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.

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 …

Inside the House GOP clash over tax cuts  —  Hardliners are squaring off against their top tax writer as Republicans try to assemble a package President Donald Trump's priorities.  —  Prominent House Republicans are privately warring over how to advance tax cuts that are expiring …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.)

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations  —  The agency had been one of Wall Street's most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, student loans and other areas affecting Americans' financial lives.

Sabotaging the Pax Americana  —  Trump and Musk are making us distrusted, friendless and weak  —  Elon Musk — with Donald Trump's acquiescence, but clearly Musk was calling the shots — has effectively destroyed USAID, the aid agency that was, aside from its humanitarian role, a major pillar of US foreign policy.

Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered  —  Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education.  —  Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down …