New Democratic bill targets Elon Musk  —  A veteran House Democrat is introducing new legislation to respond to billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk's overhaul of the federal government: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Wednesday rolled out the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy …

Why Elon Will Be Trump's Undoing  —  Yes, yes, “the wheels of justice grind slowly” and all that.  But when do the courts get involved?  —  Happy Wednesday.  —  Never Musk  —  by William Kristol  —  It's grim out there.  Limiting the damage done by Donald Trump and the Trumpists …

There Is No Going Back  —  Even if anyone had elected Elon Musk to anything, the last week would still be one of the most serious examples of executive branch malfeasance in American history.  —  Musk has seized hold of critical levers of power and authority within the federal government …

Elon Musk gets quiet White House reminders his power isn't unchecked  —  Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.  —  Tech billionaire and newly minted “special government employee” Elon Musk has received quiet White House reminders …

The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover  —  Spy agency's workforce receives buyout-style offer  —  WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump's priorities, including targeting drug cartels.

DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud  —  Elon Musk's allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week  —  Representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats  —  Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’  —  Staffers with Elon Musk's “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly entered …

Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’  —  The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives.  A majority are Black.  —  Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos …

Shutdown fears grow as Trump battles multiply  —  The odds of a government shutdown are surging as President Trump battles Democrats over efforts to freeze funding and Republicans brawl internally over the size and scope of potential cuts.  —  With a mid-March deadline fast approaching …

Pam Bondi expected to move quickly to assert control of Justice Department  —  Newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi will arrive for her first day at the Justice Department Wednesday amid a firestorm over firings of agents and prosecutors who have worked on cases related to Donald Trump and the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.

America's adversaries cheer Trump admin's USAID teardown … - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised Elon Musk — Trump's righthand man who has led the charge against USAID — for “trying to plug USAID's Deep Throat.”  — Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin praised …

Trump declares flawless victory in pointless trade war  —  Keep pulling the fire alarm, eventually no one will pay attention to the noise.  —  🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent media is more important than ever right now.

U.S. Postal Service Reverses Decision to Halt Parcel Service From China  —  The Postal Service will continue to accept parcels from Hong Kong and China despite a new executive order that will require greater inspection of packages.  —  The United States Postal Service on Wednesday …

Pam Bondi to be sworn in as attorney general following Senate confirmation  —  The 54-46 vote fell mostly along party lines, with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) joining Republicans voting in her favor.  —  The Senate voted Tuesday evening to confirm Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump's nominee …

The Business Community Is Extraordinarily Stupid  —  You may have noticed that wealthy international businessmen—the jet set class with the means to be anywhere—do not typically choose to live and headquarter their businesses in Russia.  Nor do they choose to base themselves in Hungary, or El Salvador, or North Korea.

Protests against Trump and Project 2025 are planned in cities across the US  —  A movement to oppose the early actions of President Donald Trump's administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday.  —  The movement has organized under the hashtags #buildtheresistance …

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website  —  Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week.  The change was first spotted by Bloomberg.  The company appears to have updated its public AI principles page, erasing a section titled …

Federal judge in Md. issues injunction on Trump's birthright citizenship order  —  U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the injunction at court hearing on a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups arguing that Trump's order is unconstitutional  —  A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely …

Argentina says it will pull out of World Health Organization, mirroring Trump's move last month  —  Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month.  —  “President (Javier) Milei instructed …