Johnson vows next week repeal of Senate provision allowing senators $500,000 lawsuits over phone records searched during Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation.
Trial begins for former NY governors’ aide accused of acting as Chinese agent who blocked Taiwan officials and accepted millions in COVID vendor kickbacks.
Atlanta Fed President Bostic announces February retirement as Powell’s chair term also nears expiration, three years after trading scandal involving 154 blackout-period transactions.
House Democrats release Epstein emails claiming Trump knew about underage girls hours before shutdown vote, prompting GOP to release 20,000 more pages.
Trump pardons Rep. Diana Harshbarger’s husband for 2013 medical fraud conviction three days after endorsing her 2026 reelection though he already served 48-month prison sentence and paying $848,504 restitution.
FCC rolls back rate caps for prison phone and video calls despite research showing family contact reduces recidivism, allowing charges up to $0.41 per minute.
FDA names Richard Pazdur to head drug regulation after predecessor resigned over conduct concerns and drugmaker lawsuit alleging personal vendetta.
Trump administration paid $7.5 million to Equatorial Guinea for deportation agreement using humanitarian aid fund intended for crises, exceeding eight years of combined foreign assistance to country where 70% live in poverty.
PM Viktor Orban announces that Trump promised “financial shield” protecting Hungary from currency speculation attacks after $600 million U.S. LNG purchase commitment.
Trump pardons 77 people involved in 2020 election overturn efforts, including four who pleaded guilty, releasing pardons after midnight Sunday following Senate shutdown vote.
Trump wants new Commanders stadium on federal land to bear his name as White House says naming decision will “probably happen” despite team owning naming rights.
Trump bans all US officials from G20 summit in South Africa over false white farmer genocide claims, will host 2026 summit at his Doral resort.
Cornell pays $30 million settlement and invests $30 million in agricultural research to restore $250 million in frozen federal funding and close investigations.
Trump pardons former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada after conviction on 14 counts including conspiracy, fraud and money laundering in scheme to defraud state.
IRS notifies 25 states that Direct File free tax service will end after Trump administration directs agency to replace it with public-private partnerships benefiting TurboTax and competitors.
Trump endorses former Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo over Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in New York mayoral race after Cuomo said he would reject Trump endorsement.
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao while claiming “no idea who he is” despite Binance involvement with crypto platform sending 75% of token revenue to Trump family company.
Fourteen of 24 White House ballroom donors face federal enforcement actions while collectively holding $279 billion in government contracts.
FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after drugmaker sues him for bribery and defamation, as he claims retaliation for opposing fast-track approval process.
White House won’t name dozens of donors to Trump’s $300 million ballroom including companies seeking federal benefits.
Tech investor Ben Horowitz privately funds Las Vegas police’s new Tesla Cyber-truck fleet for department already operating 38 surveillance drones citywide.
USDA moves $13 billion from farm programs to tariff relief fund over career staff objections, ignoring congressional notification rules as conservation and dairy aid programs lose funding.
Casey Means misses surgeon general confirmation hearing due to labor, brother Calley departed White House month ago after special employee term expired without announcement.
Trump officials Miller, Rubio, Noem occupy military housing reserved for commanders, citing security concerns, straining limited supply and military relations.
DOJ investigating whether Black Lives Matter leaders defrauded donors of $90 million raised during 2020 George Floyd protests, AP reports.
Toyota denies Trump claim that carmaker promised $10 billion US investment, saying no such commitment was made despite Trump telling Americans to “go out and buy a Toyota” during Japan visit.
Trump Export-Import Bank nominee McFerran withdraws after Warren scrutiny over work at Russian-owned steel firm and family ties to Kremlin through wife’s relatives.
White House fires all six members of US Commission on Fine Arts one week after demolishing East Wing for $300 million ballroom, before commission could advise on design.
Trump nominates SEC crypto task force counsel Mike Selig to lead CFTC after Winklevoss twins got Brian Quintenz pulled for refusing to engage on their pending CFTC complaint.
Trump welcomes Qatar’s leaders aboard Air Force One to discuss Gaza peacekeeping, claims he’s accomplished “peace in the Middle East” while Rubio seeks UN authorization for the force.
Pentagon awards drone company its largest-ever contract after Trump Jr. took $4 million stake and Trump signed executive order accelerating procurement.
South Carolina arrests fired elections director Howard Knapp on 11 charges including embezzlement for using state vehicles and credit card for personal fuel costs totaling $5,480 over eight months.
Pentagon to use $130 million from anonymous Trump friend for military pay during shutdown despite experts saying private donations cannot legally offset appropriations lapses.
White House released a list of donors funding Trump’s ballroom showing contributions from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family.
Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao two months after reports his family’s crypto venture benefited from Binance partnership and after Zhao’s firm paid $450,000 to lobbyist friend of Donald Trump Jr.
Trump completed demolition of White House East Wing this week to build ballroom, breaking his pledge not to touch existing structures and exploiting exemption from historic preservation reviews.
Trump demolishes entire White House East Wing built in 1902 for $300 million ballroom funded by private donors after promising project wouldn’t interfere with building
USDA uses Commodity Credit Corporation’s permanent borrowing authority to reopen 2,100 offices and pay workers during shutdown, selectively operating to help farmers three weeks after Argentina trade deals angered Trump’s base.
Trump demolishes White House East Wing for $250 million ballroom during three-week shutdown as capacity expands from 650 to 999 people.
Trump says he will decide whether taxpayers pay him $230 million over Justice Department investigations into his conduct.
White House East Wing demolition begins for Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, months after he said construction wouldn’t touch the building.
Rubio abandoned DOJ-protected MS-13 informants to seal deal sending 250 Venezuelans to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, where they were beaten and held 5 months without lawyer contact.
Trump frees former Rep. George Santos after 84 days of a 7-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft, with Santos now vowing prison reform.
Homeland Security is buying two private jets for Noem’s use through the Coast Guard, which requested one jet at $50 million, while the purchases will cost up to $200 million.
Trump commutes George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence three months into his term for wire fraud and identity theft convictions.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito voted to confirm her son Moore Capito as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of West Virginia, with ethics watchdog citing a growing trend of senators voting for relatives.
U.S. prosecutors charge Smartmatic with foreign corruption for conspiring to pay over $1 million in bribes to a Filipino election official to secure $182 million in voting machine contracts.
Trump administration plans to install allies at IRS to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups and major Democratic donors including George Soros, who Trump wants charged under RICO, Wall Street Journal reports.
SC Election Commission chairman says fired director Howard Knapp falsified documents and misrepresented $32 million ballot scanner contract as $28 million, now under SLED investigation for wiretapping and misconduct.
NY man convicted of illegal straw donor scheme after recruiting people to donate to Trump’s 2019 campaign then reimbursing them with cash to secure Mar-a-Lago photo op tickets.
