After urgent calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, President Trump scrapped plans to deploy federal troops to San Francisco. The reversal came after a 25-minute call with Mayor Daniel Lurie, demonstrating how billionaire access …
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MAGA-aligned lobbying firms, led by Ballard Partners (founded by Trump fundraiser Brian Ballard), have quadrupled revenue as corporations seek influence on tariffs, healthcare, and China policy through Trump’s inner circle. Major clients including Harvard, TikTok, and Fortune 500 companies pay …
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FBI Director Kash Patel used the FBI’s $60 million government jet to fly to State College, Pennsylvania on October 25, 2025, to attend a Real American Freestyle wrestling event where his 27-year-old girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, was scheduled to perform. Public flight logs for …
Conservative lawyer Mike Davis announced a federal grand jury in Florida will convene in January to investigate an alleged decade-long ‘conspiracy’ against Trump involving Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, Chris Wray, and Jack Smith. Court filings confirm the grand jury’s existence, …
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Binance paid $450,000 to lobbying firm Checkmate Government Relations, run by Donald Trump Jr.’s ally Ches McDowell, in the months before Trump pardoned convicted money-launderer Changpeng Zhao. The lobbying campaign coincided with Binance forming a high-level task force to negotiate with …
The U.S. Army awarded Unusual Machines a major contract to produce 3,500 drone motors, with expectations of 20,000 additional components in future orders, months after Donald Trump Jr. joined the company’s advisory board in November 2024. Trump Jr. holds a disclosed $4 million stake in the …
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Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed coordinated motions challenging the constitutional authority of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan to prosecute their cases, with both challenges consolidated before Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of the District of …
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The White House released a list of 37 corporate donors financing Trump’s $300 million ballroom project, including all five of America’s largest tech companies—Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft—along with crypto firms Ripple and Coinbase, defense contractor Lockheed Martin, …
President Trump pardoned Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (‘CZ’), who had served four months in prison for enabling money laundering violations and pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. The pardon came after Binance’s extensive lobbying efforts, including hiring …
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President Trump issued a full pardon to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of Binance cryptocurrency exchange, who had pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering and served four months in federal prison. The pardon came days after Binance.US added support for Trump family’s USD1 stablecoin and …
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President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who served only four months of his sentence for money-laundering violations, after Binance provided critical infrastructure support for the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture. The pardon came after Binance formed a …
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On October 23, 2025, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was caught on video personally throwing at least one tear gas canister into a crowd of protesters in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, directly violating a federal court restraining order issued just two weeks earlier by U.S. …
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The Department of War accepted a $130 million anonymous donation from billionaire Timothy Mellon on October 23, 2025, to help pay U.S. service members during the government shutdown. Trump announced the donation at the White House, describing Mellon as a ‘great patriot’ and ‘friend …
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Reclusive billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $130 million to the Pentagon to help pay military salaries during the Trump administration’s government shutdown. The donation, accepted under the Pentagon’s gift authority, raises serious legal concerns about violating the Antideficiency Act, …
President Trump approved demolition of the 123-year-old White House East Wing to construct a 90,000-square-foot personal ballroom, with project costs escalating from $250 million to $300 million. The East Wing houses the First Lady’s offices, the Office of Social Secretary, and the historic …
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President Trump demolished the entire historic White House East Wing in October 2025 to build a 90,000-square-foot $300 million ballroom, funded by corporate donors including Amazon, Google, Meta, and Lockheed Martin, while spending hours obsessing over marble choices and column styles as Stephen …
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President Trump appointed Heather Honey and Marci McCarthy—prominent 2020 election conspiracy activists—to senior DHS roles overseeing federal election integrity efforts. Both appointees actively promoted false claims about the 2020 election and participated in attempts to overturn legitimate …
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Trump officials negotiated with quantum computing firms (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave) to trade federal funding for government ownership stakes, mirroring state control models used by authoritarian regimes. Commerce official Paul Dabbar and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick led negotiations to embed …
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The Trump administration capped refugee admissions at 7,500 with nearly all slots reserved for Afrikaners (white South Africans), bypassing UN refugee processes and standard persecution criteria. The fast-tracking of white refugees while excluding people of color from war-torn regions demonstrates …
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced a ’next generation’ Pentagon press corps dominated by far-right outlets including The Gateway Pundit, Infowars, and LindellTV after mainstream journalists rejected restrictive access rules requiring loyalty pledges. Over 30 major news outlets …
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During the fourth week of the October 2025 government shutdown affecting over 700,000 federal employees, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that approximately 70,000 Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers—including ICE deportation officers, CBP border patrol agents, Secret Service …
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President Trump fired Parisa Salehi, Export-Import Bank inspector general, as part of broader oversight elimination that has removed or sidelined approximately two dozen inspectors general. The administration has defunded watchdog councils responsible for coordinating independent oversight across …
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President Trump is seeking $230 million in taxpayer funds from the Justice Department as ‘compensation’ for past federal investigations into his conduct. The payout would be approved by former Trump defense lawyers now occupying senior DOJ positions, creating severe ethical conflicts …
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ProPublica investigation revealed that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has become “basically a second commander-in-chief, a shadow president” who is “the driving force” behind Trump administration policy while Trump appears increasingly disengaged and …
The Campaign Legal Center requested investigation into Tom Homan and Mark Hall for possible ethics violations after revelations that both officials had prior financial connections to firms now seeking multimillion-dollar detention contracts with DHS. The request raises concerns about conflicts of …
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President Trump hosted defense and technology executives at a White House ballroom fundraiser for his $250 million renovation project, with major donors including Lockheed Martin, Amazon, Meta, Google, and Palantir. Google’s $22 million settlement with Trump for social media suspension …
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Reuters revealed that 39 officials spanning the White House, DOJ, CIA, FBI, and intelligence agencies coordinate Trump’s systematic retaliation against perceived enemies from the Russia probe and January 6 investigations through a secret ‘Interagency Weaponization Working Group.’ …
North Carolina Republicans advanced mid-decade congressional redistricting explicitly designed to eliminate the seat of Black Democratic Representative Don Davis and secure another House seat for the GOP. State Senator Ralph Hise openly acknowledged the partisan motivation, making no attempt to …
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 to overturn a district court order blocking President Trump’s deployment of approximately 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect a Portland ICE facility. Circuit Judges Ryan D. Nelson and Bridget S. Bade …
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Former Social Security Administration chief data officer Charles Borges revealed that Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives uploaded hundreds of millions of Americans’ personal data from SSA systems to an unsecured cloud server, creating a massive security breach. Borges resigned after facing …
Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased its weapons budget to over $71 million—a 700% surge—including acquisitions of guided missile warheads and explosive components. The massive militarization of immigration enforcement signals preparation for violent mass operations rather than traditional …
The Federal Trade Commission deleted blog posts warning consumers about AI fraud, algorithmic bias, and corporate surveillance published under former Chair Lina Khan. The purge potentially violates federal record-keeping laws and shields tech companies from regulatory accountability. FTC’s …
Elizabeth Yusi, assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia’s Norfolk office, was terminated along with her deputy Kristin Bird for resisting Trump administration pressure to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Yusi authored an internal …
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Justice Department whistleblower Erez Reuveni, a 15-year DOJ attorney, revealed in October 2025 testimony that senior officials ordered him to fabricate terrorist claims in court briefs to justify the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Reuveni was told to argue in legal …
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On the evening of October 18, 2025—the same day approximately seven million people participated in “No Kings” protests across 2,700 events in all 50 states—President Donald Trump posted a 19-second AI-generated video to Truth Social showing himself wearing a crown, piloting a fighter jet …
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The Senate approved Douglas Troutman, chief lobbyist for the American Cleaning Institute, to lead EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Troutman previously fought California’s hazardous ingredient disclosure laws on behalf of chemical manufacturers, representing …
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Federal prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi was purged from her position after refusing President Trump’s demand to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James without evidence of criminal conduct. Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan—a former Trump personal attorney with no prosecutorial …
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Department of Homeland Security purchased two Gulfstream G700 luxury jets for Secretary Kristi Noem at a cost of $172 million—more than triple the original $50 million request. The purchase occurred during the government shutdown while 1.4 million federal workers remained unpaid and many resorted to …
President Trump directed the Army Corps of Engineers to halt $11 billion in infrastructure funding across Democratic-led cities including New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore. The selective funding freeze represents weaponization of federal resources for partisan punishment rather than …
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President Trump commuted the seven-year prison sentence of former GOP Rep. George Santos after he served only three months, despite Santos pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft in a donor scam. The commutation followed lobbying from Trump allies including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. …
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President Trump commuted the 87-month federal prison sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) after Santos served only three months of his sentence. Santos pleaded guilty in August 2024 to multiple counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, campaign finance violations, and financial crimes …
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ProPublica investigation revealed that Trump’s budget director Russell Vought controls federal funding and employment decisions to systematically dismantle agencies and purge staff deemed insufficiently loyal. Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist, wields unchecked power over the …
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Amazon’s Ring announced partnerships with both Flock Safety and Axon, marking a dramatic reversal of its January 2024 commitment to limit police access to user footage. The partnerships enable law enforcement agencies to request Ring doorbell camera footage through third-party platforms …
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President Trump replaced the federal hiring freeze with an executive order mandating that political appointees approve all new government hires through ‘strategic hiring committees,’ converting civil service into a partisan screening mechanism. The order transforms federal employment …
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President Trump publicly named Jack Smith, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco as targets for federal prosecution while Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel stood silently beside him, signaling their complicity. The public targeting of former prosecutors and Justice Department …
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President Trump committed $40 billion in U.S. assistance to bail out Argentina’s economy while explicitly tying aid to President Javier Milei’s reelection prospects, stating he would ‘cut it off’ if Milei loses. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent assembled a $20 billion private …
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President Trump signed an executive order titled ‘Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring’ on October 15, 2025, extending the federal hiring freeze and requiring all federal hiring decisions to be approved by ‘Strategic Hiring Committees’ consisting of senior …
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Trump officials announced plans to remake the IRS to investigate liberal donors and nonprofit organizations, including specifically targeting George Soros and affiliated groups. The scheme involves replacing agency lawyers with political loyalists under the guise of ’terrorism financing’ …
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The Supreme Court heard rare second-round oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could fundamentally weaken or eliminate Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The case questions whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district (which elected Rep. …
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On October 15, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg issued an internal memo barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from communicating with Congress or state lawmakers without prior approval from the Pentagon’s office …
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