The Second Trump Administration

Focus On the Second Trump Administration (Post 2024 Election Articles):

The Guardian: Forget the DEI hires – meet Trump’s latest WTF hire | Arwa Mahdawi 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/trump-casey-means-surgeon-general 

‘Open season for corruption’: FBI shuts down public corruption unit that investigated Trump 

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5vq3_6HQk

CNN: Exclusive: FEMA is "not ready" for hurricane season, internal agency review shows 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/politics/fema-review-concerns-hurricane-season 

AP News: Homeland Security looks to buy a new $50M jet for secretary and Coast Guard officials 

https://apnews.com/article/noem-homeland-security-jet-coast-guard-2ddb552a871a6409c8de11b776a0939c 

Exclusive: DHS civil rights office opened investigation into Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest days before office was dissolved | CNN Politics 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/politics/homeland-security-mahmoud-khalil-investigation 

Comment: Coincidence?

AP News: Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans 

https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-debt-social-security-67a3a50a90aee3e6dda1ae4428094f97 

Forbes: Department Of Education Prepares To Seize 15% Of Student Loan Borrowers’ Pay 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/05/14/department-of-education-prepares-to-seize-15-of-student-loan-borrowers-pay/ 

Axios: U.S. to spend $1 trillion on nuclear weapons over next decade 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/14/nuke-spending-cbo-report-criticism 

Military.com: 2 Educational Programs for Troops Eliminated Amid Cost-Cutting Efforts at Pentagon 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/14/2-educational-programs-troops-eliminated-amid-cost-cutting-efforts-pentagon.html 

Mother Jones: We Still Don’t Know What Kash Patel Did as a Consultant for Qatar 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/kash-patel-qatar-fbi-trump/ 

Among the problems with Trump’s ‘free’ luxury jet from Qatar: It’s not actually free 

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-trumps-free-luxury-jet-qatar-s-not-actually-free-rcna206706 

AP News: Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-white-house-wealth-mideast-c1e47bb068337293c360c53f7e542e59 

NBC News: FBI field offices ordered to shift agents to immigration crackdown 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-field-offices-ordered-shift-agents-immigration-crackdown-rcna206859 

Comment: "The shift will likely reduce federal law enforcement resources devoted to counterterrorism and counterintelligence.  A separate effort will reduce white-collar crime probes."

Trump cabinet member’s links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d3acb2vh 

NPR: Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism 

Republican tax bill could slap ‘terrorism’ label on non-profits opposed to Trump 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d3a48u82 

Politico: GOP leaders draw the line at Trump’s Library of Congress takeover

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden-00349275 

Comment: "A White House push to seize control of the Library of Congress over the past week has run temporarily aground due to quiet but firm resistance from Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the sensitive situation." 

Trump’s new ‘librarian’ shows he’s running out of yes-men 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-library-of-congress-todd-blanche-rcna206506 

DOGE promised to send Americans $5,000. What happened? 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-stimulus-check-mail-elon-musk-not-happening-rcna206311 

CNN: Social Security reminds workers about ‘resurrecting’ people wrongly declared dead 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/politics/social-security-death-resurrection 

Comment: "Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its databases to check whether beneficiaries are alive or dead. .... The problem: Some people who have recently been declared dead are actually alive, forcing them to go to Social Security offices to be 'resurrected' and stop the financial havoc that such a mistake can have on their lives.  

NPR: What to know about a federal proposal to help families pay for private school 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397945/private-school-vouchers-choice-reconciliation 

AP News: What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means 

https://apnews.com/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-trump-zeldin-epa-water-a1c15348e9fc42bd22b10d0329b2f321 

EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-announces-rollback-biden-era-134020660.html 

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d3a58crl 

The Guardian: US transportation secretary changed wife’s flight from Newark after ongoing issues at airport 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/newark-airport-safety-transportation-secretary-flight 

Comment: "Airport has seen multiple serious failures in past weeks while Sean Duffy has assured the public it’s safe to fly from there" 

NBC News: Birthright citizenship dispute at the Supreme Court has broad implications for Trump's agenda 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/birthright-citizenship-dispute-supreme-court-broad-implications-trumps-rcna206401 

Comment: "A long-simmering issue -- individual federal judges blocking policies nationwide -- is taking center stage Thursday in oral arguments.

Why Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship may be a legal loser but still give the president a major boost | CNN Politics 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-legal-boost 

Comment: "On Thursday, the Supreme Court will be considering nationwide orders issued in multiple lawsuits challenging Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order – brought by Democratic-led states, immigrant advocacy groups and individuals who are pregnant with children who would be denied citizenship under the Trump proposal. Trump is asking the high court to limit the current injunctions to just the handful of individual plaintiffs – or at the very least, just in the roughly two-dozen Democratic states-led that challenged the policy in court."

Comment: Is The Trump Administration asking that birthright citizenship be denied to children born in Alabama to non-citizen parents, just because Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (and officers of other Republican led states) did not join the lawsuits as plaintiffs?  

Breaking Defense: At nearly $142 billion, White House claims largest defense deal ‘in history’ with Saudi Arabia 

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/at-nearly-142-billion-white-house-claims-largest-defense-deal-in-history-with-saudi-arabia/ 

Comment: "Details about purported deals are scarce, but one analysts told Breaking Defense, 'When the Trump factor is involved, we should not dismiss any possibilities.' "

AP News: Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration 

https://apnews.com/article/el-chapo-sinaloa-cartel-trump-border-harfuch-86572a31c88a216da7cd5f33006a0011 

The Hill: Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5298799-gabbard-fires-national-intelligence-council-leaders/ 

NBC News: Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/turning-qatari-747-air-force-one-cost-1-billion-take-years-experts-say-rcna206582 

DOGE continues to publish misleading or inaccurate claims on its "Wall of Receipts" - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-misleading-inaccurate-claims/ 

DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-weaponization-group-will-shame-individuals-cant-charge-crimes-new-rcna206553 

Comment: Isn't the DOJ responsible for prosecuting crimes, not actions it subjectively labels "shameful?""  Why didn't Ed Martin find the actions of the January 6th rioters shameful?  I thought the GOP blamed Democrats for "weaponizing" government. 

The Hill: Trump’s executive orders are a direct attack on free speech 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5296179-trumps-executive-orders-are-a-direct-attack-on-free-speech/ 

NPR: Trump is looking to use the IRS for his own political ends. Nixon tried it too 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5379585/irs-harvard-trump-nixon 

AP News: What is the Emoluments Clause? And how might it apply to Qatar giving Trump a plane? 

https://apnews.com/article/emoluments-clause-trump-jet-qatar-56f995acb57eb741b0214aba5e7e8220 

Pam Bondi's Qatar Links Under Scrutiny Over Trump's Luxury Plane Gift - Newsweek 

https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-qatar-links-under-scrutiny-over-trump-luxury-plane-gift-2070774 

Defense News: Experts: Qatar-gifted Air Force One may be security, upgrade disaster 

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/12/experts-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-may-be-security-upgrade-disaster/ 

Axios: Backstory: How Trump got a free "palace in the sky" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/trump-free-jet-qatar 

The Hill: Trump wants to make natural disaster victims a state problem 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5292949-federal-disaster-assistance-future/ 

Axios: Trump naming his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/trump-former-attorney-acting-librarian-congress-blanche 

Trump sacked Copyright Office director a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Musk’s plan to train AI models, top Dem says 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sacked-copyright-office-director-142551502.html 

The Hill: Energy Department proposes to cut 47 rules in ‘largest deregulatory effort in history’ 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5296169-energy-department-proposes-to-cut-47-rules-in-largest-deregulatory-effort-in-history/ 

The Hill: RFK Jr. goes swimming in DC’s Rock Creek despite NPS guidance on bacteria 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5295429-rfk-jr-rock-creek-swimming/ 

Comment: Not only was it very unhealthy for his grandchildren, wasn't it also against the law?

Trump admin's threat to suspend core U.S. legal right sparks outcry and alarm 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/legal-experts-habeas-corpus-stephen-miller-rcna206130 

10% tariffs are here to stay, Lutnick says, insisting consumers don't pay 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/11/trump-trade-war-lutnick-tariffs 

Comment: "Economists generally disagree, and sentiment surveys say consumers don't believe it, either." 

NPR: Dr. Casey Means, Trump's pick for Surgeon General, faces criticism across the spectrum 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/nx-s1-5393721/dr-casey-means-trumps-pick-for-surgeon-general-faces-criticism-across-the-spectrum 

Qatar calls reports of pending jet gift to Trump 'inaccurate' - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/qatar-calls-jet-gift-trump-inaccurate-00341084 

Comment: "The president might end up with a luxury jumbo jet, but it won’t happen this week." 

ABC News: Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511 

Comment: "The highly unusual -- unprecedented -- arrangement is sure to raise questions about whether it is legal for the Trump administration, and ultimately, the Trump presidential library foundation, to accept such a valuable gift from a foreign power." 

Trump officials ‘created confrontation’ that led to arrest of Newark mayor

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-officials-newark-mayor-arrest 

Comment: Includes Video. You decide if the Newark mayor or Democratic members of Congress did anything to merit threatened arrests.  By the way, the small gray haired women at the center of the video, who some are trying to protect, is 80 year old Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Federal workplace safety workers say gutting their agency will lead to preventable deaths on the job 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-workplace-safety-workers-letter-to-congress-rcna206076 

Donald Trump’s firing of FEMA leader plunges disaster agency into uncertainty 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292914-fema-leader-fired-amid-agency-cuts/ 

The Daily Beast: Is Trump Out of Touch, Senile, Nuts, or Something Worse? 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out-of-touch-senile-nuts-or-something-worse/ 

Trump DHS eyes arrests for House Democrats over New Jersey ICE incident 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/10/trump-ice-arrest-house-democrats-new-jersey 

DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dhs-spokesperson-threatens-arrests-house-democrats-nj-ice-facility-rcna206052 

Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna205406 

Comment: " ... an uptick critics fear will erode the public education system."

Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-due-process-00339319 

AP News: Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic 

https://apnews.com/article/autism-kennedy-rfk-science-e4a5795275042c29e4a5721b2b163970 

Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155 

Ars Technica: Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/industry-groups-are-not-happy-about-the-imminent-demise-of-energy-star/ 

Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l86pjl 

FedEx board member David Steiner to be next US postmaster general

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/09/politics/usps-postmaster-general-david-steiner 

Comment: "Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, warned that Steiner’s appointment would be a 'blatant conflict of interest and an attempt by President Trump to install a handpicked loyalist.' ” 

Thousands in West Region being booted out of military’s Tricare

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2025/05/09/thousands-in-west-region-being-booted-out-of-militarys-tricare/ 

It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/federal-agencies-trump-irs-usps-photo-essay-what-matters

Mother Jones: Trump’s Killing of Energy Star Program Will Cost Families a Bundle 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-epa-energy-star-program-eliminate-reaction-cost-families-businesses-500-billion-efficient-appliances/ 

Comment: "The federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives in modern history. Its signature blue label is now nearly as recognizable as the Nike swoosh or a Coca-Cola can, and appliances bearing it save American consumers some $40 billion annually in energy costs, or about $350 for every taxpayer dollar that goes in." 

The WH says Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus. What would that mean? 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wh-says-trump-considering-suspending-221407447.html 

Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-says-white-house-223322813.html 

White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/habeas-corpus-white-house 

Opinion: Trump’s chaotic government is no accident — it’s strategic neglect 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l5s2p5 

AP News: ‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff 

https://apnews.com/article/emergency-disaster-fema-trump-richardson-hamilton-1a6c7ebc792f3628705298432ab06aa4 

Comment: "The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that 'I will run right over you' while also suggesting policy changes that would push more responsibilities to the states."

Trump rips program to bring high-speed internet to rural areas as ‘racist’ and ‘totally unconstitutional’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-program-bring-high-181416432.html 

Comment: Really? How so?

Politico: Lawmakers did not seek Hayden’s firing as Librarian of Congress 

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/09/congress/trump-carla-hayden-firing-congress-00340034 

Comment: " 'The president acted on his own in this decision,' said one person, who like the others was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter."

Comment: "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Friday that Hayden, the first Black person and first woman to lead the Library of Congress, 'did not fit the needs of the American people.' ”   

Trump fires Librarian of Congress, continuing to shape cultural institutions : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump 

Pentagon orders military to pull all library books on diversity 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-orders-military-pull-library-192211948.html 

5 ways the Trump administration is implementing Project 2025 - Los Angeles Times 

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-05-09/5-ways-trump-administration-implementing-project-2025 

NPR: Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392382/trump-nuclear-regulatory-commission-watchdog-safety-radiation 

Comment: "Going forward, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must send new rules regarding reactor safety to the White House, where they will be reviewed and possibly edited. That is a radical departure for the watchdog agency, which historically has been among the most independent in the government."

FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna204879 

USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration 

Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sign-order-discouraging-criminal-195931231.html 

The Guardian: White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth’s hands 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/white-house-pentagon-hegseth-chief-of-staff 

NBC News: Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/kash-patels-new-way-leading-fbi-fewer-morning-intel-briefings-sports-e-rcna202865 

Fears grow FBI head Kash Patel isn’t taking his job seriously as he skips morning briefings and frequently attends UFC fights 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fears-grow-fbi-head-kash-160018357.html 

The New Republic: RFK Jr. Caught Lying About New Surgeon General Nominee 

https://newrepublic.com/post/195057/robert-f-kennedy-jr-lying-new-surgeon-general-nominee 

The Hill: RFK Jr. on damage control over surgeon general nominee 

https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5293155-rfk-jr-on-damage-control-over-surgeon-general-nominee/ 

NPR: Casey Means, Trump's new pick for surgeon general, faces pushback 

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392389/casey-means-trumps-surgeon-general 

Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-salacious-scandal-derailed-jeanine-220404980.html 

Forbes: The National Science Foundation Is Being Dismantled. What The Economy Needs Is More Investment In Research, Not Less 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/09/the-national-science-foundation-is-being-dismantled-what-the-economy-needs-is-more-investment/ 

The Guardian: US House approves ‘dumb’ legislation renaming Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/us-house-gulf-of-mexico 

Yahoo: Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s plans for vaccine testing are highly unethical and a danger to your health. Here's why 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-rfk-jr-plans-vaccine-100000685.html 

Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC - ABC News 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820 

Comment: "Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false."

Comment: "In 2019, Pirro was reportedly suspended by Fox News after she questioned the loyalty of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to the U.S. Constitution, citing Omar's Muslim faith."  

Trump: China tariffs slowing down ports is a "good thing" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/trump-tariffs-china-ports-slowdown 

Trump administration cut more than $1.8 billion in NIH grants 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-administration-cut-18-billion-nih-grants-rcna205568 

Comment: "The Trump administration terminated $1.81 billion in National Institutes of Health grants in less than 40 days, including $544 million in as-yet-unspent funds." 

NPR: Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5383918/economists-trump-research-science-cuts-gdp-recession 

NASA Spent Billions to Bring Rocks Back from Mars. Trump Wants to Leave Them There

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-budget-calls-for-stranding-nasas-mars-samples-on-the-red-planet/ 

Opinion: Trump’s legal strategy: If you can’t win in court, threaten the judge 

https://share.newsbreak.com/d0kyq577 

The Guardian: Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/trump-fbi-investigation-letitia-james 

Comment: Retribution for convicting Trump or is investigation actually justified?

The Daily Beast: FEMA Boss Fired Just One Day After He Stood Up to Trump 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-fires-fema-boss-just-one-day-after-he-stood-up-to-trump/ 

The IRS has lost almost one-third of its tax auditors after 2 months of DOGE cuts, report says - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-doge-cuts-layoffs-31-percent-auditors-tax-revenue-impact/ 

Comment: "Losing a large share of auditors could impact the federal government's ability to collect tax revenue, given that these agents typically handle cases involving wealthy taxpayers or corporations, experts say."  

The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/07/ukraine-war-briefing-hegseths-sudden-arms-halt-cost-us-up-to-22m-report 

The Hill: Ed Martin’s conduct in office raises serious questions about his ethics 

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5285979-federal-prosecutors-ethics-abuse/ 

The Guardian: Trump reportedly eyes $26m in funding cuts for US national parks 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/trump-cuts-national-parks-grants 

Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-plans-announce-us-call-011252613.html

Trump’s Birthday Parade to Cost Eyewatering Amount—and Could Get Worse 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-birthday-parade-cost-eyewatering-184828821.html 

NBC News: The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/innovation/best-brightest-young-scientists-are-looking-us-cuts-hit-home-rcna205207 

Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-withdraws-nomination-fox-203159525.html 

FDA Chief Downplays COVID Boosters After Suggesting No Updated Shots This Season 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-chief-downplays-covid-boosters-215425055.html 

Trump administration abruptly removes the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-abruptly-removes-vice-011139983.html 

DOGE bro helped fire ethics lawyers who warned him over his $715,000 in banned company stocks: report 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-bro-helped-fire-ethics-213104061.html 

DOGE Staffer Fired the Lawyers Trying to Help Him Avoid Corruption 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-warned-doge-staffer-shady-161820943.html 

ProPublica: DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest 

https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-gavin-kliger-doge-conflict-of-interest-consumer-financial-protection-bureau 

Voice of America planning partnership with OAN: Kari Lake

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5287219-voice-of-america-one-america-news-partnership/ 

Comment: "OAN is small conservative media outlet known primarily for promoting Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud after losing to former President Biden in 2020 — as well as other false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines."

Comment: "The network has in the years since been dropped by a number of leading cable providers and sued by voting system companies over its coverage of the 2020 election."  

The Daily Beast: Trump Doubles Down on Wrong World War II End Date 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-doubles-down-on-wrong-world-war-ii-end-date/ 

Mother Jones: RFK Jr. May Have Inspired Acting US Attorney’s Harassment of Medical Journals 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/rfk-jr-us-attorney-ed-martin-harassment-medical-journals-nejm-lancet-chest-jama/ 

Daily Kos: Trump’s lunacy on full display in meeting with Canadian prime minister 

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/6/2320868/-Trump-s-lunacy-on-full-display-in-meeting-with-Canadian-prime-minister 

Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn’t do ‘much business with Canada.’ Canada is the world’s top buyer of US exports 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-claimed-us-195239917.html 

Bessent says US has not engaged in trade talks with China, contradicting Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/06/trump-china-talks-bessent/83473027007/ 

Critics warn DOJ is being politicized despite vows to end its purported weaponization : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/g-s1-64305/weaponization-doj-trump-bondi-justice-department 

ProPublica: Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. 

https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water 

The Hill: Trump cuts to weather monitoring, climate research put millions at risk, expert warns 

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/energy-a-environment/5285447-trump-cuts-weather-climate-research/ 

Time Magazine: The Historic Dangers of Slashing Medicaid Funding 

https://time.com/7278035/the-dangers-of-slashing-medicaid/ 

Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-administration-shut-cdcs-infection-control-committee-rcna205209 

FDA names oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Covid vaccine critic, as the new vaccine chief 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-names-oncologist-dr-vinay-214301563.html 

Trump plans to end Energy Star home appliance program amid EPA reorganization 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-plans-end-energy-164634417.html 

NPR: Trump expands military use at the southern border. Are there legal limits? 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/g-s1-63778/military-border-zone-posse-comitatus-explained 

The Independent: White House caught off guard by Hegseth’s request to cancel weapons supply to Ukraine 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-ukraine-aid-trump-b2745758.html 

Reuters: Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/order-by-hegseth-cancel-ukraine-weapons-caught-white-house-off-guard-2025-05-06/ 

AP News: The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alcatraz-prison-federal-government-97a0dfb07951c9f3295ebe3b88235d8d 

A hard cell? Alcatraz tourists dismiss Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to revive it as a prison | California | The Guardian 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/alcatraz-tourists-trump-prison-reaction 

NPR: Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5387367/federal-science-opinion-use-poll 

Comment: "The Trump administration has made deep budget and personnel cuts to federal agencies that collect weather data and do safety inspections at factories that make food and prescription drugs, among many science-related functions." 

Yahoo Finance: US Treasury Ramps Up Borrowing Needs To $514 Billion, Marking A Surprising 320% Jump From Its Previous Forecast 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-ramps-borrowing-needs-191042866.html 

NPR: Trump's spending cuts are hitting communities of his supporters 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/1249236665/trumps-spending-cuts-are-hitting-trump-voters 

President Trump’s Proposed Budget Could Decimate At Least 350 National Park Sites · National Parks Conservation Association 

https://www.npca.org/articles/8495-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-could-decimate-at-least-350-national-park 

Military Times: Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions 

https://www.militarytimes.com/breaking-news/2025/05/05/hegseth-directs-20-cut-to-top-military-leadership-positions/ 

Politico: Hegseth orders Pentagon to slash top ranks of military 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/05/pentagon-officer-cuts-00329990 

Messaging app seen in use by Mike Waltz suspends service after hackers claim breach

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/telemessage-suspends-services-hackers-say-breached-app-rcna204925 

Comment: "Mike Waltz seemed to use the App at last week's Cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters."

CNN: Phone app Mike Waltz was photographed using is investigating a hack 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/politics/telemessage-hack-mike-waltz-signal 

The Times of Israel: Trump says he is considering Stephen Miller as new national security adviser 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-says-he-is-considering-stephen-miller-as-new-national-security-adviser/ 

Comment: Would Stephen Miller alienate any ally that we have left?

Stephen Miller’s Former Colleague Reveals Why He Is a ‘Horrible Human Being’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-former-colleague-reveals-025821772.html 

ABC News: CPB fires back at Trump's executive order demanding it stop funding for NPR, PBS 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cpb-fires-back-trumps-executive-order-pulling-funding/story?id=121400535 

Comment: "The public broadcasting group said only Congress controls its funding." 

Europe unveils $567 million push to attract researchers as French president decries US ‘mistake’ over science policy 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/europe-unveils-567-million-push-134232614.html 

NBC News: Europe drives to attract scientists after Trump freezes US funding 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/innovation/europe-drives-attract-scientists-trump-freezes-us-funding-rcna204803 

Comment: Brain drain from U.S. to Europe?

Critics blast Trump’s Alcatraz plan over cost: Everything you need to know about reopening the notorious prison 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/critics-blast-trump-alcatraz-plan-151438765.html 

CNN: Trump wants to reopen one of America’s most notorious prisons. Here’s how Alcatraz earned its reputation 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/us/trump-alcatraz-prison-history-hnk 

BBC: Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego 

NBC News: Jon Voight met with Trump before president proposed tariffs on foreign film productions 

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/jon-voight-hollywood-plan-donald-trump-tariffs-rcna204968 

The New Republic: Here’s Where Trump Got His Idiotic Idea to Tariff Foreign Movies 

https://newrepublic.com/post/194830/where-trump-got-idea-tariff-foreign-movies 

Time Magazine: Why Trump’s Foreign-Film Tariff Doesn’t Make Sense 

https://time.com/7282543/trump-foreign-film-tariff-international-movie-production-us-hollywood-china/ 

AP News: Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands 

https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-grant-f677055d7536ab1478ee9b836ca11bf7 

Reuters: Trump says he's unsure whether people in the US are entitled to due process 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-people-us-are-entitled-due-process-2025-05-04/ 

PBS: Trump says he doesn’t know if he backs constitutional due process rights in new interview 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-he-doesnt-know-if-he-backs-constitutional-due-process-rights-in-new-interview

Time Magazine: Trump on Desire to Annex Canada, Upholding the Constitution 

https://time.com/7282450/trump-annex-canada-economy-recession-upholding-the-constitution/ 

Axios: Trump says he isn't defying the Supreme Court over Ábrego García case 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/trump-deportations-abrego-garcia-supreme-court 

Politico: Trump when pressed on if he needs to uphold the Constitution: ‘I don’t know’ 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/i-dont-know-trump-constitution-00326040 

Trump says he can't run again in 2028: 5 takeaways from 'Meet the Press' interview 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-cant-run-again-170557720.html 

CNN: Trump posts AI image of himself as pope, leaving Catholics offended and unamused as conclave nears 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk 

The Guardian: Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies 

Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value' 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defends-high-price-tag-130040944.html 

ABC7 Los Angeles: White House backtracks on renaming Veterans Day 

https://abc7.com/post/white-house-backtracks-donald-trumps-announcement-renaming-veterans-day-victory-world-war/16311070/ 

Military.com: Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2025/05/03/dont-dishonor-veterans-broken-promises-and-empty-gestures.html 

Politico: Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict-of-interest alarms 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/parlatore-hegseth-navy-conflict-00323266 

AlterNet: Medicare Advantage bribery scheme highlights 'bad behavior' Trump wants to reward 

https://www.alternet.org/medicare-advantage-scam-2671886708/ 

CNN: Laura Loomer has Donald Trump’s ear. What she wants is a White House press credential 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/politics/laura-loomer-trump-white-house-briefing-room 

NBC News: White House 'influencer briefings' bring conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437 

AP News: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems 

https://apnews.com/article/doge-social-security-trump-administration-supreme-court-a38db8e9908e56b01265432f4d46e8e3 

NPR: Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs 

Axios: Trump signs order to ax federal funding for NPR and PBS 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-order-federal-funding 

As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future

https://apnews.com/article/trump-pbs-npr-media-funding-8b51113b8edd932aa850235318b73e53 

Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction | CNN Politics 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/trump-civil-rights-rollback-what-matters 

Kash Patel Spotted in Nightclubs More Than at Work, Former FBI Director Says 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kash-patel-spotted-nightclubs-more-193801267.html 

CNN: US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump 

AP News: Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs 

https://apnews.com/article/children-head-start-research-cuts-trump-hhs-ecfa2b140990057eb412e476dc875ffa 

U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-secretary-commerce-says-model-172111761.html 

Comment: "With America’s increasingly dire need for manufacturing workers, Lutnick’s vision of technicians as an inter-generational career may be a pipe dream. After all, only 25% of Americans think they’d be better off working in a factory, according to a 2024 poll from the CATO Institute."  

NPR: Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5371720/national-science-foundation-budget-grant-cuts-turmoil 

CNN: Trump says the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. The university’s president says that would be illegal 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/white-house-harvard-tax-status 

ABC News: Trump says he's 'taking away' Harvard's tax exempt status 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-taking-harvards-tax-exempt-status/story?id=121391407 

Trump: GOP should start thinking about expelling Democrats pushing impeachment 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gop-start-thinking-expelling-125800375.html 

Axios: RFK Jr. calls for CDC plan for alternative measles treatments 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/kennedy-cdc-alternative-measles-treatments 

The Bulwark: Mike Waltz Is Out. Pete Hegseth Is Probably Next. 

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/mike-waltz-is-out-pete-hegseth-is-probably-next-defense-department-signal 

Comment: "It’s time for a more responsible secretary of defense."

The Guardian: Photos reveal Trump cabinet member using less-secure Signal app knockoff 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-cabinet-signal-chat-app 

Comment: After the scandalous and unauthorized use of the Signal app to communicate sensitive military information, then national security advisor Mike Waltz is caught using an even less secure Signal knockoff clone app.  Take a look at who is on his chat contact list.

I'm a corruption expert — and I’ve never seen a grift as blatant as Trump’s meme coin dinner 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-meme-coin-dinner-crypto-white-house-rcna204504 

Comment: Includes Video.

President Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-orders-corporation-public-052309976.html 

AP News: Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84 

Comment: "It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with."

Trump Removes Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser and Taps Him For UN Role

https://time.com/7281981/mike-waltz-trump-ambassador/ 

Trump ousts Mike Waltz, naming Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser after Signal chat mishap 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ousts-mike-waltz-naming-marco-rubio-as-acting-national-security-adviser-after-signal-chat-mishap-160154947.html 

Trump’s Corruption Hits Next Level With Shady $2 Billion Crypto Deal 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-open-corruption-hits-next-194013720.html 

Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5380933/ed-martin-trump-hale-cusanelli-antisemitic 

The Guardian: Trump’s attack on federal unions a ‘test case’ for broader assault, warn lawyers 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/trump-federal-unions-labor-bargaining-rights 

Interview: Musk says DOGE may be here to stay

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/elon-musk-doge-interview 

NPR: Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program 

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp 

Breaking Defense: Hegseth orders 'comprehensive transformation' of US Army, merging offices and cutting units 

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/hegseth-orders-transformation-of-us-army-combining-offices-and-cutting-roles/ 

Comment: "Other moves of note include orders to 'Reduce and restructure manned attack helicopter formations and augment with inexpensive drone swarms capable of overwhelming adversaries,' and 'Divest outdated formations, including select armor and aviation units across the Total Army (Active, Reserve, National Guard).'"

Comment: If manned helicopters are being deemphasized, will this, in the long term, adversely impact the degree of helicopter training conducted a Fort Novosel and result in an economic impact to Dale County and the Wiregrass?  

The Guardian: If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-next-100-days 

Politico: White House looking for other countries to accept deportees 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/white-house-looking-other-countries-accept-deportees-00319541 

Business Insider: Trump says voters unhappy about the economy and his China trade war should deal with it because 'they did sign up for it, actually' 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-voters-signed-up-for-tariffs-when-they-backed-him-2025-4 

Comment: Did you really vote for Trump's trade war, or did you vote for Trump's false claim that prices would be reduced "on day 1?" 

NPR: Local governments scramble to replace federal disaster funding 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5366118/local-governments-scramble-to-replace-federal-disaster-funding 

Axios: From subs to bases, "climate change crap" has consequences for U.S. military 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/hegseth-pentagon-navy-climate-change 

Trump Goes Full Dictator With Grim Warning About Courts 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-full-dictator-grim-133401630.html 

Politico: Departure on FEC hobbles the election enforcement agency 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/fec-quorum-00318077 

WIRED: RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research 

https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/ 

NBC News: New research contradicts RFK Jr.'s claim that severe autism cases are rising 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-research-contradicts-rfk-jrs-claim-severe-autism-cases-are-rising-rcna202791 

The Guardian: US charges migrants over entering military ‘buffer zone’ on Mexico border 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/migrants-charged-us-mexico-border 

Comment: What's to keep Trump from declaring vast areas of America as military zones, where inhabitants can be subject to harsher military law rather laws passed by Congress, and where citizens can be denied due process in civilian courts and can be tried in military tribunals?  Isn't this a dangerous precedent? 

Axios: Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as "dangerous dictator," poll says 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/prri-poll-most-americans-trump-dangerous-dictator 

Trump administration withholding $436.87 billion in approved spending, top Democrats say 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-withholding-436-87-090234423.html 

Politico: The Most Consequential, Damaging, Head-Scratching Things Trump Did in His First 100 Days 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/29/trump-first-100-days-reporter-roundtable-00309408 

NPR: Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats 

Trump's new executive order says private law firms will do free work for accused cops 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-press-private-law-170134486.html 

Trump Issues Executive Order Ramping Up American Police State 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-issues-executive-order-ramping-050521994.html 

Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-dismisses-authors-major-151453036.html 

ABC News: HHS firings, questioning safety of vaccines: How the Trump administration may be 'attacking' science 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hhs-firings-questioning-safety-vaccines-trump-administration-attacking/story?id=121125793 

The Hill: RFK is causing irreparable damage to our public health system 

https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/5267717-education-secretary-linda-mcmahon/ 

Karoline Leavitt Boasts Trump Wouldn’t Hesitate to Arrest SCOTUS Justices 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-boasts-trump-wouldn-145846789.html 

Trump: ‘I run the country and the world’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-run-country-world-152835216.html 

Axios: Trump lashes out against "fake polls" as his approval ratings sink 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-approval-ratings-slams-polls-truth-social 

NPR: The White House threatens sanctuary cities in another EO, but courts are skeptical 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5379614/white-house-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again 

WBMA: Trump to sign Executive Order mandating truckers speak English 

https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-sign-executive-order-mandating-truckers-speak-english 

Politico: The poaching of American talent begins 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/28/the-poaching-of-american-talent-begins-00313162 

The Bulwark: 100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified 

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/100-days-of-trump-the-fears-were-justified-bad-policies-lawlessness-pettiness-stupidity 

NPR: DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5378684/doge-energy-department-nuclear-secrets-access 

Center for American Progress: DOGE Takes a Chainsaw to the Services that Small Businesses Need 

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/doge-takes-a-chainsaw-to-the-services-that-small-businesses-need/ 

NPR: What has DOGE done in Trump’s first 100 days? 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5377445/doge-musk-trump-100-days 

Politico: ‘Tale of 2 Petes’: Fired adviser describes Pentagon chief consumed by image 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/28/caroll-hegseth-pentagon-00312849 

The Hill: Fired Pentagon official: Hegseth focused on ‘weird details’ after Signal scandal 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5271365-colin-carroll-pentagon-official-fired/ 

National Review: A Circular Firing Squad at the Pentagon 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/a-circular-firing-squad-at-the-pentagon/ 

Ars Technica: Seasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/under-trump-the-fda-may-no-longer-approve-seasonal-covid-shots/ 

NBC News: FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-appears-slow-walking-vaccine-approvals-rcna202596 

Axios: RFK Jr. autism data project stokes alarm over motives 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/rfk-autism-data-nih-alarm 

NPR: A Whistleblower Takes on DOGE 

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1247657625 

Comment: DOGE's break in to sensitive NLRB data system is discussed. 

The Hill: Education is our greatest export — cancelling student visas is a grave mistake 

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5267656-united-states-education-export/ 

Trump Boldly Claims Steep Tariffs Could Lead To Taxes Being ‘Completely Eliminated’ For Some Workers 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-boldly-claims-steep-tariffs-171702430.html 

Comment: This appears to be Trump's plan: Reduce income tax, a progressive tax that impacts the wealthy more, and replace them with tariffs, regressive taxes that shift more of the tax burden onto lower and middle class consumers.

AP News: Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-funeral-francis-vatican-7b3b3e6e194e7099e5463d1f23b5f3cf 

The Guardian: Vicious interpersonal conflicts among Hegseth staff cloud leak investigation 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/pete-hegseth-leak-investigation 

The Guardian: How ‘revenge of the Covid contrarians’ unleashed by RFK Jr puts broader vaccine advances at risk 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/rfk-jr-chronic-disease-covid 

Trump Says He Wouldn’t ‘100 Percent’ Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wouldn-t-100-155335124.html 

DOGE's $160 billion in savings have cost $135 billion, analysis finds 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doges-160-billion-savings-cost-220739342.html 

Term-limited Trump dines with donors at $1M-per-plate fundraiser

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-campaign-fundraiser-maga-inc-2028/83259016007/

Breaking Defense: $150B defense boost in reconciliation bill to 'immediately' go towards Golden Dome, shipbuilding 

http://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/150b-defense-boost-in-reconciliation-bill-to-immediately-go-towards-golden-dome-shipbuilding/ 

Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-ordered-ice-invade-183305239.html 

NBC News: Medical journals complain of 'harassment' from Justice Department 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/medical-journals-complain-harassment-department-justice-rcna203091 

Axios: Scoop: Pam Bondi rescinds Garland DOJ policy against subpoenaing journalists 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/bondi-doj-garland-subpoena-journalists 

In reversal, US Justice Department says media records can be seized in leak probes 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/reversal-us-justice-department-says-004426068.html 

Hegseth is who we thought he was: Incompetent but loyal. Trump can't fire him. | Opinion 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-thought-incompetent-loyal-trump-083114344.html 

Susan Rice knocks ‘dumb as a rock’ Hegseth 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/susan-rice-knocks-dumb-rock-211320849.html 

Reuters: Exclusive: White House wants to defund independent Social Security board, sources say 

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/white-house-wants-defund-independent-social-security-board-sources-say-2025-04-25/ 

Elon Musk Has Reportedly Cut Off a Bunch of People From Their Rightful Social Security 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-reportedly-cut-off-125754232.html 

The Independent: Trump calls for Rupert Murdoch to fire staff at Fox News and the Wall Street Journal 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rupert-murdoch-fox-news-fire-b2738998.html 

Comment: Fox News not MAGA enough?

Axios: Trump directs DOJ to investigate Democrats' donation platform ActBlue 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/trump-actblue-democrats-justice-department-investigation 

Comment: "Trump has since taking office for a second time in January used his presidential powers to target people and groups he and his administration have deemed political enemies or unfair critics."

CBS News: Trump's surgeon general nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, faces scrutiny over credentials 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-surgeon-general-nominee-dr-janette-nesheiwat-credentials/ 

Comment: False or misleading resume?

Axios: Key FDA drug data goes missing amid DOGE cuts 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/fda-data-missing-doge-cuts 

Politico: Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth’s office: ‘It’s a free-for-all’ 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-pentagon-leadership-vacuum-00308620 

Politico: Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-chief-of-staff-pentagon-leaving-00308721 

A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/frustrated-trump-privately-concedes-ending-224513578.html 

I want a government where the Republicans we vote for care more about us than Trump | Opinion 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/want-government-where-republicans-vote-080305166.html 

The Guardian: Civil rights advocates say Trump order guts protections against discrimination 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/civil-rights-trump-order 

ProPublica: White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On 

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl 

MarketWatch: Treasury chief Bessent’s briefing to private bank event draws scrutiny 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-chief-bessents-briefing-to-private-bank-event-draws-scrutiny-5ab4c96c 

Comment: Is Bessent providing inside information to a select group of investors, without notifying the public?  Who traded before the news was leaked to the public? 

NBC News: USDA is withdrawing a proposal that sought to reduce Salmonella in poultry 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usda-withdrawing-proposal-sought-reduce-salmonella-poultry-rcna202839 

The Hill: Public media is a pillar of our communities — don’t defund it 

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5263324-public-media-essential-role/ 

Video: Trump calls Harvard ‘a threat to Democracy’ amid executive orders targeting higher education 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-harvard-threat-democracy-204148457.html 

Trump, Johnson squelch talk of tax hike for wealthiest Americans 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf6f0fy 

Trump's 'attack' on the IRS could cost the government $1 trillion, former Treasury Secretary says 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crezfzlw 

Trump emergency move aims to cut approval times for energy projects to 28 days 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf7mhcp 

Comment: Little or no time to evaluate environmental impact of project.

US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims, Justice Dept documents show 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crezzfhv 

CNN: Trump goes after Federal Reserve’s Powell again 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/trump-jerome-powell/index.html 

Fact check: Trump lies about the price of eggs, groceries and gas 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-lies-price-174116098.html 

Trump Is Now Screwing Over Republicans in Need of Disaster Relief 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf0f8em 

Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tornado-victims-blocked-federal-recovery-192915783.html 

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration 

NPR: Former Pentagon official on Hegseth turmoil: 'It looks like they actually broke the law' 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5372612/former-defense-department-official-pentagon-turmoil-hegseth-signal-chats 

The Guardian: Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage 

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/ 

Comment: Nothing says anti-woke and "warrior spirit" in the DoD like a makeup studio!!!!

Facing questions over leadership, Hegseth says DOD is ‘leaving wokeness and weakness behind’ | News From The States 

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/facing-questions-over-leadership-hegseth-says-dod-leaving-wokeness-and-weakness-behind 

CNN: Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/politics/role-of-pete-hegseth-wife-draws-scrutiny/index.html 

ProPublica: Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences” 

https://www.propublica.org/article/us-department-labor-leak-criminal-charges-threat 

Comment: Journalism is how the public finds out about any incompetence or corruption.

Opinion: Trump’s retribution campaign is criminal, but the Supreme Court gave him immunity 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf2032i 

Trump’s attempted Harvard ‘takeover’ mirrors Hitler, Orban, Erdoğan: Laurence Tribe 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf0y53r 

Trump targeting college accreditation process in new executive order 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-targeting-college-accreditation-process-202843684.html 

Trump to sign order restricting foreign gifts to colleges

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-executive-order-college-foreign-funding-00306463 

Politico: RFK Jr. could pull Covid vax for kids 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/04/23/rfk-jr-could-pull-covid-vax-for-kids-00305579 

Axios: Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/vaccine-community-pushback-trump 

Almost half of Americans are now exposed to unhealthy air pollution

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/air-quality-climate-change 

AL.com: Trump’s approval rating plummets to new lows: New poll shows why he’s losing support and where 

https://www.al.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-approval-rating-plummets-to-new-lows-new-poll-shows-why-hes-losing-support-and-where.html 

In Trump 2.0, the mistakes are multiplying 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-2-0-mistakes-multiplying-221908097.html 

Trump Attacks the Supreme Court, Says America ‘Cannot Give Everyone a Trial’ 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf88zrm 

U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism, hundreds of scholars say : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5340753/trump-democracy-authoritarianism-competive-survey-political-scientist 

Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional crisis 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf1hj53 

The Guardian: Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias' 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/veterans-affairs-anti-christian-bias 

Comment: "Critics were quick to condemn Trump’s announcement at the time as a thinly veiled attempt to privilege evangelical Christianity over other religious minorities." 

Slate: America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble 

https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/doug-burgum-interior-secretary-musk-doge-national-parks.html 

3 federal prosecutors assigned to Eric Adams case resign, say they won't admit to 'wrongdoing' 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-federal-prosecutors-assigned-eric-171300784.html 

Comment: This reaction is the result of the politicization of the Justice Department.  It is alleged that corruption charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams were dropped in exchange for his agreeing to take a more aggressive stand against illegal immigration.  Apparently, the Justice Department is now trying to get the prosecutors who brought the original corruption charges to say they were wrong in doing so.  

NPR: Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here’s what it would take 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g-s1-61658/trump-golden-dome-america-iron-military-defense 

Comment: Does anyone have an idea where the money for this is going to come from?

Politico: Inside the vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/pentagon-infighting-hegseth-fired-officials-00302709 

The Wiretap: Trump’s Cybersecurity Agency Avoided A Near Disaster 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/04/22/the-wiretap-trumps-cybersecurity-agency-avoided-a-near-disaster/ 

Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To | WIRED 

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-data-access-hhs/ 

Hegseth Pulled Airstrike Info from Secure Military Channel for Signal Posts, NBC News Reports

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/22/hegseth-pulled-airstrike-info-secure-military-channel-signal-posts-nbc-news-reports.html 

Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general's secure messages 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/info-pete-hegseth-shared-wife-brother-came-top-generals-secure-message-rcna198838 

'Disruptor' Hegseth's unsettled Pentagon starts turning against him 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf52fxi 

ABC News: Hegseth lashes out at alleged Pentagon leakers he claims want to 'sabotage' Trump's agenda 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegseth-lashes-alleged-pentagon-leakers-claims-sabotage-trumps/story?id=121044112 

AL.com: Hegseth rails against ‘cocktail-sipping crowd’ in bizarre Fox News interview: ‘I don’t have time for leakers’ 

https://www.al.com/politics/2025/04/hegseth-rails-against-cocktail-sipping-crowd-in-bizarre-fox-news-interview-i-dont-have-time-for-leakers.html 

Mother Jones: HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/ 

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts | Reuters 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-suspends-milk-quality-tests-amid-workforce-cuts-2025-04-21/ 

DOGE, USDA cuts $1 billion for school lunches, food banks fresh food 

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2025/04/21/trump-doge-usda-cuts-funding-for-schools-food-banks-to-buy-fresh-food-from-local-farms-florida/83083264007/ 

The Hill: US national security strategy is on life support 

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5256421-national-security-strategy-flawed/ 

NPR: Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department 

Turns Out It Wasn’t Such a Great Idea to Put Pete Hegseth in Charge of the Military 

https://share.newsbreak.com/crf3k7db 

Axios: Pentagon denies reports that Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in 2nd Signal chat 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-yemen-strikes-houthis 

Pete Hegseth shared details of Yemen strike in another Signal chat including his wife and brother, sources say - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-yemen-strike-2nd-signal-chat/ 

Patience runs thin as Trump’s battle with Supreme Court intensifies 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/patience-runs-thin-trump-battle-162050743.html 

CNN: How the deportation of a Salvadoran man has become a hinge point in US history 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/politics/abrego-garcia-deportation-trump-el-salvador-cecot/index.html 

At the FBI, Kash Patel prioritizes the spotlight over credibility 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna202137 

Mother Jones: HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hhs-budget-proposal-cut-protection-advocacy/ 

The Hill: Interior Department gives broad powers to DOGE-tied official 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5259589-interior-secretary-doug-burgum/

Report warns of dangerous consequences after major USDA staffing cuts: 'Wiping out an entire ... commodity'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-warns-dangerous-consequences-major-101526566.html 

Trump Administration’s HHS Cuts: Creating Waste And Inefficiency, Not Eliminating Them | Health Affairs 

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/trump-administration-s-hhs-cuts-creating-waste-and-inefficiency-not-eliminating-them 

CNN: NIH moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/us/nih-bans-grants-universities-dei-programs/index.html 

Comment: Since when does a boycott of an Israeli company constitute "anti-semitism?"  Many Americans (and many Israelis) oppose the current Israeli Government headed by Netanyahu and his Likud political party.  This does not necessarily mean they are anti-sematic.

Trump To Cut Another $1 Billion From Harvard Health Research Funding, Wall Street Journal Reports | News | The Harvard Crimson 

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/21/harvard-1-billion-funding/ 

Comment: "$1 billion in federal grants and contracts for health research" 

Hegseth shared detailed military plans in second Signal chat that included his wife and brother

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/20/politics/hegseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans 

The Guardian: Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat – report 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-yemen-attack 

Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/ullyot-pentagon-hegseth-chaos-00300695 

Politico: Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594 

Trump’s ex-chief of staff says fear among Republican politicians is the ‘consequence’ of disagreeing with him 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ex-chief-staff-says-212240267.html 

Comment: Apparently there is no room for dissenting opinions in the Trump White House.  Only "yes men" allowed.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests compensating families of some people with autism 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-suggests-185453763.html 

Comment: Please note that RFK Jr. in the past has personally profited from lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers.

People.com: RFK Jr. Says Autism Rates Have Bigger Impact Than COVID ‘Because COVID Killed Old People’ 

https://people.com/rfk-jr-says-autism-has-bigger-impact-than-covid-because-covid-killed-old-people-11718613 

The Guardian: RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/20/autism-vaccines-robert-f-kennedy-jr-usa-donald-trump 

Trump faces bipartisan criticism over Abrego Garcia deportation : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/20/g-s1-61475/trump-faces-bipartisan-criticism-over-abrego-garcia-deportation 

Experts have candid advice for national park visitors this summer 

https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5248223-not-going-to-be-great-out-there-experts-have-candid-advice-for-national-park-visitors/ 

White House Proposes Eliminating Head Start Funding in Sweeping Budget Cuts 

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/white-house-proposes-eliminating-head-start-funding-in-sweeping-budget-cuts/2025/04 

Axios: Trump ranted to aides about washing his hands of Russia-Ukraine 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/18/trump-russia-ukraine-rant-walking-away 

CNN: Trump’s pick for acting IRS commissioner is ousted days after his appointment 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/irs-commissioner-trump-gary-shapley/index.html 

The Hill: Trump’s deals with Big Law are shakedowns in ‘pro bono’ clothing 

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5254645-trumps-deals-with-big-law-are-shakedowns-in-pro-bono-clothing/ 

Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation' | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/letitia-james-trump-investigation-df3dcb78a464d521edb444681e990d37 

Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/defense-secretary-chief-of-staff-joe-kasper-departure-00299508 

Trump pick to head IRS raises red flags with sketchy ties, disappearing debt 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-head-irs-raises-042936072.html 

Comment: This article refers to Trump's pick to permanently head the IRS, Billy Long, not the acting IRS commissioner who was just ousted.

Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-ap-access-white-house-12ef5a496d3da10d0461641b26dd9d47 

Opinion: Trump 2.0 is a runaway dump truck only voters can stop 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7r0uvm 

DOJ Responds After Judge Boasberg Issues Criminal Contempt Warning - Newsweek 

https://www.newsweek.com/doj-responds-after-judge-boasberg-issues-criminal-contempt-warning-2061535 

The Hill: Appeals court halts Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against Trump administration 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5256814-appeals-court-boasberg-trump-contempt/ 

Comment: Temporary halt.

‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/afraid-murkowski-says-fear-retaliation-154117390.html 

Military families challenge Trump’s stricter federal voting rules 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pmah6 

Trump’s pick to be DC’s top prosecutor failed to report nearly 200 appearances on far-right media outlets to Senate 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-dc-top-prosecutor-110036970.html 

Trump’s pick to run the critical DC attorney’s office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7f6bci 

Trump Adviser Says Opposing Deportations Is Basically Terrorism 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pyaeu 

The Trump administration defied the courts twice in one day, and experts say it could hurt America’s sterling reputation as an attractive place to invest 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-defied-courts-twice-100500469.html 

Video: What happens if Trump administration is held in criminal contempt? 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/happens-trump-administration-held-criminal-125150872.html 

‘Breathtaking in its audacity’: Trump’s conflict with judges has escalated to new heights 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/breathtaking-audacity-trump-conflict-judges-090036343.html 

US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts | Reuters 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-fda-suspends-food-safety-quality-checks-after-staff-cuts-2025-04-17/ 

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-e-coli-outbreak-hit-090040964.html 

RFK Jr. attacked kids as he lied about autism. Republicans voted for this. | Opinion 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-attacked-kids-lied-154740979.html 

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-58221/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship 

CNN: Suggestion to house US citizens in offshore prisons has no legal basis, experts say 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/us-citizens-offshore-illegal/index.html 

Axios: Can Trump fire Fed chair Jerome Powell? Here's what to know. 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-fire-jerome-powell-fed-humphreys-executor 

US Treasury in talks with federal agencies to ease bank oversight, Bloomberg News says 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-talks-federal-agencies-170744377.html 

Comment: Setting us up for 2008 all over again? 

ABC News: DHS demands 'detailed records' of student visa holders at Harvard 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-demands-detailed-records-student-visa-holders-harvard/story?id=120901906 

Summers: ‘Any self-respecting Treasury secretary would resign’ over Trump Harvard IRS directive

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5254015-larry-summers-scott-bessent-resign-harvard-irs/amp/ 

White House plan would eliminate Head Start, make sweeping health cuts

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-health-budget-cuts-hhs 

FCC chief targets Comcast-owned outlets over ‘news distortion’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chief-targets-comcast-owned-135541690.html 

AP asks judge to intervene after White House removes wires from press pool 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-asks-judge-intervene-white-142515451.html 

Trump admin closes State Department office battling foreign disinformation 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-closes-state-department-213533841.html 

Trump’s IRS Pick Had Some Interesting People Pay Off His Personal Debt 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7jsbwl 

MAGA’s New Meltdown Shows How Little They Actually Know About the Law 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7i79h7 

Opinion: You could be the next one unlawfully imprisoned in Trump’s Salvadoran gulag 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7smsns 

J.D. Vance Thinks Due-Process Rights Are Optional 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7orlmy 

Opinion - Trump is laughing at the Supreme Court and the Constitution 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-laughing-supreme-court-133000285.html 

White House struggles to defend Trump’s orders targeting officials who defied him 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-white-house-struggles-134354306.html 

Axios: How Trump wants to assert control at Harvard and elite colleges 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/harvard-columbia-demands-trump-vision-universities-influence 

Trump’s tariffs could make it harder to get certain generic drugs 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/business/tariffs-impact-generic-drugs-access

NPR: In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost 

Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy | CNN 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/health/nih-nutrition-researcher-departs/index.html 

CNN: In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/health/rfk-autism-epidemic/index.html

Comment: RFK Jr. continues to peddle junk "science."

HHS funding slashed by 30 percent in budget proposal

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/trump-administration-mulls-sharp-funding-cuts-at-health-agencies-00294781 

The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the president | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-press-speech-white-house-access-97a6f5532edd5eec09bd292ba5c9dbdb 

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-issues-order-stop-230128744.html 

Trump administration removes Democratic members of credit union watchdog 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-removes-democratic-members-192851436.html 

Trump administration denies FEMA funds to Democratic-led states 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna201417 

Watchdog group sues White House after government spending tracker removed 

https://share.newsbreak.com/co7mo894 

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's order targeting law firm: 'Shocking abuse of power' 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-considering-blocking-trumps-order-193200625.html 

NPR: How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g-s1-59261/medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-caregivers 

ProPublica: Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence. 

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered 

White House bars AP from Oval Office event despite court order | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-press-freedom-court-gulf-caffd32aa8ec6b04a50b8c5277d7c9cb 

AP News: Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts 

https://apnews.com/article/federal-cuts-humanities-america250-anniversary-doge-572cf095773c66856a1da94030ffd5a9 

Axios: Trump redefines fraud in quest to crush "Deep State" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/13/trump-redefines-fraud-corruption 

CNN: Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/doge-us-treasury-access-musk-hnk/index.html 

The Hill: Citizenship and naturalization are under attack 

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5245601-citizenship-and-naturalization-are-under-attack/ 

No, Donald Trump Does Not Know What The Hell He Is Doing 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-donald-trump-does-not-120010807.html 

The Hill: Stephen Miller: Trump ‘saving the West from complete economic domination’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5247084-stephen-miller-trump-saving-the-west-economic-domination/ 

Comment: Does anyone think that Stephen Miller has any credibility?

Analysis-Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/analysis-trump-officials-push-immigrant-100336185.html 

Trump sets sights on national African American history museum 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sets-sights-national-african-100336212.html 

‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abortions-cancer-in-firefighters-and-super-gonorrhea-rfk-jr-s-cuts-halt-data-collection-00284828 

Former FDA Official on RFK’s Promise to Identify Autism Cause: ‘Giving False Hope Is Wrong’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-fda-official-rfk-promise-201025321.html 

Trump administration dismantles office that sets federal poverty guidelines | Fortune 

https://fortune.com/2025/04/13/trump-medicaid-food-stamps-federal-poverty-guideline-hhs/ 

DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants | The Independent 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-grants-website-nih-b2732203.html 

Los Angeles Times: IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes 

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-12/irs-plan-to-give-data-to-ice-could-wallop-california-where-many-immigrants-pay-taxes 

Comments: Undocumented immigrants currently pay federal and applicable state taxes throughout the United States, but they may be reluctant to do so in the future for fear that filing information will be turned over to ICE.

Democrats rail against Apple after Trump unveils electronic tariff exemption 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-rail-against-apple-trump-193942634.html 

Comment: " 'Apple CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration. Looks like he’s getting a big return on his investment,' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote in a Saturday post after learning of the news." 

The Guardian: Dealmaking genius or boy who cried wolf? Trump’s trade retreat sows doubts 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-economy-tariffs-analysis 

Axios: Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/12/big-law-pro-bono-legal-work-trump 

Comment: Is this extortion and abuse of presidential power?

CNN: Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/dhs-fema-lie-detector-tests-leaks/index.html 

Comment: Leaks of classified information or leaks of embarrassing information that DHS wants to keep the public from knowing about? 

CNN: Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/trump-krebs-khalil-taylor-crackdown-dissent-what-matters/index.html 

NBC News: FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel's book placed on leave 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/fbi-analyst-targeted-kash-patel-book-placed-leave-brian-auten-rcna200999 

Trump's healthcare agenda is getting clearer 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-healthcare-agenda-is-getting-clearer-214520230.html

Yahoo: RFK Jr. Surprised to Learn He'd Cut a Grant For Youth Diabetes Research 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-surprised-learn-hed-130032379.html 

AP News: What we know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead 

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-immigration-dhs-deportation-12cf4ab92d5cac3406ded3a343f75005 

NPR: How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting 

Politico: Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/military-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208 

Trump authorizes military to take control of federal land along the border 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-authorizes-military-control-federal-011119618.html 

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' Vance

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/creq99l218do.amp 

US removes commander in Greenland following Vance’s controversial visit 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-removes-commander-greenland-following-113012936.html 

Politico: White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408 

ProPublica: NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire 

https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab 

WIRED: The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes 

https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-turning-a-blind-eye-to-crypto-crimes/ 

Trump HHS eliminates office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for at least 80 million people - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hhs-poverty-levels-medicaid-benefits/ 

FactCheck.org: No Sign of Texas Measles Outbreak Slowing, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Claims 

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/no-sign-of-texas-measles-outbreak-slowing-contrary-to-rfk-jr-s-claims/ 

Politico: RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ called FDA employees ‘sock puppet’ of industry 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/rfk-jr-hhs-fda-deep-state-00286826 

Comment: This is the man that Trump picked to run Health & Human Services (HHS)!

NBC News: Health Secretary RFK Jr. falsely claims that measles vaccine protection ‘wanes very quickly’ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/health-secretary-rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-falsely-claims-wanes-rcna200636 

The Hill: The US can’t afford to dismantle DHS’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5242861-threats-homeland-security-weapons-mass-destruction/ 

Breaking Down 'Insider Trading' Accusations Leveled at Trump | TIME 

https://time.com/7276515/explaining-insider-trading-accusations-leveled-at-trump-tariffs-pause/ 

Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos

https://www.aol.com/trump-brags-nascar-drivers-friend-160319170.html

Billionaire Charles Schwab "Made $2.5 Billion Today" Trump Boasts at White House: "That's Not Bad"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/billionaire-charles-schwab-made-2-5-billion-today-trump-boasts-at-white-house-that-s-not-bad/ar-AA1CGWBT

Politico: Trump directs agencies to quietly repeal regulations — without public notice 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/federal-agencies-public-notice-comment-trump-administration-00284499 

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about China, Japan and the EU at Cabinet meeting 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-makes-false-202955088.html 

As Trump alienates allies with US tariffs, China is poised to exploit the gaps 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-alienates-allies-us-tariffs-222944463.html 

The Hill: Generals owe their loyalty to the rule of law, not to Trump 

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5238320-nsa-directors-fired-trump/ 

Trump administration has tightly restricted access to president’s daily intelligence brief

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-tightly-restricted-access-110035869.html

Medicare Rights Center: Troubling Signs from Administration’s Weak Medicare Advantage Oversight 

https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/10/troubling-signs-from-administrations-weak-medicare-advantage-oversight 

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis 

U.S. Department of the Interior (.gov): Interior will no longer pursue lengthy analysis for oil and gas leasing decisions in seven states 

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-will-no-longer-pursue-lengthy-analysis-oil-and-gas-leasing-decisions-seven 

Comment: No environmental impact statement.

The Hill: Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management withdraws from consideration 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5242460-kathleen-sgamma-bureau-of-land-management-nomination-withdrawn/ 

AP News: Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs 

https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34 

Treasury plans to cut up to 50% of IRS enforcement staff, 20% of other components

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganization/2025/04/treasury-plans-to-cut-up-to-50-of-irs-enforcement-staff-20-of-other-components/

US Justice Dept bars its attorneys from participating in American Bar Association events 

https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcpvcwb 

US intensifies crackdown on peaceful protest under Trump | Trump administration | The Guardian 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump 

Politico: RFK Jr. vowed to upend American health care. It’s happening faster than expected. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/rfk-revamp-health-hhs-00280101 

The Hill: RFK Jr. says he’s ‘not familiar’ with $11b cuts to state and local health departments 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5240663-health-human-services-secretary-cuts-grants/ 

The Guardian: Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/health-layoff-future-science-disease 

CNN: Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/health/nobel-laureate-research-funding-patapoutian/index.html 

NPR: NOAA contracts are being reviewed one by one. It's throwing the agency into chaos 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356166/noaa-contracts-reviewed-one-by-one 

USCIS (.gov): DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism 

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism 

Comment: The question becomes, what constitutes "antisemitism"?  If one argues against the Government of Israel or for Palestinian rights, does DHS label this "antisemitism"?  Unless there are clear guidelines for those making this determination, this screening seems ripe for abuse. 

FBI Director Kash Patel replaced as acting ATF boss, Army Secretary steps in 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-director-kash-patel-replaced-180625512.html 

The Guardian: FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/kash-patel-director-atf-bureau-removal 

Yahoo Finance: Millions Of Americans Panic After Receiving Erroneous Social Security Suspension Notices Due To System Glitch: Report 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-panic-receiving-erroneous-013037844.html 

Axios: Exclusive: As Social Security services are cut back, millions of seniors face long drives 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/social-security-seniors-drive 

CNN: Acting IRS commissioner resigning after agency reaches data-sharing deal with immigration authorities 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/melanie-krause-acting-irs-commissioner-resigning/index.html 

AP News: IRS acting commissioner is resigning after deal to share immigrants’ tax information with ICE 

https://apnews.com/article/irs-ice-immigration-enforcement-trump-d2ac6f7ac0a1f60e907cd3b52d0db34d 

Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-cuts-state-department-534c378188562ebcd1295a9a0202a627 

AP News: Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock 

https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-texas-day-care-lubbock-3d90c3ea9050c12dbc74a8f8142a6355 

CNN: Anti-vaccine sentiment may derail vaccines already awaiting FDA approval, experts fear 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/08/health/anti-vaccine-sentiments-combination-flu-covid-mrna/index.html 

FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/08/fda-guts-education-training-division-as-part-of-rfk-jrs-cuts.html 

PBS: Employees say a plan to reorganize HHS will have health and safety consequences 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/employees-say-a-plan-to-reorganize-hhs-will-have-health-and-safety-consequences 

The Guardian: ‘No guidance and no leadership’: chaos and confusion at CDC after mass firings 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/hhs-mass-firings 

“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights

https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem 

The Hill: Bondi: Justice Department cut funding for Maine corrections department over transgender inmate 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5238890-maine-corrections-funding-justice-department/ 

Opinion: Trump’s disrespect for courts endangers our system of justice 

https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcij8ne 

Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies 

https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcd6y0u 

Government Executive: Critics worry DOGE’s rush to sell excess federal buildings could hurt agency missions, squander revenue opportunities 

https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/critics-worry-doges-approach-excess-federal-buildings-could-see-agencies-selling-short/404395/ 

Major steel project in JD Vance’s hometown on a list of Trump cuts to manufacturing industry | CNN 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/climate/steel-project-federal-cuts-middletown-ohio/index.html 

Comment:  As Trump claims that tariffs are designed to reinvigorate American manufacturing.  

Axios: Oil prices falling into zone that discourages production growth 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/oil-prices-production-growth 

Comment: What? No "Drill Baby Drill?"

White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens 

https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocf1ha 

Yahoo Finance: US regulator OCC says its executives' emails were hacked 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-regulator-occ-notifies-congress-193927123.html 

Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets 

https://share.newsbreak.com/cio551hw 

Politico: Top commander warns US troops should stay in Europe 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/troops-europe-withdraw-cavoli-republicans-00007176 

Politico: ‘The opposite of what Americans voted for’: Market turmoil causes Trump backlash 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-politics-tariffs-backlash-republicans-00007065 

Axios: Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/trump-veto-tariff-bill-grassley 

Forbes: Does America Really Need A $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2025/04/07/does-america-really-need-a-1-trillion-pentagon-budget/ 

Politico: Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/hegseth-trump-1-trillion-defense-budget-00007147 

Video: Firing of NSA chief raises concerns about Laura Loomer's influence 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/firing-nsa-chief-raises-concerns-110002912.html 

Fired Justice Department attorney accuses agency of 'ongoing corruption' | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-mel-gibson-congress-667a79b368b215bb0cd7b0333f372fc7 

RFK Jr. Touts Bogus Measles Treatment Hours After Burying 8-Year-Old Child 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-touts-bogus-measles-033618970.html 

Cognitive Decline? Trump Calls for Open Borders in Rant on Tariffs 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cognitive-decline-trump-calls-open-202617475.html 

Politico: Trump fires a top US military official to NATO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-fires-a-top-u-s-military-official-to-nato-00007055 

Federal grants to fight child labor worldwide are axed in DOGE cuts

https://apnews.com/article/child-forced-labor-trump-doge-cuts-42a5e1b65d1ef1473bbff0bfc8194d81 

Politico: White House denies a military parade is scheduled for Trump’s birthday 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/white-house-denies-military-parade-trump-birthday-00277566 

Social Security recipients got erroneous messages that payments stopped | Fortune 

https://fortune.com/2025/04/07/social-security-payments-stopped-error-message-ssi-computer-system-crashes/ 

The Hill: Save the Smithsonian and America’s priceless cultural legacy 

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5232926-smithsonian-institution-trump-attacks/ 

SEN DICK DURBIN: Closing federal offices punishes everyday Americans | Fox News 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-dick-durbin-closing-federal-offices-punishes-everyday-americans 

NWS no longer translating products for non-English speakers | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/weather-spanish-translation-noaa-nws-trump-71c727dbe2e4956247c9d9152494f1dc 

Comment: "The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather." 

DOGE slashes key housing inspection contract, putting some low-income families at risk - ABC News 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doge-slashes-key-housing-inspection-contract-putting-low/story?id=120389777 

Trump Administration Opens More than 50% of Protected U.S. Forest Land for Logging: What That Means 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-administration-opens-more-50-212541011.html 

CBS News: Civil rights-era government agency in Justice Department to be purged 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-rights-era-government-agency-to-be-purged/ 

Reuters: Trump compares tariffs to 'medicine' as markets point to rough week ahead 

https://www.reuters.com/world/more-than-50-countries-have-contacted-white-house-start-trade-talks-trump-2025-04-06/ 

Comment: Medicine? Like drinking bleach to cure Covid-19?

Trump Tariff Scheme A Great Opportunity For Even More Presidential Corruption 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariff-scheme-great-opportunity-120007809.html 

Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says | US social security | The Guardian 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/musk-doge-social-security 

Axios: GOP Rep: Adversaries are "laughing at us" over NSA firings 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/nsc-nsa-firings-loomer 

Axios: MAGA media tiptoes around Loomer-Trump meeting and NSC firings 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/maga-media-laura-loomer-trump-meeting 

‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts 

https://www.aol.com/huge-impact-worker-safety-protection-120035778.html 

BBC: Second child dies of measles as western Texas outbreak worsens 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2xyyj9w5o 

Axios: Key safety hotlines disrupted by HHS cuts 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/hhs-cuts-food-safety-services-disrupted 

The Verge: DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’ 

https://www.theverge.com/news/644327/musk-doge-irs-hackathon-taxpayer-data-transfer-cloud 

Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/justice-department-places-attorney-struggled-explain-maryland-mans-dep-rcna199866 

Comment: This looks like punishment for failure to lie and cover up for one's superiors.

statnews.com: CDC’s top laboratory on sexually transmitted diseases is shut by Trump administration 

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/05/cdc-sexually-transmitted-diseases-laboratory-closed-by-trump-administration/ 

The Hill: NSA names acting director after top officials ousted 

https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/5234107-national-security-agency-acting-director/ 

Axios: America the victim: Trump's tariffs reveal how he sees the world 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-victim-payback-foreign-countries 

Politico: This Economic Paradox Nearly Took Down Three Presidents. Is Donald Trump Next? 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/04/trump-stagflation-presidents-history-00270981 

Obama says he is 'deeply concerned' with the Trump administration's targeting of students, journalists and law firms 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-says-deeply-concerned-trump-193121196.html 

The Guardian: I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/why-trump-administration-used-signal-hegseth-gabbard 

Yahoo: Ousted vaccine official says Kennedy sought data to justify anti-science stance, WSJ reports 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ousted-vaccine-official-says-kennedy-202701442.html 

Just Security: Dropping U.S. Biodefenses: Why Cuts to Federal Health Agencies Make Americans Less Safe 

https://www.justsecurity.org/109914/cuts-health-agencies-americans-less-safe/ 

NIH under orders to cancel $2.6 billion in contracts | Science | AAAS 

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-under-orders-cancel-2-6-billion-contracts 

Axios: Trump takes the ultimate risk with the global economy 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-global-trade-war 

DOGE effort to rewrite Social Security code could have catastrophic consequences, experts warn 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-effort-rewrite-social-security-230400478.html 

Axios: Tech jobs, robots are Lutnick's vision for America's "manufacturing renaissance" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/tech-jobs-robots-lutnick-manufacturing-renaissance 

How the Education Department helps enforce special education laws : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5338953/trump-layoffs-education-department-special-education 

A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/city-responding-lead-crisis-local-193655058.html 

Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend a mountain of Trump executive orders : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5338915/defending-trumps-executive-actions 

NPR: It's been a wild rollout of Trump's tariffs. Here's how we got here 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5345926/trump-tariffs-timeline 

Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues 

https://gizmodo.com/social-security-website-crashes-as-doge-linked-disruption-at-the-agency-continues-2000583777 

Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-federal-buildings-them-historic-110100707.html 

NPR: States say Trump's continued freeze on much-needed FEMA aid violates a judge's order 

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5345777/trump-states-fema-funds 

Forbes: A Second Trump Shock To Programs For Seniors And People With Disabilities 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2025/04/02/a-second-trump-shock-to-programs-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities/ 

Politico: HHS purge fuels health industry fears 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/04/02/hhs-purge-fuels-health-industry-fears-00265107 

CNN: ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun/index.html 

CNN: Trump doesn’t seem to understand how car prices work 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/car-prices-tariffs-supply-demand/index.html 

MSNBC News: Opinion | DOGE’s new plan to overhaul the Social Security Administration is doomed to fail 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-social-security-plan-fail-code-rcna198866 

Yahoo: FCC chair threatens ABC’s broadcast license over Disney DEI practices 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chair-threatens-abc-broadcast-053538428.html 

Federal funding cuts hit food banks, farmers across country 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/31/funding-cuts-food-banks-farmers/82705776007/ 

RFK Jr. ‘already vindicating his critics’: Wall Street Journal 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-already-vindicating-critics-211758313.html 

CNN: ‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html 

Politico: New FDA commissioner agreed to oust top vaccine regulator after private swearing-in 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/new-fda-commissioner-signed-off-on-ousting-top-vaccine-regulator-after-private-swearing-in-00260582 

Trump administration fires 50 attorneys and deputies in Justice Department | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/prosecutor-firings-justice-department-white-house-25226702173e7b0aa86633d6c471c37e 

Government Executive: ‘Gangster state’: Justice Department’s reorganization proposal slammed by Democrats 

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/gangster-state-justice-departments-reorganization-proposal-slammed-democrats/404172/ 

CNN: IRS sidelines dozens of top IT officials seen as possible ‘blockers’ to immigration enforcement data-sharing 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/irs-it-officials-immigration-enforcement-data-sharing/index.html 

Trump administration to shut down CMS, HHS minority health offices amid restructuring | Healthcare Dive 

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hhs-kennedy-cuts-cms-minority-health-offices/743966/ 

IRS upheaval cracks agency resistance to data sharing with immigration officials - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/irs-leadership-turmoil-immigration-crackdown-00254811 

The Associated Press: Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-third-term-constitution-22nd-amendment-efba31be02ee96b0ef68b17fe89b7578 

Yahoo Finance: Sen. Angus King On Social Security: 'What's Going On Is The Destruction Of The Agency From The Inside Out, And It's Accelerating' 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sen-angus-king-social-security-153019060.html 

The Guardian US: Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/trump-crackdown-free-speech 

The Hill: Former Trump intel official says ‘risk of loss’ from Signal could have been ‘profound’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5222555-signal-chat-trump-officials-sue-gordon/ 

The Guardian US: Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/biotech-group-warns-exit-fda-vaccine-official-erode-standards 

South China Morning Post: Trump cuts risk US science brain drain as Europe and China wait with open arms 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304428/if-us-bleeds-scientists-amid-trump-cuts-europe-and-china-will-be-waiting-open-arms 

NPR: Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343966/countries-boost-recruitment-of-american-scientists-amid-cuts-to-scientific-funding 

The Guardian US: Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover 

Forbes: RFK Jr. Expected To Lay Off Entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-laying-off-entire-office-of-infectious-disease-and-hivaids-policy/ 

Hegseth brought his wife to high-level foreign meetings where sensitive information was shared: report 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-brought-wife-high-level-170744343.html 

Trump’s southern border military mission cost over $300 million in first 6 weeks 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-southern-border-military-mission-110036364.html 

CNN: Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of tariffs 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/business/trump-auto-prices-tariffs/index.html 

The Associated Press: Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa 

Trump Executive Order Says States Must Use Voting Machines That Don’t Actually Exist 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-states-130000708.html 

Trump Order Includes Provision That Could Punish States For Not Ceding Authority Over Election Admin To DOJ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-order-includes-provision-could-165240028.html 

POLITICO: Here’s who members of Houthi PC Small Group are blaming 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/signalgate-blame-game-trump-00254263 

ProPublica: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations 

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report 

NPR: The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies' 

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5344010/fda-peter-marks-rfk-jr 

POLITICO: If Trump Defies the Courts, It Will Backfire Badly 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/28/trump-defy-courts-risk-00254813 

Appeals court rules Trump can fire independent agency board members : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343963/trump-firings-board-members-appeals-court 

McConnell warns of ‘embarrassing naivete’ in Trump admin’s dealings with Putin while sharply criticizing Ukraine policy 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-warns-embarrassing-naivete-trump-162852514.html 

NPR: NPR speaks to a former Education Secretary about dismantling the department, arrests 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5341462/trump-education-department-financial-aid-layoffs-arrests-international-students 

NPR: Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342368/addiction-trump-mental-health-funding 

Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments | CIDRAP 

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/trump-administration-axes-covid-funding-state-community-health-departments 

POLITICO: RFK Jr.’s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/very-few-people-know-whats-happening-rfk-jr-cuts-surprise-and-alarm-00254822 

'There will be slowdowns': How RFK's health department cuts will affect you

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/27/rfk-jr-hhs-cuts-food-safety-cdc-fda/82688365007/

Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring

https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-fa4e89285e668a3939e20b6cf4c26fd4

More Americans say Trump’s second term has been worse than expected, according to a new poll 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-americans-say-trumps-second-term-has-been-worse-than-expected-according-to-a-new-poll-120010590.html 

Comment: Starting to wake up?

NPR: Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341552/signal-leak-military-double-standard 

Axios: Even Republicans say Trump's Signalgate scandal is serious: poll 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-signal-group-chat-yemen-strike-poll 

ABC News: Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal chat on Yemen strikes 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-holds-hearing-administrations-signal-app/story?id=120229350 

Mother Jones: "The opposite of efficiency": DOGE's credit card crackdown is making research slower, harder, and worse 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/doge-science-research-trump-card-cuts/ 

POLITICO: New Noem plan leaves FEMA on the chopping block 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/noem-fema-restructure-eliminate-grants-00250610 

Trump administration revokes state and local health funding 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-revokes-state-local-010246950.html 

ABC News: These are the impacts some scientists fear most from EPA deregulation 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/impacts-scientists-fear-epa-deregulation/story?id=119983525 

Axios: Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/climate-change-missing-threat-assessment 

Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appoints-first-buddy-doge-185639477.html 

Axios: Houthi group chat: What top Trump officials claimed vs. what the texts show 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/houthi-group-chat-texts-leaked-war-plans 

Axios: The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/atlantic-signal-trump-hegseth-war-plans-yemen 

POLITICO: ‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/mike-waltz-atlantic-group-chat-trump-response-00250847 

With ‘hoax’ claim, White House’s response to Signal scandal takes incoherent turn 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-hoax-claim-white-161815142.html 

POLITICO: Gabbard says Signal comes ‘pre-installed’ on government devices 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/gabbard-signal-government-devices-cybersecurity-00250731 

Axios: DOGE, Musk loom over Social Security hearing 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/musk-doge-social-security-hearing 

NPR: DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5339842/doge-data-access-privacy-act-social-security-treasury-opm-lawsuit 

Forbes: We May Be Watching The Death Of The Federal Income Tax 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2025/03/26/we-may-be-watching-the-death-of-the-federal-income-tax/ 

Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick? 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-executive-order-elections-far-004451647.html 

Trump Signs Executive Order To Overhaul Federal Elections And Voter Registration 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-overhaul-222441771.html 

Axios: IRS sharing immigrants' data with ICE threatens billions in tax revenue 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/ice-irs-undocumented-immigrants-taxes 

USA TODAY: Trump aides invoke state secrets privilege, refuse to give judge info about Venezuelan deportations 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/25/trump-aides-state-secrets-venezuelan-deportations/82649588007/ 

NPR: A new study quantifies how a citizenship question would likely hurt census accuracy 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338905/census-citizenship-question-trump 

The Associated Press: Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice' 

https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-environmental-justice-grants-diversity-equity-ddbcedb1c7d1c3c3f310abaf4044446c 

Pete Marocco dismantled USAID -- and will set the agenda for future foreign aid : Goats and Soda : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/03/25/g-s1-50582/usaid-pete-marocco-trump-foreign-aid 

With the Dept. of Education on the chopping block, these are the states that rely most on federal school funding 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/with-the-dept-of-education-on-the-chopping-block-these-are-the-states-that-rely-most-on-federal-school-funding-220916426.html 

NBC News: CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pulling-back-11b-covid-funding-sent-health-departments-us-rcna198006 

MSNBC: Trump’s promise to preserve Social Security may not survive DOGE 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-promise-preserve-social-security-may-not-survive-doge-rcna197794 

Trump's promise of a quick end to Ukraine war gets a reality check after talks end with no deal

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-trump-putin-witkoff-saudi-ceasefire-peace-war-zelenskyy-rcna197926 

ABC News: Trump downplays Yemen war plans group chat fiasco: 'It can happen' 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-denies-war-plans-classified-information-discussed/story?id=120126088 

The Hill: Waltz questions how the Atlantic editor ‘somehow’ got ‘sucked into’ the Signal chat 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5214186-waltz-atlantic-editor-signal-chat/ 

The Hill: Trump defends Waltz after Signal breach 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5212347-trump-confident-waltz/ 

The Guardian US: Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/mike-waltz-yemen-plans-breach-signal-group 

John Bolton blasts Trump officials for using Signal to conduct government business 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98ksoz4 

NPR: 'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339753/signal-war-plan-breach-security-experts

The Hill: Kremlin targeted app used for Yemen war plans chat 

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5212402-kremlin-targeted-app-used-for-yemen-war-plans-chat/ 

NPR: Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability 

Jeffries calls for investigation of top Trump officials after bombshell military breach 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98w9bvx 

Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/waltz-future-doubt-following-accidental-232521257.html 

Jeffrey Goldberg says Hegseth lied in dismissing intelligence leak 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98afu28 

Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-intentionally-hired-amateurs-top-204646557.html 

POLITICO: Hegseth disputes he texted war plans 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/hegseth-disputes-he-texted-war-plans-00246825 

Trump will 'look into' use of Signal app as he defends security advisor Waltz

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt 

POLITICO: Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/mike-waltz-signal-chat-resign-00246541 

Military Times: Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media 

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/03/24/top-trump-officials-accidentally-shared-war-plans-with-media/ 

Chain with Yemen war plans inadvertently shared with reporter appears 'authentic': Official 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-accidentally-shared-yemen-180700560.html 

CNBC: Tax revenue collected by the IRS set to plummet, report says 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/tax-revenue-collected-by-the-irs-set-to-plummet-report-says.html 

Opinion: The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98awnwo 

Opinion | Tear down institutions now, and chaos will haunt us forever 

https://www.alreporter.com/2025/03/24/opinion-tear-down-institutions-now-and-chaos-will-haunt-us-forever/

The Trump administration’s abrupt federal grant cuts have made their way to ‘Sesame Street’—and they risk ‘pulling the rug out from under children’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-abrupt-federal-grant-202842480.html 

Republicans Are Moving to Cripple the Judiciary So Trump Can Do What He Wants 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98nxxgz 

Trump is ‘declaring war’ on judicial system: Conservative former federal judge 

https://share.newsbreak.com/c98tr2zw 

Mother Jones: Ed Martin Is Trampling the Rule of Law. And He Won’t Shut Up About It. 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/ed-martin-washingting-dc-us-attorney-january-6-trump/ 

The Associated Press: Tax season is a prime time for scams. IRS uncertainty could add to the issues this year 

https://apnews.com/article/tax-scams-irs-doge-cuts-380a2a8329e88d0d793a41d4eadbaa6f 

The Guardian US: US education department insiders warn student loan system at risk: ‘The gatekeepers are gone’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/student-loan-aid-department-firings?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQ0Izl8Z7wucXNARibxNf7vIiGroYBKhAIACoHCAowwo6qCzDCmcID&utm_content=bullets 

The Associated Press: Trump taps his former defense attorney, Alina Habba, to be New Jersey's top federal prosecutor 

https://apnews.com/article/alina-habba-donald-trump-new-jersey-us-attorney-68caa23823e4c7e15048a0a536a64c62 

Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-sets-create-america-140644313.html 

Axios: Trump moves closer to court crisis 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/trump-boasberg-courts-constitutional-crisis 

The TRICK To Stopping Trump's CHAOS | How to Fix it with John Avlon

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35N_GKULs0E

IRS nearing agreement to use its data to help ICE locate undocumented migrants

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/irs-ice-data-undocumented-immigrants/index.html

The Hill: House Democrat: Trump administration acting ‘with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5209815-house-democrat-jim-hines-trump-doge-migrants/

Video: Tracker says Trump has already implemented nearly half of Project 2025 policies

https://youtu.be/aas0lNR3mSU?feature=shared 

Axios: Trump's 2025 seeks to reverse LBJ's 1965 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/22/trump-2025-reverse-lbj-1965-civil-rights-poverty 

CNN: Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/pentagon-golden-dome-scramble/index.html 

The Associated Press: Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches 

https://apnews.com/article/weather-forecasts-worsen-doge-trump-cuts-tornado-da573a044916c06cebcdb92b1f1452e6 

CNN: ‘Principled and fair’: Judge Boasberg had nonpartisan record before facing Trump’s fury 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/who-is-judge-james-boasberg/index.html 

POLITICO: Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/22/donald-trump-trans-athletes-maine-00003871 

The Hill: CNN analyst says ‘big problem’ if Trump didn’t sign deportation orders 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5208986-cnn-elie-honig-donald-trump-deportation-flight-fight/ 

Trump isn't just attacking judges. Now he's attacking lawyers, too. 

https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/trump-paul-weiss-perkins-coie-rule-law-rcna197524

Comment: Includes Video. 

The Trump administration keeps losing in court — it could fix that by not breaking the law 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-federal-judges-court-losses-rcna197535 

BBC.com: Trump cancels executive order against law firm after $40m promise 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d4kex0w2ro 

Comment: This is nothing less than extortion by executive order.

Trump RECINDS Exec Order Targeting Paul, Weiss Law Firm, After They Agree To $40M Free Legal Work 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-recinds-exec-order-targeting-184600207.html 

POLITICO: DOJ moves to boot federal judge from Perkins Coie case 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/doj-federal-judge-perkins-coie-case-00243928 

Business Insider: Trump just ordered the attorney general to report 'frivolous' lawsuits against his administration so he can consider executive actions against firms. Read the memo. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-attorney-general-memo-identify-target-law-firms-2025-3 

NPR: Military’s DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333324/pentagon-military-dei-purge-recruiting 

POLITICO: Cuts to federal workforce could create opening for foreign spies 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/federal-workforce-cuts-foreign-spies-00003590 

The Hill: Eliminating the Pentagon’s think tank is a senseless mistake 

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5205947-eliminating-the-pentagons-think-tank-is-a-senseless-mistake/ 

ABC News: Threats to federal judges increasing, US Marshals Service warns 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/threats-federal-judges-increasing-us-marshals-service-warns/story?id=120019609 

NPR: Military’s DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333324/pentagon-military-dei-purge-recruiting 

POLITICO: Trump floats sending Americans to foreign prisons. Civil rights groups say that would be illegal. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-foreign-prison-threats-civil-rights-groups-027162 

ABC News: 'Incredibly troublesome': Judge grills DOJ over alleged gang member deportations 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-returning-court-defend-deportation-venezuelan-migrants-due/story?id=120024244 

ABC News: Acting Social Security chief now says he won't shut down agency after DOGE ruling 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/acting-social-security-chief-now-shut-agency-after/story?id=120046608 

The Daily Beast: Trump’s Social Security Head Doubles Down on Threat to Shutter Administration 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-social-security-head-leland-dudek-doubles-down-on-threat-to-shutter-administration/ 

The Associated Press: DOGE blocked in court from Social Security systems with Americans' personal information, for now 

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0 

NPR: Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5335600/library-museum-funding-doge-sonderling 

NPR: Law experts raise alarms over police action in DOGE Institute of Peace dispute 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5332193/why-d-c-police-sided-with-doge-institute-of-peace-standoff 

POLITICO: Judges, rankled by Trump’s impeachment calls, agree: ‘It’s not a great strategy’ 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/judges-impeachment-donald-trump-00003536 

Axios: DOGE Social Security plan targets small fraud at possible high cost 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/doge-social-security-deposit-fraud 

Video: Schiff Breaks Down Trump's Wildest Speech Yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUTkIFxCeM

Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-fraud-waste-doge-elon-musk-212e3089951f731fd3f83443e104b315 

Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-order-plan-shut-down-225004897.html 

Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rzygdn8w2o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bnewsbreak.com%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

Axios: Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/universities-medical-research-cuts-nih-trump 

The Guardian US: Trump’s EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘People will be hurt’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-epa-pollution-regulation-cuts 

USA TODAY: Trump to host top US oil chief executives as trade wars loom 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2025/03/19/trump-hosting-oil-ceos-trade-wars/82544363007/ 

GOP chairs ‘very concerned’ over report of Trump changing military commands 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-chairs-very-concerned-over-223840613.html 

Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-fraud-waste-doge-elon-musk-212e3089951f731fd3f83443e104b315 

Video: Trump administration deportation case sparks constitutional crisis fears 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-case-sparks-223456570.html 

The Guardian US: Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law | Donald Trump 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-court-order-immigration-constitutional-crisis 

Chief Justice John Roberts could be a bulwark against Trump's power grabs

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-john-roberts-impeachment-judges-trump-rcna196980?cid=eml_mda_20250319&user_email=aa5536fcc6dd4ac68af17ff392ed294b217721149bba6152250fabc79ecbafc8

Measles outbreak could last a year, health official in Texas says

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/health/measles-outbreak-texas-new-mexico-oklahoma/index.html 

ABC News: Trump continues to call for judge's impeachment after chief justice's rebuke 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-insults-federal-judge-amid-legal-battle-deportation/story?id=119909983 

Chief justice pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/chief-justice-pushes-back-calls-impeach-judges-rule-trump-rcna196922 

Slate: Why Trump Decided to Engineer a Constitutional Crisis Now 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/john-roberts-trump-supreme-court-orders-deportation.html 

I served in the FBI for 25 years. I’ve never heard anything as ominous as Trump’s DOJ speech. 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fbi-bongino-patel-politicization-trump-newsletter-rcna196717 

Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-finds-elon-musk-likely-191135079.html 

NPR: DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331354/doge-staff-enter-the-u-s-institute-of-peace-d-c-police-help 

EPA could eliminate science research arm 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5200544-trump-administration-epa-science-arm-elimination/ 

Pew Research Center: What the data says about the U.S. Department of Education 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/18/what-the-data-says-about-the-us-department-of-education/ 

The Guardian US: Trump calls for impeachment of judge weighing Alien Enemies deportation case – live 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/18/donald-trump-venezuela-deportations-white-house-immigration-us-politics-live 

DOJ refuses to answer some questions from the judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/doj-refuses-respond-questions-judge-blocked-alien-enemies-act-deportat-rcna196883 

Judge questions White House's failing to turn around deportation flights - BBC News 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrdp9jdpyko 

Trump spokesperson: ‘We played a little game of catch me if you can’ on deportations 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-spokesperson-played-little-game-142537582.html 

ABC News: NOAA's Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/noaas-storm-prediction-center-facility-planned-doge-cuts/story?id=119882272 

Fortune: From $500 to $5000: Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket funder Donald Trump 

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/millennials-student-loan-payments-skyrocket-donald-trump-administration-changes-department-of-education/ 

DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/03/17/dod-leadership-firings-spark-concerns-over-support-for-female-officers/ 

The Guardian US: Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/us-institute-of-peace-doge 

CNN: Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace talks looking at ‘dividing up certain assets’ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/trump-putin-meeting-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html 

New York Post says Musk is ‘way out of his lane’ in calling for impeachment of Judge Boasberg 

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5199813-new-york-post-elon-musk-impeachment-judge-boasberg/ 

Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html 

Deportations Put US ‘Beyond’ Constitutional Crisis: Expert | TIME 

https://time.com/7268948/deportation-surgeon-constitutional-crisis/ 

Axios: Trump's historic test of immigrants' speech rights 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/trump-khalil-immigrants-speech-rights 

NBC News: The Trump administration axed Voice of America, and China's state media are delighted 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinese-state-media-cheer-trumps-decision-axe-voice-america-rcna196663 

Axios: Court hearing on deportations moves ahead despite Justice Department objection 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/trump-deportation-flights-venezuelans-judge 

Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5331300/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation 

The Guardian US: White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-judge-venezuela-deportations-el-salvador 

Axios: Trump's border czar: "I don't care what the judges think" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/tom-homan-deportation-flights-trump-court-order 

The Associated Press: The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations 

https://apnews.com/article/alien-enemies-trump-immigration-deportations-21a62ede23b8c493b60d00a9c125722f 

Justice Department, FBI launch task force to investigate Oct. 7 attack on Israel 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/justice-department-fbi-october-7-task-force-bondi-patel 

Comment: Why are we involved with this?  Isn't this Israel's responsibility?

Trump ‘disappointed,’ vows to ‘fix’ Kennedy Center after first tour 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5199242-trump-kennedy-center-tour/ 

US deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite court order 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-deports-hundreds-venezuelans-despite-140611527.html 

Axios: Exclusive: How the White House ignored a judge's order to turn back deportation flights 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans 

PBS NewsHour: What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent hundreds of immigrants 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-the-el-salvador-mega-prison-where-trump-sent-hundreds-of-immigrants 

Just Security: Timeline of US Flight to El Salvador and Judge’s Order to Turn Around Planes 

https://www.justsecurity.org/109173/timeline-flight-el-salvador-judge-order/ 

Trump invokes 1798 Alien Enemies Act, orders deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-invokes-1798-alien-enemies-act/ 

How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks, "America's best idea" - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-doge-cuts-are-jeopardizing-our-national-parks/ 

The Associated Press: Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts 

https://apnews.com/young-scientists-see-career-pathways-vanish-as-schools-adapt-to-federal-funding-cuts-000001959e23d0e3addddf3fa7cc0000 

The Associated Press: Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities 

https://apnews.com/article/education-department-disability-civil-rights-complaint-218a04f50bcf21cb02175e8565a3a287 

Axios: Trump Administration guts government-funded media outlets 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-guts-voice-america-rf-europe 

POLITICO: Trump has long hated this media outlet. Now he’s ordering it dismantled. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/15/trump-media-voice-of-america-00003119 

Trump’s next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/15/donald-trump-agency-cuts-00232119 

President Trump plans to prevent relocation of FBI headquarters from D.C. to Maryland - CBS Baltimore 

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-washington-dc-fbi-headquarters-greenbelt-president-trump/ 

ABC News: Department of Education cuts expected to have 'huge impacts' on teachers 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/department-education-cuts-expected-huge-impacts-teachers/story?id=119801563 

The Guardian US: Trump’s student loan changes leave borrowers facing soaring repayments 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/trump-student-loans-save 

Dozens of schools face investigation by Trump administration, accused of 'racial preferences' 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozens-schools-face-investigation-trump-184646026.html 

Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-ukraine-war-solved-f51b96e4e690341caee65358bcbab1fa 

Government Executive: SSA weighs axing payments to 170,000 beneficiaries 

https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/ssa-weighs-axing-payments-170000-beneficiaries/403740/ 

Axios: DOGE wrecking ball could threaten Social Security for seniors 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/doge-social-security-musk 

Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/trump-supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-00229431

ABC News: 'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-orders-halt-fbi-background-checks-senior/story?id=119735530 

The Hill: Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5196704-trump-executive-order-federal-agencies-eliminate/ 

BBC.com: Americans rely on NOAA weather data. Doge cuts may limit services 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj679kyj6geo 

Axios: Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/doge-tariffs-layoffs-treasury-data 

FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money | TechCrunch 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/fbi-epa-and-treasury-told-citibank-to-freeze-funds-as-trump-administration-tries-to-claw-back-climate-money/ 

The Hill: EPA to steer environmental cops away from energy companies 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5193851-epa-to-steer-environmental-cops-away-from-energy-companies/ 

Federal News Network: USPS will let DOGE team tackle its ‘big problems,’ DeJoy tells lawmakers 

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/03/usps-will-let-doge-team-tackle-its-big-problems-dejoy-tells-lawmakers/ 

The Guardian US: Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war 

The Associated Press: Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department 

https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-education-department-outage-layoffs-5afb5a0a1b51bbe50e5961a63b419041 

DOJ weighs plan to slash public corruption unit 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-weighs-plan-slash-public-213257984.html 

Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn’t Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-pretending-judge-didn-224028902.html 

Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings | AP News 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-affordable-housing-preservation-crisis-de27d7846271779157550fcec0a78ea6 

The Associated Press: A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate 

https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-deregulation-plans-list-actions-5fb7fc1d24f54f193d585643c8fba79f?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQlZWB2_XluO6RARiJr-7LjtOKy5QBKg8IACoHCAowhO7OATDh9Cg&utm_content=rundown 

NBC News: EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/epa-rollback-environmental-regulations-zeldin-rcna196112 

Trump says anti-Tesla protesters will face 'hell' 

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-vows-buy-tesla-stock-102430527.html 

Forbes: Yes, Your Student Loans Will Be Impacted By The Mass Department Of Education Layoffs 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/03/12/yes-your-student-loans-will-be-impacted-by-the-mass-department-of-education-layoffs/ 

Center For American Progress: Cuts to the Social Security Administration Threaten Millions of Americans’ Retirement and Disability Benefits 

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/cuts-to-the-social-security-administration-threaten-millions-of-americans-retirement-and-disability-benefits/ 

Fortune: More than 100 million Americans' health care is being turned over to a supplement salesman 

https://fortune.com/well/article/dr-oz-trump-health-team-financial-ties-supplements/ 

NPR: Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say 

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325239/veterans-affairs-va-trump-mental-health 

Researchers are learning the Trump administration axed their work to improve vaccination 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-learning-trump-administration-axed-215244682.html 

POLITICO: Trump admin takes aim at Obamacare 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/03/11/trump-admin-takes-aim-at-obamacare-00223022 

POLITICO: EPA’s Zeldin terminates $20B in Biden climate grants 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/zeldin-terminates-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund-grants-00225481 

The US Sun: USPS customers warned of major 'disruptions' as mail carriers set to take on new task - and you'll face being questioned 

https://www.the-sun.com/news/13753373/trump-privatization-usps-census-commerce/ 

Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative

https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-testifies-court-plan-abolish-224504230.html 

The Guardian: The US Postal Service helped build the Black middle class. Trump could end that legacy 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/11/usps-black-middle-class-trump?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQzpvNiJ3r2_gJGMyOhsHhlN3ntQEqEAgAKgcICjDCjqoLMMKZwgM&utm_content=bullets 

Tulsi Gabbard says she canceled security clearances for top Biden aides and officials who pursued cases against Trump - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-revokes-security-clearances/ 

Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-presidency-moves-phase-critical-040052480.html 

Trump’s Firings Target 90-Year-Old Precedent Protecting Independent Agencies - Democracy Docket 

https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/trump-firings-supreme-court-humphreys-executor/ 

POLITICO: USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796 

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS 

https://www.science.org/content/article/pentagon-abruptly-ends-all-funding-social-science-research 

Trump officials use the census to justify a USPS takeover : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5311969/usps-privatization-trump-commerce-lutnick 

ProPublica: National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval 

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr 

Trump is shredding the First Amendment in his executive order targeting Perkins Coie | Vox 

https://www.vox.com/us-federal-courts/403208/trump-perkins-coie-lawyers-first-amendment-covington 

Video: Watch "‘You think this is normal and ok’: Michael Steele on Trump’s executive order singling out a law firm" on YouTube 

https://youtu.be/Y0qtGNJk7io?feature=shared 

Trump and Musk's DOGE are now coming for federal buildings : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321323/trump-doge-gsa-federal-buildings 

CNN: Trump’s week of whiplash rattles markets, allies and his own administration 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/politics/trump-whiplash-tariffs-ukraine-musk/index.html 

CNN: ‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/politics/social-security-administration-staff-cuts/index.html 

The Guardian US: US rise of cryptocurrency and fall of regulation pose ‘profound risks’ – report 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/crypto-deregulation-trump 

ABC News: MRNA vaccines now face attacks from some in the GOP 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mrna-vaccines-now-face-attacks-gop/story?id=119553285 

Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cybersecurity-agencys-top-recruits-doge-cuts/ 

Trump administration plans new travel ban. Here's who could be affected. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-plans-travel-ban-200753576.html 

Axios: Trump's rug-pull presidency 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop 

Trump questions NATO allies' will for collective defense while casting doubt on U.S.' own treaty commitment - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nato-article-5-collective-defense-europe-doubt-us-treaty-commitment/ 

NPR: Amid a growing measles outbreak, doctors worry RFK Jr. is sending the wrong message 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5320352/measles-rfk-west-texas-outbreak 

Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dismantling-education-department-puts-future-100052149.html 

Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources - Los Angeles Times 

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-07/interior-secretary-burgum-eyes-national-monuments-for-energy-resources 

Trump Breaks TSA Union Agreement—Brace Yourselves for Airport Chaos 

https://share.newsbreak.com/bxlden1k 

The Guardian US: CDC to study potential links between vaccines and autism despite research showing no connection 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/cdc-study-vaccines-autism 

The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-beginning-tire-trump-whiplash-050052521.html 

Trump Still Doesn’t Understand How NATO Works Or That It Fought On America’s Behalf 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-still-doesn-t-understand-223743666.html 

Trump Just Cost the U.S. Access to Key Intelligence 

https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkvvoxd 

POLITICO Europe: Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents 

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-allies-secret-talks-volodymyr-zelenskyy-opposition-ukraine-elections-yulia-tymoshenko-petro-poroshenko/ 

Trump casts doubt on NATO commitments as world leaders reconsider sharing intel with U.S. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-casts-doubt-nato-commitments-214554968.html 

Trump casts doubt on NATO security agreement: ‘If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them’ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-casts-doubt-nato-security-232051649.html 

Trump directs government to ask for bond in lawsuits challenging policies 

https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl4y4u9 

White House memo aims to chill emergency lawsuits by making plaintiffs pay | CNN Politics 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/white-house-memo-emergency-lawsuits-payment/index.html 

‘Just do it’: Trump committed to dismantling Education Department as order looms - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-education-department-closure-order-drama-00217161 

ProPublica: Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections 

https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals 

Trump’s team promised governments would ‘eat’ its tariffs. Execs say they’re passing on at least 50% to consumers 

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-team-promised-governments-eat-113833282.html 

'Extremely Dishonest': CNN Fact-Checker Nails Trump On 13 'Flat False' Claims 

https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkt8p34 

The Guardian US: Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-congress-address-fact-check 

San Francisco Chronicle: Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/insurrection-act-president-trump-20201819.php 

Trump officials say US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but signal it may not last long after fiery meeting

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/us-pause-intelligence-support-ukraine/index.html

Trump administration pauses flow of intelligence to Ukraine that helps on battlefield

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-cia-zelenskyy-5eb2c8025f6bb4b616c86e1fe89bba0f

US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/us-stops-sharing-intelligence-on-russia-with-ukraine

CNN: Trump’s cut to Ukrainian military aid could leave millions of civilians exposed to Russian ballistic missiles 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/world/trump-cut-ukrainian-aid-patriot-missiles-intl/index.html 

POLITICO Europe: US military aid pause leaves Ukraine vulnerable to Russian air attack 

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-military-aid-ukraine-russia-war-aid-us-drone-missiles/ 

Pentagon denies reports Hegseth ordered halt in cyber operations against Russia

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-denies-reports-hegseth-ordered-170414648.html 

Video: Canada's Trudeau calls Trump tariffs "a very dumb thing to do"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHo8T4j5kqg

CDC firings undermine public health work far beyond Washington | CNN 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/health/cdc-cuts-local-public-health/index.html 

Exclusive-Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fired-us-government-workers-110955417.html 

Axios: Trump threatens federal funds for schools that allow "illegal protests" 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/trump-college-protests-israel-gaza-funding 

Trump Threatens Schools in Dark Attack on First Amendment 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-schools-dark-attack-152821077.html 

The Guardian US: US Department of Education workers decry ‘final mission’ email as power grab

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/linda-mcmahon-shut-down-department-education 

Ukraine's shock over US military aid pause

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydq82e7r1o

Trump's pause on Ukraine aid is like the U.S. switching sides in WWII, expert says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-ukraine-aid-russia-putin-zelenskyy-rcna194649

Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html

The Hill: O’Malley: DOGE cuts could soon trigger Social Security system ‘collapse’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5173332-social-security-cuts-risk-collapse/ 

‘A gift to Putin’s regime’: Russian Media and the Kremlin celebrating Trump’s Oval Office ambush 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gift-putin-regime-russian-media-212244859.html 

Trump turns toward Russia, breaking with decades of U.S. policy 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-turns-toward-russia-breaking-213537390.html 

The Guardian US: White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-sanctions-russia 

Trump to pitch Congress on radical government overhaul

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pitch-congress-radical-government-150413363.html 

After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ 

https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2025/03/after-mass-firings-the-irs-is-poised-to-close-audits-of-wealthy-taxpayers-agents-say/ 

NPR: New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5308020/dan-bongino-trump-fbi-director-conspiracies-podcast 

Trump To Tap Head Of Anti-Union Group To Run Labor Office 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tap-head-anti-union-204016694.html 

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-orders-swathes-us-forests-200239116.html 

Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies | WIRED 

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/ 

Russia gloats about shift in U.S. relations with Ukraine

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/02/trump-zelensky-showdown-russia-reaction

The Hill: Waltz: ‘We do not see Ukraine being a member of NATO’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5171542-mike-waltz-ukraine-nato/ 

Fact-checking Trump and Vance’s attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy | PBS News 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trump-and-vances-attacks-on-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-orders-halt-offensive-cyber-operations-rcna194435 

Yahoo: US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-department-says-not-015049621.html 

Elon Musk Supports US Withdrawal from NATO, UN - Newsweek 

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us-withdrawal-nato-un-2038354 

FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-officials-ordered-staff-funding-133821434.html 

Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dismantling-agencies-firing-workers-trump-080113089.html 

The Guardian: US Postal Service faces murky future as Trump mulls dismantling institution 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/02/usps-trump-postal-service-cuts 

Maine faces federal investigation after Gov. Janet Mills tells Trump, 'See you in court' : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5310653/maine-faces-federal-investigation-after-gov-janet-mills-tells-trump-see-you-in-court 

Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-accused-sidestepping-court-140000676.html 

Forbes: Education Department Blocks All Student Loan Forgiveness For 3 Months 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2025/03/01/education-department-blocks-all-student-loan-forgiveness-for-3-months/ 

Black Woman In Charge Of US Military Health Agency Forced To Resign: Report 

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/black-woman-in-charge-of-us-military-health-agency-forced-to-resign-report-7822595/amp/1 

Ex-U.S. Ambassador To Russia Names The 'Giant Winner' In Trump-Vance Clash With Zelenskyy 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-u-ambassador-russia-names-075125070.html 

Here's why China may benefit from Trump’s actions with Europe : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5309799/trump-china-europe-foreign-policy 

What they said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance’s heated argument in the Oval Office

https://apnews.com/article/trump-zelenskyy-vance-transcript-oval-office-80685f5727628c64065da81525f8f0cf

Comment: Please read the transcript if you want to see who is mostly to blame for this foreign policy disaster.

Russian state media briefly enters Oval Office during Zelenskyy meeting - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/tass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739 

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security

Podcast: Episode 1877 - "Who's that good for?" Rachael Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia.

https://www.fmradiofree.com/podcasts/the-rachel-maddow-show

Comment: Scroll down to episode 1877 then concentrate on podcast segment from 11 minutes in to 26 minutes, 30 secs.  However, entire podcast is relavent.

A room with '5 men and a phone in it': Lawsuit filing details DOGE's plans to dismantle the CFPB

https://www.aol.com/room-five-men-phone-lawsuit-191413745.html 

The Plot to Destroy the CFPB - The American Prospect 

https://prospect.org/2025-02-28-vought-cfpb-destroy-illegal/ 

Trump’s Biggest Policy Reversals So Far | National News | U.S. News 

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-27/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far 

DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say

https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-democrats-intelligence-russia-threat-ffee435b1e65a0ac1d34889c89c30d10

The Hill: Everyday Americans, not executives, will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts 

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5165297-trump-medicaid-cuts-health-care-crisis/ 

TIME: The Real Impact of Eliminating the Department of Education 

https://time.com/7261667/eliminating-department-of-education-resegregate-schools/ 

US consumer watchdog drops case against Capital One over cheating customers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/us-consumer-watchdog-drops-case-capital-one 

Comment: This is what happens to average Americans, as Trump dismantles the CPFB.

RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-takes-sledgehammer-two-142741731.html 

Axios: Trump team weighs pulling funding for Moderna's bird flu shot despite outbreak 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/27/moderna-bird-flu-vaccine-funding-review 

An uncertain future for agricultural students at Black colleges after Trump cuts: ‘a clear attack’ | Black farmers | The Guardian 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/27/national-scholars-hbcu-agriculture-trump-cuts 

The American Prospect: Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce 

https://prospect.org/health/social-security-administration-could-cut-half-its-workforce/ 

Government Executive: Top Social Security deputies leave amid rumored staff cuts 

https://www.govexec.com/transition/2025/02/top-social-security-deputies-leave-amid-rumored-staff-cuts/403317/ 

POLITICO: Trump signals more firings of military leaders 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/trump-firings-military-leaders-00206240 

ProPublica: DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence 

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence 

NYT reporter says Trump handling press like Soviet Kremlin 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyt-reporter-says-trump-handling-192318322.html 

White House takes control of press pool that covers Trump - BBC News 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o

Trump no longer needs MAGA voters, so he's gutting Medicaid and laying off veterans | Opinion 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-no-longer-needs-maga-214015909.html 

POLITICO: ‘Roadblocks’ or supports? Military lawyers question Hegseth’s firings. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/military-lawyers-fear-firings-will-enable-hegseth-to-bend-law-00206069 

Just Security: How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military 

https://www.justsecurity.org/108284/how-the-pentagon-personnel-firings-threaten-our-apolitical-military/ 

The Associated Press: Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren’t well suited for the jobs 

https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-hegseth-firing-chairman-lawyers-6bead3346b1210e45e77648e6cbc3599 

Esquire: Hegseth Has Two Reasons for Firing the JAGs for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. I Don’t Like Either One. 

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63904871/pete-hegseth-fire-judge-advocates-general/ 

Outcry as DC US attorney claims he and colleagues are ‘President Trump’s lawyers’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/us-attorney-trump-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_url 

Alabama Political Reporter: Farmers in Alabama and across the U.S. hurt by USDA funding freeze 

https://www.alreporter.com/2025/02/24/farmers-in-alabama-and-across-the-u-s-hurt-by-usda-funding-freeze/ 

Forbes: Department Of Education Takes Down Key Student Loan Forgiveness And Repayment Applications 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/02/24/department-of-education-takes-down-key-student-loan-forgiveness-and-repayment-applications/ 

USA TODAY: Whiplash: Trump orders U-turn after 3 years of U.S. support for Ukraine in war with Russia 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/02/24/trump-russia-ukraine-shakeup-anniversary/79459527007/ 

Mother Jones: LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/queer-trans-federal-workers-fear-lgbtq-purge-lavender-scare/ 

US Agency Reportedly Plans to Shut Down 8,000 EV Chargers, Offload EVs 

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/general-services-administration-shuts-down-141711795.html 

NPR: Who is Trump's pick for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine? 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g-s1-50348/dan-caine-new-chairman-joint-chiefs 

POLITICO: Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trump-third-term-white-house-022002

Trump and Musk Keep Spouting Bogus Numbers to Hide Their Real Agenda 

https://newrepublic.com/article/191667/trump-musk-numbers-statistics-debunked-real-agenda 

SFGATE: Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trump-fires-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-20180653.php

ABC News: Trump fires CQ Brown as Joint Chiefs Chairman 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-joint-chiefs-chairman/story?id=119045945 

Military.com: Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/21/fired-joint-chiefs-chairman-top-navy-leader-air-force-vice-chief-service-judge-advocates-general.html 

The Guardian: Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/21/trump-scientific-research-climate 

Newsweek: Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Win 'Almost 40%' Of Black Votes? 

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-donald-trump-40-percent-black-votes-2034649 

Hegseth tells military to find $50 billion for Trump programs 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/20/pete-hegseth-defense-budget-directive/79244204007/ 

Trump executive order requires sweeping review of federal regulations - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/trump-order-review-federal-regulations-00205143

The Wall Street Journal: Funding Cuts at CFPB Seen Leading to ‘Regulatory Vacuum’ for Big Banks 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/funding-cuts-at-cfpb-seen-leading-to-regulatory-vacuum-for-big-banks-481a3ce3 

Senate confirms Kash Patel to lead FBI 

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5155565-senate-kash-patel-fbi/ 

The Hill: Haley admonishes Trump for Ukraine stance: ‘Exactly what Putin wants’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5154949-haley-trump-russia-ukraine-war/

Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kellogg-zelenskyy-437f4c8fa4531059007dd3ab00c23458 

Zelenskyy hits back against Trump's comments blaming Ukraine for the war with Russia

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302023/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-russia-war 

The Washington Post: Opinion | A Trump outrage that stands apart 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/19/ukraine-zelensky-trump-peace-talks/ 

BBC.com: Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9814k2jlxko

Trump says Ukraine could have made a deal earlier

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0n5e1pdz9o

Cuts raise questions about science's future in U.S.

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/nasa-layoffs-nsf-science-future-fears

Video: Watch "This is a Coup" on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qHrsrMnCrFM

Opinion - Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government? 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-stop-trump-elon-musk-190000843.html 

NIH Research Funding Drops $1B Under Trump Administration 

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-18/nih-research-funding-drops-1b-under-trump-administration

Trump signs order to claim power over independent agencies 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-order-claim-power-013920824.html

What we know about the 14 percent of federal awards in Trump’s crosshairs - POLITICO 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/the-14-percent-of-federal-awards-in-trumps-crosshairs-020237 

NPR: Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over 'impoundment' 

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2025/02/18/g-s1-49220/trump-ignore-congress-spending-laws-impoundment 

Musk's move to take on Social Security tests the 'third rail of American politics' 

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/musks-move-to-take-on-social-security-tests-the-third-rail-of-american-politics-180946025.html 

'We really don't have a plan B': Minnesotans detail impacts of USDA grant freeze - Bring Me The News 

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/we-really-dont-have-a-plan-b-minnesotans-detail-impacts-of-usda-grant-freeze

POLITICO: Head of DOJ’s criminal division in Washington abruptly resigns 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/denise-cheung-us-attorneys-office-washington-020363 

Stephen Miller: DOGE Staff Will Access IRS Data on 'Programmatic Level' - Newsweek 

https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-miller-doge-staff-will-access-irs-data-programmatic-level-2032430 

Top Social Security official steps down after disagreement with DOGE over sensitive data.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna192530

Trump nominates ally who defended Jan. 6 rioters, DOGE efforts as top DC federal prosecutor 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nominates-ally-defended-jan-170107675.html

The Hill: Trump is moving at light speed with no plan in sight 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5146280-trump-executive-orders-government-efficiency/

President Trump Suggests He's Above the Law in Social Media Post Invoking Napoleon

https://time.com/7226686/trump-napoleon-post-saves-country-violate-law-reactions-constitutional-crisis/

Forbes: 5 Big Department Of Education Updates, And What Student Loan Borrowers Should Know 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/02/17/5-big-department-of-education-updates-and-what-student-loan-borrowers-should-know/

Axios: Department of Education warns schools to cut DEI policies or lose funding 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/17/trump-federal-funding-race-diversity-schools-education 

Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/education-department-letter-threatens-federal-231742421.html 

Teamsters for a Democratic Union: New NLRB Acting General Counsel Reverses Pro-Union Policies 

https://www.tdu.org/nlrb-general-counsel-reverses-pro-union-policies 

The Associated Press: Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources 

https://apnews.com/article/doge-treasury-irs-taxpayer-data-musk-7d6b80e429106250afa6d02e55a981b1

Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-doge-asks-access-irs-taxpayer-data/story?id=118883475

Elon Musk’s DOGE wants access to the tax information of every American, and Trump plans to give it to him 

https://fortune.com/2025/02/17/elon-musk-doge-access-tax-information-irs-every-american-trump/

Trump thinks he's above the law. Republicans will ignore it until it's too late. | Opinion 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/17/trump-tweet-law-violation-republican-party/78783793007/

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law": Trump denies his actions are unconstitutional 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/saves-country-does-not-violate-192359019.html

Justice Department's independence is threatened as Trump's team asserts power over cases and staff 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-departments-independence-threatened-trumps-124038121.html 

Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-workers-exceptional-reviews-fired-211718242.html 

The Hill: NIH funding cuts could cost me my life, and that of millions of others 

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5145665-nih-cancer-research-halted/ 

Mother Jones: America Will Pay Dearly for the NIH’s Mindless War on Wokeness and DEI 

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-nih-indirect-costs-memo-war-wokeness-dei-research-private-businesses-economic-effects/ 

The Associated Press: Ex-Watergate prosecutor urges judge to reject request to drop charges against NYC mayor 

https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-corruption-akerman-3de252fdf9be14a946dab28772a64e98

ABC News: Agency data shared by DOGE online sparks concern among intelligence community 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/agency-data-shared-doge-online-sparks-concern-intelligence/story?id=118858837

Schools serving military service members’ kids are pulling books on civil rights history after Trump’s DEI threats 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/schools-serving-military-members-kids-234038945.html

As Feds Slash Funds, Research Universities Start To Trim Their Budgets 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/02/16/as-feds-slash-funds-research-universities-start-to-trim-their-budgets/

Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trump-anti-worker-actions-unions

Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7

The Hill: New York Democrat blasts DOJ’s dismissal of Eric Adams case as ‘outright extortion’ 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5148719-new-york-democrat-blasts-dojs-dismissal-of-eric-adams-case-as-outright-extortion/ 

The Hill: Rep. Zinke defends DOJ order to drop Eric Adams charges: ‘Immigration’ is ‘priority’ 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5147970-zinke-doj-eric-adams-immigration/ 

The Hill: Rep. Jamie Raskin: Eric Adams deal ‘saturated with corruption’ 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5147033-jamie-raskin-eric-adams-trump-administration-corruption/

POLITICO: DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/15/doge-education-department-dei-cuts-019574 

The Hill: The retaliatory firing of USAID’s inspector general is a travesty 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5146628-firing-usaids-inspector-general-reveals-trumps-true-motives/ 

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-192226884.html

DOGE Website Posts Classified Information, Worrying Intelligence Officials 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-website-posts-classified-information-215218305.html

Fortune: Dismissed nuclear bomb specialists recalled by Energy Department 

https://fortune.com/2025/02/14/doge-firings-nuclear-weapons-specialists-energy-department-layoffs-nnsa-elon-musk/

Judge Halts CFPB Action After Alleged Plans to Delete Database 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sensitive-bank-data-set-deletion-195337364.html

Video: Watch "Why Musk and Trump Gutted the CFPB" on YouTube 

https://youtube.com/shorts/u46V9GRzUtM?feature=shared 

The Associated Press: Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-consumer-protection-cfpb-3690f473e8671fbf57a6cdca035e0d01 

Axios: 12 years of CFPB data at risk of disappearing, former top official warns 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/cfpb-data-risk-deletion?ref=upstract.com 

The Conversation: Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works 

https://theconversation.com/congress-not-the-president-decides-on-government-spending-a-constitutional-law-professor-explains-how-the-power-of-the-purse-works-248644

ABC News: Father of special needs children worries about future of Department of Education 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/father-special-children-worries-future-department-education/story?id=118843835 

The Hill: Former prosecutor: Adams’s attorneys ‘repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo’ 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5145537-adams-case-dropped-quid-pro-quo/

POLITICO: Justice Department in crisis over Eric Adams showdown 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/justice-department-crisis-resignations-adams-00204482 

The Associated Press: Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign 

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-us-attorney-0395055315864924a3a5cc9a808f76fd

NASA Next on DOGE Chopping Block as Admin Claims No Conflicts of Interest 

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nasa-next-doge-chopping-block-181102451.html

SFGATE: 'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos 

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-in-chaos-20163260.php 

Trump wants the Department of Education to be closed 'immediately.' Here's what shutting it down would mean.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-department-education-closed-092702060.html

Video: Watch "We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight" on YouTube 

https://youtube.com/shorts/FrdSyuUA7hU?feature=shared 

Elon Musk calls for the US to 'delete entire agencies' from the federal government 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-calls-us-government-052516365.html

ProPublica: “We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump 

https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations 

EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden

https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-chief-says-seek-return-192418970.html

Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-musk-going-war-against-153000843.html

Trump's anti-media rhetoric turns to action

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-anti-media-rhetoric-turns-041752896.html

Fortune: A 25-year-old DOGE staffer was mistakenly given edit access to the Treasury Department’s payment system 

https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/a-25-year-old-staffer-with-elon-musks-doge-was-accidentally-given-permission-to-edit-a-sensitive-treasury-payments-system/ 

Video: Watch "A Timely Warning From Abraham Lincoln" on YouTube 

https://youtube.com/shorts/s2WcVQfRuK4?feature=shared 

Fortune: The U.S. just hit its lowest score ever on an international corruption measure 

https://fortune.com/2025/02/12/united-states-corruption-bribery-federal-government-transparency-international-ranking/

'Criminal President': Ex-White House Ethics Lawyer Shares Blunt Thoughts On Trump, Musk

https://www.yahoo.com/news/criminal-president-ex-white-house-145241423.html

Video: Watch "Trump v. the Courts: Is America Headed Toward a Constitutional Crisis? | Amanpour and Company" on YouTube 

https://youtu.be/ZWcqR2_N4Mc?feature=shared 

NPR: What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293132/trump-vance-constitutional-crisis-court-rulings

Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration

https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html

White House says it's the judges — not Trump — causing a 'constitutional crisis'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-says-judges-balking-183719967.html

POLITICO: There’s No Need to Guess. JD Vance Is Ready to Ignore the Courts. 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-trump-executive-power-supreme-court-00203537

NPR: Are we in a constitutional crisis? 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/1230674436/are-we-in-a-constitutional-crisis 

Courts and Trump set for showdown over executive power 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70kd686k2do

Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfire-mitigation-projects-caught-trump-223001377.html

NBC News: How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs 

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/how-cfpb-came-under-trump-administration-attack-what-to-know-rcna191483

With the CFPB Being Dismantled, Who's Policing The Big Banks? 

https://www.investopedia.com/with-the-cfpb-being-dismantled-who-s-policing-the-big-banks-9224056

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-finds-trump-administration-hasn-180949677.html

DOGE Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance — ProPublica 

https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge

POLITICO: Top CFPB officials resign, in latest upheaval at the agency 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/cfpb-officials-resign-00203543

With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails

https://www.yahoo.com/news/firings-lax-enforcement-trump-moving-233526082.html

Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle so far

https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-elon-musks-government-dismantling-230613637.html

Daily Kos: Well, This Isn't Good 

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/8/2302400/-Well-This-Isn-t-Good

AL.com: NIH cuts threaten UAB, Birmingham and beyond 

https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/nih-cuts-threaten-uab-birmingham-and-beyond.html 

AL.com: Katie Britt vows to work with RFK Jr. after NIH funding cuts cause concern in Alabama 

https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/katie-britt-vows-to-work-with-rfk-jr-after-nih-funding-cuts-cause-concern-in-alabama.html 

Comment: NIH funding cuts are huge impact to UAB Hospital in Birmingham.

Forbes: What The NIH Cut To Indirect Cost Payments Could Cost Red States 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/02/10/what-the-nih-cut-to-indirect-cost-payments-could-cost-red-states/ 

NBC News: NIH announces it's slashing funding for indirect research costs 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nih-announces-slashing-funding-indirect-research-costs-rcna191337

Trump says he has directed U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-treasury-stop-minting-penny-rcna191421

NBC News: Staff let go, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA 

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/epa-staff-let-go-tool-shut-tumultuous-week-rcna191218

Axios: Book bans could escalate after Department of Education dismisses censorship complaints 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/08/education-department-book-bans-censorship

SFGATE: U.S. senators issue dire warning for national parks 

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/senators-warn-national-parks-could-close-20154149.php

POLITICO: Vought takes helm at CFPB after Musk incursion 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/vought-takes-helm-at-cfpb-after-musk-incursion-00203247

The Guardian US: Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-executive-actions-democracy 

Donald Trump: Gaza will be given to US by Israel 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5133161-donald-trump-gaza-proposal-israel-takeover/ 

USAID signs stripped from HQ as judge puts 'limited' block on Trump 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/07/usaid-signs-removed-trump-bid-court-hearing/78341331007/ 

ABC News: All USAID humanitarian work has effectively stopped, current and former officials say 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/usaid-humanitarian-work-effectively-stopped-current-former-officials/story?id=118578076

Judge declines to restrict DOGE's access to Labor Department systems - CBS News 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-labor-department/

The Associated Press: Musk team's access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions 

https://apnews.com/article/education-department-trump-doge-8c5bba3883b3d924b28114a4f291bec4 

USA TODAY: Trump holds back billions in funding despite court ruling, states tell judge 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/06/trump-stops-billions-despite-court-order/78291496007/ 

Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds to reject union win 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/06/whole-foods-cites-trumps-nlrb-purge-as-grounds-to-reject-union-win.html

KQED: FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears 

https://www.kqed.org/news/12025977/fcc-investigates-sf-radio-station-for-ice-reporting-sparking-press-freedom-fears 

Can Trump Dismantle the Department of Education? | TIME 

https://time.com/7213488/trump-dismantle-department-of-education/

TPM: Here’s What Treasury and DOJ Mean By ‘Read-Only’ Access - TPM 

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/heres-what-treasury-and-doj-mean-by-read-only-access 

DOGE officials home in on Medicare, Medicaid offices 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-officials-home-medicare-medicaid-223938310.html

Axios: Musk's team accesses Medicare, Medicaid records 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-health-data-cms

Military.com: Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/05/elon-musk-aide-now-working-va-and-accessing-its-computer-systems.html

NBC News: Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-agrees-restrict-doge-access-treasury-department-p-rcna190898

Axios: Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/trump-federal-education-funding-map-schools 

What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans : NPR 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286311/trump-schools-education-department-funding-cuts-congress-student-loans

Elon Musk Issues Warning to Department of Education - Newsweek 

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-warning-department-education-2025631

The Wiretap: Americans, Elon Musk Is Coming For Your Personal Data 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/02/04/the-wiretap-americans-elon-musk-is-coming-for-your-personal-data/

Video: Watch "WATCH: 5 things to know about birthright citizenship" on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32VA1axPaMs

Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-suggests-getting-rid-212557557.html

Congressional Democrats denied entry to USAID building 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/democrats-usaid-building-house-senate-protest

Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed USAID needs to be ‘shut down’

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge

Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-gsa-terminate-office-leases-f8faac5e2038722f705587c8dd21ab26

Trump says USAID run by "lunatics" as Democrats seek answers on DOGE visit 

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/usaid-doge-trump-musk-democrats-rubio

DOGE head Elon Musk joins federal government amid pushback on role 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/03/doge-elon-musk-special-employee-federal-government/78185365007/

DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze - Democracy Docket 

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-says-trump-administration-doesnt-have-to-follow-court-order-halting-funding-freeze/

Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration | WIRED 

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/

Musk’s Lackeys Seize Control of Social Security Check System 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-lackeys-seize-control-social-002907189.html

Video: Watch "Trump's Regime, Two Weeks In" on YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8bylsXRWKFA

Elon Musk’s 19- to 24-year-old aides have taken control of a $6 trillion government payment system | Fortune 

https://fortune.com/2025/02/03/elon-musk-19-24-year-old-aides-take-control-6-trillion-government-payment-system-social-security-medicare/

Video: Welcome to the United States of Alabama

https://www.tiktok.com/@alabamafication/video/7467934597297311018

The Guardian US: Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-executive-order-power-grab