Shigeru Ishiba has sought engagement with President Donald Trump since his election in November to keep a strong U.S. presence in the Indo-Pacific. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will have his first in-person meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, Japanese officials confirmed on Feb. 4. Ishiba is expected to visit the United States
Partisan debates over what’s to blame for declining academic performance preview the battles ahead over education reform. In a House hearing on Wednesday, Democrats accused Republicans of promoting divisiveness, inequity, and resegregation as part of a plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. The debate at a hearing on the state of American education
‘The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now,’ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. After reports surfaced that the federal government may have paid for subscriptions to media companies like Politico, the White House announced on Feb. 5 that those payments “will no longer be happening.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
The Office of Personnel Management submitted the assessment, but Justice Department lawyers argued it was unnecessary. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted a privacy assessment in an ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s plan to implement a government-wide email system for communication with federal employees. The Feb. 5 filing was made after a
From the proposed Los Angeles-area station to San Francisco, the long-delayed project is expected to cost up to $128 billion. President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that his administration will investigate the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, which was authorized by voters in the state in 2008. California has dedicated billions to the project so
The Treasury Department has clarified that DOGE has ’read-only’ access to the federal payments system. The Treasury Department has confirmed in a letter to Congress that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff will be given “read-only” access to the Fiscal Service Bureau’s nearly $6 trillion federal payments system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently granted DOGE
There was confusion after social media posts suggested the program was terminated. The White House this week said that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free Direct File tool is still online amid speculation that it was taken down. Earlier this week, Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X that the 18F government agency that