Politics

After ordering the federal government to review its grants and federal contracts with Columbia University, President Donald Trump has threatened to revoke federal funding for any “College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” and to deport or imprison participants in pro-Gaza demonstrations. In a Truth Social post on today, …

Republicans may be publicly celebrating President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slicing and dicing of the federal government, but their constituents are growing increasingly angry — and they know it. The GOP’s response has been to turn and run. According to sources who spoke to Politico, Republican National Campaign Committee …

Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being toyed with as Donald Trump’s administration continues to hogtie the federal agency responsible for refunding more than $20 billion to defrauded consumers from greedy corporate malefactors. These administrative games are happening as a federal judge weighs a case brought by CFPB …

In mid-February, Donald Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, emailed his staff to tell them he was “impressed by the great work in the office and with our awesome team,” before sharing some “great news”: He has been authorized to hire 20 new assistant U.S. …

Major markets are continuing their downward plunge after President Donald Trump implemented steep tariffs against three of the country’s most important trade partners: China, Mexico, and Canada. The Dow Jones has fallen over 600 points in 24 hours, the NASDAQ briefly found itself near correction territory, and the S&P has …

The Trump administration has neutered a Treasury Department anti-money laundering rule requiring shell companies to disclose their owners and beneficiaries. On Sunday, the Treasury announced that it would “not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, but it will …

Former Maryland Gov. and Social Security chief Martin O’Malley is warning that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on the agency could result in a “system collapse and an interruption of benefits” for Social Security recipients. In a weekend interview with CNBC, O’Malley, who headed the Social Security Administration (SSA) …

Elon Musk’s satellite business Starlink may not have officially taken over Verizon’s $2.4 billion contract with the Federal Aviation Administration yet to upgrade the systems it uses to manage America’s airspace. However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, …

Elon Musk, the de facto head of Donald Trump’s government, is also the orchestrator of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But in leading a project to slash government agencies and the federal workforce, Musk is not missing his chance to attack the regulatory agencies that oversee the businesses …

Poor, disabled, and vulnerable Americans who rely on Social Security to survive now have fewer resources to access those benefits thanks to cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. The cuts — made to the already-understaffed Social Security Administration (SSA) — will make it harder for some Americans to obtain …