In his first major speech since leaving the White House, former President Joe Biden decried DOGE’s cuts to federal agencies and spending, including social security. “In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction– it’s kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.”
What to Know
- Former President Joe Biden used his first public remarks since he left office in January to rebuke the Trump administration’s approach to Social Security, saying its cuts were already putting the institution in peril for millions of deserving Americans.
- The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.
- Harvard University is being hit with a $2 billion funding freeze after rejecting a list of demands from the White House to make sweeping changes, including shutting down DEI programs.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices for Americans.
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