Jack Phillips

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US Embassy Officials Warn Americans Not to Use Dating Apps to Meet People in Mexico

2 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

The U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara says American citizens have been kidnapped in the Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas. 6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025U.S. embassy officials in Mexico this week confirmed reports of American citizens having been kidnapped in Mexico by people they met on dating apps.
Musk Calls GOP Budget Bill an ‘Abomination,’ Drawing White House Response

2 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

White House press secretary says Elon Musk’s view ‘doesn’t change the president’s opinion.’6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025Tech billionaire and former White House adviser Elon Musk on Tuesday criticized a budget bill backed by congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump, drawing a response from the administration. In a post on X, Musk said the bill will cause the U.S. budget deficit to skyrocket.
DHS Says FEMA Chief Was Joking About Hurricane Season Awareness

2 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

Calling the anonymously sourced reports ’meanspirited attempts to falsely frame a joke as policy,‘ the agency said ’FEMA is laser focused on disaster response.’6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday that the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was joking when he remarked that he didn’t know that the United States has a hurricane season.
Trump Vows ‘Large Scale Fines’ After Transgender Athlete Wins in California

2 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

The president’s Feb. 5 order bars federally funded educational institutions from allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports. 6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025President Donald Trump vowed to place “large-scale fines” on California after a transgender athlete competed in a girls’ high school track and field event and won gold.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Says Democrats Will Subpoena Musk If They Retake House

4 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

‘We can absolutely bring Elon Musk in’ if Democrats regain control, the Texas Democrat says. 6/1/2025Updated: 6/1/2025A House Democratic lawmaker said that if Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives, they will likely issue a subpoena to former Trump administration special government employee and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Musk Says DOGE Criticism Unfair, Became ‘Whipping Boy’ in DC

4 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

‘If there was some cut, real or imagined, everyone would blame DOGE,’ the Tesla CEO says. 6/1/2025Updated: 6/1/2025Tech billionaire Elon Musk said that he believes that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that he led until last week became a “whipping boy” in Washington and indicated that some of the criticism lodged at the task force was unfair.
DOGE Says Credit Card Cancellation Program Being Expanded to More Agencies

6 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

In an update, the group says that it has deactivated 523,000 cards so far. 5/30/2025Updated: 5/30/2025The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Thursday said that it has canceled another 20,000 or so federal credit cards and will expand its cancellation efforts to more agencies. In a post on X, the group wrote that after 13 weeks, “the program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards across 32 agencies has resulted in” around 523,000 deactivated cards.
Elon Musk Leaving Trump Admin and DOGE: 5 Takeaways

6 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

Musk and President Trump held a final Oval Office news conference Friday. 5/30/2025Updated: 5/30/2025Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he is leaving the government because his 130-day mandate as a special government employee has expired. Musk served as the front-man for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk and President Donald Trump appeared in the Oval Office May 30 to answer questions.
FBI Leaders Say Video Shows Jeffrey Epstein Died by Suicide, Will Release Footage

6 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

‘We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced’ version of the video, the FBI’s Dan Bongino says. 5/30/2025Updated: 5/30/2025FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino on Thursday repeated his assertion that notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died from suicide and said that the bureau will release a video of the August 2019 incident.
Social Security Chief Says Massive Effort Coming to Overhaul Systems

6 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Jack Phillips

Frank Bisignano says he is looking to have it ‘completed this year.’5/30/2025Updated: 5/30/2025The administrator of the Social Security Administration (SSA) said this week he plans to transform how the agency handles phone calls and other systems within the agency by the end of this year. “We’re bringing a massive technology effort to transform the servicing agenda,” SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano told CBS News.