Paul Weiss and Kirkland give free legal help to Commerce Dept months after making deals with Trump to avoid executive orders.
Newsmax pays $67 million to settle Dominion defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies after judge found network defamed company.
Trump administration considers converting $10.9 billion in Chips Act grants into 10% equity stake in Intel, making government top shareholder.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem under scrutiny for living rent-free in Coast Guard commandant’s waterfront home and using agency jet.
Trump administration dropped 165 corporate enforcement cases, created loyalty scorecard for 553 companies, and halted probes of major tech firms.
Days after calling for Intel CEO’s resignation, then meeting him, Trump administration explores buying stake in company to boost U.S. chip manufacturing.
Trump administration rewrites six parts of federal acquisition rules to cut hundreds of requirements, removing oversight measures like executive pay reporting.
Treasury Secretary Bessent gets four-month extension from Office of Government Ethics to divest from hedge fund and farmland, delaying compliance until first year of term ends.
Law firms that struck deals to avoid Trump’s punitive orders now working on trade pacts for his administration after being routed through his personal lawyer.
UFC CEO Dana White confirms White House fight will happen July 4, 2026 for America’s 250th anniversary after securing $1.1 billion Paramount deal.
Trump requires Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to U.S. as condition for export licenses under shifting trade strategy.
Trump administration demands over $1 billion settlement from UCLA including $172 million for victims after freezing $584 million in research grants.
Trump removes IRS commissioner Billy Long less than two months after his confirmation as leadership turnover continues.
Trump paused a Medicare crackdown on skin substitutes after MAGA Inc. received $5 million from Extremity Care owner Oliver Burckhardt.
OpenAI offers ChatGPT Enterprise to every federal agency for just $1 each for one year under sweeping AI government rollout.
Pentagon seeks additional $150 million to speed Air Force One delivery while Trump separately spends $1 billion retrofitting Qatari jet for interim presidential use.
Trump attacks CBS host Gayle King as “no talent” with career “over” as Skydance-Paramount merger closes after his $16 million settlement with network.
Trump reveals banks rejected his “billion dollars-plus” deposits after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, driving his administration’s “debanking” crackdown against financial institutions.
Trump sons stand to gain $50 million in SPAC tied to federal manufacturing funds, then delete claim after AP asks about conflict.
Marjorie Taylor Greene asks Trump to pardon George Santos days after former congressman reported to prison for defrauding donors.
US accepts Qatar’s “unconditional donation” of luxury jet for Air Force One with classified refurbishing costs up to $1 billion diverted from nuclear missile program.
Harvard reportedly willing to pay Trump administration $500 million to settle federal funding dispute after Columbia’s $200 million agreement.
Trump uses official press conference with Starmer to promote his ‘opulent and beautiful’ Turnberry golf resort during Scotland trip facing ethics concerns over mixing business with diplomacy.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche, Trump’s former defense attorney, grants Maxwell immunity to discuss 100 people in Epstein case while Trump suggests pardons may follow.
OMB Director Russ Vought, who is actively working to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is billing the agency $4.7 million for his personal security detail just as its budget is cut in half.
Trump now claims his $16 million settlement with Paramount comes with $20 million in future advertising, a term the company denies while still seeking his administration’s merger approval.
Columbia University pays Trump administration $200 million settlement after federal funding was withheld over Israel-Hamas war protest response.
The FDA appointed former pharmaceutical executive George Tidmarsh, a recent critic of the agency’s leadership and industry ties, to direct its main drug review office.
Congress passes first major crypto legislation benefiting Trump’s family stablecoin business after his intervention to secure passage.
Trump faces “brutal” polling backlash as 67% of Americans believe government is covering up Epstein evidence after administration broke transparency promises.
Trump claims Coca-Cola agreed to switch U.S. products to cane sugar amid Epstein controversy, but company won’t confirm presidential announcement.
Trump calls his own supporters “weaklings” for demanding transparency on Epstein files after his administration didn’t honor promises to release all records.
The NIH fired its chief operating officer as officials investigate a $3.3 million sole-source contract that could have benefited his spouse.
Texas Gov. Abbott refuses to release emails with Musk after charging for FOIA records, claiming communications are “intimate and embarrassing.”
Pentagon awards $200 million contract to Musk’s Grok AI days after chatbot posted antisemitic and pro-Hitler responses.
Dismissed DOGE leader Steve Davis continued running meetings and conducting loyalty purges after White House ordered staff to cut communication.
Trump officials Dan Scavino and Sergio Gor sold Trump Media stock days before tariff announcement that dropped markets 12%.
Trump Media launches Truth+ streaming platform in partnership with Newsmax, positioning service as alternative to “woke entertainment corporations and biased news channels.”
Trump appointees overseeing weather agencies have ties to companies that would benefit from privatizing government weather forecasting, potentially turning free public data into paid services.
Palm Beach County votes to name four miles of Southern Boulevard from the airport to Mar-a-Lago after Trump, sparking backlash over linking his name with fallen deputies’ tribute.
Trump Media files for a crypto ETF holding five tokens after regulatory breaks from the SEC raise questions about Trump’s shifting stance and potential conflicts of interest.
Trump’s July 4 megabill spending law raises endowment taxes up to 8% on wealthy universities like Harvard, threatening financial aid and fueling political attacks.
El Salvador tells UN that Trump administration controls Venezuelan migrants at CECOT prison contradicting claims they lost jurisdiction over deportees.
Musk announces unregistered America Party following administration exit, budget fight, and Trump threats of retaliation against billionaire’s government subsidies.
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano sends mass email falsely claiming Trump’s agenda bill eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits.
Texas Republicans secure $85 million in Trump’s tax bill to move Space Shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian museum in Virginia despite museum’s ownership claim and refusal.
Trump announces UFC fight at White House for 25,000 spectators with longtime business ally Dana White.
Paramount pays Trump $16 million to settle 60 Minutes lawsuit that legal experts called weak while facing pressure over pending merger approval.
