Defense Department Worker Charged with Stealing Top-Secret Missile Defense Documents
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Joe Biden’s Pardons Investigated by Justice Department: Report
By Kate Plummer is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. politics and national affairs, and she is particularly interested in the impact of social policy decisions on people as well as the finances of political campaigns, corruption, foreign policy, democratic processes and more. Prior to joining Newsweek, she covered […]
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Attorney Sues Department of Education After Student Loan Payments Soar
An Austin attorney is taking the federal government to court after a sudden change in student loan repayment rules caused her monthly bill to increase by nearly 400 percent. Ashley Morgan, a 35-year-old trial attorney who has been enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan for the past eight years, filed a lawsuit this week against […]
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Social Security Shuts ‘Wasteful’ Department After Trump Order
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced further closures to some of its operations as work to reduce the size of the federal government continues under the Donald Trump administration. Why It Matters Numerous federal government agencies are undergoing significant changes following Trump’s executive order establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order directs […]
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What Is the Department of Government Efficiency? Musk, Ramaswamy to Lead
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his second administration will create the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump, who won a second term in the White House last week, in a statement on Truth Social said that the department “will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle […]
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