Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
In order for a project to be approved for grant funding, the project must demonstrate that it advances the president's agenda.In order for a project to be approved for grant funding, the project must demonstrate that it advances the president's agenda.Corrupt DC Bar Moves To Disbar Jeff Clark After Restoring License Of Russiagate Felon Kevin Clinesmith
The Bar bent over backward to recommend disbarment and suspended its own rules in order to conduct its lawfare on Clark.Trump administration takes aim at Obama-era climate change regulations
For over 15 years, the government has operated on limited scientific research and legal findings to justify its climate action agenda. Now, the Trump administration is seriously considering scrapping the crux of these Obama-era climate change regulations.
The Trump administration is reconsidering the EPA's "endangerment finding," a 2009 rule based on the results of the 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court case. The endangerment finding mandates the EPA to curb climate change caused by greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, last amended in 1990.
'Under the enlightened leadership of President Trump and Administrator Zeldin, the time for fresh thought has finally arrived.'
On his first day in office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14154, called "Unleashing American Energy," which mandated that the EPA and the Office of Management and Budget review the endangerment finding and related environmental regulations.
RELATED: EV mandate killed in 'biggest day of deregulation in American history'
In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece in March, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin explained the goal of Trump's executive orders: "By overhauling massive rules on the endangerment finding, we are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America's Golden Age."
Now, a page on the OMB website lists an "economically significant" proposed rule titled the "Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Reconsideration Rule." No other details about this proposed rule are available at this time because it still needs to be finalized and announced to the public. The rule was received by the OMB from the EPA on June 30.
The decision to reconsider the endangerment finding has caused a stir among climate change groups. David Doniger, a senior attorney at the advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council, told the Post, "They're trying to completely defang the Clean Air Act by saying, ‘Well, this stuff's just not dangerous.' That claim is just mind-bogglingly contrary to the evidence."
Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research, told the Washington Post, "It's long since past the time for an administration to review this. Ultimately, Congress should have a say when it's all said and done."
Several of the leaders involved in this reconsideration have signaled their support for the Trump administration's order in the past.
In a March press release, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Jeff Clark said, "Since 2009, I've consistently argued that the endangerment finding required a consideration of downstream costs imposed on both mobile sources like cars and stationary sources like factories. Under the enlightened leadership of President Trump and Administrator Zeldin, the time for fresh thought has finally arrived."
"EPA's regulation of the climate affects the entire national economy — jobs, wages, and family budgets. It's long overdue to look at the impacts on our people of the underlying Obama endangerment finding," said White House OMB Director Russ Vought in the press release.
"The 2009 endangerment finding has had an enormously negative impact on the lives of the American people. For more than 15 years, the U.S. government used the finding to pursue an onslaught of costly regulations — raising prices and reducing reliability and choice on everything from vehicles to electricity and more. It's past time the United States ensures the basis for issuing environmental regulations follows the science and betters human lives,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
The endangerment finding will be reconsidered by the Office of Management and Budget before an official announcement to the public.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
White House To Introduce Rule Canceling Biden’s Paper Straw Mandate
'We're getting back to basics. Straws that work, an economy that works, a country that works.'Vance casts tiebreaking vote to advance DOGE cuts after Republicans defy Trump
Vice President JD Vance had to cast another tiebreaking vote in the Senate to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.
The Senate narrowly advanced the DOGE cuts package in a 51-50 vote late Tuesday night. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted to block the DOGE cuts, prompting Vance to cast his tiebreaking vote.
Congress is inching closer to codifying the first DOGE cuts via the White House's rescissions package, but the $9.4 billion price tag is just a drop in the bucket.
Although some Republicans have gone against the grain, the White House is keen on codifying DOGE cuts.
The rescissions package makes $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including PBS and NPR, which have functionally worked as left-wing organizations subsidized by American taxpayers. The package also cuts $8.3 billion to various leftist projects disguised as foreign aid programs such as the U.S. Agency for International Development.
RELATED: Vance casts tiebreaking vote after Republicans betray Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
Although the DOGE cuts were able to clear a procedural hurdle, senators will now proceed with their vote-a-rama of amendments before scheduling the final floor vote in time for the Friday deadline.
Several House Republicans told Blaze News they were concerned that the Senate would water down the cuts through the amendment process, with one describing the cuts package as "low-hanging fruit."
The DOGE cuts previously passed the House in a narrow 214-212 vote back in June. As in the Senate, a handful of Republicans voted alongside Democrats to block the DOGE cuts, including Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, and Mike Turner of Ohio.
RELATED: Republican senator makes a stunning admission: 'I can't be somebody that I'm not'
Although some Republicans have gone against the grain, the White House is keen on codifying DOGE cuts. Director Russ Vought of the Office of Management and Budget previously told Blaze News that he would be open to drafting more rescissions packages in the future.
"We're going to go through the process with the Hill to see if this first one passes, and see where we are," Vought said. "... I think it will be successful, and it will certainly inform our strategy going forward."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Dem States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals
California is behind an effort to force American taxpayers to fund English classes for illegal aliens. The state — along with 21 other states, two governors, and the District of Columbia — filed a suit against the Trump administration, claiming that $6.8 billion in federal funding was “unlawfully frozen” from the states collectively, and $939 […]Vought slams Fed Chair Powell over 'grossly mismanaged' luxury renovations
In his latest crusade to rein in spending, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has set his sights on the Federal Reserve.
Vought called out Chairman Jerome Powell for greenlighting luxury renovations to the Fed's Washington, D.C., headquarters that exceeded the original budget by roughly $700 million, totaling roughly $2.5 billion. The renovations include a rooftop terrace with gardens, VIP dining rooms and elevators, "premium" marble, and water features.
"The president is extremely troubled by your management of the Federal Reserve System," Vought said in a statement. "Instead of attempting to right the Fed's fiscal ship, you have plowed ahead with an ostentatious overhaul of your Washington, D.C., headquarters."
"The cost per square foot is $1,923 — double the cost for renovating an ordinary historic federal building," Vought added. "The Palace of Versailles would have cost $3 billion in today's dollars!"
'Chairman Jerome Powell has grossly mismanaged the Fed.'
RELATED: Russ Vought gives Glenn Beck hint about where things stand between Trump and Musk
Vought also pointed to Powell's congressional testimony in June, where he denied that the lavish renovations were taking place. Vought said Powell's testimony "raises serious questions" about the renovation's compliance with the National Capital Planning Act, which would require the project to be approved by the National Capital Planning Commission.
"Although minor deviations from approved plans may be inevitable, your testimony appears to reveal that the project is out of compliance with the approved plan with regard to the major design elements," Vought said. "This would bring the project outside of the NCPC's approval and thus in violation of the NCPA, and require the Fed to immediately halt construction and obtain a new approval from the NCPC before proceeding any further."
RELATED: Exclusive: Trump 2026 budget to slash funds for migrant programs
The renovations were originally approved by the NCPC in September 2021 and featured plans to include the luxurious water features, terrace gardens, VIP elevators, and private dining rooms.
During the hearing, however, Powell insisted that these renovations were not taking place despite no changes being made to the original project.
“There’s no VIP dining room. There’s no new marble. There are no special elevators,” Powell said during the hearing. “There are no new water features, there’s no beehives, and there’s no roof terrace gardens.”
Powell claimed that the construction plans previously approved in 2021 have since changed. Despite his claim, the Fed would not be able to change these plans without formally submitting the modifications to the NCPC and the Commission of Fine Arts. According to the NCPC's website, the latest approval for the project was submitted in September 2021, and there have been no new requests filed since then.
Because of these discrepancies, Vought said OMB will be conducting further oversight on the project.
"Chairman Jerome Powell has grossly mismanaged the Fed."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Male prostitutes and pastries: Your tax dollars at work
On June 25, following House passage and pending Senate review, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee and defended the $9.4 billion rescissions package that will slash misleading and wasteful foreign aid.
Vought couldn’t have been more frank about how taxpayer dollars were being spent overseas and highlighted how the most revolting causes were nefariously hidden behind program titles intentionally designed to conceal the truth.
Pat Gray, BlazeTV host of “Pat Gray Unleashed,” impressed by Vought’s candor, plays the clip of his blunt testimony.
“It is critical that this body and the American people writ large understand that many foreign aid programs use benevolent sounding titles to hide truly appalling activity that is not in line with American interest,” he said, before listing several examples.
“Under the guise of so-called preventative care within PEPFAR program [The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief], Americans have been funding the following: $5.5 million to LGBTQ advocacy in Uganda, $800,000 for transgender people, sex workers, and their clients in Nepal; $3.6 [million] for LGBTQ activism, free training in pastry cooking, psychosocial counseling, a cyber cafe, and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti; $1.1 million to produce gender transformation in diverse social and behavior change report, which advocates against ‘gender blindness.’”
“Most Americans would be shocked and appalled to learn that their tax dollars — money they thought was going to medical care — was actually going to far-left activism, population control, and sex workers,” said Vought, reassuring that legitimate “life-saving treatment” would not be impacted by the rescissions package.
But he wasn’t done listing out the so-called humanitarian programs that received American tax dollars.
“Other examples of the type of spending proposed for rescissions are almost comically wasteful,” he continued. “For example, complex crisis funding money went to voter ID in Haiti; development assistance funding has been used for net zero cities in Mexico, electric buses in Rwanda, and cricket powder in Madagascar.”
“Global health money went to the International Planned Parenthood Foundation and UNFPA,” other funds “went to social media mentorship in Serbia and Belarus,” and “the Clean Technology Fund was used for wind farms in Ukraine,” he continued.
“The American people didn't fund this; they didn't intend to at least. ... The American people voted for change. President Trump stands ready to put our fiscal house back in order and put the American taxpayer first,” he concluded.
“Wow, that is stunning,” says Pat.
To see the footage of Vought’s testimony and hear more of Pat’s commentary, watch the video above.
Want more from Pat Gray?
To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
Russ Vought gives Glenn Beck hint about where things stand between Trump and Musk
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded jibes on Thursday, which escalated over the course of the afternoon and culminated in threats of creating a new political party as well as of SpaceX contract cancellations.
Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck spoke on Friday to Russell Vought, the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, about the spat as well as about the president's "big, beautiful bill."
'But look, Glenn, we're moving forward, and Elon has been an important ally and patriot throughout all of this, and we've got a job to do.'
Beck refrained from beating around the bush and asked at the outset whether a reconciliation was imminent — not legislatively but between the world's richest man and the world's most powerful leader. Vought responded with a strong hint.
Prior to Vought jumping onto the call, Beck noted, "Boy, yesterday was just a wild, wild ride. And I hate to see it. You know, kids don't like to see Mommy and Daddy fight — and they're both so important. We need both of these guys, but we also need the truth on the big, beautiful bill."
Beck had also posted on X on Thursday that the disagreement between Trump and Musk was "sad to see" and that he hoped the two "patriots" who "have done heroic things" can make amends and help America "see our way forward to find a win win."
RELATED: I was against Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' — Stephen Miller changed my mind
With Vought on the phone on Friday, Beck asked, "Yesterday was a tough day. Do you know — has the president had his phone call yet? Are they coming back together?"
"Well," responded Vought, "I think the president made some comments to the press this morning that, you know, he's not looking to have a phone call any time soon."
"I think he expressed disappointment yesterday with regard to ... some of the comments made by Elon," continued Vought. "But look, Glenn, we're moving forward, and Elon has been an important ally and patriot throughout all of this, and we've got a job to do."
— (@)
The OMB director stressed that the priority now is getting the bill across the finish line, making improvements where possible.
Whereas Vought was diplomatic in his response, when asked whether he had a call scheduled with Musk for later in the day, Trump told ABC News on Friday morning, "You mean the man who has lost his mind?"
The president suggested he was "not particularly" interested in having that conversation at the moment.
Musk now appears willing to mend fences.
When hedge fund manager Bill Ackman suggested that Trump and Musk "should make peace for the benefit of our great country" and that "we are much stronger together than apart," Musk responded, "You're not wrong."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
White House works to send DOGE cuts package to Congress
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images"Elon Musk and the entire DOGE team have done INCREDIBLE work exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government — from the insanity of USAID's spending to finding over 12 million people on Social Security who were over 120 years old," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday.
"The House is eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand," Johnson added.
Some of these programs include a $3 million grant to fund Iraqi "Sesame Street" through USAID, as well as another $3 million for circumcisions, vasectomies, and condoms in Zambia and $5.1 million toward the "resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer global movements" through the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
NPR and PBS also become a target of OMB's imminent rescission package because they have functionally served as left-wing outlets subsidized by taxpayers. NPR CEO Katherine Maher has previously referred to Trump as a "fascist" and a "deranged racist," while PBS has featured multiple programs glamorizing transgenderism, including one show about a trans-identifying man who "comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league."
RELATED: Who is bankrolling the anti-MAHA movement?
The Trump administration's latest push for Congress to get moving on DOGE cuts comes after Elon Musk himself expressed disappointment with the "big, beautiful bill." Musk cited concerns over spending, saying it "undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing."
Republican lawmakers like Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky also seemed unimpressed by Congress so far. At the same time, BlazeTV host Matt Kibbe told Blaze News that there is still time to preserve the MAGA movement before the midterms.
"Losing Elon Musk and the DOGE wing of the Trump electoral coalition will be devastating to the GOP’s midterm prospects," Kibbe said. "But there’s still time."
"As Senator Rand Paul has been pointing out, all of the proposed DOGE cuts can be accomplished through expedited presidential rescission legislation, only requiring 51 votes in the Senate," Kibbe added. "Why not show us what savings can be accomplished before attempting to pass the 'big, beautiful bill,' which includes a $5 trillion increase in the debt limit and $350 billion in new spending?"
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Today's top stories
www.theblaze.com