Panama has agreed to waive fees, which amount to millions per year, for the U.S. government’s use of the Panama Canal, the State Department said. The Department of State on Wednesday said that U.S. government vessels can now traverse the Panama Canal without having to pay charge fees, which will save the U.S. government millions
Canada’s energy minister proposed a joint strategic minerals reserve to help the U.S. and Canada counter an increasingly aggressive China. A “true energy and minerals alliance” between the United States and Canada could feature a strategic minerals reserve that ensures competitive pricing for critical minerals, in a combined effort to free the global market from
One Democrat attorney general called the offer ‘misleading’ and urged her state’s 29,000 non-military federal workers to ‘read the fine print before signing.’ Two large labor unions and a dozen state attorneys general are warning federal employees not to accept the deferred resignation offer proffered by the Trump administration on Jan. 28. The email offer
The CIA confirmed Wednesday that it offered buyouts to employees who volunteer to resign, the latest group of federal workers to receive such a proposal as President Trump pushes to transform the federal government. A CIA spokesperson declined to say how many people received the offers or whether they face any deadline to decide. However,
More employees of the Environmental Protection Agency were informed Wednesday that their jobs appear in doubt. Senior leadership at the EPA held an all-staff meeting to tell individuals that President Trump’s executive order, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” which was responsible for the closure of the agency’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Democrats on Capitol Hill, and sources familiar with the situation, said the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been inside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The White House DOGE team is a cost-cutting initiative created by President Trump to find ways to trim federal spending. Billionaire Elon Musk
During an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke on the critical need for federal assistance as Los Angeles County recovers from a series of devastating wildfires in January. “As we approach one month since the devastating wildfires across Southern California, we continue to cut red tape to speed