Slash and burn.  Contracts and grants worth hundreds of millions of dollars were terminated over several days, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Thursday, including one aimed at providing “problem-solving” services. Federal agencies have eliminated 269 “wasteful” contracts with a “ceiling value of $845M and savings of $255M,” according to a DOGE post on X. DAVID MARCUS: WHAT AMERICA OWES ELON MUSK AFTER DOGE DOGE eliminated $90...

The Navy will no longer pursue a zero-emissions goal instituted under the Biden administration, Secretary John Phelan announced on Wednesday.  “We need to focus on having a lethal and ready naval force, unimpeded by ideologically motivated regulations,” Phelan said in a video announcing he would rescind the Navy Climate Action 2030 Plan. The plan had called for the Navy to use 100% emissions-free vehicles by 2035 and to...

Orange County, California, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said there was not a “plea deal” made in the case of an illegal immigrant convicted of manslaughter in the death of two teens after new scrutiny over the man’s early release from a California prison. “A convicted felon who was twice previously deported is being released after serving just a fraction of his sentence for killing two 19-year-olds because California...