While Washington breathes a collective, albeit shallow, sigh of relief after narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, the entire hard-won funding agreement now hinges on a volatile two-week deadline for a single, embattled agency. An eleventh-hour deal has secured funding for the vast majority of
The solemn promise a nation makes to care for its veterans is not fulfilled by policies or proclamations alone, but through the daily, dedicated work of hundreds of thousands of public servants. When the bond of trust between the leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and this
A seemingly benign and lucrative consulting offer arriving in a former senior State Department official’s inbox recently signaled the opening move in a sophisticated intelligence operation, a stark reminder that a career in public service extends the shadow of foreign interest long after one’s
The numbers assigned at birth, which meticulously track decades of labor and earnings for nearly every American, have now been thrust into the center of a national political firestorm involving partisan agendas, shocking security failures, and a high-stakes whistleblower complaint. The Social
A political savant with a deep understanding of policy and legislation, Donald Gainsborough is at the helm of Government Curated, a watchdog group that scrutinizes the inner workings of federal agencies. The recent push by the Department of Homeland Security to sponsor a highly classified
With the specter of a government shutdown looming, a high-stakes standoff over a single agency's budget nearly brought federal operations to a halt before lawmakers forged a last-minute, $1.2 trillion spending agreement. This crucial legislative package, hammered out after intense bipartisan
