The Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency team continue to crash into more federal agencies– shutting down ongoing work and firing thousands of federal employees.
The six-week Steadfast Dart 2025 exercises across Bulgaria, Romania and Greece are taking place as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the three-year mark. They involve some 10,000 troops from nine nations and represent the largest NATO operation planned this year.
The U.S. absence from the exercises comes as European nations scramble to build greater military self-sufficiency over their concerns about the Trump administration’s commitment to common defense and demands for increased European military spending.
The examples of "fraud" Trump has so far offered up actually appear to be programs he just doesn't like, such as diversity initiatives.
There is serious concern from legal experts, conservatives and liberals alike about the administration's sweeping and abrupt moves– freezing broad swaths of federal money approved by Congress, gaining access to sensitive Treasury payment systems, and trying to shut down entire agencies overnight.
The Republican majority in the House of Representatives has blocked an inquiry into Defense Secretary Pete...
