Trump Just Pardoned … a Corporation?
In what may be an American first, President Donald Trump pardoned a company sentenced to $100 million in fines for breaking money laundering laws.
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Elon Musk Causes Public Outrage as Social Security Breaks Down
Ever since he called it a ‘Ponzi scheme,’ Elon Musk has been determined to end Social Security. The way to do that with the least resistance: Break it first.
Trump wants to Shut down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?
Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed.
Federal Investigators Were Preparing 2 Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
Why Comparisons Between Trump and King George III Miss the Mark on 18th-Century British Monarchy
Commentators in the U.S. have been comparing Trump’s tyrannical moves with King George III. They aren’t accurate. Here’s why.
What DOGE is getting wrong about privatizing USPS
Supporters gathered in cities nationwide to protest the Trump administration’s efforts to privatize the USPS.
Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
The road to establishing the National Archives was paved with catastrophic losses and bureaucratic inertia.
Donald Trump signs order that guts 7 federal agencies
The order targets the funding for Voice of America, which has been in the Trump administration’s crosshairs in recent weeks.
DOGE employee blows government funds on IG As federal workers get cut
A DOGE employee posts influencer content in her government office and on government time, while DOGE cuts long-time government workers. Jayar Jackson breaks it down.
Trump’s American Caste System
If the administration’s birthright citizenship executive order is implemented, “there will be a new kind of stratification” in the United States.
In Trump’s new purge of climate language, even ‘resilience’ isn’t safe
"You really cannot address a problem that you can’t identify."
How a Trump effort to cut environmental red tape could backfire
The White House is revoking its own authority to oversee implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act — and leaving a bureaucratic mess in its wake.
How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters
18F transformed the technology used by our government. It has now been eliminated. Why?
Part of pro-Palestinian student art exhibit at UNT removed amid antisemitism complaints by state lawmakers
Five GOP lawmakers who targeted the exhibit also called for the cancellation of the “Palestinian Children and the Politics of Genocide” lecture, which is still scheduled.
How to become a political commentator: 5 tips
Politics are super stress-inducing. Believe me—I know! I never wanted to become a political commentator until Donald Trump became President. Before 2019, I had not watched a minute of news and knew nothing about politics. I wasn't the least bit interested and to be completely honest and…
Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history
President Trump can designate English official language of US, but it won’t change our multilingual history.
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