April 16, 2025 White House proposal axes UN, NATO funds and halves State Department budget The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to slash the State Department’s budget by $27 billion — nearly half — and shutter small embassies and consulates worldwide.
April 16, 2025 Texas poised to create its own version of DOGE as bill passes both chambers Texas lawmakers passed a bill that would establish a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following Elon Musk's federal model. The state agency will focus on cutting bureaucracy and improving government services.
April 15, 2025 PBS chief warns cutting federal money will 'devastate' local stations as White House seeks to pull funding PBS chief Paula Kerger offered an impassioned response to the White House moving forward with its plans to cut federal funding from public broadcasting.
April 15, 2025 USA Fencing transgender controversy gets DOGE hearing after Stephanie Turner is punished for protest kneel USA Fencing will be the subject of an upcoming DOGE hearing after an incident involving women's fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling in front of a trans opponent.
April 15, 2025 Schumer calls on Leland Dudek, acting commissioner of SSA, to resign Sen. Chuck Schumer declared a “Social Security Day of Action" Tuesday, calling on President Donald Trump's social security chief to resign.
April 15, 2025 Key Trump agency facing 'unprecedented backlog' inherited from Biden admin The Department of Transportation is working through a backlog of roughly 3,200 grant awards that did not have signed agreements to go with them.
April 15, 2025 SEN ELIZABETH WARREN: Social Security is under attack. Gutting it is a broken promise People are struggling with sky-high prices while their retirement savings are evaporating. We need a temporary increase in benefits right now to give people some relief.
April 15, 2025 DOGE reveals what you get for the half million you'll pay in taxes over your lifetime The average American pays $524,625 in federal and state income taxes, property taxes, sales tax, and taxes on major purchases by the time they retire.
April 14, 2025 DOGE uncovers massive VA contract for ‘salary survey data and analysis' — says it canceled it, saving millions The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Monday announced more cuts within the Department of Veterans Affairs by millions of dollars.
April 14, 2025 'Rules for thee': Senate DOGE leader seeks crackdown on tax-dodging government workers Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will introduce a bill to crack down on federal employees who have not paid their taxes.