Tag: government
Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report
Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican congresswoman, unleashed a tirade against law enforcement at the Charleston International Airport on Thursday, WIRED has learned.According to...
A major ICE shake-up is reportedly underway affecting at least half of the agency’s top leadership positions | Fortune
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices around the country in...
This mysterious billionaire and top Trump backer is behind a $130 million donation to pay troops during the government shutdown, report says | Fortune
The mystery donor who offered $130 million to pay troops during the government shutdown is Timothy Mellon, sources told The New York Times on...
Trump’s tariff revenue checks could create a ‘weird feedback loop’ that encourages more price hikes, analyst says | Fortune
Checks made out to Americans to the tune of $1,000-$2,000 may be on the horizon, President Donald Trump said recently in an interview with...
Single mother sues — and beats — Kentucky for kicking her off food stamps because she bought food at the store where she worked | Fortune
A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she’d committed fraud.
The state alleged she had made...
Almost 400,000 Americans still get Social Security checks. That’s going away everywhere (except where it isn’t) | Fortune
The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday.
The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump...
As air pollution gets worse, these parents are getting louder » Yale Climate Connections
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Air pollution from power plants, vehicles, and other sources can worsen asthma and other health problems. So as the Trump administration reduces air pollution...
FEMA’s Chaotic Summer Has Gone From Bad to Worse
FEMA did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.“It is not surprising that some of the same bureaucrats who presided over decades of inefficiency...
DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio
Some operatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are joining Airbnb cofounder and DOGE member Joe Gebbia’s new National Design Studio, sources tell...
Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test | TechCrunch
An overly broad age assurance law in Mississippi is leading to arguments about which platforms — Bluesky, Mastodon, or others — offer the best...
