Posts by Amelia Frost
Outrage On X As Nancy Mace Reveals $10M Taxpayer Funds Used In ‘Creating Transgender’ Animals
KEY POINTS Mace said the ‘DEI grants’ were used to fund the ‘painful and deadly’ studies across U.S. university labs She cited a WCW analysis that alleged taxpayer money was being used in the ‘forced’ transition of animals X users were outraged as Mace’s speech at a Thursday oversight hearing went viral on the platform…
Read MoreC. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89
C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel the booming tech industry, died on Saturday at his home in Oakville, Calif., in the Napa Valley. He was 89. His death was announced by New Enterprise Associates. Mr. Kramlich (pronounced CRAM-lick), whose career spanned…
Read MoreEurope’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European goods and services. Now, as those threats go from hypothetical to potentially imminent, its plans are coming into broad focus. Hit specific, politically sensitive sectors…
Read MoreJudge Pauses Musk Plan For Mass Cull Of US Govt Workers
A judge on Thursday suspended a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a mass buyout. The federal judge in Massachusetts ordered a temporary injunction on the plan’s deadline — midnight Thursday — given by Musk for the country’s more than…
Read MoreTaiwan Says Detects Six Chinese Balloons Near Island
Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defence ministry said Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty. The six balloons were spotted in the 24 hours to 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday), the ministry said, giving one of its highest daily tallies of the devices. Along…
Read More‘Lottery Ticket’: Crypto Investors Brace For Bumpy Ride Under Trump
Nick was enjoying his Saturday off work in Pennsylvania when he received an unexpected and alarming message: cryptocurrencies, buoyed since Donald Trump’s November 5 election win, were in freefall. The crash immediately wiped out tens of thousands of dollars from his savings. “I clicked on it and watched it for like a minute just drop…
Read MoreSenate Votes Along Party Lines To Confirm Vought As OMB Director Despite Democrats’ Protests
Reuters Voting predictably along party lines, the Senate voted Thursday night to confirm Russell Vought as President Donald Trump’s nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Following a lengthy hold out by Democrats delivering speeches on the floor in protest for 30 hours, Republicans pushed through the divisive Vought by a 53-47…
Read MoreDozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a…
Read MoreHead of Federal Agency Taken Over by Elon Musk’s DOGE Rejects Trump ‘Buyout,’ Decides to Resign Outright
People protested against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) outside of the US Department of Labor near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 5, 2025. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The administrator in charge of White House tech has announced his resignation, while rejecting the controversial “Fork in the Road”…
Read MoreTrump Met PGA Commissioner About Saudi Golf Tour Deal
President Trump met this week with the PGA Tour commissioner, the tour said on Thursday, as the Justice Department considers whether to approve a venture between the United States’ premier golf circuit and one backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The meeting at the White House on Tuesday was an unusual foray for an…
Read MoreGovernment Agencies Cancel Politico Pro Subscriptions
The White House is following through on its plan to cut back on news subscriptions inside government agencies. A spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department, Audra Weeks, said on Thursday that the agency had canceled its subscriptions to Politico Pro, a news and information service, after reviewing its media contracts. It was not immediately clear whether…
Read MoreSenate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s agenda to upend the federal bureaucracy and slash spending that the administration thinks is wasteful. The 53-to-47 vote returns Mr. Vought to…
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