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.

Live updates: Trump says Palestinians won't have right to return to Gaza under his plan for the territory  —  President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials …

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 …

22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments  —  Attorneys general seek court order to halt 15% cap on research overhead costs  —  Attorneys general representing 22 states sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a federal judge to temporarily block …

DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk's Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet  —  Government-efficiency team's initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say  —  In another weekend takeover of a federal agency's operations …

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.

Schumer warns of ‘Trump shutdown,’ lays out 4-pronged plan for Democrats  —  Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) in a letter to colleagues Monday warned of the possibility of a “Trump shutdown” and reminded fellow senators that Democrats have the power to make or break any bill to fund the government past March 14.

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 …

Trump administration seeks urgent end of ‘impermissible’ court order blocking access to Treasury systems  —  The order blocked DOGE access to a critical government payment mechanism.  —  The Trump administration is making an urgent push to end a court order barring top officials' access …

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 …

Trump's Guantánamo plan is an old idea — with an ugly history  —  President Donald Trump is looking to vastly expand immigrant detention in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  —  Trump hopes to eventually detain up to 30,000 immigrants at Guantánamo, which would require …

For CEOs and Bankers, the Trump Euphoria Is Fading Fast  —  Deals market gets curtailed by uncertainty delivered in president's first weeks  —  It took less than a month for the second Trump administration to cool the enthusiasm of chief executives and dealmakers.

“'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 …

‘Mark my words’: George Conway predicts alarming showdown that could ‘end’ U.S. democracy  —  George Conway predicted that Donald Trump would engage in a constitutional showdown that could spell the end of U.S. democracy.  —  Vice President J.D. Vance argued Sunday that federal courts …

Democracy is Crumbling.  Is Anybody Doing Anything?  —  This past weekend a federal district court in Massachusetts issued a nationwide injunction ordering Elon Musk and his team of young tech supremacists to stop accessing payment and other systems at the Department of Treasury …

Trump attends Super Bowl with a complicated NFL relationship  —  Greeted with a mix of cheers and boos, U.S. President Donald Trump attended the Super Bowl on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so in person, despite a complicated relationship with the National Football League …

Trump fires boards of U.S. military service academies  —  The president said that schools like West Point had been invaded by so-called “woke” ideology.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday said he had ordered the firings of the boards of visitors for all of the U.S. military's service academies …

Russia-U.S. relations “balancing on the brink of a breakup,” Kremlin warns … - Russian authorities will not end the war until Putin's terms outlined last year are met, which include Ukraine dropping its NATO ambitions and withdrawing troops from Russian-controlled regions.

Judge says Trump administration violating order to lift spending freeze  —  The judge ordered the administration to “immediately restore frozen funding.”  —  A federal judge says the Trump administration has been violating his order to resume funding federal grants that the White House attempted …

Trump's power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit  —  Hampton Dellinger, who led an ethics enforcement office, said his firing is illegal.  —  A federal ethics enforcer swept up in a spree of firings President Donald Trump carried out Friday night is suing to get his job back.

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