The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for  ~$40B of spend in FY24. 

DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs - we will report back in 1 week.

https://smartpay.gsa.gov/about/statistics/

Department of Government Efficiency

NY: Two Elmira men were arrested during separate incidents that each left a police officer injured on Tuesday morning.

Eric Knox, 61, and Michael Walker, 57, were arrested on Feb. 18 after early morning incidents in the City of Elmira. The Elmira Police Department stated that both men assaulted police officers and were each charged with second-degree assault (a class D felony).

Police say officers were called to the first incident shortly before 1 a.m. Someone reported a theft on Lincoln Street, and the officers who responded found out that the suspect, who was later identified as Knox, was at a location on West Third Street. Police say Knox didn’t cooperate with the officers who went to that location, and he was involved in a physical altercation that injured one of the officers. Knox was arrested after the altercation.

Three hours later, an officer who was doing routine business checks saw Walker sleeping inside the lobby of the Strathmont Plaza, which is located at the corner of North Main Street and West Water Street. According to the Elmira Police Department, Walker didn’t cooperate with the officer when he was approached. The officer was injured during a physical altercation with Walker, and Walker was arrested.

Both of the officers involved in these incidents were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Arnot Ogden Medical Center and released.

Please join us in sending prayers and, or, positive thoughts for their recovery. 🙏🏽

https://www.mytwintiers.com/crime/two-elmira-men-arrested-allegedly-assaulted-police-officers/

Los Angeles jury finds A$AP Rocky not guilty.

Watch: Sheriff Chad Bianco talks to KTLA about governor bid, California's problems.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says California is 'failing,' and he has a plan to fix it. He speaks to KTLA on Tuesday.

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

Common sense is under attack, and outrage is being directed at the wrong targets. It’s time to wake up, challenge the narrative, and set the record straight.

King County Police Officers Guild president: ‘This would decimate the sheriff’s office’

Union leader Mike Mansanarez condemns $30 million cuts to the King County Sheriff's Office, risking public safety and services.

Read more: https://mynorthwest.com/jason-rantz/proposed-cuts-king-countys-sheriffs-office/4044041

ICYMI: A protest was held on the UCLA campus in support of pro-Hamas student groups temporarily suspended by the university.

More: http://abc7.la/42W5mU9

Henderson City Council members offered no clarity on why Police Chief Hollie Chadwick was placed on leave at the meeting.

https://lvrj.com/post/3306690

New details: The plane that crashed in Toronto was a Delta flight operated by Endeavor Air, a small airline obsessed with all-female "unmanned" flights.

End Wokeness

A diver experienced a breathtaking moment of synchronicity with a dolphin while swimming in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.

Good night to all! 😴

Happy Wednesday! Potentially widespread record cold today... tomorrow... and Friday. Arctic Outbreak. Winter Storm Warnings for many continue.

BREAKING OVERNIGHT:
United States military test launches intercontinental ballistic missile in Southern California

The former Long Beach mayor called on the Democratic Party to “bring actual weapons” in the “fight for democracy.”

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/gun-control-lawmaker-makes-actual-threats-of-public-violence-in-congress

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Investigation underway after 2 restaurants in L.A.’s Chinatown go up in flames.

Authorities are looking into the causes of two separate restaurant fires in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

Sergio Tenorio-Galicia, 27, convicted of negligent driving, illegal reentry and removed from the U.S. 5 times arrested as part of a joint effort with @USBPChiefBLW in Everson, WA.
This criminal alien will be held by ICE pending removal proceedings.

ICE Seattle

Today in 1945, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima. They began a brutal battle for control of the island and in turn, Pacific dominance. 🇺🇸

In a battle that raged on for over a month, it took the Marines 4 days to take Mount Suribachi, where this iconic photograph was taken on 23 February 1945 by Joe Rosenthal of the AP.