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Watchdog Says Trump’s Deferred Resignation Program Cost Taxpayers at Least $11 Billion While 140,000 Federal Workers Stayed Home
A government workforce reduction program championed by the Trump administration cost taxpayers at least $11 billion while allowing nearly 140,000 federal employees to remain on the payroll without working, according to a new report from watchdog group Public Citizen. The analysis argues the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), introduced in early 2025 as part of the administration's effort to shrink the federal government, ultimately imposed significant financial costs while forcing several agencies to rehire employees they had encouraged to leave. 
A government workforce reduction program championed by the Trump administration cost taxpayers at least $11 billion while allowing nearly 140,000 federal employees to remain on the payroll without working, according to a new report from watchdog group Public Citizen. The analysis argues the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), introduced in early 2025 as part of the administration's effort to shrink the federal government, ultimately imposed significant financial costs while forcing several agencies to rehire employees they had encouraged to leave. -
Marco Rubio Announces U.S. Rescue Mission as Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Climbs to 164
The United States is dispatching rescue teams and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes devastated parts of the country, as the death toll climbed to at least 164 and emergency crews continued searching collapsed buildings for survivors. 
The United States is dispatching rescue teams and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes devastated parts of the country, as the death toll climbed to at least 164 and emergency crews continued searching collapsed buildings for survivors. -
Trump Tax Law Cuts Social Security Revenue by $168 Billion, Trustees Move Insolvency Date to 2032
President Donald Trump's signature tax package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), is projected to reduce Social Security revenue by $168.6 billion over the next decade and accelerate the program's funding crisis, according to the Social Security Trustees' latest annual report. 
President Donald Trump's signature tax package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), is projected to reduce Social Security revenue by $168.6 billion over the next decade and accelerate the program's funding crisis, according to the Social Security Trustees' latest annual report. -
Tucker Carlson Breaks With GOP After 35 Years, Refuses to Back Republicans or Democrats
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, one of the most influential voices on the American right over the past decade, said he no longer supports the Republican Party, marking a significant break with a political movement he spent much of his career defending. 
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, one of the most influential voices on the American right over the past decade, said he no longer supports the Republican Party, marking a significant break with a political movement he spent much of his career defending. -
Trump Cuts Humanitarian Immigration to 7,500 as Critics Question South Africa Admissions Policy
The Trump administration is facing mounting criticism from immigration advocates, economists and legal experts after new federal data showed humanitarian admissions to the United States have fallen to their lowest level in nearly five decades, while broader legal immigration channels also experienced significant declines. 
The Trump administration is facing mounting criticism from immigration advocates, economists and legal experts after new federal data showed humanitarian admissions to the United States have fallen to their lowest level in nearly five decades, while broader legal immigration channels also experienced significant declines. -
Trump Warns GOP Will ‘Never Win Another Election’ Without Filibuster Overhaul
President Donald Trump intensified his campaign to overhaul Senate rules on Monday, declaring that Republicans risk permanent political decline unless they eliminate the legislative filibuster and immediately advance the SAVE America Act, a voting-focused measure that has stalled in the Senate despite clearing the House earlier this year. 
President Donald Trump intensified his campaign to overhaul Senate rules on Monday, declaring that Republicans risk permanent political decline unless they eliminate the legislative filibuster and immediately advance the SAVE America Act, a voting-focused measure that has stalled in the Senate despite clearing the House earlier this year. -
Mary Trump Claims President’s G7 Performance Reveals Decline as White House Fires Back
President Donald Trump's performance at the recent G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, has reignited a long-running debate over his health and leadership after his niece, psychologist and author Mary Trump, publicly argued that the 80-year-old president is experiencing a visible decline. 
President Donald Trump's performance at the recent G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, has reignited a long-running debate over his health and leadership after his niece, psychologist and author Mary Trump, publicly argued that the 80-year-old president is experiencing a visible decline. -
Michael Wolff Claims Trump Isolated at 80 as Melania and Ivanka Reportedly Pull Away
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and longtime Trump biographer Michael Wolff are again at the center of a debate over the president's personal and political standing after Wolff published a new account portraying Trump as increasingly isolated inside the White House as he approaches his 80th birthday. 
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and longtime Trump biographer Michael Wolff are again at the center of a debate over the president's personal and political standing after Wolff published a new account portraying Trump as increasingly isolated inside the White House as he approaches his 80th birthday. -
Trump Administration Tightens Green Card Rules, Putting 1.2 Million Pending Cases at Risk
The Trump administration has introduced a major change to how legal immigrants obtain permanent residency in the United States, a policy shift that immigration attorneys, former government officials and business groups say could affect more than one million people currently seeking green cards through the nation's most commonly used legal pathway. The Trump administration has introduced a major change to how legal immigrants obtain permanent residency in the United States, a policy shift that immigration attorneys, former government officials and business groups say could affect more than one million people currently seeking green cards through the nation's most commonly used legal pathway. -
New Book Claims Trump Scolded JD Vance for Refusing to Use ‘Obliterated’ After Iran Strike
President Donald Trump privately lashed out at Vice President JD Vance after the 2025 U.S. strike on Iran, demanding that administration officials repeat his description of the operation's success, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. 
President Donald Trump privately lashed out at Vice President JD Vance after the 2025 U.S. strike on Iran, demanding that administration officials repeat his description of the operation's success, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
