State Department Axes $214 Million in Foreign Grants, From Cash for ‘Newsroom Sustainability’ in Moldova to ‘Media Diversity’ in the UK

‘Further review of the active grant portfolio reveals a significant number of grant programs which remain inconsistent with Administration policies’ Marco Rubio, Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The State Department has eliminated $214 million in foreign funding initiatives, nixing 139 taxpayer-funded grants that promoted, among other things, “newsroom sustainability” in Moldova, “media diversity” in the […]

Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data : NPR

The DOGE team may have taken data related to union organizing and labor complaints and hid its tracks, according to a whistleblower. Charlotte Gomez for NPR hide caption toggle caption Charlotte Gomez for NPR In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at […]

UAW Boss Sides With Trump On Tariffs, Stuns MSNBC Panel

Anti-Trumper—perhaps now reformed—UAW union boss Shawn Fain stunned far-left MSNBC hosts Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele over the weekend by echoing MAGA talking points and defending President Trump’s tariffs.  President Shawn Fain is about to go live on @CNN to talk about Trump, Harris, and our fight against corporate greed. #StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/BhJGxrOZ9c — […]

Trade War? Policy Pivot? | ZeroHedge

By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities For anyone who has been reading the T-Report for the past few months, you know that we have become increasingly concerned about the administration’s tariff policy and its impact on markets and the economy. As recently as Thursday on Bloomberg TV, I was bearish on the economy and thought […]

DOGE finds more fraud — where were the watchdogs?

Where there’s a will, there’s a way to commit fraud and waste money. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency has unearthed far too much evidence of this in DC and beyond. His latest findings are eye-opening. As the New York Post reported, DOGE claimed an initial review found that since 2020, 9,700 people […]

Government Spending | Ask the CFP Practitioner

Question: How much does The Federal Government actually spend?  Answer: The short answer is “a lot!” Since President Trump took office on January 20, there have been numerous headlines about efforts by his administration to review how the federal government spends money. Are his intentions more bark than bite, or will proposed spending reforms and […]