Tag: Trump Administration
Trump credits Benioff, Huang for decision not to ‘surge’ Fed troops into San Francisco | TechCrunch
President Trump had planned an operation to “surge” San Francisco by marching National Guard troops into the city, but was convinced to alter course,...
Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts | TechCrunch
This week, the Department of Energy canceled nearly $8 billion worth of awards — a move touted by the Trump administration as an effort...
Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in mostly blue states | TechCrunch
The Department of Energy said Wednesday night it was canceling 321 awards worth $7.56 billion that were largely focused on clean energy.
The agency...
The bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadership
The simmering showdown between US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally...
The weird lie animating the right-wing womanosphere
Earlier this month, Katie Miller launched her new podcast with a specific origin myth. Miller, a former Trump administration official and wife of Stephen...
Why the U.S. government is not the savior Intel needs | TechCrunch
The Trump administration made an unprecedented, and confusing, move last week when it announced plans to convert money Intel was supposed to receive through...
DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower | TechCrunch
A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of...
The testosterone theory of politics
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D.C. residents ‘make good trouble’ in push back against federal takeover of nation’s capital
By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor
D.C. residents are continuing to speak out against the 47th president’s decision to bring National Guard troops to the streets...
The Republican spending bill is bad for climate justice too
By Willy BlackmoreWord in Black
Among the many, many provisions in the White House-sponsored budget bill that was signed into law on the Fourth of...