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 …

DOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to a Records System Not Subject to FOIA  —  Employees working for the agency now known as DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while government lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject …

Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says All Palestinians Should Leave  —  The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.  — 1.9k  —  President Trump declared on Tuesday …

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 …

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 …

Judge cements block on Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship  —  GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge Wednesday furthered a block of President Trump's executive order preventing the children of migrants without legal status from receiving birthright citizenship.

Too Funny to Check: USAID Checkbook Snaps Shut, Politico Paychecks Shut Down?  UPDATE  —  For pure, unadulterated, old-fashioned entertainment, it is an indisputable truth that: … (Apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein)  —  For flat-out comedy value, the meltdown DOGE is causing is a tantrum for the ages.

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 …

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 …

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 …

2/5/25 ☀️ AM: … Yet it's fair to say, at this moment, things aren't going well.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson and the House Republican committee chairs initially proposed between $500 billion to $700 billion in spending cuts as part of a massive reconciliation package.

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 …

Black D.C. church vandalized by Proud Boys awarded control of group's name  —  The ruling effectively prohibits Proud Boys chapters from legally using their own name or typical symbols without the permission of the Metropolitan AME Church.  —  A historic Black church in D.C. that was vandalized …

Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze  —  Programs serving 20,000 children have faced funding delays since Trump's administration announced (and then announced rescinding) a temporary freeze on federal aid last week.

Democrats rip Trump Gaza takeover plan: ‘Openly calling for ethnic cleansing’  —  Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized President Trump's plan for the U.S. to take over Gaza, calling it “ethnic cleansing.”  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said in a post on the social platform X that Trump is …

Higher Ed Fights Back Against Trump's DEI Order  —  The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.  —  College professors and university diversity officers are teaming up with nonprofits and local governments …

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-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled … - States that voted for Trump last November, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for former Vice President Harris.  — “That dependence is, in large part …