The former U.S. senator from Georgia pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for abuse, fraud, and waste and to conduct a full-scale audit. The Senate confirmed former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to head the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 52–46 on Feb 19. As SBA administrator, Loeffler will lead an agency that
The president’s three new selections for DOJ posts have been announced. President Donald Trump has chosen one of his former assistants for a top position at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the agency announced on Feb. 19, as another DOJ official resigned. Trump selected John Eisenberg to serve as assistant attorney general for national
The State Department also targets Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13. The U.S. Department of State has designated several Mexican drug cartels and several transnational criminal gangs as global terrorist organizations, according to a notice in the Federal Register on Wednesday. Mexico-based criminal organizations including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco
The lower chamber’s ‘budget reconciliation’ resolution is in a single bill, whereas the Senate offers a two-bill package and more defense and border spending. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he supports the House of Representatives’s budget bill that would fund several of his policy initiatives, instead of a two-bill plan proffered by the Senate.
The lower chamber’s ‘budget reconciliation’ resolution is in a single bill, whereas the Senate offers a two-bill package and more defense and border spending. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 19 that he supports the House of Representatives’ budget blueprint that would fund several of his policy initiatives, instead of a two-bill plan proffered by
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Feb. 18 that he will discuss with President Donald Trump a proposal to send U.S. taxpayers rebate checks representing a portion of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk is spearheading the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal government and reduce wasteful spending. The DOGE
‘That’s a very good start,’ the Treasury secretary said. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) created under the Trump administration has saved about $50 billion so far, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a new interview. “So that’s a very good start,” Bessent told Fox News of the cuts in federal spending,