2 House Democrats Seek Records on DOGE’s Activities

A White House official said the agency will not comply because it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act but rather the Presidential Records Act. WASHINGTON—Two high-ranking House Democrats are seeking records from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of its activities, structure, and more. Democrats have been pushing back on the Elon

University of Wisconsin Axes Chief Diversity Officer, Previously Accused of Plagiarism, for Gross Financial Mismanagement

LaVar Charleston accused of doling out over $200,000 to staff University of Wisconsin-Madison diversity officer LaVar Charleston (wisc.ed) Before he was stripped of his role as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief diversity officer, LaVar Charleston had been accused of assaulting a police officer and engaging in a decades-long pattern of research misconduct. Now he can add financial

Judge finds Musk and DOGE’s shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday found that Elon Musk and the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution when they unilaterally acted to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed current and

‘They’ve Refused To Call a Terrorist a Terrorist’: Voice of America’s Demise Comes After Years of Liberal Training Sessions, Pro-Iran Bias, and Even Russian Propagandists

When President Donald Trump moved this weekend to dismantle Voice of America, the government-run news network long denounced by conservatives for liberal bias, MSNBC wrote that the move brought an end to “pro-democracy media outlets” countering “authoritarian propaganda” abroad. But VOA’s liberal staffers have not only faced criticism for running a left-wing broadcaster similar to