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The administration of President Donald Trump for months now has been trying to convince Harvard University, which sits on billions of dollars in endowment cash, to fix problems with anti-Semitism and racial discrimination on its campus.
A coalition of 16 state attorneys general already has endorsed the move, because, as their statement explained, "Harvard itself admits that anti-Semitism both exists and is a problem on its campus but is unwilling to address the issue. Jewish students deserve equal protection and access to education which is why I led a 16-state coalition to support President Trump's actions."
The Trump administration already has frozen $2.2 billion of Harvard's federal grants and contracts over the issue, with a court hearing pending.
And it has ordered, in a move that is under challenge, that Harvard no longer be allowed to enroll foreign students.
Playing a role in the fight is that the Supreme Court previously has held that the federal government is not required to fund universities that practice illegal discrimination.
Now the government has just piled on the school, determining that Harvard is in violation of Title VI "due to persistent indifference toward anti-Semitism on campus."
The citation referencing the Civil Rights Act could threaten literally all of Harvard's access to federal funding.
The notification came in a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber and explained the findings of an investigation into anti-Semitism on the campus by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
The letter confirmed there is evidence that Jewish and Israeli students reported assaults and concealed their Jewish identities on campus. And those who staged demonstrations against Israel were not punished.
The school, in some cases, was "deliberately indifferent" to the harassment.
"The Trump Administration's work to restore equal enforcement of civil rights on American campuses continues," said Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
The Trump administration also has suggested ending the school's tax-exempt status.
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Officials in the sanctuary city of Denver have decided to close down a successful anti-theft program in order to protect illegal aliens, including criminals.
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley explained the program was "a highly successful anti-theft auto license plate tracking system."
But the fight against crime was not derailed because of privacy concerns, or finances.
"It was shut down because Democratic members believed that ICE could use the data to deport illegals," he explained. "In May, the council refused to renew the $666,000 contract with Flock for camera monitors around 70 Denver intersections to screen for car theft. That system resulted in the recovery of 170 stolen cars and 300 arrests. It is also credited with key evidence in the investigation of hit-and-run and murder cases."
But, he noted, "It could also be used to assist ICE, and that is all that matters."
He cited the confirmation from Councilman Kevin Flynn: "We know that it can help solve crime. But I think since maybe Jan. 20 of this year, those concerns are greatly heightened and have a new reality about them."
And Sarah Parady, another sanctuary city council member, said, "We're living in an era where just this last week, actually, an executive order came out instructing the Department of Justice and the FBI to look for reasons to prosecute local elected officials and activists who they believe are, quote, unquote, obstructing ICE enforcement. This kind of surveillance technology is a gift if you have that kind of ill intent, and the federal government has that ill intent right now."
Mayor Mike Johnston said the program had to go because of "community concerns."
Turley noted, "The police are obviously not happy but car thieves are thrilled. If this seems utterly insane, keep in mind that this was a unanimous vote of the city council."
A Fox affiliate said Flock previously was contracted to provide more than 100 license plate readers throughout Denver.
The original contract cost the city $339,450, but "the cost wasn't the main reason why council members voted no," the report said.
Instead, the issue became just who has access to the data because of Denver's sanctuary city status.
"Members worried that federal agencies would gain access to data and information that would be detrimental to immigrant communities," the report said.
The report explained, "One of Denver's southern neighbors, Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly, spoke out against the vote. Weekly posted to X on May 6, referencing a FOX31 story on the contract extension failure, saying, 'This morning we caught a robbery suspect from another jurisdiction using @Flock_Safety. This tech helps catch murderers, rapists, kidnappers, robbers, & ID sex offenders near schools. Meanwhile, @CityofDenver policies empower criminals and make our entire metro area less safe.'"
The station said, "FOX31 asked Flock to weigh in on the privacy concerns. The company noted first that its technology has been used to solve 'hundreds of cases' by the Denver Police Department, including a multi-million dollar jewelry heist at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center."
"The Sheriff is correct in all of these assertions. All searches conducted in the Flock LPR (license plate reader) system are saved in a permanent audit trail, which records the user, the parameters of the search, and the reason for the search (typically a case number)," Flock said. "All data collected by the LPR system — both vehicle images and metadata — are owned by the customer, in this case DPD, stored in the cloud encrypted, and purged automatically after 30 days. Denver has instituted an LPR policy that guides acceptable use and data sharing, along with additional best practices like regular audits and user training."
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President Donald Trump has announced a new list of sanctions targeting the rogue Islamic regime in Iran, this time putting in the bull's-eye eight companies that are involved "in the procurement and transshipment of sensitive machinery for Iran's defense industry."
The sanctioned include the Hong Kong-based Unico Shipping, Shun Kai Xing, a bulk carrier owned by Unico Shipping, Zhang Yanbang, shipmaster of the Shun Kai Xing, China-based Futech, Hong Kong-based Athena Shipping, Singapore-based V-Shipping. China-based Shenzhen Xinxin Shipping and
Turkey-based Edis Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi.
A report from the Washington Examiner said the goal is to undermine Iran's military even as Trump is considering whether to take military action.
"The U.S. remains resolved to disrupt any effort by Iran to procure the sensitive, dual-use technology, components, and machinery that underpin the regime's ballistic missile, unmanned aerial vehicle, and asymmetric weapons programs. We have been clear: those who enable these schemes will be held accountable," explained Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Treasury will continue to degrade Iran's ability to produce and proliferate these deadly weapons, which threaten regional stability and global security."
Trump announced just a day earlier he will decide whether to join Israel in action against Iran in the next two weeks.
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A lawsuit over the public's access to a manifesto left behind by the transgender killer who broke into a Nashville school and killed three children and three adults has been settled.
A report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, or WILL, confirmed the FBI has released 120 pages of the manifesto and will pay WILL about $86,000 in legal fees incurred in the dispute.
"This settlement is a win for government transparency and efforts by real journalists to keep their government open and accountable," explained WILL lawyer Dan Lennington.
It was on March 27, 2023, a transgender shooter entered The Covenant School in Nashville and killed three nine-year-old students and three adults—an administrator, substitute teacher, and a custodian, the legal team said.
The shooter later was killed by law enforcement.
"Our client requested a copy of the manifesto from the FBI through a formal FOIA request, which was denied by the Biden-era FBI. WILL sued, and after FBI Director Kash Patel was confirmed, settlement negotiations began to resolve the matter. The FBI then released 120 pages of the manifesto and settled the case with WILL," the report said.
WILL client Michael Patrick Leahy said, "Journalists everywhere should be willing to go to the mat to hold their government accountable, regardless of the story or who is in charge at the nation's capital. We appreciate WILL for taking our case and fighting back against the Biden administration's reckless and dangerous record retention policies."
Leahy is CEO of Star News Digital Media, Inc., which runs multiple news sites, including the Tennessee Star.
Another plaintiff was M.D. Kittle, now with the Federalist, who explained the attack by the transgender, Audrey Hale, a woman identifying as a man.
"At the time, I was National Political Editor for the Star News Network, which has done some of the best investigative work in bringing to light the dark mind of a mentally deranged mass murderer despite law enforcement efforts to keep the killer's motives shrouded in secrecy. President Joe Biden's FBI, which pulled the levers behind the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's (MNPD) handling of the politically charged case, denied my FOIA request for Hale's manifesto. The file includes hundreds of pages of the 28-year-old woman's journals and other writings," Kittle explained.
The lawsuit followed.
"The lawsuit would likely still be tied up in federal court had the FBI, under new management, not agreed to end the Biden FBI's prolonged fight to keep the public in the dark. FBI Director Kash Patel ultimately ended an empty 'investigation' into a trans school shooter who died at the scene and had no accomplices."
Lennington pointed out the Biden administration "did not want the public to know what motivated this transgender shooter to shoot up the school and kill six people."
"The trans-centric Biden administration wanted to protect the trans agenda, and, as the Star News Network reported, the FBI advised against releasing information that it believed could put males pretending to be females and females identifying as males at risk," Kittle noted.
What is known about the attacker is that her writings paint "a picture of a deeply troubled biological woman militantly rallying around the trans flag. In the copies of 'dozens of handwritten pages' obtained last year, Hale detailed an hour-by-hour plan for her attack and made racist declarations that she wanted to 'kill all you little crackers' — expressing rage over 'their white privlages [sic],'" Kittle explained.
Lennington identified Hale's motivations as "A deep hatred of basically western family values."
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One of the few issues that commands strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress is the need to confront the Iranian regime's threats and support the Iranian people's aspirations for a free and democratic nation. Indeed, in late February, Rep. Tom McClintock, R.-Calif., sponsored House Resolution 166, "Expressing support for the Iranian people's desires for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and condemning the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for other purposes."
Then recently, in his May 13 congressional address, McClintock noted: "It will ultimately be up to the people of Iran to chart their own future, as proposed in the Ten-Point Plan of the National Council of Resistance of Iran."
In so doing, McClintock announced that HR 166 has reached an important milestone: A majority of the House of Representatives has now joined as co-sponsors, comprising 139 Republicans and 85 Democrats. (Watch McClintock's address to Congress below.)
Amid ongoing nuclear negotiations, the NCRI recently exposed a previously undisclosed nuclear site operated by the regime, based on intelligence obtained from inside Iran. This facility, located east of Tehran, is reportedly involved in developing components for nuclear weapons. Internally, the site is known as "Ranginkaman" ("Rainbow").
Notably, back in 2002, the Iranian Resistance was also the first to reveal the existence of the secret Natanz and Arak nuclear sites – installations that had been concealed from the international community.
The Ranginkaman facility is part of the broader SPND project (Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research), which is focused on developing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Specifically, the site is tasked with enhancing the explosive yield of nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles with ranges over 3,000 kilometers, through the use of tritium. The regime is actively working to extract and utilize tritium to further its nuclear weapons program.
The regime's strategy in nuclear negotiations
With regard to the ongoing nuclear talks, the Iranian regime appears to be stalling for time. Its main objective is to avoid triggering the so-called "snapback mechanism" that would reinstate U.N. sanctions. At the same time, Tehran seeks to reduce public discontent by securing partial relief from economic sanctions.
But can these negotiations realistically compel the regime to halt uranium enrichment inside Iran? Can they ensure the permanent closure of the Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow nuclear sites? Can they force Tehran to allow international inspections at any time, in any place?
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has repeatedly stated that Iran will not relinquish its nuclear ambitions, claiming that doing so would weaken his authority and the regime's grip on power. On the other hand, increased pressure in other areas could further destabilize the regime and potentially lead to its total collapse.
This is why, even under international scrutiny, the current brutal regime continues to secretly advance its nuclear program.
The Iranian regime is not changing its behavior
The true path to resolving the Iranian crisis lies in the overthrow of the regime by the Iranian people and their organized resistance.
On one side, the regime is already on the verge of collapse. A series of nationwide uprisings since January 2018 has demonstrated the public's will to dismantle the theocracy. The regime cannot survive under normal conditions; hence, it clings to terrorism, regional conflict and, most of all, a wave of brutal executions to suppress dissent.
On the other side stands a powerful, ready alternative: The National Council of Resistance of Iran, which promotes a forward-looking vision for a free Iran, represents the democratic solution to the existential crisis. At its core is the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or MEK, a movement with six decades of resistance and sacrifice against both the Shah's dictatorship and the current regime.
Fact: The theocratic dictatorship in Iran remains the primary source of terrorism and instability in the entire region. It refuses to abandon its aggressive behavior throughout the Middle East, as doing so would jeopardize its dominance. Nor will it halt its terrorist activities abroad, which serve as tools of intimidation and leverage over foreign governments.
In the first week of May, the UK government revealed an ongoing terrorist plot in London orchestrated by the regime's military protectors, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The previous month, Dutch intelligence disclosed that the group behind the attack on Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras – former vice president of the European Parliament – had received direct orders from the Iranian regime.
The real solution: Regime change by the Iranian people
The MEK's widespread support inside Iran remains one of its greatest assets in the push for regime change. This is precisely why the regime relentlessly targets the MEK in global disinformation campaigns. MEK activists have played a key role in public uprisings, with organized field units actively resisting oppression on a daily basis throughout the country.
In the end, the regime's only remaining tools of survival are its nuclear ambitions and its campaign of mass executions. Without them, its fall is inevitable.
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Federal charges are being filed against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from New Jersey, who pushed her way into a melee when protesters were trying to disrupt operations at a detention center run by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Obstruction and interfering are included.
But the situation is just a symptom, more or less, of a bigger agenda by the Democrats, according to constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University who has not only testified before Congress as an expert on the nation's founding law, but has represented members in constitutional disputes in court.
He explained the "new defense" being used by Democrats, from city council to Congress, is that "their official duties include obstructing the official functions of the federal government."
"The latest claimant of this license is Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), who was charged with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers during a protest at Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. McIver is shown on video forcing her way into an ICE facility and striking and shoving agents in her path," he said.
He said officials were able to subdue the incursion quickly.
But the messaging from McIver was that she could do what for other citizens would be "trespass and assault" because of her "legislative oversight" privileges as a member of Congress.
Her comments were a reprise of what other Democrats already have demanded.
"Rep. Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) declared 'You lay a finger on someone – on Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the representatives that were there – you lay a finger on them, we're going to have a problem,'" the report noted.
And Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., "ominously warned the federal government that Democrats would bring down the house if it tried to charge McIver."
He said, "It's a red line. They know better than to go down that road."
The ACLU insisted that politicians "have every right to exercise their legally authorized oversight responsibilities for expanded immigration detention in New Jersey."
Turley explained Worcester City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj, in a video shoving and obstructing ICE officers, also claimed to be protecting a constituent.
"Even judges are claiming the same license. In Wisconsin, Judge Hannah Dugan has been charged with obstructing a federal arrest of an illegal immigrant who appeared in her courtroom. Dugan heard about agents waiting outside in the hallway to arrest the man and went outside to confront the agents. She told them to speak to the Chief Judge and that they needed a different warrant. The agents complied and the Chief Judge confirmed that they could conduct the arrest. In the interim, however, Dugan led the man out a non-public door and facilitated his escape."
The fault in making the "oversight" claim is that the law does not allow even members of Congress to have unauthorized access to secure federal facilities. Members of Congress can subpoena the executive branch, or get a court order, but they "do not have immunity from criminal laws in unilaterally forcing their way into any federal office or agency."
Another fight on the same battlefield is the vandalism being done to Tesla vehicles, because company owner Elon Musk is working with President Donald Trump.
"When the administration sought to investigate those burning Teslas and dealerships, Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) denounced it as a 'political weaponization' of the legal system. The comments suggest that such arson is somehow a form of political expression on the left," Turley noted,
He explained Jeffries cited the crossing of a "red line."
The "red line" actually crossed, however, is the one "separating political expression and criminal conduct," he said.
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Then he suddenly starts shouting about 'DIGNITY'
Joe Biden, whose son Hunter has complained people don't want to pay him to speak any longer, this week got one of those speaking engagements.
He addressed a national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago on Tuesday.
And he spoke about being outraged as a 4th-grader back in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
"And I'd never seen – uh I'd never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time and I was only going on 4th grade. And I remember seeing the kids going by at the time called colored kids on a bus going by," Biden said, suggesting that "sparked his outrage."
He also randomly started screaming about, "SIMPLE DIGNITY. EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY … REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE."
He also lashed out at President Donald Trump.
"In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has made … has done so much damage and so much destruction."
He cited the thousands of federal workers whose jobs were eliminated at the Social Security Administration, accusing Trump of "taking a hatchet" to the federal workforce.
"Now they're getting ready to push thousands more out."
He also claimed that 30% of Americans now have "no heart."
"It's never been this divided."
A report at the Gateway Pundit pointed out it was his first major public speech since he left office, as his speech at the National High School Model United Nations last week was covered by "not one media outlet."
The report documented how Biden "struggled" in his speaking. And it noted how Biden's "outrage" as a 4th-grader "never happened."
Biden has a well-established reputation for telling stories that never happened.
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Removal would have been proper in 'a number of cases in our history'
Facing a long list of federal judges who have ruled against his agenda, including judges with documented personal biases on the disputes, President Donald Trump erupted on social media when one demanded that terrorists being removed from its shores for the security of America be returned.
He called for the judge's impeachment.
And that prompted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to scold, in a fashion.
Without mentioning the president, Roberts explained, "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
And that's right. Mostly. According to constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
He, in fact, said there are times when impeachment is the appropriate remedy.
"Impeachment is proper — Chief Justice [Roberts] is wrong when he says it's never proper for a decision — after the Dred Scott decision, for example, which declared black people not to be eligible for citizenship, impeachment would have been a proper remedy," Dershowitz said. "There have been a number of cases in our history where impeachment would have been a proper remedy, but not generally. Generally, appellate remedies are available, particularly in cases of this kind."
WND has reported that the judge criticized by Trump is James Boasberg, in Washington.
The president said on social media;
Boasberg interfered in Trump's responsibilities to make sure the U.S. is secure by opposing the president's decisions to deport a number of criminal illegal aliens, including some affiliated with a Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aregua, whose members are considered terrorists.
Over the weekend, Boasberg ordered a halt to those deportations. Further, he claimed the authority to order planes carrying those deportees that already had taken off, and were in international airspace, to be returned to the United States.
The Trump administration let the planes continue to their El Salvador destination, explaining that the judge's order didn't have any authority over international territories. Further, the judge's verbal order and subsequent written ordered were different.
WND reported further, investigative journalist Laura Loomer revealed there appears to be a huge conflict of interest for Boasberg, suggesting he should have, under ethics standards, removed himself from the case.
She explained, "Less than 12 hours after I exposed Judge James Boasberg's conflict of interest with his daughter Katharine Boasberg, who works for a 501c3 called 'Partners For Justice' @PFJ_USA that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice, Katharine Boasberg has DELETED her @LinkedIn page and her Instagram account. I have exclusively uncovered a massive CONFLICT OF INTEREST involving Judge James Boasberg, the Chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Boasberg recently made the decision to prevent the deportation of criminal illegal alien gang members on planes out of the country. This is enough for President Trump's legal team to push for a MOTION FOR RECUSAL for Judge Boasberg."
It's not the first time such a situation has arisen for a judge working on a lawfare case against Trump. When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wildly claimed that business reporting misdemeanors, for which the statute of limitations already had passed, actually were felonies and put Trump on trial, Judge Juan Merchan allowed testimony from a former porn star and a convicted perjurer to be used against Trump to obtain a conviction.
It also was revealed that Merchan's daughter is a Democrat operative who was advising campaigns, and making money off the decisions her father was making against Trump in court.
Boasberg is continuing his agenda this week, demanding the Trump administration answer his questions about why it didn't order the airplanes to turn around mid-flight, exactly what time they took off, and more.
He is insisting his "equitable powers" should attach to a plane even if it has departed the U.S. and is in "international airspace."
Trump has been using the Alien Enemies Act and other federal laws to deport known criminal illegal aliens.
The unprecedented work by trial court judges to block Trump's agendas, including deporting criminal aliens, eliminating fraud, waste and corruption in the executive branch spending, and more, already is being described by analysts as a constitutional crisis for the country.
The Washington Examiner explained, "A grave threat to democracy was revealed during the first weeks of President Donald Trump's second term. But it does not emanate from the White House. Judges, acting in coordination with left-wing activist groups, are abusing the judicial power to thwart the will of the people and undermine temperate and deliberate jurisprudence."
Already some of the questions, especially about nationwide injunctions from local judges, have been submitted to the Supreme Court.
The report explained, "The power of courts to enjoin parties from taking action to prevent harm to a litigant is older than the Constitution, stretching back to English common law. This tradition is preserved in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which allow a party to secure a preliminary injunction if he establishes that 'he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.'"
It continued, "This is a high bar. It typically means a court's power to limit a party's actions is confined to named plaintiffs in the suit. This can make challenges to federal government actions tricky because any national policy, such as a nationwide employer vaccine mandate, could affect almost everyone."
Nationwide injunctions historically have been used rarely, except against President Trump, who has been targeted by dozens and dozens from often leftist judges.
The Supreme Court, in fact, has expressed concern over the multitudes.
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Top author exposes the deep rot in academia, including Harvard's defense of plagiarism and the Marxist ideologies undermining our education system
Dr. Carol Swain's story is proof that the American dream is real – but it's under attack.
From growing up in poverty to earning degrees from top universities, she defied the odds through hard work and faith, only to face the corruption of elite institutions firsthand.
In her latest book, "The Gay Affair," she exposes the deep rot in academia, including Harvard's defense of plagiarism and the Marxist ideologies undermining our education system. If we don't fight back, we risk losing our nation's future.
Now is the time to stand for truth, demand accountability, and take control of our children's education. Read "The Gay Affair" and join the fight to restore integrity in America.
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By Matt Bailey, WorldNetDaily Washington correspondent
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declared DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, a "shadow government" at a Monday news conference on Capitol Hill.
Schumer and others from the Democratic caucus had gathered the media to discuss the Elon Musk-helmed agency gaining access to the Treasury Department's payment system.
The five gathered Democrats – Sens. Schumer, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray, and Brian Schatz – argued DOGE had no authority to access the payment system. They claimed Musk had "illegally" accessed the system.
At one point, Sen. Warren claimed that DOGE had "raided" the Treasury to gain access to the system. As of this reporting, that is not accurate, and it appears Treasury Secretary Scott Bissent has cooperated with DOGE's efforts to access the Treasury.
The Democrats also argued President Donald Trump has no authority to interfere with congressionally approved funding.
Unfortunately for the senators, this is incorrect. In fact, the DOGE office is a reworking of an Obama-era agency known as the United States Digital Service. Just as with DOGE, the Digital Service was created unilaterally by the president.
What was on display today was a reaction to Trump doing exactly what he said he would do: cut the government down to size and get it to work for the American people. Elon Musk claims to have already found what he's calling "fraudulent" payments that Treasury officials were directed to hand out, no questions asked.
Donald Trump has created an agency whose sole job it is to look under the hood of government institutions. This has establishment bureaucrats on both sides of the aisle terrified, and for good reason.
The questions about DOGE stalling payments already authorized by congress is at this point a hypothetical. But it is a net positive that the executive branch, as part of the checks and balances that make our government work, now has the ability to audit the fund that congress is approving.