The Senate and House of Representatives are working on parallel budget resolutions with different provisions. Neither body appears ready to compromise. WASHINGTON—House and Senate Republicans have initiated dueling plans to implement President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, and it is unclear which strategy will prevail. The word “reconciliation” has dominated the agenda on Capitol Hill since the
The clawed-back money was in grants awarded under the Biden administration to reimburse non-federal groups for servicing illegal immigrants New York City Comptroller Brad Lander sent a letter to the city’s law department on Feb. 14 requesting that litigation be filed as soon as possible to recover $80.5 million designated for housing illegal immigrants by
D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to issue a final ruling before Tuesday evening. A federal judge in Washington seemed reluctant on Feb. 17 to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has not yet issued a final ruling. The plaintiffs, 15 state attorneys general, allege that DOGE
The database reportedly includes millions of supercentenarians and outnumbers the current U.S. population. More than 12 million people in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) database of eligible benefits recipients are listed as being over the age of 120, according to data shared by tech billionaire Elon Musk. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, discovered
Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez has been appointed as the interim president of Florida International University. Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez resigned on Feb. 17 and became the interim president of Florida International University (FIU). Nuñez, who has been the second-highest-ranking official in the Sunshine State since January 2019, wrote in a message to students that
‘Please provide a list of all DOGE team members currently employed at the IRS,’ Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren wrote. Several top Democrats have questioned the IRS on whether the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has accessed taxpayer information amid reports about the organization’s activity in recent days. In an “urgent demand”
Trump had called for an overhaul of the system after an airliner collided with a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River, killing 67. A team from Elon Musk-owned SpaceX visited a federal air traffic control center on Monday as officials have said they are looking for ways to improve the system after January’s deadly