Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
A week after the inauguration, US senator Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a flurry of congressional subpoenas to 14 agencies, ...
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DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
At least dozens of workers for the Technology Transformation Services, housed within the US General Services Administration, were fired Wednesday ...
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US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is hitting Big Tech and beyond
President Donald Trump has announced that he’s imposing a tariff on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: ...
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US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Over the years, the programs have been effective. For instance, a four-year partnership between the US and the Philippines, which ...
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NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
The 2022 report includes an analysis of 82 universities, the indirect cost rate they receive from federal grants, and the ...
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The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy
“If you break it down, there are a lot of moving components in the backend that people are not necessarily ...
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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
A number of federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency that monitors and ...
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Pronouns Are Being Forcibly Removed From Government Email Signatures
Following a White House edict effectively banning federal employees from disclosing their personal pronouns in email signatures, sources within multiple ...
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Both Bobba and Coristine are listed in internal OPM records reviewed by WIRED as “experts” at OPM, reporting directly to ...
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US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
Several government websites have been taken down, including the USAID.gov, ForeignAssistance.gov, NeglectedDiseases.gov, and ChildrenInAdversity.gov. A WIRED analysis of more than ...
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