The White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was created by President Trump on Jan. 20 with a mission to slash federal spending. Since then, the task force led by billionaire Elon Musk says it has saved more than $1 billion by canceling diversity, equity and inclusion contracts, among other expenses, according to DOGE’s
Public disclosure of federal spending today is thanks largely to a Republican senator from Oklahoma. News Analysis Revelations that USAID officials are spending hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars overseas for controversial projects such as advancing atheism in Nepal and funding “transgender opera” in Columbia are nothing new. Nearly 20 years ago, in October
Ishiba and Trump are expected to discuss new military exercises to counter China and increase Japanese investment in the United States. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to discuss trade, military, and defense industrial cooperation issues. National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes told reporters during
The DOJ filed a motion of appeal shortly after U.S. District Judge John Coughenour indefinitely blocked Trump’s executive action from moving forward. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing an order issued by a Seattle federal judge this week indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic birthright citizenship for children born to parents
Democrats on Friday morning attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., but were stopped by security. This comes amid fears of potential spending cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is already making waves in the nation’s capital. This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
Advisory council and scientific review meetings associated with the NIH's grant making process, in which outside scientists provide a final grant review and strategic advice before the finalization of a new program, have continued but will not yet meet in open session.
The Trump administration appealed a Washington federal judge’s order blocking the president’s executive order (EO) on birthright citizenship from being enforced, hours after the judge scolded the administration for using the EO for personal and political gains.