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Over the last two weeks, everyone has heard all about how much USAID has done for people around the world, but the ones hurt most by Trump's funding cuts are the children living in poverty-stricken countries. The Babylon Bee has put together a list below of the most essential things poor children receive through USAID: Contraceptives: The lifeblood of any 3rd-world nation. Pro subscriptions to Politico: Only $24,000 per poor kid. Rocket-propelled grenades: Along with other important weaponry to battle the Great Satan. Gay stuff: The most popular item USAID provides around the globe. Free climate change PowerPoint presentations: How...

The U.S. Department of Education is calling on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to revoke the titles and championships awarded to transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports during the Biden administration.

Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process takes multiple months.

...then we don’t live in a democracy; we live in a bureaucracy." –@ElonMusk

Nancy Pelosi Annual salary: $223,000 Net worth: $202 million Mitch McConnell Annual salary: $200,000 Net worth: $95 million Chuck Schumer Annual salary: $210,000 Net worth: $75 million Elizabeth Warren Annual salary: $285,000 Net worth: $67 million

Meet Pitkin County, CO Sheriff Michael Buglione. He says ICE is “not welcome” in his district and he may even post on social media to warn criminal illegal aliens if ICE is in the area. He would LEAK info on ICE’s operations and raids @TheJusticeDept

This comes just days after Donald Trump requested all information on previous assassination attempts against him.

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God...

The US Coast Guard cut off an “overloaded” boat packed with 132 Haitian migrants about 50 miles off the Florida coastline — and shipped them back home on Monday, officials said. The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba intercepted the 30-foot sailboat last week between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank and off the shore of Marathon, Florida, returning them to the island nation on Monday.

They're ALL On The Take, That's Why They're Afraid Of Elon Musk's DOGE Audit

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In a hypothetical U.S. Senate race between former U.S. Representative Mike Rogers and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Michiganders are likelier to vote for Mike Rogers. In an exclusive Epic MRA poll, 47 percent of respondents indicated they would vote for Rogers, and 41 percent were in favor of Buttigieg.

An estimated 1 million people who are in the country without legal status work in the restaurant industry. Some food-service workers are no longer driving and instead are taking Uber to their restaurant jobs. Restaurants, cafes and bars are “super easy targets” for immigration raids, said immigration attorney Kim Luu-Ng. The chilly first two months of the year are usually a peak business period for Teddy’s Red Tacos, where diners indulge in the restaurant’s specialty, birria — spicy, warm and deeply tender meat slowly braised in its own fat and served with a pool of flavorful broth. But this...

SNIPThe bill, led by Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), was introduced Tuesday and is called the Protect U.S. National Security Act. It aims to prove that USAID reform should abide by laws and “not harm American soft power” as the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) looks to cut federal spending at various agencies and departments. “Over the past 10 days, Elon Musk and DOGE have shut down USAID’s website, closed its headquarters, placed thousands of staffers on leave, and issued a stop work order on most foreign assistance – including life-saving humanitarian assistance,” Jacobs said in a release. SNIPJacobs,...

According to recent updates, the vote was originally scheduled for tonight but has been delayed due to weather conditions in Washington, D.C. It is now expected to take place at 11am tomorrow. This information is based on web and social media updates from today, February 11, 2025.

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America.The reporter tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was turned away, AP executives said. The highly unusual ban, which Trump administration officials had threatened earlier Tuesday unless the AP changed the style on the Gulf, could have constitutional free-speech implications.Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, called the administration’s...

SNIPIn recent days, 17 employees of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have worked with election officials to provide assessments and trainings dealing with a range of threats — from cyber and ransomware attacks to physical security of election workers — have been placed on leave pending a review, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.Ten of those employees are regional election security specialists hired as part of an effort to expand field staff and election security expertise ahead of the 2024 election. The regional staffers were told the internal...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was signing an executive order to give tech billionaire Elon Musk more power over the federal workforce, adding to Musk's swift and sweeping consolidation of political influence. With Musk standing to his right in the Oval Office, Trump praised the work of his office, known as the Department of Government Efficiency Service (DOGE). And Trump said he wanted Musk to now do more, even as DOGE faces multiple lawsuits from labor unions and Democratic state attorneys general over whether it is acting within the law.

Democrats often sound condescending and presumptuous while hurling indefensible insults. Fortunately, at least one talented young staffer in President Donald Trump's administration knows how to deal with her misguided detractors. On Saturday, according to the New York Post, 27-year-old White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back at Democratic Rep. Dave Min of California, who called her a "fake Christian" last month on the social media platform X. "I think it’s pitiful for an elected member of Congress to say that about a woman who he’s never even met," Leavitt said. At her first press briefing on Jan. 28, Leavitt...

BUTLER, Missouri (KMBC) -- An Independence, Missouri, woman and a Smithville, Missouri, man face multiple felony charges after fleeing from law enforcement and throwing items out the window at deputies. The Linn County, Kansas, Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Bates County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office with a pursuit that was entering Bates County on 52 Highway. The chase moved into Butler, Missouri, reaching speeds of 80-100 mph. As deputies pursued the vehicle, the passenger began throwing multiple items out the window, including flashlights and canned vegetables. One of the cans struck a deputy's vehicle, shattering the windshield. As the suspects...

-snip- "Since President Trump’s swearing-in, he has successfully secured the release of Americans detained around the world, and President Trump will continue until all Americans being held are returned to the United States," the statement concluded. "By tonight, Marc Fogel will be on American soil and reunited with his family and loved ones thanks to President Trump’s leadership." At 1:20 p.m., House Majority Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler, whose 14th Congressional District includes IUP, issued a statement which read in part, "Marc Fogel spent 1,255 days locked away in a Russian penal colony under the Biden-Harris Administration while my congressional...