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 …

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.

Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback  —  Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary's authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president's sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.

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.

CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision  —  In an email Sunday, the agency's chief operating officer says headquarters will be closed in the week ahead  —  President Trump's newly installed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought is closing …

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 …

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 …

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.)

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 …

Musk calls for annual firing of judges after blocked DOGE access at Treasury  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk called for the annual firing of judges following an early Saturday decision from a judge stating that the Treasury Department should bar access to its payment systems to anyone besides …

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 …

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 …

More Than 800K Have Lost $2B on Trump's Meme Coin  —  The token's price has crashed from $75 to $17.  —  ‘Thug’: Richard Gere Drags Trump in Award Acceptance Speech  —  ‘MILLIONAIRE CLOWNS’  —  “The millionaire clowns surrounding Trump are immature and narcissistic—a deadly mix,” Gere said.