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White House getting new $200M ballroom
Al Jazeera English
The White House has announced plans for a new $200m ballroom, with construction to start in September.
Jul 31, 2025, 8:44 PM
Hundreds of agencies tap Atherton surveillance system for feds; Fails own rules
Arden Margulis, Almanacnews.com
Hundreds of law enforcement agencies used Atherton’s license plate surveillance system with searches tied immigration enforcement despite California law.
Jul 31, 2025, 4:11 PM
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
This week, both our top winners on the insightful side come in response to our post about DOGE and the disaster in Texas. In first place, it’s That Anonymous Coward with a reaction to the government’s response: Devoting a large portion of a press conference t…
Jul 13, 2025, 7:00 PM
University Of Virginia Faculty Vote No Confidence In Governing Board
Michael T. Nietzel, Senior Contributor, Michael T. Nietzel, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/, Forbes
The University of Virginia Faculty Senate has voted it has no confidence in the school’s Board of Visitors by a margin of 46 to 6, with 8 senators abstaining.
Jul 13, 2025, 1:01 PM
Columbia University-Trump administration to strike a deal
CP24 Toronto
Columbia University is on the verge of striking an agreement with the Trump administration following months of negotiation to restore federal funding to the school, according to two sources familiar with the deal.
Jul 12, 2025, 8:49 PM
Disaster Looms As President Trump Plans To Defund Satellite Crash Avoidance Service
staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King), Jalopnik
The U.S. Space Force and the entire private space industry are telling Congress this is a recipe for disaster.
Jul 10, 2025, 5:22 PM
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This
Casey Michel, The Atlantic
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
Jul 10, 2025, 2:59 PM
Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting even harder
Lauren Sommer, NPR
Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.
Jul 10, 2025, 9:54 AM
Fear and denial in DC: Federal workers are reeling as Trump gets go-ahead to continue firings
Allie Kelly,Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan,Alice Tecotzky, Business Insider
Business Insider spoke with 16 federal workers after the Supreme Court decision that will allow federal staff cuts to continue.
Jul 10, 2025, 9:21 AM
Eggheads hold science fair on Capitol Hill to decry funding cuts
Iain Thomson, Theregister.com
'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missing President Trump's budget slashes funding for science and led to the cancellation or reduction of thousands of research programs, so scientists have staged a series of presentations to show le…
Jul 9, 2025, 11:30 PM
What we know so far about how federal job cuts could play out
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider
Federal agencies could choose to fire workers en masse or offer options like buyouts. Here's what we know about how and when it could happen.
Jul 9, 2025, 8:35 PM
WATCH: Homeland Security ends mandatory shoe removal at airport screening
ABC News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that the TSA and its nearly two-decade mandate for passengers to remove their shoes at airport screening is officially over.
Jul 9, 2025, 1:26 PM
Trump Is Cutting Tens of Thousands of Veterans Affairs Workers
Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
The president backed off his plan to fire 83,000 workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs — but his administration is still getting rid of tons.
Jul 9, 2025, 1:02 PM
Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut
Rebecca Hersher, NPR
The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Jul 9, 2025, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court’s order letting Trump conduct mass federal layoffs, briefly explained
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump can proceed with his campaign o…
Jul 8, 2025, 10:39 PM
Supreme Court green-lights mass firings at federal agencies
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
The Supreme Court issued an order that effectively allows the Trump administration to proceed with plans for widespread layoffs at federal agencies.
Jul 8, 2025, 8:32 PM
Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with firing plans, federal government reorg
Devin Dwyer, ABC News
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to move forward with an executive order mandating a restructure of federal agencies and mass layoffs of workers.
Jul 8, 2025, 8:05 PM
Trump on DOGE cuts: ‘I would have done it differently’
Ben Johansen, Politico
The president defended the massive government overhaul — but critiqued the approach.
Jul 8, 2025, 6:10 PM
Trump cut the National Weather Service. Did that impact Texas flood warnings?
Noel King, Cameron Peters, Vox
In the wake of deadly flooding in Texas, my colleague Noel King, who cohosts the Today, Explained podcast spoke with CNN senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman about what we know about the impact of cuts to the National Weather Service and what those cuts co…
Jul 8, 2025, 2:59 PM
Feds brag about hefty Oracle discount – licensing experts smell a lock-in
Lindsay Clark, Theregister.com
If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is The US General Services Administration (GSA) has announced an agreement with Oracle it claims offers a 75 percent discount on the vendor's license-based technology.…
Jul 8, 2025, 12:24 PM
Trump takes another bite out of congressional power with TikTok, beautiful bill
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
Having the Air Force fly a B-2 bomber overhead during a signing ceremony for a budget bill would have in a different time seemed like overkill. But in our...
Jul 8, 2025, 10:00 AM
“Unbelievable”: The Internet Is Outraged Over How MAGA Officials Are Responding To The Texas Floods Amid The Trump Admin’s National Weather Service Cuts
Morgan Sloss, Buzzfeed
"we live in a society where conservatives believe in magical weather control machines but not climate change."View Entire Post ›
Jul 7, 2025, 9:42 PM
ICE Using Repurposed Border Facial Recognition Tech To ID Protesters, Activists, And Migrants On US Streets
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
The Trump Administration’s constant escalation of its mass deportation programs now means ICE, CBP, and other federal agencies must come up with thousands of arrests a day. This never had anything to do with removing criminals from the country and, even if yo…
Jul 7, 2025, 8:34 PM
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ICEBlock app developer had ‘better watch out’ says US attorney general [U]
Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac
White House condemnation of a free app has drawn substantial attention to it, helping ICEBlock become the most popular social networking app in the App Store, beating out apps like X and Instagram. ICEBlock alerts people to sightings of Immigration and Cu…
Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 AM