SHAKE UP CRONYISM: Ted Cruz Weighs in on RFK Vote

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Ted Cruz offered a full-throated endorsement to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. “I am going to vote for Bobby Kennedy, because I think he’s a change agent who has the courage to take on some of the corruption at HHS,” the Texas Republican told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. “Bobby Kennedy is going to shake up the cronyism that has characterized HHS,” Cruz added. “Additionally, a lot of Americans are concerned…

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What to Know and What to Do About the White House Funding Freeze Chaos

Donald Trump just issued an order that will immediately stop federal funding and hurt American families. Healthcare will be cut. Preschools will be forced to close. Services for seniors will end. While advocates were able to file a successful appeal with the courts to halt Trump from continuing to move forward, Trump wants this fight to erupt and to disrupt the lives of his opponents and millions of everyday Americans. This is another way for Trump to make people’s everyday lives harder and hurt their wallets while giving tax cuts…

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Unions, lawmakers urge federal employees to be cautious, stay in their jobs

Democratic lawmakers, as well as many federal unions and organizations, are urging federal employees to exercise extreme caution in response to the Trump administration’s request for voluntary resignations from the career federal workforce. Many organizations, including the National Treasury Employees Union, are encouraging federal employees to remain in their jobs and reject the Trump administration’s offer of what it called a “deferred resignation program” to the majority of the roughly 2.2 million career federal employees. “The so-called ‘deal’ is a hostile effort to disparage federal employees, weaken agencies and disrupt…

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The Day Trump Became Un-President

“We’re so back,” one reporter whispered to another. All of the chairs in the White House briefing room were filled, and reporters and photographers were crammed into every available nook and cranny. I was standing in the back, squeezed in between a window and a none-too-pleased Secret Service agent. The sight was reminiscent of the COVID briefings of 2020: President Donald Trump gripping the sides of the lectern in the White House briefing room, pursing his lips as he looked out at the journalists yelling and jockeying for his attention.…

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2 US Service Academies End Minor in Diversity and Inclusion

THE CENTER SQUARE—West Point Military Academy and the Air Force Academy have both ended their “Diversity and Inclusion Studies” minors. As late as Jan. 8, West Point, based in New York, offered its diversity, equity, and inclusion minor, while as of Jan. 9 the Air Force Academy, based in Colorado, still offered its DEI minor, according to internet archives. Currently, a minor in “Diversity and Inclusion Studies” is no longer listed on either service academy’s website. Around the same time the DEI minors disappeared, President Donald Trump ended all DEI…

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