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Pepsi drops DEI chief, representation goals
Fox Business, National

Pepsi drops DEI chief, representation goals

By David Spector  | Fox Business Pepsi has become the latest company to significantly roll back its DEI policies, announcing it will be eliminating its role of Chief DEI officer and ending representation goals in hiring. "We are revising our DEI program, as 2025 marks the conclusion of our five-year strategy. We see an even bigger opportunity to more deeply embed inclusion throughout the business as a key driver of business growth and will be introducing a new Inclusion for Growth strategy," PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said in an employee letter first reported by conservative activist Robby Starbuck. The letter states that Pepsi will be "transitioning our Chief DEI Officer into a broader role" and that "Inclusion is the responsibility of all leaders at PepsiCo." A slat...
Trump signs executive order expanding access to IVF
National, Newsmax

Trump signs executive order expanding access to IVF

By Newsmax President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand access to in vitro fertilization, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. "The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments," Leavitt said in a post on X.  The order also instructs the formulation of policy recommendations that safeguard access to IVF treatments. The move is in line with the administration's efforts to make IVF treatments more accessible and affordable for individuals seeking these reproductive services. READ THE FULL STORY ON NEWSMAX
Rufo: How to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education
City Journal, Commentary

Rufo: How to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

By Christopher F. Rufo | Commentary, City Journal There is a tingle of fear in any corporation whenever the words “restructuring,” “merger,” “acquisition,” or “hostile takeover” spread through the office. Employees work on their resumes, whisper about projected layoffs, and assess their options. We’re seeing the same phenomenon unfold right now in our nation’s capital. Since taking over last month, President Trump has promised to blitz through federal departments to roll back waste, cut ideological programs, and return fiscal sanity to American governance. While Republican presidents have long promised to “reduce the size of government,” they have usually failed to do so—the bureaucracy always wins. This time might be different. The second Trump administration has been surprising...
Press secretary confirms ‘first flights’ carrying illegals to Guantanamo Bay ‘underway’
National, The Post Millennial

Press secretary confirms ‘first flights’ carrying illegals to Guantanamo Bay ‘underway’

By Roberto Wakerell-Cruz | The Post Millennial White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the “first flights” carrying illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay are underway. Leavitt made the announcement during an interview on Fox Business, where she said that President Donald Trump was not “messing around” with the plan that he announced last week during the signing ceremony of the Laken Riley Act. "He's no longer going to allow America to be a dumping ground for illegal criminals from nations all over this world," she told Fox Business host Stuart Varney. "Venezuela as well has agreed to repatriation flights and Colombia also agreed to cooperate with the repatriation of illegal Colombian nationals that we have found in the interior of our country,...
Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration
Fox News, National

Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration

By Fox News President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.  The measure, which advanced through the House and Senate in January, directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft-related crimes, or those accused of assaulting a police officer.  The law also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused to their citizens because of illegal immigration. READ THE FULL STORY ON FOX NEWS
Trump administration offers buyouts to federal employees, including remote workers
Fox News, National

Trump administration offers buyouts to federal employees, including remote workers

By Greg Wehner  and Jacqui Heinrich | Fox News The Trump administration is offering buyouts for nearly all federal employees, including those who work remotely, as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to get employees back into the office, but they only have until Feb. 6 to opt-in. During Trump’s first week in office, he issued several directives to the federal workforce, including a requirement that remote employees must return to in-person work. "After four years of incompetence and failure, President Donald Trump is committed to making our government efficient and productive again," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Tuesday. "American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees and therefore deserve employees wo...
Trump administration orders pause on all federal grants and loans
DENVER7, National

Trump administration orders pause on all federal grants and loans

By Scripps News Staff | Denver 7 The White House is taking drastic measures to control trillions of federal dollars by ordering a freeze on all federal grants and loans so President Donald Trump's administration can review government spending. The temporary pause is slated to go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET and blocks the disbursement of nearly all federal funding. The order also directs all federal agencies to submit detailed reports on "any programs, projects or activities subject to this pause" by no later than Feb. 10, 2025. "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve," Office of Management and Budget Actin...
Democratic governors (and 2028 hopefuls) gather to chart path under a Trump administration
National, Politico

Democratic governors (and 2028 hopefuls) gather to chart path under a Trump administration

By Irie Sentner | Politico California — Still reeling from the party’s electoral losses last month, the country’s Democratic governors descended on a plush Beverly Hills hotel on Friday and Saturday for a series of closed-door meetings with donors, interest groups and advocacy organizations. Officially, the event was a time to chart a path forward under a Trump administration. Unofficially, it also served as a preview of the next Democratic primary. “You're witnessing the kickoff to the 2028 presidential primary, live and in-person,” said one adviser to major Democratic Party donors, granted anonymity to speak candidly. He added: “This is the audition for the next president to a room full of donors, operatives, reporters, etc.” READ THE FULL STORY AT POLITICO
Sebastian Gorka appointed White House Senior counterterrorism adviser to President Trump
Breitbart, National

Sebastian Gorka appointed White House Senior counterterrorism adviser to President Trump

By Kristina Wong | Breitbart President-Elect Donald Trump announced Saturday his appointment of Dr. Sebastian Gorka, former senior Trump administration official and host of the America First podcast, to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism. “Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement, serving previously as Strategist to the president in the first Trump Administration,” Trump said in his announcement. He added: READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
Investment advisors warn top corporations diversity initiatives are ‘now a liability’ under Trump admin
National, The Daily Caller

Investment advisors warn top corporations diversity initiatives are ‘now a liability’ under Trump admin

By Katelynn Richardson | Daily Caller Dozens of investment advisors warned America’s biggest corporations Friday that their diversity programs will be a liability under the incoming Trump administration. Americans “overwhelmingly rejected the ideological takeover of political and civic life by narrow-minded identity politics” in the Nov. 5 election, a coalition of 38 financial officers wrote in letters warning companies that the new administration will “hasten the demise of DEI.” “You stand at an important crossroads,” the letter states. “Either you can heed the voice of the American people—your shareholders, customers, and employees—or you can bow to fringe activists who demand that you double down on a failing ideology.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER...