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Trump Fires Watchdog After Scathing Report
“The White House fired the independent inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday evening, a day after his office issued a blistering report assessing the impact…
Musk Ally Had Power to Alter Payments System
“Treasury Department officials said Tuesday that the agency last week ‘mistakenly’ and ‘briefly’ gave a member of Elon Musk’s team the power to alter a sensitive federal payments database, prompting…
Ford CEO Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs
“Ford Motor could be forced to lay off employees if the Trump administration ends subsidies and other financial support for electric vehicle manufacturing, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday,”…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We have this unelected, fourth unconstitutional branch of government, which is the bureaucracy, which has, in a lot of ways, currently more power than any elected representative. And this is…
Musk Says Bureaucracy Is Riddled With Fraud and Waste
“Elon Musk, the billionaire supporter of President Trump, appeared with the president and defended his government reduction effort known as the Department of Government Efficiency,” the New York Times reports….
China Is Building Fortress Against U.S. Pressure
Wall Street Journal: “China is racing to make itself less reliant on the outside world’s products and technology — part of a yearslong effort by leader Xi Jinping to make…
Musk’s Team Slashes the Education Department
“Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort announced a variety of cuts at the Education Department totaling over $900 million, apparently aimed at hobbling the department’s research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences,”…
All Eyes on This Week’s Inflation Report
Wall Street Journal: “Not every monthly inflation report is created equally. In an economy with price pressures, January has packed a bigger punch. Price hikes in recent years have been…
Trump Vows to Undo Biden’s Environmental Rules
“President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his administration would reverse former President Joe Biden’s efforts to make a host of consumer products more efficient, from toilets to showerheads — including…
Why Voters Rejected Bidenomics
“In a scathing new essay on what went wrong with Biden-era economic policy, longtime Democratic economic adviser Jason Furman argues that the last administration was too quick to toss aside…
Can Democrats Win Back Latinos?
“Amid the turmoil and controversies of President Trump’s opening weeks, Democrats see an opening with working-class voters wooed by Trump’s movement,” the New York Times reports. Save to Favorites
Quote of the Day
“We’re gonna have it. And we’re gonna keep it… nobody is gonna question it… we’ll have lots of good things built there, including hotels.” — President Trump, speaking to reporters…
Almost $500 Million in Food Aid at Risk of Spoiling
“Almost $500 million in food aid is at risk of spoilage as it sits in ports, ships and warehouses after funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID,…
Trump Moves to ‘Significantly’ Reduce Federal Workers
“President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday directing agencies to work with the Department of Government Efficiency to cut staff and limit hiring, with the goal…
The Hottest Stop on the D.C. Media Circuit
Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast has become the stop on the D.C. media circuit for Trump World, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Congressional aides say they know when their boss…
White House Will Not Release Visitor Logs
“The White House will not release visitor logs during President Donald Trump’s second term, a move that aligns with the policy of his first administration,” the Washington Examiner reports. Save…
Johnson and Thune to Meet
“Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune will meet today to discuss the budget reconciliation process,” Punchbowl News reports. “Thune and Johnson frequently meet when Congress is in…
House Freedom Caucus to Introduce Its Own Plan
“House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-MD) said Tuesday that the group would be releasing its own plan this week for achieving President Donald Trump’s tax priorities,” Politico reports. “The…
Russia Releases U.S. Prisoner
“President Trump on Tuesday secured the release of an American imprisoned in Russia as part of a deal with the Kremlin negotiated by Mr. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle…
Republicans Try to Save USAID Food Program
“One of the first efforts to restore a program run by the U.S. Agency for International Development has begun—and it is coming from Republicans,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Congressional…
