An audit commissioned by a federal judge found that a Los Angeles agency suffered incomplete documentation and insufficient financial accountability.
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While the Trump administration and DOGE is exposing wasteful spending from USAID, attention is shifting to wasteful and partisan spending by other federal agencies. Several agencies gave large grants to recipients in Arizona for partisan progressive purposes. Some of these were authorized by Congressional bills, however, so will be difficult for Trump’s executive branch to cut.
The Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation awarded $35 million in 2023 to the University of Arizona for expanding markets for climate-smart natural rubber from guayule. The subsidies have come under attack from Republicans in Congress. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) objected to the grant program last year, “[N]o one natural resource concern should be prioritized over others, considering all the benefits and good work these programs presently support.” Producing rubber alone is not economically viable, and “other useful compounds drawn from guayule were either less or showed uneven results,” the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service found.
‘They are also against the law’
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https://revolver.news/2025/03/375-billion-epa-slush-fund-handled-by-john-podesta-gave-billions-to-charities-founded-only-months-earlier/
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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1898144229471535483.html
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The U.S. Department of State reportedly plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help identify foreign students who have demonstrated support for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, Axios reported on Thursday.
The technology will be used to review the social media accounts of tens of thousands of student visa holders for pro-terrorism content which may then be used to revoke visa statuses, according to Axios. Violent pro-Hamas protests took over dozens of college campuses since the deadly Oct., 2023 attack on Israel, and the Trump administration has vowed to put an end to the antisemitic demonstrations.
Lower courts don’t have authority to usurp the executive branch through restraining orders and injunctions, no matter what the SCOTUS says.
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