Trump Suggests Musk Effort at Treasury Found Irregularities  — There could be a problem with Treasuries, Trump says  — Trump made comments amid DOGE scrutiny of government payments  —  President Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk's government efficiency team has found irregularities …

The end of law?  —  The Trump regime is refusing to be bound by the federal courts.  Where will this end?  —  Friends,  —  He is the most lawless president in American history.  —  He's allowed Musk's rats unfettered access to the Treasury's payments system.  Banned birthright citizenship.

Trump Plans to Impose 25% Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports  — Duties to apply to imports from all countries, president says  — President to announce reciprocal tariffs in coming days  —  Trade wars, tariff threats and logistics shocks are upending businesses and spreading volatility.

Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies  —  President Trump said that the coins cost more to produce than their face value.  —  President Trump said on Sunday night that he had ordered the Treasury secretary to stop producing new pennies, a move that he said would help reduce unnecessary government spending.

Musk associates granted access to confidential info about X's competitors  —  With Elon Musk's social media platform X poised to launch a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment services, Musk's associates have been granted access to confidential information about X's competitors …

Rule of Law: Don't Obey in Advance, But Also Don't Give Up in Advance  —  For some time, we've all been assuming that Trump will defy court orders reining in his assault on the government.  And then, in the wake of Judge Paul Engelmayer's order enjoining Scott Bessent from altering Treasury's payment system …

2/10/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Gabbard, Kennedy set for confirmation votes this week  —  House GOP appropriators do little as DOGE runs wild  —  The race for reconciliation … House Republican leaders are looking to cut federal spending by $2 trillion to $2.5 trillion as part …

Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds  —  The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not impact benefits that go directly to individuals.  —  Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department …

Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy.  —  When we had the honor of being sworn in as the 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th and 78th secretaries of the Treasury, we took an oath to support and defend the United States Constitution.

China Seems Unstoppable.  Trump Thinks Otherwise.  —  What's behind the trade war that the president didn't back away from.  —  Listen and follow ‘The Daily’  —  Over the past week, President Trump avoided a trade war with Canada and Mexico.  But he escalated a trade war with China.

The NSA's “Big Delete”  —  Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a “Big Delete” of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including “privilege,” “bias,” and “inclusion.”  The “Big Delete,” according to an NSA source and internal correspondence reviewed …

Trump and his lawyers embrace the logic of dictatorship  —  And they're not even trying to hide it at this point. … 🗣️ 🎤 🤯  —  Donald Trump is busy seizing power through executive orders and letting Elon Musk and his gang of racist DOGE bros run amok through America's government agencies.

Court Blocks U.S. From Sending 3 Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo  —  The men, who are detained in New Mexico, say they “fit the profile” of the type of migrants the Trump administration has started sending to the Navy base in Cuba.  —  A federal judge barred the U.S. government …

“'Women' is a banned word”: Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women  —  Under the guise of “protecting women,” the military, schools and labs are forced to take women's safety away  —  In a country where 1 out of 6 women have experienced rape or attempted rape …

Trump 2.0 Heralds an Aggressive Flexing of Power  —  President Trump's early moves to slash the federal government and expand American territory represent significant ideological swings from his first term.  —  For all of the shock and awe of President Trump's first weeks back in office, much of it should come as little surprise.

In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  It was the week President Donald Trump had signed a sweeping executive order shutting off …

Musk's Threats Suddenly Darken as Trump Legal Losses Trigger MAGA Fury  —  Rage is mounting among President Donald Trump's allies over the losses that Trump's agenda has suffered in court, which are clearly becoming a serious obstacle to him.  It's gotten so bad that Elon Musk shared a tweet …

Prebunking Elon Musk's Super Bowl Propaganda  —  Perception is reality.  —  I normally don't write on Sundays, but I have seen some alarming rumors that Elon Musk has purchased a $40 million Super Bowl ad in which he will expose the “fraud” and “corruption” at USAID.  (See here and here.)