Washington — Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday as the future of the agency that she could potentially lead hangs in the balance. “I would like to thank President Trump for his confidence in me to lead a department
‘We are going to have DOGE come. They’re going to look … at our payments and what money has gone out.’ NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro said. Janet Petro, the acting administrator of NASA, said on Feb. 12 that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would probe the space agency’s spending, adding that hundreds its
Convincing Congress to pass the Farm Bill will be one of her early significant challenges. Brooke Rollins was confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Feb. 13 by a 72–28 vote. An advocate of family farms, Rollins was a Future Farmers of America state officer growing up. During
Musk said many government systems are running on old software and need to be updated. Elon Musk said on Feb. 12 that he is providing tech support to the White House, while criticizing outdated U.S. government systems and software that he said lack efficiency. Musk made the comments during a virtual appearance at the World
President Donald Trump’s plan to have the United States rebuild Gaza and relocate its population is the only viable option, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to the United States said. “I don’t see an alternative to what’s being proposed. I really don’t,” Yousef Al Otaiba said Wednesday at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. “So
The Senate voted 52–48 to approve Trump’s nominee to lead the nation’s most prominent health department. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose nomination by President Donald Trump as secretary of health and human services was highly scrutinized by lawmakers, was confirmed to that post by the Senate on Feb. 13 in a 52–48 vote. Sen. Mitch
The program sought to hire ‘garden educators’ with a ‘commitment to social justice and anti-racism’ President Donald Trump signs executive orders (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The White House this week formally terminated the American Climate Corps, former president Joe Biden’s signature multimillion-dollar work program created to bolster his aggressive climate and green energy agenda, the Washington