The Senate voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director, with
Patel telling lawmakers during his confirmation hearing, “there will be
no politicization at the FBI.”
Washington Times - President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that targets numerous federal agencies, including the United States Institute of Peace and several advisory committees, in his ongoing effort to reduce the size of the federal government. The order mirrors his executive order from Tuesday that takes a magnifying glass to the spending of independent agencies and gives control over them to the executive branch. "Reducing the size of the Federal Government will minimize Government waste and abuse, reduce inflation, and promote American freedom and innovation,” the order says.
It says the “non-statutory components and
functions” of the Presidio Trust, the Inter-American Foundation, the
United States African Development Foundation and the United States
Institute of Peace, “shall be eliminated to the maximum extent
consistent with applicable law” and reduce their functions and staff “to
the minimum presence and function required by law.”
‘Stop making cents’ could be easier said than done
CNN- The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,000 workers Thursday, according to a source familiar with the agency’s plans. The government workers who will lose their jobs were more recently hired and therefore have probationary status, making them easier to cut loose, the source said. The firings come less than two months before the April 15 deadline for Americans to file their taxes with the IRS. The agency has been accepting tax returns since January.
President Trump — in small and unprecedented ways — is punishing media companies more than any leader since America's founding, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer writes. Trump is targeting traditional media sources at a moment of tremendous business and cultural vulnerability for the industry.
- American trust in media has hit an all-time low. Most U.S. counties have little to no local news sources anymore More
The Guardian - Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of monkey pox global emergency
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