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White House calls blocked DOGE access at Treasury 'absurd and judicial overreach'

The White House is hitting back at a federal judge who issued an order blocking access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to ...

The Hill - 3d

Public Health Journal Won't Be Complicit in Trump Admin's Censorship

This is a MedPage Today story. Studies censored by government employees will have a tough time getting published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), the journal's leadership said ...

ABC News - 4d

Are the Trump moves to dismantle USAID a preview of the future for other public servants?

USAID was founded in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy as a way to exert American strength abroad and had only accounted for less than 1% of the federal budget before the Trump administration began ...

CBS News - 4d

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S.

The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozens of its newspapers, prompting some to publish shorter editions or not print at all.

The New York Times - 4d

Rep. Hern defends delay on House budget proposal

Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, on Sunday defended Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the delay in unveiling a budget resolution. In an interview on ...

The Hill - 4d

How This Entrepreneur Turned Social Media Star Built His Public Speaking Confidence

These steps can help you structure and deliver the best speech possible.

Inc. - 4d

Noem confident in legality of housing migrants at Guantánamo Bay

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she’s confident that steps the government is taking to deport certain migrants from the U.S. mainland to Guantánamo Bay are legal. In an ...

The Hill - 4d

Typical homebuyers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego spend up to 78% of income on housing

In many major U.S. cities, the cost of owning a home is twice what financial planners recommend spending.

CNBC - 4d

House Democrats denied entry into Department of Education building

Several Democratic lawmakers were denied access to the Department of Education on Friday. The Trump administration has made it clear that it seeks to abolish the department.

NBC News - 4d

Even if France’s budget doesn’t tackle the public deficit, let’s give thanks it exists | Agnès Poirer

Politics have sunk so low since Emmanuel Macron’s snap election, we’re just grateful when foretold catastrophes don’t materialise. Houra! Or rather, hurrah! On Monday, the French government, led ...

The Guardian - 5d

Father-of-two dies days after being assaulted at house

The 31 year old's sister describes him as "everybody's friend" as police launch a murder investigation.

BBC News - 5d

Ministers desperately want more housing - but are their plans radical enough?

A blizzard of statistics show just how tough it is to buy a home if you can theoretically afford it, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

BBC News - 5d

Trump signs order to establish White House Faith Office

President Trump signed an executive order Friday to establish a White House Faith Office in an effort to empower faith-based entities. The office will be part of the Domestic Policy Council and ...

The Hill - 5d

White House calls mixed jobs numbers 'weak,' blames Biden

President Donald Trump's top economic aide, Kevin Hassett, said, "We're inheriting a very difficult jobs market because of Joe Biden's terrible policies."

CNBC - 6d

House Democrats denied entry to the Department of Education

Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education for a meeting with acting Secretary Denise Carter when a security officer would not allow them inside.

NBC News - 6d

Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

Politico - 6d

Johnson urges Senate to wait for House to "do its work" on Trump agenda

House Republicans met for several hours with Trump Thursday, after GOP senators planned move forward with their own plan to enact Trump's priorities.

CBS News - 6d

Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84

He marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle-exchange programs to slow the spread of AIDS.

The New York Times - Feb. 6

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices

ABC News - Feb. 6

John Irving's 'Queen Esther' returns readers to setting of 'The Cider House Rules'

In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St_ Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.”