More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under President Donald Trump’s administration were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them.
Day: February 25, 2025
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently sought information from federal government employees regarding what work they completed in the past week. Experts weighed in.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out a timeline to increase British spending on defense, now 2.3 percent. He is scheduled to meet with President Trump this week.
Speaker Mike Johnson has several holdouts on his budget plan, which he still plans to send to a floor vote Tuesday evening.
Britain will aim to spend 3% of its GDP on defence in the next parliament, due to begin in 2029, and will help to fund that increased spending by cutting its aid budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.
British defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, setting out the country’s biggest sustained increase in its defence budget since the end of the Cold War.
The prime minister says he will cut the UK’s aid budget to fund the rise in defence spending.
The upgraded and expanded North Field will increase its capacity to handle both routine and contingency operations.
For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope’s health. As leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the pope is a revered spiritual figure. Talking about his earthly health was profane.