Research funding in limbo after Trump fires National Science Board

by Samantha Freeman | May 27, 2026 | Politics

WASHINGTON —  President Donald Trump’s dismissal of every member of the National Science Board has thrown into limbo nearly $9 billion in congressionally appropriated funds for research into science and technology.  The board oversees the National Science...

Todd Blanche won’t rule out payments to Jan. 6 rioters

by Samantha Freeman | May 19, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, in a Senate hearing Tuesday, refused to rule out payments to convicted Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and Jeffrey Epstein-related sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the Justice Department’s...

FEMA Review Council Proposes Long List of Reforms to Federal Disaster Assistance

by Samantha Freeman | May 10, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump threatened to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a review council he appointed released a final report on Thursday to overhaul the agency by reducing administrative costs and shifting responsibility...

Florida Democrat resigns, moments before the Ethics Committee was supposed to weigh her expulsion

by Samantha Freeman | Apr 22, 2026 | Breaking News, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Florida Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the House of Representatives on Tuesday, moments before the full Ethics Committee convened to weigh expulsion for allegedly stealing millions of dollars and funneling some into her...