Department of Government Efficiency Efficiently Eliminates Itself, Leaves Paperwork Undone
Agency created to end waste dissolves on a national holiday without an audit, a goodbye memo, or a forwarding address.
Read Full Article
Nation's Only Trump Passport Office Turns Away Man Who Drove From Alabama To Get Trump Passport
The federal government is now issuing commemorative passports featuring President Trump's image — but only in person, only in Washington, D.C., and only by appointment. For Americans who would prefer their travel documents not include the president's portrait, officials have devised an equally streamlined solution: request the bigger booklet.
Nation Celebrates 250 Years of Self-Governance By Allegedly Stealing Its Own Birthday Money
When Congress created America250 in 2016 to plan the nation's semiquincentennial, it probably did not anticipate that a decade later a rival LLC would allegedly intercept its donor wire transfers. Freedom 250 calls the accusations a 'partisan smear'; the birthday cake remains uneaten by at least one of the parties involved.
Nation Celebrates 250th Birthday By Arguing Over Which Birthday Committee Is The Real Birthday Committee
America turns 250 this weekend, and the festivities are going great — if you ignore the 55-page congressional report alleging that donors who tried to fund the official bipartisan birthday commission were quietly handed the wrong bank account number. Two organizations with nearly identical names are now locked in a patriotic turf war over $100 million, a state fair on the National Mall, and the soul of the republic.
From the Govment Archives
Department of Government Efficiency Efficiently Eliminates Itself, Leaves Paperwork Undone
DOGE, the federal government's 18-month experiment in not doing government, officially ceased to exist on July 4th — the same day GSA confirmed that the offices DOGE demanded workers return to are still three-quarters empty. No closing report was planned, which agency officials described as 'on brand.'
Nation's Only Trump Passport Office Turns Away Man Who Drove From Alabama To Get Trump Passport
The federal government is now issuing commemorative passports featuring President Trump's image — but only in person, only in Washington, D.C., and only by appointment. For Americans who would prefer their travel documents not include the president's portrait, officials have devised an equally streamlined solution: request the bigger booklet.
Nation Celebrates 250 Years of Self-Governance By Allegedly Stealing Its Own Birthday Money
When Congress created America250 in 2016 to plan the nation's semiquincentennial, it probably did not anticipate that a decade later a rival LLC would allegedly intercept its donor wire transfers. Freedom 250 calls the accusations a 'partisan smear'; the birthday cake remains uneaten by at least one of the parties involved.
Nation Celebrates 250th Birthday By Arguing Over Which Birthday Committee Is The Real Birthday Committee
America turns 250 this weekend, and the festivities are going great — if you ignore the 55-page congressional report alleging that donors who tried to fund the official bipartisan birthday commission were quietly handed the wrong bank account number. Two organizations with nearly identical names are now locked in a patriotic turf war over $100 million, a state fair on the National Mall, and the soul of the republic.
President Refuses To Accept Victory Until Second, Different Victory Also Achieved
In a governing milestone experts are calling 'unprecedented,' President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for a bill that passed 358-32 in the House and 85-5 in the Senate — both veto-proof margins — to protest the Senate's failure to pass a separate, unrelated bill. The unsigned bill will become law in ten days anyway, making this the first known case of a president vetoing his own win.