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Trump considers suing to end key limit on president’s spending power: Report
The Trump administration is looking to downsize the government and has announced efforts to cut spending, fire career officials and reassess where it sends federal money. However, U.S. laws as far back as Article 1 of the Constitution give Congress, not the president, the power to decide where taxpayer money goes. So, the Trump administration… -
RFK Jr. faces questions on Medicare, vaccine stance in confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced more than three hours of questions from senators on the Senate Finance Committee during his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jan. 29. The former 2024 presidential candidate is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has drawn controversy since his nomination. Democrats have criticized… -
Trump tells military to ready Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 migrant detentions
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday, Jan. 29, ordering the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security to prepare Guantanamo Bay for the detention of 30,000 migrants. The president signaled the order would be coming in remarks he made while signing the Laken Riley Act, which widens the scope of crimes that allow the… -
Google Maps labels US as ‘sensitive’ after Trump requires new names: Report
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Google said it would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on its maps, following a directive from President Donald Trump. Also, on Tuesday, the company’s maps division reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive” country, according to CNBC. Google uses the sensitive country designation for those with strict… -
Colleges’ test-optional policies hurt high-scoring lower-income students: Study
Dartmouth is one of multiple colleges and universities, including Harvard, that have brought back the requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score with their application. A new study by Dartmouth researchers found that the school’s test-optional policy may have had the opposite effect as it intended. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges… -
Trump says administration will offer buyouts to most government employees
President Donald Trump says the federal government will offer buyouts to federal workers as part of his effort to shrink the size of the government workforce. In an email sent Tuesday, Jan. 28, buyouts were offered to two million federal employees who agreed to leave their jobs by Thursday, Feb. 6. The buyout option comes… -
Buttigieg vs Dungy? Big names eye Mich. Senate runs after Gary Peters’ exit
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., will not run for reelection next year. His decision puts an open Senate seat into play in a battleground state President Donald Trump won in 2024. In an interview with The Detroit News, the 66-year-old said he will leave the Senate after 12 years in office. Peters added in a video announcement,… -
Italian PM says she is being investigated for release of Libyan warlord
The prime minister of Italy says that prosecutors are investigating her for the release of a Libyan warlord with an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni presided over the government’s decision to release Osama Elmasry Njeem, the head of Libya’s judicial police and director of a detention camp in the… -
Border Patrol sees significant drop in illegal southern border crossings: Report
New data suggests that daily illegal border crossings are dropping. Fox News reported Monday that Border Patrol recorded 582 illegal crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. It’s the lowest number the agency has recorded in years. By the end of President Joe Biden’s term, numbers dropped well below the peak of roughly 11,000 daily… -
US foreign aid pause leaves future of program to fight HIV unclear
The Trump administration’s temporary pause on U.S. foreign aid has thrown the future of a program that helped slow the global HIV/AIDS epidemic into doubt. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, will not receive funds for at least 90 days as part of the pause. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has instructed international… -
Justice Dept. fires over a dozen attorneys who worked on Trump prosecutions
Special Counsel Jack Smith resigned before President Donald Trump took office last Monday, Jan. 20. However, under the Trump administration, the Justice Department has fired more than a dozen career officials who worked to prosecute the former president. Smith’s team brought charges against the president for allegedly mishandling classified documents and for his role leading… -
Perplexity AI offers TikTok merger allowing US government to own a stake
Could the U.S. government end up owning half of TikTok? If the latest version of one revised bid goes through, it will become a real possibility. Outlets including Reuters and The Hill report that Perplexity AI, a U.S.-based search engine startup, is offering TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance a proposal for a merger between Perplexity… -
Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as next Treasury Secretary
The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Scott Bessent as Secretary of the Treasury. The 62-year-old spent over three decades in investment banking and hedge funds before becoming a donor and economic adviser for President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. The Senate voted 68-29 to confirm Bessent, with over a dozen Democrats joining the Republican majority…
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