Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) signed an executive order Wednesday ending the state’s use of race- and sex-based preferences in awarding state contracts following the Indiana attorney general’s finding that certain programs were unconstitutional. Braun said he had directed Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) to review whether the state’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises procurement […]

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at forcing Congress to confront Social Security’s looming funding shortfall before automatic benefit cuts take effect. The proposal comes as the latest report from Social Security trustees warns that the program’s retirement trust fund will be depleted by late 2032 unless Congress acts. At that point, […]

Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Today, we give in. The World Cup is nearly over, so we are bringing you a healthy dose of political/soccer news while we quietly board a flight for Atlanta and a new skirmish in the Falklands war. If you have no idea what we are talking about, then it is […]

Billionaire Warren Buffett announced Tuesday that he has decided to stop donating to the Gates Foundation after newly released government documents showed the charity’s figurehead, Bill Gates, once had close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett has given over $47 billion to the Gates Foundation in the past two decades. The former Berkshire […]