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ICYMI: MoveOn Ramps Up Pressure for Congress to Reject DHS Funding

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Read Reporting from Puck News and Axios Historic 40,000+ letters to Congress in three days WASHINGTON – As reported by Puck News and Axios, MoveOn Civic Action is increasing the grassroots pressure on Congress to reject the The Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The news follows a historic rise in MoveOn member advocacy for the Trump administration and Congress to rein in ICE, with nearly 40,000 letters sent to Congress in only three days. Members have been activated to call congressional offices throughout the week.   “Trump and Republicans slashed our health…

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FAA ramps up billions in spending as ‘down payment’ for air traffic overhaul

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The Federal Aviation Administration has been working to update its aging air traffic control system, literally, for decades now. But 2026 is looking to be a big year on the FAA modernization front. The One Big Beautiful Bill Congress passed earlier this year puts more than $ 12 billion toward air traffic control modernization, and the FAA’s new administrator expects to obligate about half of that by the end of this fiscal year. The agency is on an aggressive schedule to completely replace the air traffic control system within the…

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Biden Ramps Up Search for DEI Hires Ahead of Trump Administration

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Within 10 days of President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide victory, 33 DEI-related jobs were posted by the federal government. Now, with barely a month until Trump takes office, The Daily Wire reported that the feds are “currently in the process of hiring as many as 1,200 employees to work on … [diversity, equity, and inclusion]—employees who would be embedded into the permanent federal workforce headed into the Trump administration.” The outlet noted that the posted “jobs have annual salaries of up to $ 310,000 and could add up to total salary payouts of…

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