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Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the leaders of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed new Department of Government Efficiency, walks on the day of his meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 5, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersCLEVELAND — Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who will declare his candidacy for governor of Ohio on Monday, wants to reshape public schools, cut regulations and slash spending.It’s a disruptive agenda that sounds a lot like the one that Ramaswamy helped draw up for President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.But in an interview with NBC News ahead of his campaign launch,…
Jordan Belfort, entrepreneur and the original “Wolf of Wall Street,” warned that losing track of money does not happen “by accident,” speaking on a reported discovery that trillions of government dollars in payments were “almost impossible” to trace.The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced it learned about an identification code linking U.S. Treasury payments to a budget line item, and that the line accounts for nearly $4.7 trillion in payments that were “often left blank.”The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) was optional for these payments and made tracing the money “almost impossible,” according to DOGE’s post to X, formerly…
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WASHINGTON — KBR secured a $176 million contract to maintain and modernize the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site, a high-altitude facility that serves as a key node in the U.S. military’s space surveillance network. The contract, announced Feb. 20, was a competitive procurement run by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The seven-year agreement covers operations, equipment maintenance, and upgrades to legacy space sensors. Two bids were received for the contract, according to AFRL.The site known as AMOS is located at an elevation of 10,000 feet on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It has been used for military space tracking…
DENVER (AP) — A new administration swept into Washington and announced plans to shake it up, using corporate know-how and new technology to streamline the federal bureaucracy.It offered millions of government employees buyouts and slashed costs to balance the budget.It might sound like the controversial cost-cutting push led by billionaire Elon Musk under the auspices of Republican President Donald Trump. But the biggest effort to overhaul the federal government in modern history actually was 30 years ago under a Democratic administration. It was then-President Bill Clinton’s “ Reinventing Government ” initiative, under the control of his vice president, Al Gore.Musk…
Far-left Dem rips Elon Musk as a ‘Nazi nepo baby’ Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram discusses Democrats slowing the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees as ‘Squad’ member Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., trashes Elon Musk at a rally. Conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair filed a petition on Friday to legally recognize tech billionaire Elon Musk as her child’s father and seek full custody.The legal action comes weeks after the 26-year-old posted on X that she had the child allegedly fathered by Musk in secret five months ago.”Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world,”…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
You know it’s a big hack when even mainstream media are running it on the front page. And they don’t get much bigger than the $1.5B of ETH illicitly withdrawn from Bybit on February 21 in a heist that has been attributed to Lazarus Group, the cryptosphere’s regular bete noire. As the dust began to settle, and onchain sleuths attempted to piece together the sequence of events, a few things became immediately clear. First, as Bybit had quickly stated, this was a genuinely “sophisticated” hack rather than, say, some hapless staffer getting phished. Secondly, given the size of the theft,…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Chainlink is trading at crucial demand levels after days of consolidation below the $20 mark, struggling to reclaim momentum amid broader market uncertainty. The entire crypto market has faced heightened volatility and instability following weeks of selling pressure. Investors remain on edge after Friday’s Bybit hack, which saw $1.5 billion worth of ETH stolen, further fueling market-wide fear and caution. Related Reading Despite the uncertainty, Chainlink is showing signs of strength. Key data from Glassnode reveals that Chainlink network growth is accelerating, with the number of new $LINK addresses surging to 2,298—its highest…