A Social Security employee has been slapped with a two-year prison sentence after he admitted to stealing government benefits by creating profiles for fake children and a dead person.
Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency were being given a 15-minute window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces.
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat did not write his new book Believe for me personally (that honor appears to belong to The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, who is mentioned in the introduction), but it is at least written for people like me. “I am a believing Christian,” Douthat says, explaining his motive for writing the […]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its budget plan on Feb. 25. The vote was 217-215, with all Democrats voting against the bill along with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). With the nominations and subsequent resignations of former Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Mike Waltz (R-FL), Republicans have their smallest House majority since 1931. Rep. Elise […]
Having taken over the Kennedy Center as chairman of the Board, President Donald Trump intends a major cultural retrograde. His Christmas improvement — “a big, huge celebration of the birth of Christ,” per new Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell — has many questioning whether this is not just a MAGA approach to the same event. […]
Iran is conducting a campaign to extract sensitive U.S. data and use it to harm Americans and our allies, and policymakers are not doing enough to stop it. President Donald Trump‘s Feb. 4 executive order ordering the government to start a robust campaign against Iran’s intellectual property theft is a good start, drawing attention to a serious […]
The editorial board of the New York Post is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify that the measles vaccine is safe amid an outbreak in Texas. "Go to Texas, Mr. Secretary, and preach the truth as only a convert can: This vaccine is safe, and getting children jabbed is an act...
American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten urged top Tesla investors to review the company's current valuation on behalf of her union's members, in a letter Thursday. Weingarten, who heads one of the largest unions in the country, pointed to drops in Tesla’s stock price, latest financial disclosures, EV competition and “deterioration” of brand as reasons for the review. “Given these mounting concerns and...
Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week to throw out lawsuits the Biden administration filed accusing police and fire departments around the country of discrimination when hiring candidates. Bondi directed the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division on Wednesday to dismiss the federal civil rights lawsuits, arguing the prior administration “unjustly” went...