Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed on Monday that he had created a portal for “whistleblowers” who wanted to help root out “corruption, abuses of power,” and other egregious oversteps made by people in power. Read More.
The leading South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has filed a lawsuit in a provincial court against the Expropriation Act, which U.S. President Donald Trump criticized in an executive order last week.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled a museum exhibit for Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on Friday. Read More.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an executive order banning Chinese-owned artificial intelligence and social media apps from all state-issued devices, citing security concerns over data harvesting. The move expands previous bans on TikTok and reflects growing tensions over foreign-owned technology in the U.S.
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President Trump is considering executive action that would dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, ending some programs and shifting some to other parts of government, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. The sources said such a move was not imminent. Read More.