Trump and Musk pluck $80M in funding authorized by Congress from NYC’s bank account
The federal government took funds from the city’s bank account and called it a “clawback” of taxpayer money. A lot of other people would call it stealing.
Inside Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on US consumer watchdog
Workers for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describe chaos and fear as lawsuits and basic functions grind to a halt
Trump demands ‘Radical Left Reuters’ return a $9 million government contract. He’s the one who paid it out in the first place
After Elon Musk first pushed a misleading claim about Reuters, the president raged about the global news agency returning a contract that was awarded under his first administration
Trump’s blatant violations of law are precipitating a constitutional crisis
Legal experts warn the administration’s illegitimate power grab upends democratic checks for a slide in to dictatorship
Five former Treasury secretaries issue stark warning about DOGE takeover
Ex-officials took the ‘extraordinary step’ of commenting due to concern over the ‘arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments’
DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students’ academic progress
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work.