Watchdog sues to remove Trump son-in-law Kushner as envoy in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza talks, citing no Senate confirmation or financial disclosures.
Trump forces out Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle a day after leaving her fate open, saying “we didn’t like what we were reading.”
Trump says he is “looking at” firing Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle, as Senate GOP Whip Barrasso calls reports she sought a donor’s $100,000 “concerning.”
US takes custody of fugitive Alvaro Pulido, accused of bribing Maduro officials for $2 billion-plus in contracts, a month after partner Alex Saab pleaded guilty.
Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle boasted Greek tycoons paid for her private jet trips and luxury stays, a WSJ-reviewed recording shows, as Trump weighs her removal.
ProPublica finds Texas Attorney General Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with $3.3 million in state-paid security, only one in six for documented state business.
Trump bought up to $5 million in SpaceX debt two days before signing a policy to expand commercial launches, his August disclosure shows.
Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle pushed a Trump donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex days before her confirmation hearing, messages the WSJ reviewed show.
Trump proposes making his West Palm Beach golf club the “permanent United States Presidential Golf Course,” a Camp David-style retreat on county-owned land.
Former senior CIA official pleads guilty to stealing about $194 million through fake government entities, buying 298 gold bars and luxury real estate.
Documents show Homeland Security bought five planes for $304 million from then-Secretary Noem’s donor on her last morning, including a $108 million luxury 737.
Trump envoys Kushner and Witkoff help negotiate a Russian oil sale that would free Lukoil assets from sanctions for buyers tied to their families’ businesses.
Trump plans a third gala for his memecoin’s 185 biggest buyers, while the coin paid him $635 million and investors lost over $4 billion.
Defense Secretary Hegseth announces a combatant command for drone and robot warfare and a future-of-warfare study led by defense contractors Musk and Anduril founder Luckey.
Appeals court keeps sanctions on Trump’s lawyers over an IRS deal a judge found collusive, which set up a $1.776 billion fund for alleged political prosecution victims.
Trump’s private company files to trademark “TRUMP TV” three days after the White House launched a 24-hour channel by that name, a step that could force the government to license it.
US intelligence tells Congress Saudi Arabia hasn’t ruled out nuclear weapons, as Trump’s civilian nuclear deal could let it enrich uranium to 20%, officials say.
Treasury Secretary Bessent reported at least $100,000 of his husband’s JPMorgan stock as bank cash, and his department’s inspector general finds no “knowing violation.”
ProPublica reveals FBI agents sought a pay-to-play probe of Maine Sen. Collins’ dealings with a defense contractor donor before Trump’s purge killed it.
Republican Sen. Curtis asks Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Trump Jr. after ProPublica reports a Putin-allied Russian oligarch bankrolled his Bahamas wedding weekend.
HHS Secretary Kennedy discloses over $250,000 in gifts, including flights to Fiji and Greece, from a security consultant who was a major 2024 campaign donor.
Trump says Donald Trump Jr. “paid back” the Russian oligarch who bankrolled his wedding party, contradicting the couple’s statement calling it a “wedding gift.”
Federal judge refuses to declare Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” suit moot, saying officials “contradict themselves all the time” on whether it is dead.
Senate Democrats block the Clarity Act crypto bill, far short of the 60 votes needed, after Republicans refuse ethics rules covering Trump family crypto profits.
Ohio Sen. Husted’s political committee took $492,000 from state-regulated Heartland Bank after he joined its board while lieutenant governor, Ohio Capital Journal finds.
Trump nominates Kimberly Greenwood, wife of his walk-on singer and Bible business partner Lee Greenwood, as ambassador to Barbados and six Eastern Caribbean nations.
Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, a Putin ally under Ukrainian sanctions, secretly paid hundreds of thousands toward Donald Trump Jr.’s May Bahamas wedding, ProPublica reports.
Kennedy Center could close Tuesday over “certain fiscal collapse,” the Washington Post reports, as Trump offers to raise the money if his name goes on the front signage.
Trump promises to lift the tariff on Irish whiskey while at his Doonbeg resort, five days after banning Canadian whisky and most other Canadian alcohol.
Trump says a united Ireland “may as well happen now,” breaking White House neutrality, during a visit centered on his Doonbeg golf resort.
Justice Department appeals ruling that dismissed Trump’s IRS suit as collusive, 40 days after Attorney General Blanche killed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to win confirmation.
Health Secretary Kennedy uses a $9,000-an-hour Air Force jet to campaign with Iowa Republicans, after Trump ousted his first-term health secretary over private-jet travel, Washington Post reports.
Trump gives $45,000 cash “holiday gifts” to 3 women aides aged 26 to 35, nearly a third of their $150,000 White House salaries.
Senate nominee Ken Paxton reports no rental income from 6 homes listed for rent and omits $1.3 million in golf resort mortgages, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune find.
Federal magistrate orders Justice Department to name who conceived its scrapped $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for people claiming unfair prosecution, rejecting weeks of resistance.
Trump’s store starts selling $55 “Lake America” hats the same day he signs the order renaming Lake Ontario, as Gulf of America hats sit discounted to $37.50.
Labor Department watchdog finds ex-Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer presided over a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” workplace and used government funds for personal travel.
Trump’s accounts keep trading oil and gas stocks 6 months into the Iran war, with energy holdings up as much as $15 million this year, congressional Democrats find.
UAE’s national security adviser backs a 49% stake in the Trump family’s new federally chartered crypto bank as the administration eases AI chip sales to his firm, the Journal reports.
Justice Department tells a court the Kennedy Center faces demolition unless Trump’s board renames and renovates it, months after judges forced his name off the building.
Trump signs the granite of his new $5 million helipad, paid by Marine One maker Sikorsky, saying guests could have cocktails there before ballroom events.
Federal regulator approves a bank charter for Trump family crypto firm World Liberty, letting it issue digital money convertible to dollars.
USDA undersecretary Michael Boren pressed Forest Service staff for more firefighting aircraft on a 7-acre blaze near his Idaho ranch, the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s White House construction will cost at least $927 million with taxpayers covering most of it through a maintenance account, a Post review shows.
Burke Law Group withdraws from the no-bid contract worth up to $150 million to represent migrant children after advocacy groups flagged the Trump-connected award.
The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue Trump over Truth API, arguing the $100,000 monthly feed sells early access to official statements.
HHS awards $158 million for unaccompanied children’s legal services to a nonprofit led by an ex-ICE official, its first federal contract ever.
Trump Media signs high-frequency trading firms at up to $100,000 monthly for millisecond access to the president’s market-moving posts, its first customers.
Trump nominates Project 2025 workforce-section coauthor Dennis Kirk as Interior’s inspector general, the office fielding five congressional requests including the Reflecting Pool review.
The union for career IRS auditors sues to block the audit immunity acting AG Blanche granted Trump’s family, calling the settlement breathtakingly corrupt.