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 during almost the entire Biden
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 Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
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 million to strengthen trans-led organizations to
‘Sesame Street in Iraq’: USAID’s ‘wasteful and dangerous’ spending exposed by senator
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, 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 has gripped taxpayers until the Department
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 held their weekly closed-door agenda meeting
USAID staffers stunned, angered by Trump admin’s DOGE shutdown of $40B agency
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 Elon Musk – effectively shut
Trump reacts to Trudeau resignation: ‘Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State’
President-elect Trump on Monday reiterated his suggestion that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state, just hours after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plan to resign."Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State. The United States can no
RFK Jr. ‘wrong’ about vaccinations, GOP senator says
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday" that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "wrong" on the issue of vaccinations.President-elect Donald Trump tapped Kennedy to serve as Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary. Cassidy, a
In one of last speeches in office, Biden attempts to rehabilitate image of late segregationist Strom Thurmond
President Biden appeared to attempt to rehabilitate the image of notorious late pro-segregation Sen. Strom Thurmond on Monday during one of the final speeches of his presidency.Biden made the comments while speaking at a White House reception for new Democratic
Canada’s Trudeau announces resignation following party pressure amid criticisms of Trump, budget handling
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he intends to resign as party leader and prime minister after pressure from within his own Liberal Party increasingly grew amid heightened criticisms over his handling of the economy and threats