DOGE takes a chainsaw to federal spending with 7 major victories this week: ‘Got to be done’

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) spent another week slashing hundreds of millions in spending by the federal government, while dodging various legal attempts to block its cost-cutting efforts. Here are some of DOGE’s big wins this week: 1. Judge shoots down request to stop federal worker firings  On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, […]

70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent

JOHANNESBURG – Seventy Christians have been beheaded with machetes or large knives, according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, by Islamist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – and yet the world remains mostly silent. The 70 Christians were first rounded up by Islamist rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, a […]

Wisconsin Democratic governor proposes replacing ‘mother’ with ‘inseminated person’ in state law

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, is facing backlash for introducing a budget recommendation that changes the word “mother” to “inseminated person,” and “paternity” to “parentage” in certain parts of state law. The Evers administration’s budget recommendation for the 2025-2027 fiscal period advises several other gendered terms be changed, as well. References to “wife” or […]

‘Not American’: Dem governors lash out at Elon Musk’s ‘cruel’ DOGE efforts

Democrats proved on Thursday during a press conference about protecting Medicaid that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has become an inevitable policy discussion under President Donald Trump’s second term.   Ahead of the National Governors Association’s winter meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, Democratic and Republican governors huddled within their respective parties to strategize and […]

‘He is delivering’: Trump’s first month flips script on radical Biden-Harris border policies

President Donald Trump unleashed an earthquake on the U.S. immigration system during his first full month in office, quickly overturning Biden-era policies and overhauling how authorities conduct enforcement in the interior and at the border. An order late Wednesday, which was implemented a day ahead of the administration’s one-month mark, directed all federal agencies to identify […]

Battle With China Brews in the Indian Ocean, Hamas Savagery Hits a New Low, and NBC News Settles a Defamation Suit

Beyond headlines about the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and the Biden administration’s failure to prevent them, the Indian Ocean and its inlets garner little U.S. media attention. Off the coast of East Africa, however, another battle is brewing—one that pits the United States against the Chinese Communist Party. The Indian Ocean sits between […]

Biden sent $2 billion to Stacey Abrams-linked group in green energy ‘scheme,’ EPA says

A climate group linked to high-profile Democrat Stacey Abrams was granted $2 billion by the Biden administration in a “scheme” of “wasteful” spending, the Trump administration’s leading environmental agency has revealed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made a revelation that the Biden administration was allowing just eight entities to distribute $20 billion of taxpayer […]