(Headline USA) U.S. Agency for International Development workers, some in tears, carted away belongings from a final visit to their now-closed headquarters Thursday as the Trump administration's rapid-fire dismantling of the congressionally authorized agency moved into its final stages.
Notices are going out to terminate over 90% of USAID's contracts...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square)The White House sent a memo to several federal agencies telling them to prepare to reorganize and fire high quantities of workers.
The memo is the latest in Trump’s ongoing war against what he calls bloated federal “woke” policies, overregulation, and wasteful spending. About 75,000 federal...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a letter to the California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees high school sports for both private and public schools in California, warning that the state could lose federal funding and face lawsuits for allowing biological males to compete against...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts late Wednesday paused a lower court's ruling requiring the Trump administration to release $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali had ordered the Trump administration to pay out the money by midnight Thursday. Ali...
(Headline USA) Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in their New Mexico home, authorities said Thursday.
Hackman, 95, Betsy Arakawa, 63, and their dog were all dead when deputies entered their home to check on their welfare around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Santa Fe County...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Police in Loveland, Colorado have arrested a suspect who allegedly vandalized a local Tesla dealership several times, and who left incendiary devices at the scene.
Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, a transgender person who goes by the first name Lucy, was arrested Monday night without incident.
The arrest stems...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now a fellow at Columbia’s Institute of Global Politics to teach diplomacy.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Pompeo was hired by the university to “teach diplomacy, decision-making, and organizational leadership.” The hire was presented as attempting to expand the school’s diversity...
(The Center Square) The news keeps getting better for Cleveland taxpayers, but it’s a different story for those in Ohio’s other major cities.
Truth in Accounting on Thursday released its annual Financial State of Cities report that measures individual tax burdens and the ability of 75 cities across the country...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put a halt to a multimillion-dollar contract Friday that was going to be used to develop another COVID-19 vaccine, according to Fox News Digital.
American biotech company Vaxart Inc., which held the contract, will have...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the Biden-appointed federal judges blocking President Donald Trump’s 2025 agenda may soon face impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors following a bizarre ruling demanding that USAID funding be resumed.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, appointed by Biden in 2024, ordered the Trump administration to continue...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Who doesn’t love making money? Just ask Jake Tapper, the CNN anchor who spent years covering up President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline—only to cash in with a book deal claiming to expose it.
Tapper came under fire Wednesday after announcing his new book, Original Sin: President Biden's...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic Party has abandoned its pro-immigration values to lash out against Elon Musk and his work with the Department of Government Efficiency—questioning his citizenship and loyalty to the U.S.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, suggested during a Wednesday press conference that Musk might be more loyal to...