Changes in Federal Funding Forces Sesame Workshop to ‘Downsize Significantly’ amid Layoffs
The Sesame Workshop will be “slightly reduced” due to ongoing layoffs, said President and CEO Shelley Rollins Westin on Wednesday. The Westin announced the layoffs in a shared letter to staff on Wednesday, expressing his gratitude for all his past contributions. “Unfortunately, the Sesame Workshop is unsuppressed by the current economic challenges that are inherent […]
Maine GOP pleads with Dems to save state’s education funding after Title IX violation
Republican state lawmakers in Maine have urged Democrats to abolish state policies, allowed trans women to compete in women's sports, and warned that they could fail to act and endanger public education funds for hundreds of millions of people. The lawsuit confirmed that a spokesman for the Maine Attorney General confirmed Thursday that the Trump […]
Muslim journalist says Trump DOJ must probe ‘frightening network’ funding US antisemitism
A Muslim journalist warned the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that anti-Semitism has become a “industry” in the United States and asked the Justice Department to investigate the “malignant foreign influence” behind it. “Anti-Semitism is the industry now. Unfortunately, it is an industry perpetuated by organizations with non-profit status in the United States. “And these […]
GOP plows forward with government funding plan despite Democratic opposition
In the face of solid resistance from Democrats, House Republicans are pushing plans for a clean six-month stop to fund the government beyond the closing deadline next week. House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters Wednesday that the Republicans “run a CR in the year” next week. “We're not going to go through […]
CNN Steps On A Rake After ‘Fact-Checking’ Trump’s ‘Transgender Mice’ Funding Claim
CNN issued an amendment after the network inaccurately claimed that President Donald Trump “misconfirmed” that the Biden administration had spent $8 million to make mice transgender. In a joint speech to Congress Tuesday, Trump cited several examples of “crissing waste,” including $8.2 million in a NIH-funded study on “gender-affirming” hormone-treated mice. CNN's Deidre McPhillips was […]
Live updates: Trump touts 'unrelenting action' in speech; GOP scrambles to find funding deal
In a record-length speech to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump celebrated his early action during his second term, eliciting applause from Republicans and continued protests from Democrats. From Elon Musk's efforts to reap the size of the government to immigration to tariffs that came into effect earlier in the day, Trump congratulated the work […]
DOGE Is Exposing the Left-Wing NGO Business Model Funding Political Operatives That ‘Help Get People Elected’
On Tuesday's “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Peter Schweiser, senior contributor to Breitbart News and chairman of the Government's Institute of Accountability, spoke about Doge's work. Schweiser said that while some of his opposition to Doge is a reflexive opposition to everything Trump does, and there's a lot of talk about waste and abuse, “There's a […]
Trump vows to yank federal funding from all US schools that allow ‘illegal protests’
President Trump threatened to suspend all federal funds at educational institutions that allow “illegal protests” on Tuesday, and vowed to be masked and imprisoned. The commander issued a warning as destructive anti-Israel and pro-Hamas demonstrations are shaking university campuses around the country. “All federal funds will be suspended for universities, schools or universities that allow […]
Senate Democrats urge Trump administration to end Colorado River funding freeze
Senate Democrats from the US West on Monday urged the Home Office to end the funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado River. Lawmakers from California, Nevada and Arizona have denounced the Trump administration's Day of Egging Order for halting spending from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Among the projects that were […]
Border state lawmaker moves to end UN funding for migration efforts
First on FOX: Texas lawmakers are pushing for bar funding to UN organizations dealing with massive migration amid another push by the Trump administration to crack down on international funding. R-Texas Rep. Lance Gooden is reintroducing the UN Immigration Aggression Act NO tax that prohibits federal funds from going to the UN High Commissioner for […]