Category: USA
Defense Secretary Underscores DOD Priorities During Pentagon Town Hall
Defense.gov Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated his core priorities for the Defense Department during a town hall meeting with service members and DOD civilians at the Pentagon. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4060150/defense-secretary-underscores-dod-priorities-during-pentagon-town-hall/
Read MoreHouse Republicans continue Fani Willis investigation, requesting documents from DA employees
Fox News Rep. Jim Jordan, GOP chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., sent employees from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office requests Thursday to hand over documents and interviews related to the Jan. 6 Committee as they continue investigating District Attorney Fani Willis. “The committee previously wrote to District Attorney…
Read MoreDOGE targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as Musk says ‘RIP’
Washington Post Officials from the U.S. DOGE Service worked on site at the CFPB on Friday, raising concerns about the future of the watchdog agency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/07/cfpb-doge-trump-musk-chopra/
Read MoreTop federal agency with history of wasteful spending could be next DOGE target
Fox News Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk’s efforts to clean up waste and fraud in the federal government will soon shift its focus to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in a move likely to create a firestorm with Democrats similar to reactions to the recent measures taken against the U.S. Agency for International…
Read MoreMusk’s next target? Trump says DOGE will look at Department of Education, Pentagon funding
Fox News President Donald Trump has tasked SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk with scrutinizing wasteful spending at the Department of Education and the Pentagon through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Musk is leading. DOGE is tasked with eliminating government spending and waste and streamlining operations and is expected to influence White House policy…
Read MoreTrump admin makes aggressive move to expand illegal immigrant detention: ‘Outside the box’
Fox News The Trump administration is using federal prisons to house illegal immigrants as part of an expansive deportation operation, Fox News Digital confirmed on Friday. In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said it is helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners…
Read MoreCDC staff told to remove terms like ‘non-binary,’ ‘they/them,’ ‘pregnant people’ from public health material
Fox News Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to remove words frequently associated with progressive gender ideology from research manuscripts that they intend to publish. A screenshot of a leaked internal email sent out to CDC staff, obtained by the newsletter Inside Medicine, showed a list of terms…
Read MoreMaxine Waters, House Dems ripped for ‘unhinged’ clash with security guard at Education Dept
Fox News Conservatives on social media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., after she and other Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., while accosting a security guard in the process. Thirty House Democrats attempted to enter the Department of Education building on Friday morning to meet with…
Read MoreTrump delays removal of tariff exemption for cheaper imports
Washington Post Days after signing an order to revoke the de minimis exemption, the president opted to let it continue until the U.S. government has a system for collecting tariffs on Chinese goods. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/07/de-minimis-exemption-tariffs/
Read MoreSotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line
Fox News Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the Court’s 2024 presidential immunity case in her first public appearance since the start of the second Trump term, saying it places the Court’s legitimacy on the line. Sotomayor made the comments during an appearance in Louisville, Kentucky, during which she was asked a range of questions,…
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