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YOU WONT BELIEVE: 28 - What They Never Told You

Will Absorbing the ATF Into the FBI Rein in Each Agency's Abuses?

The ATF, charged with regulating firearms, has a history of abuse and incompetence.

Reason

A veteran of the only successful government reduction effort in 30 years has a warning for Elon Musk: ‘All hell is going to break loose’

Clinton’s ‘reinventing government’ effort cut 400,000 federal workers and made bureaucracy more efficient—by doing the opposite of DOGE.

Fortune

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

The Independent UK

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The Grand Yorkshire Golf Resort Where Two US Presidents Have Stayed

Jeremy Ellwood discovers that men infinitely more famous have visited Rudding Park, the well-known golf resort just outside Harrogate, before him…

Golf Monthly

White House Defends DOGE's Social Security Audit Amid Democratic Criticism

White House defends Social Security audit, highlighting bipartisan support and commitment to eliminating waste and fraud. Public reception remains favorable.

Top News

Presidents at War: how battle has shaped American leaders

A new book looks back in history to see how presidents including Reagan and Eisenhower were affected by war

The Guardian - US

Monica Lewinsky shares how she spends the anniversary of her Bill Clinton scandal

The former White House intern was interrogated for 11 hours in 1998 about her relationship with Bill Clinton, an affair she now calls an ‘abuse of power’

The Independent UK

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‘Who the hell voted for Big Balls?’ Former Clinton adviser rages at Musk’s teenage DOGE hire

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, criticized the teenage adviser working for Elon Musk known by a controversial nickname

The Independent UK

New congressional task force weighs declassifying Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘client list’ and other government secrets

The task force, led by congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, will also investigate the JFK assassination and 9/11 terrorist attacks in a bid to ‘end an era of government secrecy’

The Independent UK

Biden ‘least liked’ living president – nearly 10 points behind Trump

Obama most liked living president, with Bush coming in second, Clinton and Trump tied for third

The Independent UK

This famous photo of Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton is proof that new camera technologies can have unexpected consequences

It's not always clear how technology is changing photography, as this 30-year-old photo by Dirck Halstead goes to prove

Digital Camera World

Will Elon Musk Cut as Much Government as Al Gore Did?

In the early 1990s, Bill Clinton's administration set out to "reinvent" government. What can the mercurial Tesla CEO learn from their efforts?

Reason

Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis

The United States’ security depends on leaders who make well-informed decisions, including matters ranging from diplomatic relations around the world to economic relations, threats to the U.S., up to the deployment of military force. The nation’s intelligence community – 18 federal agencies, some military and others civilian – has the…

The Conversation

Fact check: Did Clinton set the precedent for mass federal worker buyouts?

In early 1990s, Clinton signed an act allowing $25,000 buyouts for federal workers. How does Trump’s approach differ?

Al Jazeera

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Riviera of the Middle East

Plus: Federal buyouts, puberty blockers at the Supreme Court, and more...

The Conversation

As Trump deportations intensify, Pacific Island nations worry they could be overwhelmed

In his first term, Donald Trump deported far fewer people from the United States than his three predecessors: Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Space

Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office

Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain: the moon no longer has a place in his White House.

The Guardian - US

Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts say

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Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government

President’s deliberate deluge of policies overwhelms resistance as he aims to weaken the legislature, analysts say

The Conversation

Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 years after the atrocity

The 1998 Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland. However, just four months after the peace accord was signed, an attack on the town of Omagh resulted in the greatest loss of life in any single incident of the…

The Conversation

President Trump promises to make government efficient − and he’ll run into the same roadblocks as Presidents Taft, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush, among others

As President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and directives on his first day of his second administration, he explained his actions by saying, “It’s all about common sense.”

Al Jazeera

How do Donald Trump’s pardons compare with other US presidents?

Just hours into his second term, Trump pardons about 1,500 people charged in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Salon

Trump's revenge tour derailed

This is Donald Trump at his most destructive — and it’s only week one