Efforts to cut government waste should start with runaway contractor spending, AFGE president says WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley Wednesday issued the following statement: “Millions of Americans should brace for massive cuts to benefits and services they rely on for their survival under plans to target government spending and operations. […]
“If anyone had any doubts whether the Trump government aims to serve regular people or the billionaires, they should now be resolved,” said one watchdog. President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk—the world’s richest man, a megadonor to the Republican’s campaign, and a beneficiary of government contracts—will co-lead a not-yet-created department tasked with gutting federal regulations […]
Sen. John Thune “has called for taking the debt limit hostage to force cuts to Social Security,” warned one defender of the nation’s most effective anti-poverty program. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota—a former corporate lobbyist and close ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell—as the leader of their conference for the upcoming term, […]
Pete Hegseth helped secure pardons for three former U.S. soldiers accused or convicted of horrific war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Pentagon privately lobbied Trump during his first White House term to pardon former members of the U.S. armed forces accused or convicted of war crimes, including a Navy SEAL […]
