The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing criticism after news broke that federal employees were reportedly told to burn or shred classified documents.
USAID has been the center of controversy since President Donald Trump took office, and billionaire Elon Musk directed the Department of Government Efficiency to expose a slew of spending items widely mocked and criticized, from transgender operas to propaganda overseas and more.
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President Donald Trump’s approach to economic growth relies on a multifaceted approach that includes reducing wasteful federal spending, placing tariffs on foreign goods, and perhaps most significantly, extending the sweeping slate of tax cuts he implemented in his first term for all Americans.
Those tax cuts, which Americans have been benefiting from for the past seven years, are set to expire unless Congress acts to extend them, and President Trump is working overtime to ensure they remain in place.
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A pet project of the outgoing Biden administration has been doling out billions of taxpayer dollars to expand high-speed internet access across the country. Tennessee will receive more than $800 million in federal funds to connect “unserved and underserved” residents to broadband, causing local governments and electric co-ops to see dollar signs. Many are seeking these taxpayer dollars to build broadband internet networks paid for by taxpayers and managed by local governments. But are government owned networks (GONs) the best way to expand high-speed internet access?
A recent report from the Beacon Center of Tennessee suggests the answer is no. It highlights the financial difficulties, risks to taxpayers, and chronic underperformance of government-owned broadband networks across the state.
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The overwhelming majority of Americans support requiring immigrants to the country to adapt to American culture and learn English and back at least some measures to encourage that behavior, according to a recent survey.
Ninety-six percent of registered voters expressed the belief that it was important for immigrants to learn English, including 75% who said it was “very important,” according to a Napolitan News survey. Seventy-six percent, moreover, approved of President Donald Trump’s executive order establishing English as the official language, including 96% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats.
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