‘What’s going to break?’ DOGE staffers ‘scorching the earth’ as they reshape federal government

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

Photo by Kevin Lamarque – Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) —  Before deciding to resign from the Office of Personnel Management, a senior agency official was asked a question by a staffer from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE):...

House Republicans meet with Trump to ‘move the ball forward’ on his agenda

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

Melina Mara /The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson led a cross-section of House Republicans for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Wednesday, where they’re huddling with President Donald Trump to chew over...

Committee vote on Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI director delayed after Democrats object

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A Senate Judiciary Committee vote on advancing Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI director was delayed Thursday after Democrats raised objections.This is a developing story. Please check back for...

Protesters across the US rally against Trump administration policies

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Protesters gathered nationwide Wednesday as part of a movement opposing the Trump administration’s policies and Project 2025, the controversial conservative presidential wish list.The protests, which took...

Rents are high — a new bill in Congress aims to change that

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — New legislation in Congress aims to tackle a financial burden weighing on millions of households — rent that is “too damn high,” as one New York City housing activist...

Lawmakers propose new legislation to ban DeepSeek from federal devices

by admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Politics

CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is demanding swift action after ABC News’ exclusive reporting about hidden links in DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence tool that could potentially send data to a...