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As Donald Trump and his administration pursue crippling austerity measures across the country, they’re plunging millions of dollars into the president’s pet projects. And that includes reportedly giving hundreds of millions of dollars to a company that’s expanding the government’s ability to spy on its own citizens. The New York Times has a new report…

President Donald Trump has a well-deserved reputation for gaslighting, and several members of his Cabinet have taken great efforts to continue his willful duplicity. Over the course of the past week alone — in the name of academic, scientific and online “freedom” — Trump and his administration’s bigwigs have explicitly threatened free speech in at…

On Friday, the Trump administration made a big show of what they were calling Elon Musk’s last day as a special government employee — even as few seem to believe Elon Musk is actually leaving for good. And that includes the president and vice president. Trump posted on his Truth Social account Thursday night that…

“Why are you ignoring the intent of the 14th Amendment, which was to give citizenship to freed slaves and their progeny? Jurisdiction means allegiance to a country, which illegal aliens do not have.” — Brian Jones Hi Brian, It’s true that the 14th Amendment repudiated the infamous Dred Scott ruling, which had denied citizenship to…

After Donald Trump lost his re-election bid in 2020 and exited the White House, his Republican allies on Capitol Hill continued to look for ways to venerate him. Rep. Greg Steube of Florida, for example, introduced legislation that would’ve renamed the immediate waters surrounding the United States, labeling them the “Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic…

This is an adapted excerpt from the May 29 episode of “All In with Chris Hayes.” To put the news in the parlance of SpaceX, it seems Elon Musk’s career as co-president to Donald Trump has had a bit of a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” Technically, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) campaign was always billed…

During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promised “no tax on overtime” — an exemption for federal income taxes on extra pay for working overtime. So how’s that coming along? There is a provision in the “big, beautiful bill” passed by the House in May. The Senate is now considering the legislation. The details remain to…

There’s no shortage of controversial elements of the Republican Party’s far-right megabill — the inaptly named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — but the proposed Medicaid cuts aren’t just dangerous for low-income families. They’re also proving to be the most politically dangerous for GOP officials and candidates. Party strategists have advised Republicans on how best…

Almost immediately after Donald Trump and his White House team unveiled “The MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again” last week, problems emerged. The Washington Post reported, for example, that some of the report’s suggestions “stretched the limits of science,” and offered “misleading representations” of scientific research. A week later, a devastating report published by…

During Donald Trump’s first term, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel was a routine annoyance. The OSC — not to be confused with appointed special counsels such as Jack Smith or Robert Mueller — frequently investigated allegations of misconduct and ethical lapses at the White House, which led to multiple findings related to Hatch Act…