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For anyone dreaming of home ownership or a nicer place to rent, the speech Vice President J.D. Vance gave on Monday resonated with hope. It also angered a few people. “I’m hard pressed to think of a time in my 40 years of life where it’s…

Congress chartered the U.S. Center for SafeSport in 2018 in response to the sexual abuse scandal of Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics, with its original mission to protect youth athletes from sexual abuse in sports environments. Today the…

Even as the Trump administration focuses on making government efficient in ways it has not been in decades, lawmakers still can’t stop their spending habits. That’s the unfortunate takeaway from spending legislation House Republican leaders…

WASHINGTON—Warning that the highly suspicious individuals constituted a threat to the country’s safety and cultural unity, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced plans Monday to create a national registry of Duolingo users. “For…

The Trump administration briefly listed over 440 federal buildings for sale online before suddenly removing the document, which included major properties like the FBI and Justice Department headquarters. What do you think? “Are the…

Q: Why is the Trump administration targeting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration? A: To encourage forecast-obsessed Americans to live in the moment. Q: Why do we need NOAA? A: We’re about to find out. Q: Why do Republicans…

WASHINGTON—Declaring the utter lack of alcohol in the Pentagon kitchen to be a “national emergency,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly deployed 3,000 troops American on a beer run Monday. “As of this morning, I have ordered our…

SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had left a single set of wind chimes as…

The Wyoming legislature enacted a law protecting government employees from the state forcing them to use “preferred pronouns.” But Republican Gov. Mark Gordon refused to sign, allowing the bill to become law by default. The law — SF 077, or…

The U.S. House of Representatives held its first DOGE Subcommittee hearing on Feb. 12, focusing on fraud and improper payments. With the federal government having issued over $1.9 trillion in improper payments over the past decade —…