AG Brown co-leads multi-state suit against HUD’s homelessness funding overhaul
SEATTLE—The Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading an 18-state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alleging that the agency’s new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, introduces unlawful policies and conditions that disrupt the Continuum of Care (CoC) grant program—a key federal initiative that […]
John Braun commentary: The continuing insanity of the homelessness ‘emergency’
The line about “insanity” being defined as doing the same things over and over, and expecting a different result, is sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein. An online search indicates the saying more likely originated in a Narcotics Anonymous publication many years ago about the difficulty of overcoming a drug addiction. If so, insanity is an […]
Historic Gaza Peace Deal: Ceasefire begins October 10, hostages to return, Hamas amnesty
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump announced Thursday, October 9, that Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas have reached an historic agreement on the first phase of a peace deal to end the war in Gaza. The United States along with Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey helped broker the deal. The deal will be signed in Sharm […]
Trump administration seeks to revoke limits on oil drilling in parts of Alaska’s North Slope
[Alaska Beacon]—The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Thursday that it will revoke three documents intended to form the basis for limits on oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Those documents, and the limits themselves, were issued in the last year of President Joe Biden’s administration. Since his election, President Donald Trump has […]
DNI Gabbard releases new evidence alleging Obama admin conspiracy in ‘coup’ against Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Tulsi Gabbard, serving as the eighth Director of National Intelligence under President Donald J. Trump, on Friday, July 18, released evidence alleging that a secret 2016 White House meeting under former President Barack Obama directed intelligence agencies to fabricate claims of Russian election interference. Gabbard called the actions by 25 Obama administration officials, including […]
Game of Thrones: Biden out, endorses Harris for replacement
DELEWARE—After increasing pressure from corporate media, billionaire donors, and high-ranking political colleagues, President Joe Biden announced Sunday, July 21, on X that he will not seek the 2024 Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party at its national convention in August. “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all […]
DC Circuit Court rules US Presidents not immune from criminal prosecutions
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on February 6 ruled that United States Presidents are not immune from prosecutions for decisions and actions made during their presidency stating, “we cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter.” This […]
Dept. of Education extends student loan payment pause through May 1, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C., December 23, 2021 – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education announced a 90-day extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections through May 1, 2022. Biden’s prior extension of the student loan payment pause was set to end on January 31, 2022. According to the announcement, the extension will allow […]
