The U.S. Department of Education, on a recent note, confirmed that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) decided to cancel a significant number of contracts. These included 89 multi-year contracts from the Institute for Education Sciences amounting to around $900 million and another 29 contracts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training in education worth $101 million. Importantly, contracts for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the College Scorecard, and College Navigator were not affected by these budget cuts. DOGE’s decision has sparked quite a stir among nonprofit organizations…
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Top Senate Republicans have taken a firm stance on the budget reconciliation process, insisting that they will only back legislation which includes making President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent. The House Republicans have proposed a bill with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, but they are temporary extensions rather than permanent. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, along with eight other senators, sent a letter to Trump to express their concerns about these temporary extensions. In their letter, which was also sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson and…
President Donald Trump has been actively working to streamline government operations and cut costs, a mission that has faced legal challenges but also achieved successes. A significant victory was recently scored when a federal judge reinstated the administration’s federal employee buyout offer. The judge ruled that the group “Democracy Forward,” which had sued on behalf of labor unions, lacked the standing to contest the buyout program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole had previously paused the enforcement of a deadline for federal workers to accept the “Fork in the Road” offer. On Wednesday, he decided there was no justification to extend the deadline, rejecting the plaintiffs’ request to keep the program…