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DENVER (AP) — A new administration swept into Washington and announced plans to shake it up, using corporate know-how and new technology to streamline the federal bureaucracy.It offered millions of government employees buyouts and slashed costs to balance the budget.It might sound like the controversial cost-cutting push led by billionaire Elon Musk under the auspices of Republican President Donald Trump. But the biggest effort to overhaul the federal government in modern history actually was 30 years ago under a Democratic administration. It was then-President Bill Clinton’s “ Reinventing Government ” initiative, under the control of his vice president, Al Gore.Trusted…

Police are investigating a reported shooting in Trotwood after a person claiming to have been shot arrived at the hospital.[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Around 2:10 a.m. the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center received a call from Kettering Health Dayton about someone who had arrived at the hospital claiming they had been shot.TRENDING STORIES:According to a Regional Dispatch Sergeant, the victim told the hospital that the reported shooting had occurred along Wolf Creek Pike in Trotwood.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNo other details regarding the investigation were immediately available.The Dispatch Sergeant was unable to provide details on the person’s injuries at…

Elon Musk has found himself at the center of yet another high-profile controversy—this time, a legal battle over his 13th child. Ashley St. Clair has filed two petitions against Musk in a Manhattan court on Friday. The first seeks to strip Musk of any custodial rights over their 5-month-old son, while the second aims to legally establish Musk as the father. Twitter-X influencer St. Clair’s filings, first reported by horrible far-left activist Taylor Lorenz on her Substack, paint Musk as a deadbeat dad who’s supposedly abandoned his newborn son, identified only as R.S.C. St. Clair claims Musk has only met…

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs celebrates after a … [+] 131-121 victory against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)Getty Images The Spurs announced Thursday that Victor Wembanyama, the team’s young 7-foot-5 star who has taken the NBA by storm, has a deep vein thrombosis — a blood clot — in his right shoulder. Because this condition can endanger his life as well as his health, he started treatment and was put on the disabled list for the remainder of…

Hustle culture and the ever-shortening form of advice have led to the deification of undying devotion—whether to a cause, a goal, or a priority. This oversimplification is also prominent in financial planning. Of course, courage in the face of adversity is laudable, generically speaking, but wisdom is rarely rigid. Wisdom pauses, asks more questions, considers, calibrates, compromises, and yes—wisdom changes course. Is it time to reprioritize?getty John Maynard Keynes, one of history’s most influential economists, put it simply: “When the facts change, I change my mind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson put it even more sharply: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin…

French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday. The knife-wielding suspect, identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site of Saturday’s attack in the eastern city of Mulhouse. He was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders. A further three people were in custody in connection with the case Sunday, the PNAT prosecutors unit said, without giving details. Local prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said the suspect, who…

California’s high-speed rail project has been cited for “persistent delays” in a new inspector general’s report that was published on the same day that the Trump administration launched an audit of the ailing, expensive project. As Breitbart News reported, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced an audit last week, focusing on the more than $4 billion in federal funding that has been spent on the project to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles via three-hour “bullet train,” which is a decade late and projected to be $100 billion over budget by the time it is done. Now, Politico notes, an independent…

Connecticut Democrats have spent $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds on illegal migrants, or almost $340 for each of the 3.68 million people in the state, according to a new study. Democrat Governor Ned Lamont has disputed the report by the conservative Yankee Institute, but the organization’s President, Carol Platt Liebau, has noted that her organization has cited the accounting of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which found that the Nutmeg State has supported about 225,000 illegal migrants of all ages incurring costs for medical care, in-state tuition and education, incarceration, and welfare payments. “We welcome the opportunity to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s fifth week in office included a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Russia, firing the country’s senior military officer, sitting for a chummy interview alongside bureaucracy-buster Elon Musk and seeking greater authority over independent regulatory agencies.Trump also said “inflation is back,” but said his short time back in the White House meant he had “nothing to do” with prices remaining high. That deflection can only work for so long, unless the economic outlook changes. Consumer sentiment suggests that isn’t happening.A look at where things stand after the first month of Trump’s second term:Trusted news…

Before we begin the new week in earnest, we’re taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.Top stories this past week included:Taunton High student basketball referees are getting valuable experience.Tom & Jimmy’s announced that it’ll soon be scooping up ice cream at a fourth location.With the MBTA starting commuter rail service in about a month to Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton, riders may want to start checking to see if they’re eligible for some savings.The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South has been honored with the Bronze…