The military parade to honor the Army‘s 250th anniversary has ballooned in cost from anywhere between $25 million and $45 million. The parade in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for June 14, the Army’s semiquincentennial and President Donald Trump‘s birthday. Details about the parade began to surface earlier this year, with the Washington Post reporting the […]

The Trump administration fired around 600 employees at Voice of America, approximately one-third of its staff. The layoffs targeted contracted journalists and some administrative employees. Voice of America is a news network funded by the federal government that provides reporting to countries that have limited press freedom.  Voice of America indicated that the Trump administration […]

Five elite universities that have publicly criticized President Donald Trump are paying top-tier MAGA-friendly lobbyists to butter up the White House privately, federal lobbying disclosures show. ​Johns Hopkins University, ​Cornell University, ​Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University have all entered into lobbying contracts with Ballard Partners or Miller Strategies, two firms with […]

EXCLUSIVE — Myriad conservative groups are calling on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to reform the agency’s “antiquated and harmful” rules governing local TV and radio broadcasters. The letter, led by Heritage Action, is signed by leaders from the National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Tax Reform, Bull Moose Project, the James Madison Institute, and […]