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SCOTUS Aiding and Abetting Corruption at Every Turn

June 30, 2026 Corruption, turn, Every, SCOTUS, aiding, abetting'0 comment

WASHINGTON – In response to the end of the Supreme Court’s term, MoveOn Political Action spokesperson Joel Payne released the following statement: “It’s bad enough that the American people are saddled with a President and Republicans in Congress who are more focused on dropping billions on bombs and ballrooms than making groceries or gas cheaper. On top of that, we have a Supreme Court stacked with MAGA loyalists that continues to give Trump free rein to make our lives harder.” “After issuing recent decisions that aid and abet Trump and…

New mission: turn regulatory “big ideas” into real-world results

March 26, 2026 Mission, into, Ideas', 'Big, turn, Results, Regulatory, realworld0 comment

“How do you be very creative and clever, i.e., ingenious, in both how you design and apply environmental regulations?” Hannah Safford said. Congress – Federal News Network

Trump says he’ll turn D.C. from dangerous to safe

August 10, 2025 'Safe, says, from, D.C., hell, Dangerous, Trump, turn0 comment

President Trump said D.C. will soon be “one of the safest” cities as his administration moves to handle violent crime in the nation’s capital. The Washington Times stories: White House

Alcatraz: Should Congress Turn Part of a National Park Back Into a Prison?

May 10, 2025 turn, prison, Alcatraz, Congress, back, into, Should, Park, National, part0 comment

President Richard Nixon, a native Californian, promoted an idea in 1972 to turn an iconic stretch of California’s coastline into a national park. It would include the headlands around the Golden Gate and two nearby islands. One was Angel Island, and the other was Alcatraz—where a federal prison had been permanently closed nine years earlier. On Feb. 8, 1972, Nixon sent a message to Congress. “I propose legislation to establish a Golden Gate National Recreation Area in and around San Francisco Bay,” he said. “Altogether, the area would encompass some…

This legislation would turn Veterans Affairs whistleblower policy into law

July 1, 2022 turn, Affairs, 'whistleblower', Policy, would, into, This, veterans, Legislation0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. In an agency as large as Veterans Affairs, with a third of a million employees, there is no shortage of things to go wrong. Often it’s whistleblowers that point them out, often to the Office of Inspector General. Now a bipartisan bill that passed the House would ensure continuance of a policy that every VA employee received training by the OIG to learn how to report alleged wrongdoing. For more…

Biden’s birthday blues: He’ll turn 79 stung by sinking poll numbers, doubts about his future

November 19, 2021 sinking, Stung, Numbers, blues, poll, about, Future, Doubts, hell, Birthday, turn, Biden's0 comment

President Biden will ring in his 79th birthday on Saturday and set another milestone as the oldest president in the history of the United States. Mr. Biden will be blowing out candles this time amid sinking poll numbers, rising inflation, persistent COVID-19 woes and mounting speculation over whether he will … The Washington Times stories: White House