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Musk targets hundreds of billions in entitlement fraud; Democrats call it an attack on old and needy

President Trump's plans to cut taxes and reduce the federal budget have put a bullseye on significant wasteful spending entrenched in Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security programs.

Trump says Biden’s Jan. 6 committee pardons are invalid

President Trump is claiming the preemptive pardons that President Joseph R. Biden granted to the House select committee on the Jan. 6 riot are not valid because his predecessor used an autopen to sign them.

Trump is right: The Department of Education must go

It is past time to admit that the Education Department has produced a terrible return on America’s investment. Since its creation in 1980, test scores have dropped, with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels in decades under former President Joe Biden. Civics knowledge is abysmal, as evidenced by middle school U.S. history […]

Philadelphia school district fails its students. Now it’s failing to protect female athletes

In February, the School District of Philadelphia announced it would defy President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting biological males who pretend to be females from participating in athletic competitions against other females. This was an egregious act of defiance from the leadership of one of the worst-rated school districts in the country. Much like the […]

18 percent rate economy as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’: Poll

Eighteen percent of Americans give a positive rating to the current state of the economy, according to a new survey released Sunday. In the NBC News poll, 1 percent of respondents say they would rate the current state of the economy as “excellent,” and 17 percent say they would rate the economy as “good.” Meanwhile,...

New York City Council speaker Adrienne Adams launches run for mayor: reports

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams launches run to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, challenging the front-runner, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Musk admits mistakes, shares DOGE progress report with House Republicans

Billionaire and efficiency czar Elon Musk capped off a day on Capitol Hill with a meeting with House Republicans where he admitted to making mistakes and fielded questions from lawmakers on the inner workings and findings of his Department of Government Efficiency.

Appeals court allows Trump to fire watchdog who delayed other terminations

A federal appeals court gave President Trump at least a short-term victory Wednesday in allowing him to oust a government watchdog who has emerged as a chief hurdle to his plans to remake the federal bureaucracy.

Draft of Trump order seeks to eliminate Department of Education: report

President Donald Trump is seeking to eliminate the Education Department, according to an executive order reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Hunter Biden’s financial woes revealed in new motion to drop lawsuit: ‘Significant debt’

Hunter Biden's legal team filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit Wednesday, citing the former first son's financial troubles and the Palisades Fire as reasons.

Elon Musk strategizes $1 trillion spending cuts with House DOGE panel in closed-door meeting

House Republicans huddled with Elon Musk in a pair of meetings on Wednesday night.

Trump moves House GOP holdouts closer to supporting government funding extension

House Republican holdouts appear closer to supporting a plan to avert a partial government shutdown after a meeting with President Trump.

Trump’s speech to Congress used as evidence against him in court

President Trump's effusive praise of Elon Musk during his speech to Congress this week is already coming back to bite him, with one of his legal challengers saying he contradicted his own Justice Department's assurances to a judge.

Democrats see silver lining to layoffs in Virginia as they seek to rally voters for governor’s race

Democrats are betting the flurry of pink slips President Trump has doled out to tens of thousands of federal workers and the blowback from it will give them a boost in the Virginia gubernatorial race, as they look to rebound from a disastrous election cycle and repair their party's mangled image.

House Republicans forge ahead with censure of Rep. Al Green for heckling Trump

House Democrats on Wednesday failed to derail a censure resolution against Rep. Al Green, who was ejected from President Trump's address to Congress for disrupting the speech.

Vance says deportations aren’t higher because Biden ‘gutted’ DHS system

Vice President J.D. Vance defended the Trump administration's pace of immigration arrests and deportations Wednesday, saying they are trying to rebuild a Homeland Security operation that was "gutted" by President Biden.

USAID head Peter Marocco tells lawmakers he’s eyeing potential criminal charges for foreign aid fraud: report

The head of USAID told lawmakers Wednesday his staff was preparing potential criminal referrals against those who allegedly misused taxpayer dollars.

Democrat Rep. Stansbury goes on profane tirade during sanctuary city hearing: ‘total bulls***’

Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico went off in a curse-laden tirade against Republicans during a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities, calling the hearing “utter bulls--t."

Young father killed by illegal immigrant highlights ‘betrayal’ of sanctuary cities, says Republican

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins said that President Donald Trump has “ripped the curtains from the rods," revealing the impact of sanctuary policies across America.

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