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Fox News
3 days ago
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DOGE Father Says Goodbye
After 130 days, Elon Musk says goodbye to the White House– but he leaves behind his DOGE team, his chainsaw, and billions in savings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit Jeffrey Petz
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Controversial defense program tied to DEI-laden contractor could be in crosshairs of DOGE: 'Poster child'
FIRST ON FOX: One of the top defense contractors in the United States, which has a history of pushing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), is facing heat over a massive government contract that critics say should be a prime target for Elon Musk's DOGE efforts. The Air Force's Sentinel program, a massive intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) project serving as the successor to the Minuteman III program ensuring the future viability of the land-based leg of America's nuclear triad, has been mired in controversy and slowdowns as Northrop Grumman was awarded the development contract and the endeavor has gone from a $96 billion program to at least $141 billion in recent years. The Pentagon ordered Northrop Grumman to pause development earlier this year due to "evolving launch facility requirements", Defense One reported. Air & Space Forces Magazine reported last year that the intercontinental ballistic missile program survived a Pentagon review, but it was found that the cost overrun jumped from 37% to 81%. Northrop Grumman, which had not previously designed an ICBM, was awarded a $13 billion contract in September 2020 for full-scale development of the program to replace the Minuteman III, and the Pentagon has estimated that the total cost of developing its new ICBM program could cost up to $264 billion over the next few decades, Bloomberg reported. Bill Maher Calls Out Elon Musk, Doge For Not Taking 'Chainsaw' To Defense Spending The awarding of the contract was controversial in its own right, after Boeing dropped out of the bidding, claiming that the process was rigged against it, Responsible Statecraft reported. Read On The Fox News App "The massive expansion of costs for Northrop Grumman's Minuteman III program is the case example for why poorly-scoped, blank check programs are a bad idea," a senior Republican Congressional official who works on defense policy told Fox News Digital. "This is bad for national security, bad for taxpayers, and Republicans will fix this mess that Biden's team created," the official added. Questions have also been raised by some in recent years about whether the Sentinel program is even necessary, including at a Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group press conference last year, when former Democratic Congressman John Tierney said that Sentinel "does not add to our security" and could "actually make us less safe." Doge Initial Findings On Defense Department Dei Spending Could Save $80M, Agency Says "When will the blank checks to cover spiraling costs end?" Tierney said. "The Sentinel ICBM program is just the latest in a long list of Pentagon programs that are over budget, behind schedule and of questionable utility." Tierney added that he believes the "only value" of recent ICBM development is "to the defense contractors who line their fat pockets with large cost overruns at the expense of our taxpayers." "It has got to stop," he said. An Air Force spokesperson told Fox News Digital that it is taking "deliberate" steps to ensure that the Sentinel program is running as cost-efficiently as possible while enhancing oversight at the same time. "We continue to advance the engineering design and maturity of the program with Northrop Grumman, working closely with the company to drive down costs and improve schedule performance," the spokesperson added. The Air Force also pointed to a previous comment from Gen. David Allvin, Air Force chief of staff, during a symposium in March that stressed the importance of the Sentinel program. "We own two-thirds of the triad and three-fourths of the nuclear command and control of communications," Allvin said. "We own the nuclear deterrence. So more Air Force means more nuclear deterrence…We have to have the most reliable, the most safe, the most effective nuclear deterrent. That means sentinel, yes…I believe we need more nuclear deterrence for our nation. It's a solemn responsibility. It's not an option." Amid the cost overruns and headaches from the ICBM program, Northrop Grumman adopted and promoted an agenda focused on DEI in recent years and was one of several defense contractors that have attempted to scrub their websites of DEI in the wake of the Trump administration's pledge to rid the government of the ideology. Northrop Grumman's 2023 annual report mentions DEI as "vital to our culture and our company's success. Our ability to leverage the power of our diverse workforce enhances employee engagement and enables us to innovate, perform and deliver on quality, which results in value for our shareholders, customers, and employees." The report also touted its minority hiring practices and stated that 25% of its employees are female, 37% people of color, 18% veterans and 8% people with disabilities. "Diversity Has a Home at Northrop Grumman," a YouTube video from ClearanceJobs says in a post that features Northrop Grumman employees discussing the diversity of the company. "Northrop's Sentinel Program is a DOGE poster child," a person close to the Trump administration told Fox News Digital. "Not only did they practice DEI, the program is ineffective, delayed, and wasting billions of taxpayer money. Musk would have a field day." DOGE's cost-cutting efforts have affected essentially every area of government, including the Defense Department, which recently announced that over $580 million worth of contracts have been canceled as Democrats continue to blast the efforts and make the case that DOGE cuts are detrimental to the country. "I've seen it with my own eyes, billions of dollars spent on pricey consulting firms, grants and NGO's—the self-serving bureaucrats in Washington DC have found a million different ways to rip-off the American taxpayer," special advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media Kari Lake told Fox News Digital. "I'm working very closely with DOGE at the agency President Trump asked me to oversee. Our DOGE team is not political, they are practical. They know that it's not practical for the U.S. government to continue spending the way it has been. Our country won't survive unless we cut back right now, and the hard-working men and women across this country support that." In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Northrop Grumman touted recent progress in the program. "We continue to make substantial progress on the Sentinel Weapon System," the spokesperson said. "On March 6, we completed the missile's stage one static fire test, the latest of many test events that validate the rocket motor's performance and digital design. We continue to mature the design and reduce risk as we prepare for production and deployment of this essential national security capability." Regarding DEI, the spokesperson said, "We have reviewed our policies and processes and continue to take the steps necessary to ensure compliance with the orders for the work entrusted to us. Northrop Grumman is committed to our customers' missions, delivering technologies they need to deter threats, prevail in conflicts, and strengthen national security. Underpinned by our values, we hire, promote, and pay based on merit and performance resulting in the best team to deliver for our customers."Original article source: Controversial defense program tied to DEI-laden contractor could be in crosshairs of DOGE: 'Poster child'
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bill Maher explains why he's rejecting calls to join the political right
"Real Time" host Bill Maher closed his show Friday night by offering a blunt message to his conservative fans who ask why he hasn't joined the political right as he rejects the left's embrace of wokeness. "Let me give you the short answer: Because I don't want to live in North Korea," Maher told them. "Kim Jong-un has state stenographers who follow him everywhere and scribble his genius ideas into their notebooks and applaud. Well, Republicans, that's you now!" Maher listed examples of Republicans going to great lengths to honor President Donald Trump from pushing to rename Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport after him to a bill adding his face to Mount Rushmore. He also called out their embrace of Trump's iconic dance and the group of supporters who dressed like Trump outside the courthouse during his hush money payment trial. He singled out Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as an example of Republicans talking like Trump "with the crazy, over-the-top exaggerations." Bill Maher Reveals He's Going To Meet Trump At The White House "And these bills they've introduced to make Trump's birthday a holiday and put him on currency and Mount Rushmore- this is not what we do here, guys!" Maher exclaimed. "He's still in office for God's sake. Can we see how it turns out before we put him on a stamp?" Read On The Fox News App "If I admit that there is a level of Trump Derangement Syndrome on the left, will you admit that this s--- is also deranged?" Maher asked. "All the people on the right who say they certainly don't agree with me on everything, but they respect the way I keep it real about the left and like me because I'm honest. Well, that's a two-way street. Are you being honest?" Bill Maher Calls Out Elon Musk, Doge For Not Taking 'Chainsaw' To Defense Spending The HBO host suggested the people around Trump are too cowardly to correct him when he's wrong, pointing to when Trump claimed during his address to Congress that DOGE found $8 million in federal funding that was allocated for "transgender mice," insisting it was actually "transgenic mice" used for hormone treatment research. "So I know, my Republican friends, when you hear 'cult,' you roll your eyes. But let me add one thing to it that you might not have heard," Maher later said. "You know a cult is really a cult when the leader asks you to turn on friends and family because they're the only ones who are a threat to deprogram you. It's why Tom Cruise doesn't talk to his own kid. Which brings me to America. I'm suddenly saying to our closest friend in the world, 'You know what? F--- Canada for no particular reason.'" Click Here For The Latest Media And Culture News Maher went on to sound the alarm on Trump backers like Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and "War Room" host Steve Bannon over comments legitimizing the idea of a third Trump term, insisting it won't stop with them. "And you know, you just know that soon the entire Republican Party will be on this page," Maher said. "Okay, there's no fuzz on this. It's as clear as one, two, three. Presidents get two terms, not more, no matter how wonderful you think they are. It's written in black and white in the Constitution. Guys, you know this is wrong. You know in your heart this is the moment when Rome stops being a republic. So come on. Be like those mice and grow a pair of balls."Original article source: Bill Maher explains why he's rejecting calls to join the political right
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bill Maher grills Gavin Newsom over California's regulations, tells him 'DOGE the s---' out of bureaucracy
"Real Time" host Bill Maher had a bone to pick with Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom over the Golden State's many regulations, something the HBO host pressed him on during an interview. The liberal host relayed how he personally felt the sting of big government. Maher kicked off the exchange Friday by complaining to Newsom how he needed to pay out-of-pocket for "two inspections" for upgrades on his roof following the devastating wildfires in the Pacific Palisades. "It's my roof!" Maher exclaimed. "If it falls on my head, that's my problem." "Why do I need two inspections, which I have to pay for? You were here last time. We talked about regulations. You said, 'Oh, it's a completely new day,'" Maher said and made a face at the governor. "You said you were working on it." Bill Maher Calls Out Elon Musk, Doge For Not Taking 'Chainsaw' To Defense Spending Newsom acknowledged it's "our job" to eliminate such bureaucratic hurdles, to which Maher interjected, "How's that going though?" Read On The Fox News App "When we have an emergency mindset, it goes extraordinarily well," Newsom followed, citing how his administration got Interstate-10 up and running "within eight days" after the fires and not "months and months and months" that it normally would have taken as well as the first phase of debris removal being done "in less than a month." The Democratic governor, who Maher repeatedly urged to run for president in 2028, went on to call needless regulation "an indictment of liberal governance and leadership," saying "we own" years-long delays on building its high-speed rail and housing developments. Bill Maher Reveals He's Going To Meet Trump At The White House Maher leveled another complaint about the proposed high-speed rail not going from Sacramento to San Diego but instead "Merced to Bakersfield." Newsom offered a long response without addressing Maher's complaint, which he called out. "It's why you'd be a good candidate. You play this game well," Maher told Newsom with a smirk. The liberal comedian went on to list the people involved in the California bureaucracy, including but not limited to "regulators, administrators, inspectors, contract reviewers," "project managers, fee accessors, special commissioners, zoning officers, consultants, contractors, lawyers, lobbyists, sometimes unions also." "Can't you take a chainsaw? Can't we DOGE the s--- out of these people?" Maher asked. Click Here For The Latest Media And Culture News Newsom assured Maher "we're moving in that direction very aggressively," but quickly pivoted to how many of the rules were established by Republicans and accused the GOP of weaponizing the issue of regulation. Last week, Maher warned Democrats their party may meet the same fate as the "Whigs" if they don't embrace article source: Bill Maher grills Gavin Newsom over California's regulations, tells him 'DOGE the s---' out of bureaucracy
Los Angeles Times
26-01-2025
- General
- Los Angeles Times
Little Fish and Chainsaw's Vegan Carrot Ginger Soup
This creamy, punchy fresh carrot and ginger soup is vegan and bright, but it's hearty — and it's also got heart. When Little Fish co-owner Anna Sonenshein and Chainsaw owner Karla Subero Pittol received a donation of 1,000 pounds of carrots for their efforts in feeding first responders and evacuees during the 2025 L.A. wildfires, they immediately developed a recipe to use the produce. This carrot and ginger soup has fed hundreds of Angelenos and now it can feed you too. Subero Pittol and Sonenshein's recipe provides rich protein via the inclusion of white beans, as well as comfort and a bit of heat thanks to a balance of coconut milk, a walloping dose of fresh ginger and Calabrian chile paste. When finished with a squeeze of fresh orange juice, it's even more refreshing. Garnish with fresh herbs for even more brightness, or chili crisp for even more spice.
