Oregon State Hospital, the state’s highest-security psychiatric facility, has distributed dozens of sex toys to patients using taxpayer dollars. In 2024 alone, 65 sex toys were provided at a total cost of $2,900. In the prior year, 42 similar items were handed out. The hospital houses patients deemed unfit to stand trial or found guilty except for insanity, including individuals charged with violent and sexual crimes.
House Republicans have subpoenaed two current and former ActBlue officials as part of an investigation into what they describe as “widespread” fraud on the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform. The subpoenas, obtained by The New York Post, target a current senior workflow specialist and former Vice President of Customer Service Alyssa Twomey.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a coalition of 23 Democrat-led states backing lawsuits filed by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut federal funding to public media. The lawsuits argue that eliminating taxpayer support will harm emergency broadcasting services and educational programming, particularly in rural and tribal areas.
Thirty-nine attorneys general have urged congressional leadership to fund a program for those with health issues linked to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) began its annual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, by calling for billions of dollars in funding from member countries.
Key moderate Republicans are quietly pushing back against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood through the upcoming reconciliation package, according to sources cited by NOTUS. During a closed-door meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), lawmakers including Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) reportedly voiced concern about using the budget process to cut Medicaid funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider.
During a White House cabinet meeting Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that states and municipalities issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants risk losing access to federal funding for infrastructure projects under the Trump administration's renewed enforcement of immigration law.
The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, has pulled millions of dollars in grants previously earmarked for left-wing initiatives focused on "toxic masculinity," "systemic racism," and other progressive causes. The move comes as part of a broader effort by Bondi to cut waste and refocus DOJ spending on core law enforcement priorities.
Republican lawmakers are preparing legislation to permanently defund Planned Parenthood by using budget reconciliation, a strategy that allows a simple Senate majority to bypass the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), alongside other pro-life leaders, is leading the charge following the organization's disclosure of nearly $700 million in taxpayer funds received last year.
