What is being described as a “total annihilation” of SSA, say critics, proves that Trump’s promises to protect Social Security “are a sham.” The Social Security Administration, now under the control of an official installed by U.S. President Donald Trump, began the process of gutting whole segments of the agency and firing a huge portion of […]
A former member of the National Economic Council under Biden asked if anyone can “think of another way to save over $38 billion that doesn’t involve vandalizing agencies.” A group of Washington Post journalists on Wednesday published what appears to be the most comprehensive readout to date of the government contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits that the companies […]
“This vague and clearly unconstitutional memo is a grave attack on students, our profession, and knowledge itself,” said one union leader. A coalition of educators and sociologists filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the U.S. Department of Education for threatening to withhold funding from schools that don’t comply with the Trump administration’s radical revision of […]
U.S. consumer confidence plunged in February in its biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index dropped from 105.3 in January to 98.3 this month, the largest month-to-month decline since August 2021. With U.S. consumer spending accounting for about 70% of […]