FTC departs from ABA ending government support for the legal group
REPUBLICAN NATION – The Federal Trade Commission has announced it will no longer recognize the American Bar Association as a neutral legal institution, blocking its appointees from engaging with the organization and ending federal funding for ABA activities. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the decision was necessary due to the ABA’s overt political bias and financial conflicts […]
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won’t help ‘dismantle’ public services : NPR
Elon Musk, who oversees the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, holds a chainsaw as he arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday in Oxon Hill, Md. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk’s Department of […]
Civil service staff resigns over Musk’s cuts
More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint […]
GOP Senators Tackle Food Stamp Benefits For Desserts, Sodas
A pair of Republican senators are taking aim at taxpayer subsidies for hyper-addictive junk food delivered to the poor under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Last week, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama introduced the Healthy SNAP Act, which would reform federal food stamps to prohibit items with […]