$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner
and @DOGE
worked together to fix the issue and de-obligated the funds which are now available for other use by the Treasury.
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The Army is repurposing more than half of the money it collects from junior enlisted soldiers for food, according to data reviewed by Military.com. The numbers suggest that a large portion of those funds are not going toward feeding soldiers, a diversion of resources coming at a time when troops increasingly struggle to find nutritious food on base.
The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops – taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members who live in barracks and is intended to help cover food costs. For junior enlisted troops who earn about $30,000 annually, the cost can be consequential.
2024 financial records provided by the service from 11 of the Army's largest bases show that more than $151 million of $225 million collected from soldiers was not spent on food. Given that the Army operates 104 garrisons, the true amount of unspent funds is likely far higher.
"It's just returned to the big pool of Army funds, and it's used someplace else," one service official with direct knowledge of the situation said during an interview that was arranged by the Army public affairs office, referring to redirected BAS money collected from soldiers.
At Fort Stewart, Georgia, for example, soldiers contributed $17 million, but the base spent just $2.1 million – redirecting 87% of the funds. Schofield Barracks in Hawaii collected $14.5 million but used only $5.3 million, meaning 63% of the money was used elsewhere.
All but two bases left more than half of the money for food unspent. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and Fort Bliss, Texas, left 41% and 49% of funds on the table, respectively.
It's unclear what specifically the additional funds taken from soldiers are being spent on, but they do not appear to be going toward feeding soldiers. Major expenses such as dining hall infrastructure and food service worker salaries come from separate funding sources and, when pressed repeatedly by Military.com, Army officials declined to provide additional financial data.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/02/14/over-151-million-taken-soldiers-paychecks-food-costs-spent-elsewhere-army.html
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to controversial political operatives through their charity, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been spending big on high level Democrat party aligned sources, according to public records, including hiring a ‘disinformation expert’ who worked at a company involved in every high-profile US election since the 90s.
The move could further widen the divide between Harry and his family, after brother Prince William recently met with President Donald Trump. King Charles is also said by the British press to have maintained a good relationship with Trump since he was last in office in 2020 and the president has expressed his support for both.
The Archewell Foundation, the California-based non-profit started by Harry and Meghan in 2020, doled out $146,500 to Jiore Craig in 2023, an independent media strategist who has been called the Democrats’ “go-to” for “countering disinformation,” according to a report.
The group also donated $25,000 to the Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn, where Craig joined the board in 2024, public records show, and in 2022 Craig also took in $120,000 from Archewell, per the federal filings.
Craig, 33, previously worked at Washington DC research firm Greenberg, Quinlan and Rosner. Regarded an expert on elections, Craig worked her way up to being Senior Director of Digital Strategy by 2016 and then became Vice President of the company between 2018 and 2021.
The firm’s website boasts of how it helped Bill Clinton become President in 1992 and then “helped our clients campaign, win, govern and win again.”
One of company’s digital strategies during the last election cycle was to counter narratives about Joe Biden’s age and negative comments about his family, according to reports.
Craig boasts about what she can bring to projects online, saying she “designed and deployed Smart Social Listening – strategies for political candidates, public officials, community leaders, and corporate leaders to stay on offense,” on her LinkedIn profile.
Archewell also gave $90,000 to Markup News Inc., a New York-based non-profit also funded by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and controversial billionaire and Democratic mega-donor George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
The charity’s funding of progressive Democratic causes has raised eyebrows. Nile Gardiner, a fellow at conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, has called for Archewell’s donations to be scrutinized by Congress.
“Harry and Meghan still retain royal titles and should not be engaging in any way in political activity,” said Gardiner. “It’s actually outrageous.”
Archewell’s biggest donation — $250,000 — was to the Women’s Wellness Space, a Pennsylvania-based charity set up by Ashley Biden, daughter of former President Biden, in 2023. The charity’s mission is to help women impacted by trauma, according to reports. It opened its doors in 2024.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/14/us-news/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-paying-big-bucks-to-dem-operatives/
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It could be a make-or-break weekend for Mayor Eric Adams as calls mount for him to resign and Gov. Kathy Hochul faces pressure to oust him for being beholden to President Trump after the Justice Department quashed his criminal case.
The pressure cooker situation comes in a week where Hizzoner has become increasingly isolated from once-loyal allies — with some turning against an embattled Adams and others wrestling with the choice to continue to back the second black leader of the Big Apple, sources said.
Hochul is said to have already started having behind-the-scenes conversations on booting Adams from City Hall, a source told The Post after the governor earlier confirmed she was consulting state officials about his future.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, too, was convening a meeting of top black elected officials in New York City and the state over the weekend to weigh their next move.
“Now he’s damaged goods so [black leaders are] not going to spend political capital on him, but they are still torn because he’s the second black mayor,” one Democratic pundit said.
“It’s a s–t show,” another said of the escalating saga.
The flurry started late Monday after Trump’s DOJ ordered Manhattan federal prosecutors to drop the historic corruption charges against Adams — arguing, in part, that the case was politically motivated and that it impacted the mayor’s ability to lead the city and to help enact the president’s immigration agenda.
By Friday, those conversations had spilled out into public view — with even New York Attorney General Letitia James telling reporters at an unrelated press conference that there were “a number of discussions going on” about the mayor’s future.
“I’m going to refrain from any comment until such time as we complete those discussions and determine the fate of the mayor of the city of New York,” she said.
It came after the acting Manhattan US Attorney, Danielle Sassoon, resigned Thursday rather than obey the orders — accusing the DOJ and Adams in a scathing resignation letter of engaging in an illegal “quid pro quo” to help Trump’s immigration agenda in exchange for the case being dropped.
Hochul’s second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, led calls for Adams to step down late Thursday as he slung accusations that the Big Apple leader was deep in Trump’s pocket.
“New York City deserves a Mayor accountable to the people, not beholden to the President. Mayor Adams should step down,” Delgado fired off in a post on X.
Delgado stopped short of calling on Hochul to exercise her obscure power to remove a sitting mayor, telling reporters Friday, “I think the first step is to call for resignation.”
https://nypost.com/2025/02/14/us-news/nyc-mayor-adams-facing-make-or-break-weekend-as-calls-mount-for-him-to-step-down-or-be-ousted-over-trump-ties/