Month: February 2025
February 06, 2025
Congress
House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee moved to subpoena tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk at a hearing Wednesday — and one Democrat was conspicuously and missing from...
February 06, 2025
Politics
Transgender ‘recognition’ in Bangladesh, Kosovo, Guatemala — how one USAID employee shows what’s wrong with the embattled agency
In the annals of asinine USAID funding now bursting into public view under Trump administration scrutiny, the $50-billion-a-year United States Agency for International Development’s efforts to make the world...
February 05, 2025
Education
Florida Lt. Gov. Nuñez expected to be named next FIU president, sources say
Florida International University’s board of trustees is set to hold a special meeting Friday to discuss appointing a new president, with reports indicating that Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez may...
February 05, 2025
Politics
Pentagon yanks former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s security detail: report
Esper’s security detail had been provided by the Department of Defense as a result of threats he’s received from Iran since the 2020 US airstrike that killed Iranian Gen....
February 05, 2025
Congress
‘God bless Elon Musk’: How Jim Jordan plans to help the world’s richest man
Elon Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.
February 05, 2025
Politics
Prince Harry’s visa records ‘likely’ to be opened as questions swirl around drug use, special treatment, judge says
At issue as whether Harry came clean to immigration officials about his cocaine, cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms use, as detailed in his 2023 memoir. At issue as whether Harry...
February 05, 2025
Politics
Sen. Joni Ernst warns of ‘willful sabotage’ at USAID, cites millions in funding for Wuhan lab, terrorists and more
"USAID is one of the worst offenders of waste in Washington," Senate DOGE Caucus chair Joni Ernst said. "USAID is one of the worst offenders of waste in Washington," Senate DOGE Caucus chair...
February 05, 2025
Congress
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker’s office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a...
February 05, 2025
Politics
Sen. John Fetterman ‘fully’ supports Trump’s plan to send US troops to take over Gaza
The White House stressed Wednesday that Trump "has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza." The White House stressed Wednesday that Trump "has not committed to...
February 05, 2025
Politics
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace triggers top Oversight Dem by repeating anti-trans slur: ‘I don’t really care’
A House hearing descended into bedlam Wednesday when GOP firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) referred to "trannies," a derogatory slur for a transgender person. A House hearing descended into...