Cotton Bowl Schools Take Millions in Foreign Funding, Waste Millions on Left-Wing DEI
As Ohio State University and the University of Texas prepare to battle in this year's Cotton Bowl, both schools are already leading in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) spending, and their We accept funding from organizations. Useless left-wing “research”. Government watchdog group Open the Books investigation An analysis of the spending at these two major […]
Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving illegal funding from Gaddafi | France
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday over the biggest political finance scandal in modern French history, in which he is alleged to have received millions of euros in illegal campaign funds from the regime of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It happened. The historic trial of the right-wing former French president […]
PayPal accused of racial bias against Asian Americans in funding program
PayPal restricts parts of its $535 million investment program to Black and Hispanic applicants, accusing the digital payments company of racial bias for causing millions of dollars in damages to Asian Americans A lawsuit has been filed by an American businessman. Thursday's complaint was Nisha Desai Her New York-based venture capital firm, Andav Capital, is […]
GOP faces year of funding fights
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Musk backs Johnson for Speaker after funding scuffle
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Fight over spending stopgap foreshadows funding challenges in new Congress
This month's chaotic government shutdown battle foreshadows some of the challenges House Republicans may face next year, as the major funding test awaits the incoming Republican trifecta. Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown last week, but not without some drama. While Republican leaders have struggled to meet President-elect Trump's tough demands, they have managed to […]
Gingrich backs Johnson over ‘destructive’ House Republicans after funding debacle
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) for the way he handles his role as the top Republican in the House, saying after a roller coaster few days, the Narrowly avoided a shutdown. “Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is doing an extraordinary job. Let me tell you, I've been […]
Dozens of House lawmakers rally around funding Afghan visa program as Trump vows major spending cuts
A bipartisan group of 51 lawmakers is calling on House negotiators to keep funding flowing to a visa program for Afghans fleeing the takeover of their country by the Taliban. Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) sent a letter to House appropriations leaders continuing negotiations on remaining federal funding for fiscal year 2025. […]
California Democrats urge feds to approve high-speed rail funding before DOGE nixes ‘boondoggle’
Several leading California Democrats are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to approve a request for $536 million in federal funding to help advance the state's long-awaited high-speed rail network. This funding would come from funds already generally allocated to “federal-state partnerships.”[s] Intercity passenger rail subsidies were obtained through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act of 2021 […]
WNBA Star Trashes Elon Musk, Billionaires After Funding Bill Passes
WNBA star Natasha Cloud, who plays guard for the Phoenix Mercury, took aim at billionaires like Elon Musk after the government funding bill passed, avoiding a pre-Christmas shutdown. As Breitbart News reported all week, the spending bill, written under Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, has been criticized by conservatives for containing more than a dozen […]