Legislators and policy experts noted that spending and staffing have increased while test scores have dropped. WASHINGTON—Since 1950, the number of students in U.S. public schools has doubled, the number of teachers has more than tripled, and non-instructional staff has spiked by more than 700 percent. And yet, the Heritage Foundation director for the Center
Post employees ‘shocked and stunned’ after Jeff Bezos vows to defend ‘personal liberty’ and ‘free markets’ (edited, Getty Images) Many journalists and other liberal activists freaked out on Wednesday after Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and compassionate steward of the failing Washington Post, expressed his support for “personal liberties” and “free markets.” The billionaire’s remarks
‘I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much,’ Trump said about Ukraine. ‘We’re going to have Europe do that.’ WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of his second administration on Feb. 26 at the White House, remarking on a wide range of topics, including government-shrinking efforts, the Ukraine rare earths deal,
The order continues the Trump administration’s directives to have all agencies coordinate with Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting effort. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 26 that gives new cost-cutting directives to all federal agencies while they coordinate with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order directs departments to immediately review all
‘Vast sums of U.S. money have been diverted to fund terrorists in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan,’ says Max Primorac Former USAID official Max Primorac testifies at a DOGE subcommittee hearing (C-SPAN) The Biden administration ditched the first Trump administration’s U.S. Agency for International Development vetting reforms—and went on to send “vast sums of U.S.
‘The effort will balance genuine humanitarian relief with the need to use taxpayer dollars wisely to advance American interests at home and abroad,’ internal memo says Secretary of State Marco Rubio with President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s State Department completed its review of U.S. foreign aid, identifying nearly 15,000 grants worth
President Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is prepared to implement deep staffing and spending cuts as part of the administration’s efforts to downsize the executive branch, raising fears among employees and environmental groups about the impacts of the reductions. “He thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of