Month: February 2025
February 08, 2025
Politics
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department records
The block stops Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain information like Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. The...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Justice Department says it won’t release the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 riot cases
Attorneys for FBI employees filed two lawsuits Tuesday to halt the collection and potential dissemination of agents’ names. Attorneys for FBI employees filed two lawsuits Tuesday to halt the collection and potential dissemination...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Trump slams ‘lunatic’ Democrats that tried to barge into Department of Education to stop DOGE ‘super geniuses’
President Trump slammed congressional Democrats Friday for attempting to barge into the Department of Education – where he assigned his team of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cost-cutters to...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of changing it to Mount McKinley
The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Trump appoints himself Kennedy Center chair, fires board members and blasts past drag shows ‘targeting’ children
Trump, 78, said a new board that supports his “Golden Age in Arts and Culture” will be established, while blasting Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line
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. Supreme Court Justice Sonia...
February 08, 2025
Politics
Trump orders South Africa aid freeze, will announce refugee resettlement program for white South African farmers
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of...
February 07, 2025
Health Care
DOGE working with two Trump health appointees to examine Medicare and Medicaid books
The Trump political appointees are leading the agency's "collaboration" with Elon Musk's team. The Trump political appointees are leading the agency's "collaboration" with Elon Musk's team. Health Care
February 07, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk bringing back DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts were exposed: ‘To err is human, to forgive divine’
Musk, 53, announced his decision to rehire 25-year-old engineer Marko Elez after Vice President JD Vance expressed strong support for giving the ex-DOGE staffer a second chance. President Trump...
February 07, 2025
Politics
Trump admin rips down USAID sign at agency HQ as DOGE looks to slash workforce
Federal workers removed USAID lettering from the facade of the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday, even as the agency's 10,000 or so employees and foreign aid programs remain in...