This is an excellent example of how even Congressmen can become confused about personnel actions that affect their constituents. https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gop-lawmaker-calls-va-guarantee-only-underperformers-are-targeted-workforce-layoffs/403473/?oref=ngfcw_alert_nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nextgov/FCW%20Alert%20-%20March%205%2C%202025&utm_term=newsletter_ng_alert

In this article… https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/va-plans-lay-many-83000-employees-year/403488/?oref=ngfcw_alert_nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nextgov/FCW%20Alert%20-%20March%205%2C%202025&utm_term=newsletter_ng_alert … it is clear that the VA is committed to reducing its workforce via the tool of a Reduction-In-Force (RIF) personnel action. A RIF removes positions, which then affects the holders of those positions. [Little known fact about a RIFed employee: they have "bumping rights" and can "bump" another employee who has less "seniority rights" than him/her).

The Congressman, however, is asking the VA to shave its complement of employees via a performance-based firing, which is not a RIF. Apples and oranges here. The Congressman is in good company, though. Many Americans are similarly confused.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said the two drone fighter prototypes are scheduled to begin flight tests this summer.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-air-force-announces-first-drone-aircraft-with-fighter-designations-5820485?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

Many beneficiaries are also set to receive higher benefits starting in April.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ssa-confirms-over-7-5-billion-in-retroactive-social-security-payments-5820492?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Trump administration consulted with Israel ahead of U.S. talks with Hamas representatives.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/us-envoy-in-talks-with-hamas-white-house-confirms-5820521?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

The president is in favor of replacing the subsidies with high tariffs in a bid to get foreign companies to manufacture in the United States.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-calls-for-end-of-52-7-billion-chips-subsidy-program-5820392?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the 90-day stop work order with Vaxart Inc. before clinical trials were set to begin.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/hhs-pauses-multi-million-dollar-contract-to-develop-new-covid-19-vaccine-5816987?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

The legal filing points to Trump’s comments about the advisory body and Musk during his speech to a joint session of Congress.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-filing-in-doge-lawsuit-cites-trumps-remarks-on-musks-role-5820288?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

State officials have initiated a criminal investigation into the controversial influencers after they were accused of human trafficking, a charge they deny.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/florida-attorney-general-opens-criminal-investigation-into-tate-brothers-5820144?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

From 2016 through 2023, i-Soon breached email accounts, cellphones, servers, and websites under Beijing’s instructions and made tens of millions of dollars from it, according to the Justice Department.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/us-sanctions-12-chinese-hackers-intelligence-officials-for-massive-hacking-campaign-5820500?utm_source=gab&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=etgab

EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian Investigators/Witness Traveled To US In 2018 And Provided Biden Corruption Information To DOJ - Nothing Done - House Oversight Given Details (9/6/23)

https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2025/03/05/exclusive-ukrainian-investigators-witness-traveled-to-us-in-2018-and-provided-biden-corruption-information-to-doj-nothing-done-house-oversight-recently-given-details/

CIA Director John Ratcliffe Confirms President Trump Paused “Intelligence Sharing” (ie The Drone Targeting System) With Ukraine

March 5, 2025 | Sundance

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/05/cia-director-john-ratcliffe-confirms-president-trump-paused-intelligence-sharing-ie-the-drone-targeting-system-with-ukraine/

“Effective at the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each Federal Reserve bank are hereby abolished… [and] the Federal Reserve Act is hereby repealed…”

–HR 1846, a bill just reintroduced by Rep. Thomas Massie

Source: https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1897400794946920547

Rep. Thomas Massie Demands Congress Cut Off USAID Funding After Supreme Court’s Outrageous Ruling

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/rep-thomas-massie-demands-congress-cut-usaid-funding/