resume payments for federal programs, just hours after the ruling was issued. The notice, filed in a Rhode Island court
Issues like birthright citizenship could provoke rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court. News Analysis President Donald Trump’s administration has been hit with a wave of legal challenges responding to executive orders and other actions, teeing up potential Supreme Court decisions that could clarify the scope of executive power. So far, states and other groups have
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the "procurement and forced use of paper straws," fulfilling a promise the president made last week.