Government overreach challenges America's founding principles of equality and freedom, echoing concerns from the Declaration of Independence that inspired civil rights leaders.

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As USAID ends operations, a former officer proposes four ways the State Department can build a more effective foreign ...

The dismantling of USAID has already had a negative impact on the lives of tens of millions of poor and vulnerable people in some 130 countries. And the evisceration of USAID is undermining our ...

On July 11, the State Department began issuing termination notices to employees included in a planned 15 percent reduction in force (RIF) after the Supreme Court overruled an injunction against the ...

The DOGE cuts must pass in the House by Friday. The US plans to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of taxpayer-funded emergency food, the State Department confirmed. The nutrient-dense biscuits, which ...

Public broadcasting media outlets around the country got the bad news last week about the end of federal government taxpayer funding.