Month: February 2025
February 18, 2025
Health Care
‘Nothing … off limits’: Kennedy lays out plan for HHS
His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts. His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes...
February 18, 2025
Politics
DOGE claims $55B in total savings from cost-cutting spree as it launches data portal for public
Cost-cutting whizzes at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claim to have saved taxpayers an estimated $55 billion through a series of belt-tightening initiatives. Cost-cutting whizzes at the Department...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk is not a DOGE employee — here’s how he can still oversee operations in White House role
The Tesla and SpaceX founder is currently considered a special government employee who can 'advise' and 'communicate' Trump's orders, per the administration. The Tesla and SpaceX founder is currently...
February 18, 2025
Newsletter
Trump’s workforce blitz comes for CISA
The Trump administration is expected to fire more CISA employees, despite concern they will accidentally cripple the agency’s ability to thwart hacking threats.
February 18, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: GOP starts to balk at Musk cuts
Republicans are increasingly uncomfortable with President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk’s strategy to slash the federal government. Sen. Jerry Moran warned the White House that dismantling USAID...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Gambling addiction has soared since sports betting was legalized in most of the US: study
"What was once a taboo activity, confined to the fringes of society, has been completely normalized,” a medical student says. "What was once a taboo activity, confined to the...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Trump congratulates US forces after airstrike kills ‘terrorist leader’ in Syria
The airstrike took place on Saturday and resulted in the death of a “senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate,” according...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Acting head of Social Security Administration resigns after dispute with Elon Musk’s DOGE: report
Michelle King, a career federal worker who had been with SSA since 1994, quit over the DOGE disagreement Saturday and was replaced by Leland Dudek. Michelle King, a career...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Gov. Kathy Hochul assembling ‘key leaders’ on Tuesday to discuss ‘path forward’ regarding Eric Adams
Hochul is the only official in the state that has power to boot Adams from his post. Hochul is the only official in the state that has power to...
February 18, 2025
Politics
Border czar Tom Homan asks DOJ to look into whether AOC violated law with ICE-evading webinar
"What I find disturbing is that any member of Congress wants to educate people on how they evade law enforcement," Homan said Monday. "What I find disturbing is that...