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02/19/2025

Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins sharply critical of DOGE efforts.

“He should wait until his appointees are confirmed and in place and can take a more surgical approach to evaluating staffing levels and programs. Second, some of the actions that are being taken violate restrictions that are in current law. And third, they're making mistakes. This latest example of individuals who are studying bird flu being fired from the Department of Agriculture is a perfect example,” she said.

She added: “Another is that they mistakenly put in charge of the FBI a person that they didn't intend to be in charge temporarily of the FBI. That's what happens when you move too fast and you don't take the time to do a careful evaluation. I also think it's very unfair to the nominees who are going to be heading these agencies that they're not the ones making the decisions,” per

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U.S. embassies and consulates were told to terminate subscriptions to the New York Times, the Associated Press and other media outlets.

02/19/2025

Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

02/19/2025

A$AP Rocky was charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection with a 2021 shooting.

02/19/2025

Due to the extreme cold temperatures, Iowa City Schools will have a 2-hour late start on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Please note that there will be no morning preschool, all morning BASP programs will be closed, and breakfast will not be served due to the delayed start time. Our inclement weather guidelines can be found at www.IowaCitySchools.org/WeatherGuidelines.

02/19/2025

Denise Cheung wrote in a resignation letter that Ed Martin, nominated by Trump to be Washington's top federal prosecutor, ordered her to take actions unsupported by evidence.

02/19/2025

Jesse Watters let the cat out of the bag Monday during an episode of The Five, revealing precisely how the pro-Trump MAGA media ecosystem effectively operates.

02/19/2025

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of Cathy Harris atop the Merit Systems Protection Board, ruling that Trump's decision to fire her exceeded his authority. MSNBC

02/19/2025

New — GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told me this when asked if Vladimir Putin can be trusted in Ukraine talks: “No. Putin is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed.”

Asked him about Trump saying he believes Putin wants peace, Wicker said: “what we can trust the Russians to do, is to do anything to their advantage, to take temporary steps.

“Vladimir Putin has violated every tenant of international law and should be indicted and prosecuted and jailed, possibly executed,” he added. Manu Raju CNN

02/18/2025

The Zoo’s chief executive said, “We are quite used to parrots swearing, but we’ve never had five at the same time. Most parrots clam up outside, but for some reason these five relish it.”

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02/18/2025

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

02/18/2025

The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.

02/18/2025

A judge on Tuesday declined to stop Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing data systems at seven federal agencies.

02/18/2025

Iowa City Animal Services investigates dog bite

City of Iowa City news release Iowa City Animal Services investigates dog bite On Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, Iowa City Animal Services received a report of a dog bite. The bite occurred around 4 a.m. Monday, Feb.

02/18/2025

Zelensky: it seems like Russia and the U.S. are preparing an ultimatum to Ukraine, talking about Ukraine without Ukraine. We didn’t accept ultimatums in 2022, when the situation was much more serious and nobody was helping us, and I have no intention of accepting any ultimatums now.

02/18/2025

Logan Conner was still in his probationary period after recently starting his full-time job at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment.