VA kills ‘Boondoggle’ Biden plan to put EV chargers at medical centers
The VA scrapped a $77 million leftover green energy program that would have put solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicle at various locations.
By Richard Sisk
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Trump claims big jump in VA trust scores, but data shows modest gains
Patient satisfaction rates have improved steadily at VA in recent years, but Trump insists his changes have reformed the entire department.
Trump taps Barbara Barrett, former Aerospace Corporation chairwoman, as next Air Force secretary
Trump revealed his choice for the 25th Air Force secretary in a tweet Tuesday afternoon, shortly after the conclusion of a farewell ceremony for departing SECAF Heather Wilson.
Democrats’ Pentagon budget bill would curb Trump’s war powers
A bill to fund the Pentagon at $8 billion less than what the White House requested passed the House Appropriations Committee.
By Joe Gould
Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states
Around the country, the Environmental Protection Agency is delegating a widening range of public health and environmental enforcement to states, saying local officials know best how to deal with local problems. Critics contend federal regulators are making a dangerous retreat on enforcement that puts people and the environment at greater risk.
Courts weigh Trump’s plan to tap Pentagon for border wall
Two cases seek to block the White House from spending Defense Department money to build the wall.
Trump plan would shift immigration focus to ‘merit’
President Donald Trump said Thursday that his new system, with points given for those with advanced degrees, job offers and other attributes, will make it exactly "clear what standards we ask you to achieve."
White House sets course for Congress to speed OPM break-up
The administration plans to use current authorities to begin transferring responsibilities from the Office of Personnel Management to the General Services Administration, but action by Congress would simplify the process.
By Jessie Bur
Probe faults premium travel by former EPA head, bodyguards
The findings provided some of the first strong support by investigators of the series of ethics allegations that led to Scott Pruitt’s resignation last July.
Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban
A Trump administration executive order declares a national economic emergency that empowers the government to ban the technology and services of "foreign adversaries" deemed to pose "unacceptable risks" to national security — including from cyberespionage and sabotage.
House Dems offer new limit for DoD’s border wall ‘slush fund’
House Democrats have announced a bill to sharply limit the Pentagon’s authority to reprogram military construction funds.
By Joe Gould
For Shanahan, it looks like a rocky road to defense secretary
Key Democrats are signaling that Patrick Shanahan, the acting defense secretary who was informally nominated for the permanent role last week, will face tough questioning.
By Joe Gould