Year one of Donald Trump’s second term has been catastrophic for American democracy
The past year has been marked by near-constant upheaval, with new, revised or abandoned directives emerging from the Oval ...
A year into Trump’s second term much has changed and officials say there’s ‘lots more to come’
President Trump was sworn into his second term on Jan. 20, 2025. The year that followed showed an administration that had ...
Hiltzik: Feds now admit DOGE accessed private data at Social Security
The government denied that DOGE had misused private data held by Social Security. Now it admits that staffers did indeed ...
Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims.
Government Executive
DOGE officials face Hatch Act referrals for work with org aiming to ‘overturn election results’
DOGE employees also shared Social Security data using the third-party server Cloudflare, and according to new court documents ...
The Daily Signal
What the Education Department’s New Portal Means for Foreign Influence on University Campuses
Madison Marino Doan is a senior research associate in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. On Jan. 2, the Department of Education officially launched its new and improved portal ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Trump Wanted to Slash Scientific Research Funding. So Far, Congress Has Said No.
Congress this week indicated that it will keep funding steady at three key scientific agencies, effectively rejecting the White House’s effort to slash their appropriations. Nearly one year after ...
KTVB
US Education Department reinstates grant funds supporting Idaho's rural schools
BOISE, Idaho — Nearly two dozen rural Idaho school districts will maintain nearly $30 million in federally-funded grants previously expected to end following an updated decision by the U.S. Department ...
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DOGE says agencies cut $1.6B in federal contracts, flags spending on Somalia, HHS web services
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday that federal agencies have terminated or reduced 55 contracts over the last three days with a combined ceiling value of $1.6 billion, ...
STAT
HHS slashes vaccine recommendations
John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. You’re reading the web edition ...
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‘Loves Corporate Welfare for Himself’: Elon Musk Slashes Federal Contracts While Raking in Billions from U.S. Taxpayers—Dems Sound Alarm on ‘Blatant’ Conflict of Interest
He may be the world’s richest man, but Elon Musk is also one of the biggest recipients of government assistance. While Musk has stuck a knife in the heart of foreign aid programs like Pepfar, which ...
AOL
Trump administration slashes number of diseases U.S. children will be regularly vaccinated against
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced sweeping changes to the pediatric vaccine schedule on Monday, sharply cutting the number of diseases U.S. children will be regularly ...