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.

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.

Musk associates granted access to confidential info about X's competitors  —  With Elon Musk's social media platform X poised to launch a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment services, Musk's associates have been granted access to confidential information about X's competitors …

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 …

Trump says US may have less debt than thought because of fraud  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States may carry less debt than thought and said it could be because of fraud related to debt payments.  —  Trump made his comments to reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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 …

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.

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 …

“'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 …

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 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 …

Rule of Law: Don't Obey in Advance, But Also Don't Give Up in Advance  —  For some time, we've all been assuming that Trump will defy court orders reining in his assault on the government.  And then, in the wake of Judge Paul Engelmayer's order enjoining Scott Bessent from altering Treasury's payment system …

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.

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 …

Kanye West Shutters X Account After Elon Musk Clamps Down on His Posts  —  Kanye West deactivated his Twitter account after days of posting antisemitic, misogynist and racist content which even forced so-called free speech advocate Elon Musk to take action.The X owner revealed that the rapper's account …

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.

DHS Seeks to Deputize IRS Officers to Help With Deportation Effort  —  Tax-collecting agency has thousands of special agents in its criminal-investigation division  —  WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to deputize some law-enforcement workers …

Senate Democrats launch portal for whistleblowers in Trump administration  —  Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said they are launching a new portal for whistleblowers to expose wrongdoing …

Sabotaging the Pax Americana  —  Trump and Musk are making us distrusted, friendless and weak  —  Elon Musk — with Donald Trump's acquiescence, but clearly Musk was calling the shots — has effectively destroyed USAID, the aid agency that was, aside from its humanitarian role, a major pillar of US foreign policy.

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 …