Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — the duo President-elect Donald Trump tapped for the effort known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — have indicated that they plan to examine funding for non-governmental organizations (NGOs). “We need to scrutinize U.S. government funding of ‘non-government organizations,'” Ramaswamy noted in a post on X. “It’s an oxymoron that represents a waste of taxpayer dollars, but the real problem runs...

The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s gun trial terminated further court proceedings in his case on Tuesday, in the wake of President Biden’s sweeping pardon that shields his son from being prosecuted for all offenses that he “has committed or may have committed” from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024.  U.S. Judge Maryellen Noreika, the presiding judge in Biden’s trial in Delaware, announced Tuesday the termination of...

Sen. Jon Tester is getting testy with reporters during his remaining weeks in Congress after being booted from his long-held Montana Senate seat. President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday, absolving him of any charges for crimes he “committed or may have committed” between January 2014 and December 2024. On Monday, Tester was asked about Biden’s controversial move to pardon his son, to which the senator...