Watchdog files complaint alleging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche violated conflict-of-interest law by ending crypto investigations while owning $159,000 in digital assets.
HUD threatens sanctions against public housing authorities that do not verify tenants’ immigration status within 30 days, claiming audit found 6,000 “ineligible” tenants.
FBI agent resigns after facing pressure to stop investigating ICE officer who killed Renee Good; six federal prosecutors also quit over DOJ push to investigate the widow.
DHS halts terminations of FEMA disaster workers as massive winter storm approaches, hours after staff were escorted out during Noem’s tour of headquarters.
Judge extends order requiring Trump administration to keep funding child care subsidies in five states after HHS cited fraud concerns based on right-wing influencer video.
White House fences off Lafayette Square for “repairs” through May; Trump reportedly wants brick walkways removed to prevent use as weapons during demonstrations.
TikTok announces deal to spin off U.S. operations, with Oracle, UAE’s MGX, and Silver Lake each taking 15% stakes while ByteDance retains 19.9% and continues managing advertising and e-commerce.
Federal judge questions Trump’s authority to build $400 million White House ballroom, snapping “Come on. Be serious” when DOJ compared it to adding a tennis pavilion.
Trump administration orders review of all federal funding to 14 Democratic-led states and DC, directing agencies to report grants, loans, and contracts by Monday; memo claims effort is “data-gathering,” not withholding.
Five Democratic states ask judge to block Trump administration from withholding child care funding; HHS claimed fraud without evidence while demanding recipients’ Social Security numbers.
Trump attributed large purple bruise on left hand at Davos to hitting a table and his daily aspirin regimen; photos showed he later applied makeup to conceal it.
House Oversight Committee schedules Feb. 9 deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell in Epstein probe; her attorney says she will invoke Fifth Amendment throughout.
House Oversight Committee votes to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein depositions, with nine Democrats supporting the former president’s resolution.
IRS announces leadership shake-up days before tax season, promoting Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who testified about the Hunter Biden tax probe, to senior roles.
Trump stands by Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer amid allegations of an affair with a staffer, drinking in her office and taking subordinates to a strip club on a government trip.
Judge refuses to block DHS policy requiring seven-day notice for congressional visits to ICE facilities, though she stressed she was not ruling the policy lawful.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger takes oath as Virginia’s 75th governor and first woman elected to the office.
Trump fires Export-Import Bank inspector general without notifying Congress or providing rationale as required by law.
National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough 80% of staff managing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as shutdown funding runs out Saturday.
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.
Trump says Gateway Tunnel funding Schumer “worked 20 years to get” is “terminated,” along with Second Avenue Subway extension, targeting billions in NY area infrastructure projects.
Trump dismisses 22 of 26 National Council on the Humanities members, keeping only his own appointees one month after federal judge ruled his grant terminations unlawful.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting challenges Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, asserting Congress alone controls its budget as independent nonprofit.
Trump threatens to relocate 2026 World Cup matches from “dangerous” cities including Chicago, which isn’t hosting any games.
A top DOJ official rescinded a letter threatening an FBI agent who sued Alex Jones after being ordered to do so, days after the official was photographed with Jones.
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 GAO determined the Trump administration illegally withheld FEMA funds for the homeless for the sixth time this year.
The California Highway Patrol offers to protect former Vice President Harris one day after Trump revoked her Secret Service detail.
Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, continuing a pattern of stripping security from political adversaries.
Trump expands cancellation of federal union contracts to NASA and National Weather Service as unions decry escalating crackdown on worker rights.
More than 180 FEMA staff warn Trump’s cuts and unqualified leadership risk another Katrina-scale disaster, speaking out despite 340 EPA employees put on leave for a similar tactic.
Federal judge certifies all former USAID employees and contractors in class action over Musk, DOGE shutdown plan
MD lawmakers tour Baltimore ICE facility under tight limits after being refused entry last month, say agency dodged questions on detainees’ nationalities and detention times.
Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard despite city’s violent crime hitting 30-year lows in 2024.
OpenAI offers ChatGPT Enterprise to every federal agency for just $1 each for one year under sweeping AI government rollout.
Labor CIO Thomas Shedd, a Musk-aligned AI evangelist and former Tesla engineer, departs after gutting the agency but retains key GSA tech posts.
FEMA to deny disaster aid to states and cities that boycott Israeli companies before reversing after backlash.
Smithsonian history museum removes Trump impeachment references from exhibit after White House-pressured content review.
Trump taps Project 2025-linked official who recently oversaw State Dept. layoffs to lead the General Services Administration.
Texas Gov. Abbott refuses to release emails with Musk after charging for FOIA records, claiming communications are “intimate and embarrassing.”
DOGE told Nuclear Regulatory Commission in May to rubber stamp reactor approvals already tested by Energy and Defense departments.
Trump suggests federal takeover of New York City and Washington D.C. during Cabinet meeting while attacking democratic socialist NYC mayoral candidate.
DOGE gains approval authority over Defense Department IT and consulting contracts exceeding $1 million in expanded oversight role.
WaPo Exclusive: White House strips DOGE of control over grants.gov after Musk’s exit, restoring agencies’ authority to post billions in awards and averting impoundment delays.
Iranian retaliatory attacks force DHS to restore counter-terrorism funding to five cities with Democratic mayors that had been withheld for months.
Over 20 state attorneys general sue Trump administration for using obscure five-word clause to justify billions in federal funding cuts they claim bypasses Congress.
DOGE operative Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, 19-year-old high school graduate with access to sensitive federal systems, resigns from government.
DOGE coordinates USPS reforms with White House and Treasury beyond authorized scope as Trump administration discusses emergency price hikes and privatization.
Trump’s CFPB drops 18 enforcement cases against predatory lenders including Credit Acceptance which profits from borrower failures while vulnerable consumers face thousands in judgments.
After the Fed leaves rates unchanged, FHFA director Bill Pulte and Trump demand chair Powell cut rates or resign, continuing their long running public feud.
