The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced a new deal with the government of Panama that will eliminate charge fees for U.S. government vessels. ‘The government of Panama has agreed to no longer charge fees…
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: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., came out in support of a GOP effort in the upper chamber to get moving on legislation to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. It would be a significant…
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Who is Samantha Power? Meet the Biden-era USAID leader facing backlash amid Musk’s DOGE crackdown
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has recently become the target of Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts to slash government waste and spending, bringing increased scrutiny to the record of Samantha Power, the agency’s administrator…
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USAID activists say stopping ‘corporate welfare’ outweighs ending funds to terror-linked groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Protesters rallying against the sweep of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) say that ending ‘corporate welfare’ should be prioritized over looking at money being reportedly funneled to terror-linked groups. Elon…
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GOP lawmaker scraps with Democrat in hearing over transgender ‘slur,’ bathroom rights: ‘Not going to have it’
A House Oversight Committee hearing devolved into a fight over words on Wednesday after Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., repeatedly used a ‘slur’ to describe transgender people in a hearing on USAID funding. ‘USAID awarded $2…
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Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst published a list of projects and programs she says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped fund across the years, highlighting it as ‘wasteful and dangerous’ spending that…
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GOP rebels push for $2.5 trillion cuts in Trump budget bill during tense closed-door meeting
Republican spending hawks in the House of Representatives are pushing their leaders to include at least $2.5 trillion in spending cuts in a massive piece of legislation intended to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republicans…
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Staffers and contractors who work with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were stunned and angered after President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – the government accountability unit headed by billionaire…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Democrats Wednesday for their criticism of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), calling it ‘unacceptable’ and ‘incredibly alarming.’ ‘Some elected Democrats are so steamed about DOGE – Congresswoman LaMonica…
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USAID has ‘demonstrated pattern of obstructionism,’ claims top DOGE Republican in letter to Rubio
The Senate chair of the DOGE Caucus is exposing a ‘demonstrated pattern of obstructionism’ at the U.S.’ top aid agency in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, outlined how…