- How USAID and Its $50 Billion Budget Became a Target for Reform
By Lawrence Wilson
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was a little-noticed federal agency until it suddenly became the object of a fierce political ...
- Trump Says He Will Investigate California’s High-Speed Rail Project
By Kimberly Hayek
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that his administration will investigate the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, which was authorized by voters ...
- Trump Signs Order Barring Men From Women’s Sports
By Travis Gillmore
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday calling for the end of men playing in women’s sports.
The “Keeping Men Out ...
- Florida Watchdogs Raise Questions About Mail-in Voting Practices in 2024 General Election
By Steven Kovac
A couple of election integrity watchdogs want to know why state data from Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2024, appears to show ...
- Biden-Era Climate Rule Dead After Court Grants Dismissal of Appeal
By Zachary Stieber
A climate rule issued during the Biden administration is officially dead after judges on Feb. 3 granted the new administration’s request to ...
- More Than 20,000 Federal Workers Have Taken Buyout Offer, Surge Expected Before Friday Deadline, Says Official
By Mark Tapscott
WASHINGTON—More than 20,000 federal workers have accepted President Donald Trump’s buyout proposal since last week, and officials expect many more before Friday’s ...
- ICE Arrests Wanted Criminal Suspects, Venezuelan Gang Members
By Naveen Athrappully
Multiple gang members and illegal aliens were apprehended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities in recent days amid President ...
- Senate Finance Committee Advances Nomination of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
By Jeff Louderback
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a step closer to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 4 ...
- Trump’s Border Czar Says Illegal Crossings Down 93 Percent
By Jack Phillips
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that the United States’ southern border has had an enormous drop in border ...
- US Attorney Warns He’ll Target Anyone Who Impedes Elon Musk’s DOGE
By Jack Phillips
The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia released a statement Monday assuring he will take legal action against any attempts ...
- ‘The Disaster After the Disaster’: Toxic Hazards Threaten LA Residents
By Beige Luciano-Adams
LOS ANGELES—Anita Ghazarian and Simon Penny live in a house on the westernmost edge of Altadena—missed by the flames from the catastrophic ...
- Trump Says Deal Reached to Delay Tariffs on Mexico for 1 Month
By Jackson Richman
U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Feb. 3 that they reached a deal to delay 25 percent ...
