Bureaucracy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo Monday that aims to reduce the number of four-star generals and flag officers in the U.S. military. This directive “is a historic one, and it’s in keeping with President Trump’s commitment to…

There’s no doubt that if President Trump used his executive authority to increase hiring at federal agencies, allow in a million more destitute migrants at the southern border, and fast-track the high-ranking of trans service members, not a…

There are many reasons why DOGE (the Trump’s administration Department of Government Efficiency) is both loathed and celebrated across the political spectrum, but there is one monumental outcome of DOGE that could change the world: The…

A sure sign of a problematic and difficult employee at any organization is one who receives direction from his supervisor and, rather than execute, he responds by imitating confusion or, more likely, by attempting to shift the…

The Atlantic’s “disinformation expert,” Anne Applebaum, came right out and admitted it Thursday: The permanent bureaucracy is a “regime change” in the United States. The article is titled “There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing”…

Democrats claim we’re in a constitutional crisis because President Trump believes — and acts on the belief — that the executive should control the executive branch. It is a crisis their party has forced on Americans for the last 125 years.…

As Democrats and the media continue to grip their groins in agony over Elon Musk and his DOGE team’s audit of the federal government, it’s fun to hear them all periodically pause to offer some variation of, “Everyone wants to end wasteful…

Amid the hundreds of substantive executive actions President Donald Trump has taken in his first two weeks back in the White House, perhaps none matter more than his efforts at bureaucracy-busting. That notably includes what Julie Kelly…

In the wake of Donald Trump’s historic victory, permanent Washington’s hysteria is reaching new heights daily. “Federal bureaucrats wrestle with fight-or-flight response to Trump election,” reads one headline. Justice Department officials…

If you had told President Dwight D. Eisenhower that the military-industrial complex he famously warned against would find itself repeatedly foiled by an off-the-shelf product available at the grocery store, he probably would not have…