Astrid Riecken / The Washington Post - Getty ImagesOp-Ed What the USAID Scandal Means to Everday Americans Now that there is a leader like Trump at the helm, the crazy government spending we once only heard rumors about has come starkly into view. By Randall Bidwell February 11, 2025
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Trump Sends DOGE to Pentagon to Do What They Did With USAID Only Bigger Pentagon spending is about to face a whirlwind in the form of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. By Jack Davis February 7, 2025
Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesCommentary Now 2 Percent of Federal Government Workforce Has Taken Trump's Exit Deal: Exodus of 40,000 Is Growing As Trump and Musk throw entire federal agencies into the wood chipper, many federal employees are wondering if they are next. By Ben Zeisloft February 6, 2025
Bill O'Leary - The Washington Post / Getty ImagesCommentary Bombshell - USAID, CIA, State Dept. Played Role in 1st Trump Impeachment: Top Reporter in America "OCCRP does not operate like a normal investigative journalism organization," and it played a key role in Trump's impeachment. Here's how. By C. Douglas Golden February 6, 2025
Defense Logistics Agency - SIGARCommentary Someone Should Be Court-Martialed for What Pentagon Got Caught Doing with $500 Million in Cargo Planes Among other issues, contractors "did not check that [the manufacturer] had the required spare parts available as promised." By C. Douglas Golden February 5, 2025
@TheView / X screen shotCommentary Trump Rocks Bill Gates as USAID Shakeup Squeezes Out His Foundation "You know, they’re not actually worms that work there. So, you know, hopefully we’ll get some of that work back in shape." By C. Douglas Golden February 5, 2025
Glowimages / Getty ImagesCommentary Entire CIA Workforce Gets Life-Changing Offer from Trump Administration The sweeping crackdown is part of Trump's bold move to downsize the bloated, inefficient federal government. By Samantha Chang February 5, 2025
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesCommentary Equal Employment Agency Employees 'Openly Revolting' Against Trump: Report Staffers at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are whining about an order from President Donald Trump regarding sex and gender. By Ben Zeisloft February 4, 2025
Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesCommentary Amid Dem Outrage About USAID, Ernst Sets Record Straight on Potentially Shuttered Agency "We have to know that it’s going for a specific goal that is approved by Congress and, unfortunately, USAID has abused this system." By C. Douglas Golden February 4, 2025
Evan Vucci / AP PhotoOp-Ed 62-Year-Old Conservative: I Never Dreamed This Could Happen - Then Came Trump "If Trump can do this, it may be the strike that shows everyone... the federal government can also out-grow its environment" By Randall Bidwell February 2, 2025