In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), a former federal prosecutor who has represented Texas’s District 10 for two decades. McCaul has been chairman of the House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security committees. As the son of a World War II fighter pilot, McCaul says he
The lawsuit seeks the restoration of USAID funding, the reopening of its offices, and the blocking of further orders to dissolve it. Two labor groups representing employees from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) sued the federal government on Thursday in an attempt to reverse its dismantling. The American Federation of Government Employees, the
Jan. 27 was the official start date of the 2025 tax season and the IRS expects more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 deadline. The IRS told its employees this week that workers involved in the 2025 tax season cannot accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration to
‘It is the policy of my Administration to stop funding NGOs that undermine the national interest,’ Trump’s memo reads. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Feb. 6 ordering a review of all funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive money from federal agencies. The executive memo, “Advancing United States Interests When Funding,” directs all heads
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