Day: March 5, 2025

Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY has released his pre-spring practice Big Ten power rankings, and the Spartans are in the back half of the league

The Department of Veterans Affairs chief of staff issued an internal memo saying he was working with Elon Musk’s “DOGE” to “aggressively” restructure the VA, targeting staffing under 400,000 employees.

Republican senators are seeking assurances from Elon Musk that they will get a final say in how his Department of Government Efficiency slashes federal budgets. It’s all very well cutting the fat and clawing back cash from fraud, Musk was told, but lawmakers are demanding that they are the ones to vote it into law. They want all the cuts included in one big DOGE bill. Read more at The Daily Beast.

The mayors of four so-called “sanctuary cities” faced tough questions from lawmakers about their policies toward immigrants and how they work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump’s administration aims to cut more than 70,000 jobs from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which oversees veterans’ health care and other benefits, Secretary Doug Collins said Wednesday.

Also in today’s newsletter, US charges 12 Chinese nationals with hacking, and Trump hands carmakers one-month reprieve from tariffs

The Trump administration’s moves to halt foreign assistance and lay off thousands at the nation’s lead aid agency have been met with legal challenges that quickly ascended to the Supreme Court. See the major moments.

The president claimed that the government has spent $8 million “making mice transgender.”