Trump administration opens 13 million acres of federal land for coal mining, triple what law required, and slashes royalty payments companies owe from 12.5% to 7% while investing $625 million in taxpayer funds to expand the coal industry.
Government shutdown appears unavoidable after White House meeting fails as Trump administration authorizes permanent firing of federal workers during funding lapse.
Trump agrees to meet congressional leaders Monday after canceling last Thursday talks, threatening mass federal firings if government shuts down September 30.
Abu Dhabi royal fund and ByteDance will hold over one-third of TikTok US despite Trump’s claim of “American control.”
Trump demands up to 10% stake in Nevada lithium mine for renegotiating $2.26 billion loan while opposing automakers’ EV transition.
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid despite GAO ruling the move illegal.
Trump threatens to relocate 2026 World Cup matches from “dangerous” cities including Chicago, which isn’t hosting any games.
Trump imposes 100% tariff on branded drug imports and new levies on trucks and furniture starting Wednesday.
Former Fed chairs Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen warn Supreme Court that removing Lisa Cook threatens independence and could trigger inflation.
Trump signs executive order approving $14 billion TikTok deal giving Oracle and investors control while ByteDance retains less than 20%.
The Trump administration offers a $20 billion financial aid package to boost Argentina’s President Javier Milei one month before a key election.
The IRS will end paper tax refunds by a Sept. 30 deadline mandated by Trump, leaving millions of unbanked and elderly citizens without a clear waiver process.
House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded Trump to cancel a shutdown meeting with Democrats, fearing the president would cut a deal unfavorable to the GOP.
Trump will meet Democratic leaders on Thursday to avert a government shutdown after they bypassed GOP leadership for direct talks.
The Trump administration approves a TikTok sale to a U.S. venture but will not take a government stake, unlike its recent Intel deal.
A federal judge ends the 31-day halt on the Revolution Wind farm, ruling the Trump administration’s stop-work order was arbitrary and capricious.
Trump taps his legal adversary Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell for the U.S. investor group buying TikTok after freezing a congressionally mandated sale.
The National Labor Relations Board sued New York State days after it enacted a law to bypass what Democrats call Trump’s gutting of the federal agency.
The Trump administration used its “golden share” power for the first time to block a U.S. Steel plant closure three months after the company’s foreign takeover.
Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with Trump 10 days before a government shutdown deadline, blaming him for a standoff over health care funding.
The White House clarified its new $100,000 H-1B visa fee only applies to new applicants one day after the surprise announcement caused widespread corporate panic.
The Trump administration plans to collect a multibillion-dollar fee from US investors as its price for approving the TikTok takeover.
Trump imposes a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas and creates a $1 million ‘gold card’ for permanent residency.
The Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic stopgap funding bills, moving the government closer to a shutdown in 11 days.
Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook after lower courts blocked her removal as likely illegal.
House Judiciary Republicans voted down a request to subpoena bank CEOs about their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with one Republican breaking ranks.
Facing pressure from Trump, the Federal Reserve approves a quarter-point rate cut over a lone dissent from his new appointee who sought more.
House Republicans released a seven-week government funding bill, setting up a shutdown fight with Democrats over health care provisions
House Republican leaders flipped party holdouts in a floor vote to surrender Congress’s tariff authority to Trump until early 2026.
South Korea is probing the U.S. for human rights violations after an ICE raid on a Georgia factory detained 300 Korean workers for a week.
Trump granted his fourth extension for the TikTok sale, allowing a U.S. investor group including Oracle to take an 80% ownership stake.
The U.S. and China reach a ‘framework’ deal on TikTok’s ownership, folding the national security issue into high-stakes trade negotiations.
Trump endorses a plan to end quarterly financial reporting for public companies, arguing the move curbs short-term corporate focus.
A federal appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook one day before a key meeting on interest rates.
The Senate confirms White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve board in a 48-47 vote, advancing Trump’s pressure campaign for lower interest rates.
Trump escalates his pressure campaign on the Federal Reserve by predicting a big rate cut two days before its policy meeting.
Following months of public pressure on the Fed, the Trump administration appeals a block on its firing of Governor Lisa Cook for alleged fraud.
Trump tells NATO he will only sanction Russia after allies stop buying Russian oil, days after Russian drones breached Polish airspace.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook asked a U.S. appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s bid to fire her days before the central bank’s next interest rate vote.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk’s efficiency plan was ‘backward’ and failed to save money.
Loan documents from 2021 contradict the Trump administration’s mortgage fraud basis for attempting to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Nearly 300 South Korean workers arrested in a raid at a Georgia battery plant rejected Trump’s offer to let them stay and train Americans.
A reopened Tennessee prison run by CoreCivic has begun housing ICE detainees after the Town of Mason approved a deal worth over $500,000 annually.
New Mexico becomes the first state to offer universal free childcare, expanding a program credited with reducing poverty.
The Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking the removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating a legal battle over the central bank’s independence.
A record downward jobs revision of 911,000 prompts new White House attacks on the BLS and the Federal Reserve.
Chief Justice John Roberts denies an emergency appeal to block Trump’s freeze on billions in foreign aid.
The Supreme Court expedites its review of Trump’s tariffs just weeks after lower courts ruled the president usurped congressional power over trade.
A federal judge blocks Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook 14 days after the attempt, ruling conduct before her term began is not legal cause for removal. that’s
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. must refund half of its tariff revenue if the Supreme Court rules against the administration’s trade agenda.
