Trump says student loans moving to SBA, ‘special needs’ to HHS

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President Trump said Friday he is “immediately” moving the handling of federal student loans to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and shifting programs for students with disabilities to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as his White House seeks to wind down and eventually eliminate the Education Department. “I’ve decided that the SBA, the Small Business Administration, headed by Kelly Loeffler, will handle will all of the student…

Boeing wins battle for $20B fighter jet contract, Trump announces

Posted by: . Posted on: March 21, 2025 Comments: 0

The Pentagon will award its next-generation Air Force fighter jet contract to Boeing, a deal initially worth more than $20 billion, President Trump announced Friday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, an F-47 fighter jet, will replace Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor with an aircraft meant to fight alongside drones, Trump announced at the White House.  “The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable,…

London’s Heathrow Airport closure sparks global travel chaos

Posted by: . Posted on: March 21, 2025 Comments: 0

The closure of London’s Heathrow Airport due to a large fire that knocked out power disrupted international travel, with more than 100 flights affected. “Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant power outage,” the airport posted Friday morning on the social platform X. The statement added that the airport would be closed until midnight local time. Heathrow hours later announced the…

Trump: Report Musk will be briefed on China war plans ‘completely untrue’

Posted by: . Posted on: March 21, 2025 Comments: 0

President Trump late Thursday brushed off claims that tech billionaire Elon Musk would be briefed on potential war plans related to China during an upcoming meeting at the Pentagon, calling the notion “completely untrue.” “The Fake News is at it again, this time the Failing New York Times. They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential ‘war with China.’ How…

Hegseth touts $580M in Pentagon cuts

Posted by: . Posted on: March 20, 2025 Comments: 0

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the Pentagon is canceling more than $580 million in grants and contracts deemed “wasteful spending.” In a new memo, Hegseth asserts the programs are “inconsistent with the priorities” of the department and don’t align with President Trump’s priorities. The cuts are part of the Trump administration’s work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is currently auditing federal departments. “Today, I’m signing a…

McConnell warns US giving up military command of NATO would weaken alliance

Posted by: . Posted on: March 20, 2025 Comments: 0

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) warned on Thursday that the Trump administration would significantly weaken NATO if the United States were to give up military leadership of the alliance for the first time in its 75-year history. “Weakening American leadership won’t strengthen NATO or U.S. interests. If we’re serious about encouraging more capable European allies, retreating from our position as the leader of the trans-Atlantic alliance would be an odd…

State Department: Ukraine, Russia ‘just a breath away from a full ceasefire’

Posted by: . Posted on: March 20, 2025 Comments: 0

A State Department spokesperson said Thursday that Ukraine and Russia are “just a breath away from a full ceasefire” after three years of war. “We are just a breath away from a full ceasefire, and then we can begin to talk about not just peace for a week or six months, but an enduring peace that the people of Ukraine and Russia and the world can rely on, and that…

Duffy provides 30-day New York City congestion pricing extension, puts Hochul ‘on notice’

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.” “@GovKathyHochul — the federal government and @POTUS are putting New York on notice,” Duffy said Thursday in a post on the social platform X. “Your refusal to end cordon pricing and your open disrespect towards the federal government is unacceptable.”…

Former surgeon general blasts RFK Jr.’s rhetoric, highlights herd immunity amid measles outbreak

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Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned that vaccine skepticism has eroded the importance of herd immunity in light of the measles outbreak in Texas, and put some of the blame on Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In an op-ed published by CNN on Thursday, Adams wrote that the high rate of vaccine decline in the Texas Mennonite community where the measles outbreak began highlights…

US offers $15M reward for team accused of smuggling drone tech to Iran

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The State Department is offering a $15 million reward for information linked to four Chinese nationals it says have helped the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) procure U.S. military equipment and drone technology. Liu Baoxia, Li Yongxin, Yung Yiu Wa and Zhong Yanlai are accused of facilitating the sale of U.S. goods to front companies based in China that would send the technology to Iran, according to a State Department…