Federal Agencies
Image
FAA instructs SpaceX to investigate Starship explosion
The FAA said that there has been no reports of injuries related to falling debris, but some public property in Turks and Caicos were reportedly damaged.
Image
FEMA requests September date for temporary sheltering program after Helene
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein: "Many of these families’ homes need long-term rebuilding and are not and will not be safe for some time"
Image
IRS commissioner becomes latest official to exit post on Inauguration Day
Other officials have also announced they will resign on Inauguration Day, including FBI Director Christopher Wray, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, and Federal Election Commission head Sean Cooksey.
Image
Trump demands FBI retain all information on the shuttering of its DEI office, alleges corruption
Trump claimed that the DEI office, which the FBI actually calls the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), should never have been opened and alleged that it was closed before his return because of corruption within the bureau.
Image
Judge upholds Trump protections for religious student groups that Biden waited too long to reverse
Biden's Department of Education delayed Secular Student Alliance lawsuit for three years as it developed regulation to erase Trump's, then threw presumptive ally under the bus by defending lawfulness of Trump's regulation.
Image
FBI says it closed down its DEI office in December
The bureau's closure comes as conservatives pressure the federal government and businesses to end their DEI practices, amid backlash over the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action in colleges.
Image
Scott Bessent to testify Trump has 'generational opportunity' to spark 'economic golden age'
If confirmed as Treasury Secretary, Bessent would be tasked with steering federal fiscal policies set by Congress and the White House. He would also be the main go-between of the White House and Federal Reserve, which sets monetary policies.
Image
Treasury Department recovers $31 million in Social Security payments that went to dead people
The recovery was part of a five-month pilot of the department's access to the Social Security Administration's master file. The SSA maintains the largest collection of people who have died, which includes 142 million records that date back as far as 1899.
Image
Bondi vows 'there will never be an enemies list' within the Justice Department
“There will never be an enemies list within the Department of Justice,” Bondi testified. “We all take an oath to uphold the law…So, will everyone be held to an equal, fair system of justice if I am the next attorney general? Absolutely.
Image
Stay-at-Home Bureaucrats: Congressional probe exposes billions in waste from federal telework gigs
"The Biden-Harris Administration has ceded too much authority to the federal union bosses, allowing their preference to work from home to take precedence over fulfilling agencies’ missions and serving the American people," Rep. James Comer said.
Image
SEC sues Elon Musk over alleged failure to disclose purchase of Twitter stock
“In total, Musk underpaid Twitter investors by more than $150 million for his purchases of Twitter common stock during this period,” the SEC said in a complaint reported by Politico. “Investors who sold Twitter common stock during this period did so at artificially low prices and thus suffered substantial economic harm.”
Image
Trump announces External Revenue Service to tax foreign revenues
"We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share," he declared.
Image
DHS and FBI issue joint warning regarding possible copycats of New Orleans terror attack
The joint PSA did not list a specific threat, but the agencies asked the public to report any suspicious activity to local and federal law enforcement.