Author: Mike Nova

Plus, Republican governors and lawmakers seek to Trump-ify their state governments.

Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from across Republican and Democratic administrations spoke out against the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency.

Social media users and President Donald Trump are slamming Democratic Sen. Cory Booker for his opposition to cutting U.S. funding to controversial programs overseas.

In a grass-roots effort to kick off a national movement, organizers encouraged those opposed to President Trump’s actions on immigration, transgender rights and more to gather at state capitals and city halls.

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News comes after nearly a thousand contractors laid off or furloughed, and USAid website and X account removed

There is no information on who has been hired under DOGE, the authority under which it operates, or how it vets and monitors its staff.

On her first day as attorney general, Bondi issued orders to review Trump prosecutions and create a “weaponization” of government working group.

The executive order threatens “to rescind all funds from educational programs” that let transgender girls and women play on girls’ and women’s sports teams.