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HUD Secretary Scott Turner Axes Biden-Era AFFH Rule, Frees Localities From Federal Zoning Overreach
HUD Secretary Scott Turner
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced Wednesday the termination of th [...]
Georgia Rep. MTG Slams USAID As ‘Left-Wing Slush Fund’ In DOGE Hearing On Foreign Aid
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Georgia Representative [...]
Federal Agencies Directed To Draft ‘Workforce Reduction’ Plans Under Trump’s DOGE Initiative
President Donald J. Trump
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum Wednesday to [...]
Trump Unleashes Musk’s DOGE To Gut The Swamp, Flexes Iron Grip At Cabinet Showdown
Cabinet Meeting (YT)
President Donald Trump kicked off his first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday with a full-throated defense of E [...]
Army’s Fitness Waiver Experiment Backfires As Overweight Recruits Strain Program
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army
The U.S. Army’s desperate bid to bolster its ranks by bending its own body fat standards has hit a snag, according to [...]
Scott Jennings Reminds CNN Panel That Biden Revoked Hundreds Of Press Passes
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Republican strategist Scott Jennings fact-checked a CNN panel complaining about changes to [...]
Mark Halperin Teams Up With Corporate Media Reporter To Rip Their Industry’s Liberal ‘Bias’
President Donald Trump
Journalist Mark Halperin joined Axios’ Trump White House reporter Marc Caputo on Tuesday in criticizing what they described [...]
Donalds-DeSantis Rift Brews As Rep. Byron Donalds Announces 2026 Florida Governor Run
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida (File)
A brewing divide between two of Florida’s most prominent Republicans took center stage Tuesday eve [...]
Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission Makes The Switch To “Gulf Of America”
Gulf of America (Google Maps Screengrab)
In a move to align with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conser [...]
‘We’re Your Tech Support’— Elon Musk Vows To Slash $1 Trillion In Waste, Weed Out ‘Fictional’ Employees
Elon Musk Calls DOGE Team "Tech Support" For Government Systems At Trump Cabinet Meeting
In an appearance at President Trump’s Cabinet meeting on [...]