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DOGE Eliminates over $100M in DEI Funding at Department of Education

The Department of Education slashed 29 diversity, equity, and inclusion training grants totaling $101 million as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s mission to eliminate wasteful spending within the federal government.
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Exclusive – Sen. Mike Lee: Constitution Empowers Congress to Tap American ‘Pirates’ to Fight Cartels

Americans could soon hold letters from President Donald Trump empowering them to attack violent gangs and drug cartels in pirate ships and by the border if Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) can persuade Congress to grant letters of marque and reprisal, he explained to Alex Marlow on Monday.
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Homeland Security puts staff involved in ‘disinformation’ board on administrative leave, review coming

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on “mis-, dis-, and malinformation” were put on administrative leave.In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to “refocus on its mission,” starting with election security.

‘Save face’: Officials at Liz Warren’s pet project agency dismissed despite telling media they resigned

FIRST ON FOX: Three leaders at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were placed on administrative leave Tuesday, Fox News Digital confirmed. The Office of Management and Budget’s Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta placed Lorelei Salas, the CFPB’s supervision director, and Eric Halperin, the agency’s enforcement chief, and Zixta Martinez, the agency’s deputy director, on administrative leave, a CFPB spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.

Report: Steve Bannon Lawyers in Talks with Prosecutors for Plea Deal in Border Wall Fraud Case

Lawyers for former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon are reportedly in talks with prosecutors regarding a potential plea deal in a case accusing Bannon of defrauding donors in an effort to build a border wall, according to several reports.
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‘Bragg Is Back!’: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Renames ‘Fort Bragg’ After Biden Named It ‘Fort Liberty’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday while on a C-17 aircraft en route to Germany signed a memorandum renaming “Fort Liberty” back to “Fort Bragg” — the original name of the storied military base in North Carolina.
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FBI must release Mar-a-Lago probe records despite Trump’s criminal immunity: judge

FBI records from the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe will soon be released despite the dismissal of the case against President Donald Trump and his presidential immunity, according to a federal judge’s ruling Monday.In a court filing first obtained by Politico, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found that the FBI must disclose more information related to the case by Feb. 20. The decision concerned a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought by journalist Jason Leopold.