Federal Agencies
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Debt will balloon to 123% of entire US economy by 2036 without action from Congress: GAO
"Over the long term, it is unsustainable for debt to grow faster than the economy grows," the GAO report says. The public debt is projected to "grow more than twice as fast as the economy over the next 10 years, reaching 123% of the size of the economy in 2036."
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Biden DOJ targeted parents at school board meetings despite FBI, sheriffs' objections, memos show
AFL said it acquired the documents as part of its ongoing lawsuit related to former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum that targeted concerned parents at school board meetings during the COVID pandemic.
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Census Bureau plans 2030 count as 2020 lawsuit continues
The decisions being made now will determine how hundreds of millions of Americans are represented in Congress, how legislative districts are drawn in every state for the next decade, and how much federal funding flows to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
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Truth in Accounting explains what the Moody's downgrade really means for taxpayers
The group uses a proprietary methodology that it says cuts through "politicization and accounting tricks" to give taxpayers a complete picture of government financial management.
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Feds investigate effort to impersonate Susie Wiles: Report
The FBI is leading the probe and does not believe a foreign nation is behind the impersonation.
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Trump admin seeks 'Patriotic Americans' in new hiring initiative
The plan was written by Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Vince Haley and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell.
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Exclusive: Former USAID executive disputes reported impact of foreign aid cuts
According to the report, dozens of impoverished and conflict-ridden countries have seen multiple aid services cut, creating "a life-threatening vacuum" that other governments and aid organizations “are not realistically able to fill in the immediate term," according to Amanda Klasing of Amnesty International USA.
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Trump admin creates merit-based hiring plan, ending DEI federal hiring
“OPM is committed to creating a federal workforce that reflects the highest standards of merit and service,” OPM acting director Charles Ezell said.
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Labor Department to suspend Job Corps centers over safety, financial issues
A Job Corps transparency report released in April found that the average graduation rate for the program was just 38.6%.
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State Department tells Congress it will close Afghan refugee resettlement office
The reorganization of the State Department is part of a broader plan to cut the federal workforce under the Department of Government Efficiency and will take effect by July 1.
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Justice Department says it will no longer vet judicial nominees through American Bar Association
Bondi said the changes include revoking ABA's access to certain information about nominees that is not publicly available, and not allowing nominees to specifically sit for interviews with the association or answer questions provided by it.
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Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led city through 9/11, dies at age 69
The former NYPD official was hospitalized in the cardiac unit of a hospital earlier this month. The cause of Kerik's death was not immediately clear.
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Three top Musk aides leave DOGE as billionaire exits government service: Report
DOGE Chief Operating Officer Steve Davis, adviser and spokesperson Katie Miller and lawyer James Burnham are leaving the department.