Trump’s seized oil tankers are costing millions as one ship runs up $47M in maintenance on a $10M vessel, undercutting claims of a financial windfall.
World Anti-Doping Agency moves to bar Trump and all U.S. officials from the LA Olympics and World Cup over $7.3M in unpaid dues.
State Department cuts fee to renounce U.S. citizenship by 80%, dropping cost from $2,350 to $450, three years after promising the reduction.
DOGE operative accused of taking Social Security data on a thumb drive is now a top executive at Leidos, a contractor with up to $1.5 billion in SSA contracts.
Rep. Beatty accused Trump of excluding her from a Kennedy Center board meeting in a court filing, then found the invitation in her email spam folder.
Secret Service detains driver after vehicle crashes into temporary barrier near the White House, bomb squad investigates.
Social Security’s inspector general opens formal probe into claims a former DOGE engineer kept databases covering nearly every living American on a thumb drive.
Trump appoints Charlie Kirk’s widow to Air Force Academy board without announcement, weeks before it may vote on recommending her late husband for an honorary degree.
AG Bondi moved to military base housing after receiving threats tied to the Maduro capture and her handling of the Epstein files.
Whistleblower alleges former DOGE engineer took Social Security databases covering 500 million Americans on a thumb drive, told colleagues he expected a presidential pardon if caught.
Energy Secretary Wright falsely posts that the Navy escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, then deletes it after the White House confirms no escorts have occurred.
ICE awards $426 million in contracts to two firms with no detention experience to convert warehouses into holding centers for up to 10,000 migrants each.
White House cites alcohol and harassment to justify NTSB firing two days after giving no reason for removing lead investigator of the DC midair crash.
White House fires NTSB board member two years into five-year term with no reason given, after he led the DC midair crash response that killed 67.
Trump flies home to Florida Friday night, then back past Washington to Dover for soldiers’ dignified transfer Saturday, then back to his Doral club through Monday.
ProPublica releases financial disclosures for 1,573 Trump appointees holding more than $19 billion in assets, revealing conflicts between officials and the industries they regulate.
Postmaster General warns USPS will run out of cash in 12 months, hires restructuring advisers and says there may be no Valentine’s Day cards delivered in 2027.
Trump fires DHS Secretary Noem two days after she told Congress he authorized the department’s $200 million ad campaign.
DHS Inspector General accuses Secretary Noem of systematically obstructing 11 investigations, including a criminal case where her access demands could expose the target.
House Oversight subpoenas Attorney General Bondi over Epstein files as five Republicans join Democrats alleging DOJ is removing documents already made public.
Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer’s top two aides resign under IG investigation as department reels from travel fraud probe, affair allegations, and husband’s sexual assault ban.
Noem faces bipartisan Senate grilling as GOP’s Tillis calls her leadership “a disaster” and she refuses to apologize for domestic terrorist labels on killed U.S. citizens.
Hennepin County attorney opens online evidence portal investigating 17 incidents of alleged federal agent misconduct in Minneapolis, naming former Border Patrol commander.
Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans.
Twenty-eight House Democrats demand tech companies disclose how they handle DHS administrative subpoenas issued without a judge to unmask Americans who criticize the agency.
House Oversight releases full video of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Epstein depositions taken last week in suburban New York.
Trump says the Iran war will take four weeks or less, the first public timeline for a military operation launched without congressional authorization.
DHS Secretary Noem diverts border security and deportation funds to buy nearly $300 million in luxury jets, alarming top Trump officials.
Former National Security Adviser Flynn convened summit where 2020 election deniers and six federal officials discussed declaring emergency to seize control of midterms.
Trump’s hand-picked Pentagon inspector general stalls review of military targeting in drug boat strikes after raising political concerns.
Department of the Treasury terminates collective bargaining agreements at IRS and Bureau of Fiscal Service, cancels all ongoing negotiations and arbitrations.
Washington state licensing agency pulls multilingual phone system after Spanish option played English responses in an accented voice.
Bill Clinton becomes first former president deposed under congressional subpoena, denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
White House rapid response staffer secretly runs 300,000-follower pro-Trump X account that called a racist AI video depicting the Obamas as apes “a masterpiece,” Wired reports.
Federal Reserve challenges Jeanine Pirro’s subpoenas in sealed court proceedings, seeking to block the criminal probe Powell calls pretext for Trump’s campaign to control interest rates.
NYC Mayor Mamdani wins Trump backing for 12,000-unit federal housing project and a detained Columbia student’s release in one White House visit after bringing mocked-up newspaper front pages.
Hillary Clinton denies any Epstein knowledge in House Oversight deposition paused after Rep. Boebert leaks her photo, with Republicans also raising debunked Pizzagate conspiracy.
Judge allows Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom construction to continue, ruling the legal challenge was insufficient while calling the private funding mechanism a “Rube Goldberg” arrangement.
Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting Monday in a first for any first lady, while the U.S. owes the organization nearly $4 billion in unpaid dues.
DOJ tells court the $608M federal reimbursement Florida counted on for its Everglades detention facility won’t cover construction costs and may not materialize at all.
USDA transfers massive DC headquarters to GSA as part of plan to cut capital-area workforce from 4,600 to 2,000, with $1 billion in deferred maintenance costs piling up.
Trump’s Treasury undersecretary for terrorism financing exits after objecting to blanket surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community, with administration offering him ambassador to Germany instead.
Vance and Oz announce $259 million Medicaid payment freeze to Minnesota, citing fraud from a COVID-era nutrition scandal as Walz calls it “a campaign of retribution.”
Trump’s fraud division nominee Colin McDonald tells Senate he “follows the facts” but won’t say whether he’d refuse a presidential order to prosecute Trump’s enemies.
Surgeon general nominee Casey Means tells Senate committee that vaccines “save lives” after questioning childhood vaccine safety on Joe Rogan’s podcast, while senators flag her inactive medical license.
Federal judiciary asks Congress to take courthouse control from GSA after DOGE cuts eliminated nearly half the agency’s staff, leaving buildings with collapsing ceilings and contaminated water.
White House weighs executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from all customers, a new enforcement tool that banks say has no clear legal basis.
Trump declares “golden age” in record longest State of the Union, pivoting from economic sales pitch to blaming Democrats for “destroying” the country.
Maryland attorney general sues to block ICE from converting a $102 million warehouse into a 1,500 person detention facility in a town of 2,000 without environmental review or public input.
U.S. Forest Service stops issuing firefighter pants containing PFAS “forever chemicals” after ProPublica revealed the agency knew about the contamination for years and stayed silent.
