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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Morgan Sweeney |R.E. Wermus |Fred Lucas
(The Center Square) – The Department of Government Efficiency shared several examples of alleged unemployment fraud on its X account Thursday, the latest in its string of examples since President Donald Trump took office. DOGE’s “initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020″ included tens of thousands of claims for hundreds of millions of dollars from people over 115 years old, between 1 and 5 years old and even some who haven’t yet been born.
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2 weeks ago | 
circlevilleherald.com | Dan McCaleb |Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – The U.S. added 228,000 jobs in March, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday, nearly double what was forecast. kAmt>A=@J>6?E 82:?D @44FCC65 :? E96 962=E9 42C6[ EC2?DA@CE2E:@?[ H2C69@FD:?8 2?5 C6E2:= EC256 :?5FDEC:6D[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 {23@C 56A2CE>6?E]k^AmkAm%96 @G6C2== 82:?D 4@>6 56DA:E6 D:8?:7:42?E =2J@77D :?
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3 weeks ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Morgan Sweeney
A new report shows which states pay the most, and the least, for their energy. [emphasis, links added]The report from the American Legislative Exchange Council showed that Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska had the cheapest electricity, ranging from an average of 8.24 to 8.82 cents per kilowatt hour.
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3 weeks ago | 
readlion.com | Tate Miller |Fred Lucas |Jaryn Crouson |Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – Following President Donald Trump’s executive order banning DEI and after weeks of reviewing such orders, the University of Michigan closed its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; meanwhile, other universities contacted by The Center Square have no updates on their responses toward the executive order.
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4 weeks ago | 
readlion.com | Morgan Sweeney |John Ransom |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday calling for the immediate declassification of most FBI files related to the agency’s investigation into the since debunked allegations Trump colluded with Russia during his first presidential run – known as Crossfire Hurricane. The FBI launched its Crossfire Hurricane investigation in July 2016 in the midst of Trump’s campaign against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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1 month ago | 
ndenergy.org | Morgan Sweeney |Joshua Haiar
By Morgan Sweeney | The Center SquareA North Dakota jury of nine on Wednesday found environmental activist group Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a years-long lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer, the company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline that became the subject of sometimes violent protests and international attention.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Morgan Sweeney |Reagan Reese
(The Daily Signal) – As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices. Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington, has a five-year diversity, equity, and inclusion “action plan” to prioritize the retention of “staff of color,” according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education and first shared with The Daily Signal.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Morgan Sweeney |Jaryn Crouson |Reagan Reese
(The Center Square) – Though there has been talk of President Donald Trump abolishing the U.S. Department of Education through an executive order, for now, he’s chosen to act through existing means to refashion the department.
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2 months ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Morgan Sweeney
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pinpointed climate change programs as a potential place for the Department of Government Efficiency to cut Department of Defense spending while traveling in Germany this week. [emphasis, links added]Hegseth ultimately hopes the U.S. will increase its defense budget as he claims the Biden administration “underinvested” in the American military, but things like DOD climate change programs are ripe for cuts, according to the secretary.
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2 months ago | 
suncommercial.com | Morgan Sweeney |Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – A recent government audit of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program showed that the Biden administration’s management of the program violated federal laws. The United States Department of Agriculture, which manages the program, is supposed to obligate program funds for the fiscal year once Congress makes appropriations available. Instead, the department was obligating funds based on daily program distributions – until September 2023.
