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The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Wednesday said several grants for transgender experiments on animals have been canceled, and a pilot program to audit federal agencies with unused credit cards has expanded amid “a lot of shady expenditures happening,” said DOGE leader Elon Musk.The cost-cutting group said the National Institutes of Health (NIH) canceled seven grants, some of which included $532,000 to “use a mouse model to investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment” and another $33,000 to test “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat.”DOD TELLS CIVILIAN WORKFORCE TO IGNORE ELON MUSK’S REQUEST TO REPORT PRODUCTIVITY…
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. Crypto analyst Kevin (known on X as @Kev_Capital_TA) has outlined what he deems a potentially ideal accumulation window for Dogecoin. In a series of posts, he highlighted key technical indicators, regulatory conditions, and macroeconomic shifts that could converge to propel the meme-inspired asset in the near to mid-term. Why Buying Dogecoin Now Could Be A Good Idea Kevin points out that Dogecoin’s weekly Relative Strength Index (RSI) is currently situated at a threshold it last occupied in October of last year, when the DOGE price hovered around $0.10. According to him, this low…
New apartment construction hit a record high last year, but all that new supply is apparently not enough to cool the competition in the market. Getting a rental is actually becoming even more difficult, according to a new report from RentCafe, an apartment search site.Last year, developers completed close to 600,000 multifamily units, according to the U.S. Census. That is the highest level since 1974 and a 34% increase from 2023. New York City, Dallas and Austin, Texas, led in the number of new rentals.Despite that, on a national level, rental competitiveness rose at the start of this year, according…
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…
WASHINGTON — SpaceX in just a few years upended the military launch business, capturing contracts that were once the exclusive domain of United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture. Now, as a new wave of commercial tech firms pushes into the defense sector, industry executives see an opportunity for Silicon Valley’s biggest players to challenge traditional prime contractors across defense and space programs.The shifting business landscape under the Trump administration was a major topic discussed March 5 at the National Security Innovation Base Summit organized by the Ronald Reagan Institute.With dominant commercial players like SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril — led…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. A well-known market analyst believes Bitcoin is on track to reach new highs this year. Tom Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, expects the cryptocurrency to do “better than $150,000” by the end of 2025. Related Reading His latest comments come as Bitcoin struggles with recent volatility but remains a popular investment choice among institutional and retail traders. The co-founder of Fundstrat expressed his opinions on CNBC’s Squawk Box, referencing a variety of favorable fundamentals for the price of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Volatility And Market Movements In recent months, the top coin has…
In an aerial view, brand new Subaru cars sit in a storage lot at Auto Warehouse Co. on March 4, 2025 in Richmond, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe White House on Wednesday announced a one-month tariff exemption for automakers after President Donald Trump spoke a day earlier with heads of General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis.Automakers have urged Trump to waive 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on vehicles that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rules of origin.”Reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on April 2, but at the request of the companies associated with USMCA, the president…
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated the lease at the Obama Presidential Library site, although it is unlikely to impact operations there since it is due to shutter later this year and move to a new location.The library is located at the Hoffman Estates in the northwest of Chicago and is separate to the sprawling 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center near Jackson Park in the southside of Chicago which is under construction and is expected to be completed next year.The site at the Hoffman Estates is run by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), as are all presidential libraries,…
Donald Trump’s speech to Congress had all the hallmarks of an address of a despot. Even by his debased standards, this record-breaking, rambling “weave” of an address was striking in its vaulting ambition and naked arrogance. Trump has half-joked about being a “dictator for a day”, but to see him perform like a tyrant in Congress, in the very heart of American democracy, takes a certain sort of audacity. There were protests from the assembled legislators, sometimes a defiant silence and at other times paddle boards proclaiming “False”, “Musk lies”, and “Save Medicaid”. One outraged congressman was even ejected from…