Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters but DOGE cuts wildfire support

The pay boost comes as Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut workers at the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Park Service and the NOAA. SEATTLE — Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worker firings will leave the nation […]

Musk just installed Starlink to boost White House Wifi – but is it necessary?

According to The New York Times, the satellite internet service was provided to the government as part of Musk-led cost-cutting measures via the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the move was intended to “improve Wifi connectivity” across the complex — despite the fact that the site […]

Injunction Dysfunction Or Tyrant Disruption? Trump-Era Judicial Paralysis Explained

Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Can a single judge unilaterally thwart the president of the United States? That’s the contentious question the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve last week in response to court orders blocking its effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and after a slew of decrees requiring the president do everything from […]