Year: 2025
May 02, 2025
Politics
Corporation for Public Broadcasting fires back at Trump order to end NPR, PBS funding
The nonprofit corporation is set to receive $535 million in congressionally appropriated funds in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The nonprofit corporation is set to receive $535 million in congressionally appropriated funds in...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Government jobs slashed by 23K under Trump, Elon Musk’s DOGE — the most since Reagan
Including postal workers, federal civilian employment fell by 9,000 in April and has declined by 26,000 so far in 2025. Including postal workers, federal civilian employment fell by 9,000...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump calls on House Republicans to ‘think about expelling’ Dem impeachment backers
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich) announced Monday that he had filed seven articles of impeachment against Trump. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich) announced Monday that he had filed seven articles of impeachment against...
May 02, 2025
Politics
White House unveils Drudge Report-style website for positive Trump news
WH.Gov/Wire is a dead ringer for seminal online aggregator which helped break the Monica Lewinsky scandal that nearly brought down then-President Bill Clinton in 1998. WH.Gov/Wire is a dead...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump budget calls for more than $1T in defense spending, massive cuts to education, foreign aid and environment
The $163 billion cut in non-defense discretionary spending is 22.6% below current levels, according to an outline of the budget released by the White House. The $163 billion cut...
May 02, 2025
Education
Police: Doral teacher arrested for ‘unlawful sex’ with student
A teacher who works at J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior High School was arrested Thursday after being discovered engaging in “unlawful sexual activity” with a 17-year-old student in his classroom,...
May 02, 2025
Congress
House office complex to get major food overhaul
The House side of the Capitol complex is getting a major overhaul of its restaurants, with vendor Sodexo out after a 10-year run. Beginning in August, Metz Culinary Management...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Democrats push for IG probe as Trump targets Harvard’s tax status
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Why the SEC is about to feel the wrath of Elon Musk’s DOGE
The agency's enforcement cops could use the full DOGE treatment, an SEC insider told On The Money. The agency's enforcement cops could use the full DOGE treatment, an SEC...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: A glimpse of GOP pushback
Hill Republicans are delivering a flurry of rare rebukes of the Trump administration, in the latest sign that the president doesn’t have complete control over the GOP governing trifecta....