LA wildfires: evacuees warned against returning to homes due to toxic waste | California wildfires
As the fight against a deadly fire in Los Angeles County enters its 10th day, authorities are not allowing evacuees to return to their homes, citing toxic and hazardous waste and exposed power lines and gas lines. I'm warning you. At a news conference Thursday, Los Angeles County Public Works Chief Engineer Jonah Halpern said […]
DOGE caucus roadmap for cutting government waste emerges after closed-door meeting: ‘great synergy’
The Congressional DOGE Caucus' plan to reduce government waste is shifting focus after the group's second-ever closed-door meeting on Wednesday. Caucus leaders have divided lawmakers into eight working groups focused on different areas to reduce waste. These will focus on retirement benefits, social and family safety nets, emergency supplemental funding, energy permits, homeland security, defense […]
Feds waste $7B on offices even though half of workers WFH: report
More than four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has lowered office space lease costs even though about half of employees regularly work from home, according to a new report. It is estimated that $7 billion was wasted on The House Oversight Committee will investigate the Biden administration's remote work […]
Cut smart, not blind: How DOGE should be approaching government waste
The Trump administration's focus on reducing the size of the federal bureaucracy is a worthy effort. But current plans for widespread and indiscriminate cuts risk undermining vital government functions. A smarter approach would include targeted cuts that address wasteful spending while strengthening high-value programs essential to national security, public health, and economic stability. Certain programs […]
‘Waste less, save more’: DOGE caucus member rolls out expansive bill package ahead of Trump inauguration
Fox's first appearance: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) is introducing several new bills that will help advance the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) mission after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The senators' six bills would target telecommuting for federal employees, require agency guidance to clarify that it is not law, require early notification before major new […]
Broncos execute fake punt to perfection — then completely waste it
The Broncos couldn't have pulled off a better fake punt. Unfortunately for them, it was all in vain. Early in the second quarter of Sunday's wild-card game against the Bills, with the Broncos down by three points and facing a fourth-and-8 from their own 43-yard line, coach Sean Payton pulled a trick play from his […]
Sports studio shows have become an utter waste of time
When I was a kid, a Yankees rain delay or rain cancellation wasn't a total loss. 11 connects old episodes of “Abbott and Costello” from the 1950s (old episodes even back then for kids who grew up in black and white). Does anyone remember “Mike the Cop”? For those who have been watching or trying […]
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 […]
DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste: report
A new report says close aides to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have begun interviewing federal officials at the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). There is. DOGE representatives have met with officials from more than a dozen federal agencies, including the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Department […]
What to know about DOGE and its quest to slash government waste, spending
The newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is preparing to take office after the Trump administration is sworn into office, with the goal of reducing government waste and increasing transparency in government spending. DOGE is not a cabinet-level department, but rather an outside government blue ribbon commission tasked with investigating government spending, waste, efficiency, […]