Several food banks have claimed that they are no longer receiving funds from the Agriculture Department without receiving an explanation. The USDA allocated $500 million for food banks for the rest of the fiscal year through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Food bank leaders in six states confirmed to Politico that many of their previously […]
The leader of Minnesota-based nonprofit group Feeding Our Future was convicted for her role in a $250 million pandemic fraud scheme that “exploited” a federal program meant for child nutrition. A jury found Aimee Bock, the founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future, one of 70 people charged in the case, guilty of seven […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin gutting the Department of Education on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise to the GOP to roll back federal oversight of the public education system. The order is Trump’s most significant action in dismantling the Education Department. Still, it faces legal hurdles, […]
The Washington Examiner’s Samantha-Jo Roth predicts that U.S. agencies will follow the “proper procedure” to adhere to their government efficiency cuts, which she contends are “not what we saw before.” The Trump administration has been busy seeking to eliminate waste in the federal government through the Department of Government Efficiency. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced […]
The GEO Group, a private prison operator, announced Thursday it entered into a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 1,800-bed facility in Baldwin, Michigan, at the former North Lake Correctional Facility. The contract came as mass deportations have prompted the Trump administration to use Guantanamo Bay and El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, among […]
Hamas fired multiple unsuccessful rockets into Israel on Thursday in retaliation for the Israeli military’s resumption of ground operations inside Gaza this week. The Israeli air force intercepted one of three Hamas-fired rockets, and the other two landed in open areas, according to the Israeli military. A spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, the Al Qassam […]
Tesla is recalling more than 46,000 Cybertrucks after an issue was discovered with the exterior trim potentially detaching and becoming a hazard. The recall is the latest for the automaker, which already had two other recalls this year and a significant recall pertaining to the autopilot feature in December affecting cars spanning 12 years of […]
More than 200 former congressional staffers had their Social Security numbers leaked in the JFK files that were declassified this week. A Jan. 23 executive order by President Donald Trump ordered all records related to the JFK assassination to be released. On Tuesday, the Trump administration released 1,059 records spanning 31,400 pages. The administration also called […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in “wasteful spending.” The Department of Government Efficiency is currently auditing federal departments, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seem to agree that defense spending is a problem, given that the Pentagon has failed six consecutive audits. “So today, I’m signing a memo directing […]
President Donald Trump has issued an avalanche of executive actions since returning to the White House, but not all of the actions have held up to initial judicial scrutiny. While Trump has been successful with several of his actions, others have been struck down by federal courts. The Trump administration still has avenues to appeal […]
