A new analysis exposing the National Security Agency’s alleged hack of a Chinese university sent shock waves through the cybersecurity community this week, with granular details of the communist country’s investigative findings spilling out into the open. The Australia-based researcher Lina Lau, who uses…… Read more
The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled $226 million in federal grants earmarked for meetings and reports on diversity needs in K-12 schools. The Department of Education said the Comprehensive Centers program that the grants funded produced work that ranged from a video instructing teachers to “flick that White man off your shoulders” to a joint video…… Read more
Stephen Marroquin-Mendez was stuffed inside a cabinet in the cab of a semitruck when authorities found him. The cabinet was latched from the outside, so he could not free himself. The illegal immigrant from El Salvador told agents from the Department of Homeland Security last week that he had paid $8,500 to be floated across the Rio Grande and into Texas, owed $8,500 more…… Read more
EdReform Virginia’s 3rd annual School Choice Week event drew a crowd of more than 50 on Saturday, Feb. 1. The event, held in Arlington, featured remarks from a variety of speakers on the need for educational freedom. “The Nation’s Report Card came out just last week — and the results, frankly, were abysmal,” said EdReform Virginia Executive Director Nathan Brinkman. “We should view this as a five-alarm fire…… Read more
President Trump’s latest move against the federal bureaucracy came this week when the administration moved to fire thousands of recently hired employees still on probationary status. The Veterans Affairs Department said it axed more than 1,000 nonunion workers who had been on the job for less than two years…… Read more
By Mike Glenn The Washington Times Thursday, February 13, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday brushed off European complaints that President Trump’s surprise one-on-one talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin amounted to a betrayal of Ukraine and stood by his comments a day earlier that it was unrealistic for Kyiv to expect a peace deal to return all the land it had lost…… Read more
It sounds almost too crazy to be true. President Trump’s quest to dislodge thousands of workers from the federal government is being hamstrung by an antiquated personnel filing system located deep inside a mountain bunker. Mr. Trump’s government efficiency adviser, Elon Musk…… Read more
The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it had fired four employees it blamed for making “egregious” payments for luxury hotels to house migrants in New York City. Those axed include the chief financial officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, two program analysts and a grant…… Read more
The president of the European Commission is condemning President Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on foreign steel and aluminum and pledging to retaliate. Ursula von der Leyen said tariffs are taxes that are bad for business and “worse for consumers.” “Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswered — they will trigger firm and proportionate countermeasures,” Ms. von der Leyen said late Monday…… Read more
Republican lawmakers for years have preached fiscal responsibility and vowed to curb wanton federal spending, but Congress kept racking up deficits and the national debt has now ballooned to more than $36 trillion. Enter Elon Musk, tech billionaire and leader of President Trump’s charge to downsize the federal government. Mr. Musk and his Department…… Read more
A new analysis exposing the National Security Agency’s alleged hack of a Chinese university sent shock waves through the cybersecurity community this week, with granular details of the communist country’s investigative findings spilling out into the open. The Australia-based researcher Lina Lau, who uses…… Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled $226 million in federal grants earmarked for meetings and reports on diversity needs in K-12 schools. The Department of Education said the Comprehensive Centers program that the grants funded produced work that ranged from a video instructing teachers to “flick that White man off your shoulders” to a joint video…… Continue Reading
Stephen Marroquin-Mendez was stuffed inside a cabinet in the cab of a semitruck when authorities found him. The cabinet was latched from the outside, so he could not free himself. The illegal immigrant from El Salvador told agents from the Department of Homeland Security last week that he had paid $8,500 to be floated across the Rio Grande and into Texas, owed $8,500 more…… Continue Reading
EdReform Virginia’s 3rd annual School Choice Week event drew a crowd of more than 50 on Saturday, Feb. 1. The event, held in Arlington, featured remarks from a variety of speakers on the need for educational freedom. “The Nation’s Report Card came out just last week — and the results, frankly, were abysmal,” said EdReform Virginia Executive Director Nathan Brinkman. “We should view this as a five-alarm fire…… Continue Reading
President Trump’s latest move against the federal bureaucracy came this week when the administration moved to fire thousands of recently hired employees still on probationary status. The Veterans Affairs Department said it axed more than 1,000 nonunion workers who had been on the job for less than two years…… Continue Reading
By Mike Glenn The Washington Times Thursday, February 13, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday brushed off European complaints that President Trump’s surprise one-on-one talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin amounted to a betrayal of Ukraine and stood by his comments a day earlier that it was unrealistic for Kyiv to expect a peace deal to return all the land it had lost…… Continue Reading
It sounds almost too crazy to be true. President Trump’s quest to dislodge thousands of workers from the federal government is being hamstrung by an antiquated personnel filing system located deep inside a mountain bunker. Mr. Trump’s government efficiency adviser, Elon Musk…… Continue Reading
The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it had fired four employees it blamed for making “egregious” payments for luxury hotels to house migrants in New York City. Those axed include the chief financial officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, two program analysts and a grant…… Continue Reading
The president of the European Commission is condemning President Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on foreign steel and aluminum and pledging to retaliate. Ursula von der Leyen said tariffs are taxes that are bad for business and “worse for consumers.” “Unjustified tariffs on the EU will not go unanswered — they will trigger firm and proportionate countermeasures,” Ms. von der Leyen said late Monday…… Continue Reading
Republican lawmakers for years have preached fiscal responsibility and vowed to curb wanton federal spending, but Congress kept racking up deficits and the national debt has now ballooned to more than $36 trillion. Enter Elon Musk, tech billionaire and leader of President Trump’s charge to downsize the federal government. Mr. Musk and his Department…… Continue Reading