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Marjorie Taylor Greene Mulls Bid for Higher Office
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wouldn’t rule out a run for Senate or governor next year, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Said Greene: “Of course I’m considering all possibilities. No…
DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot
“Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is pushing to rapidly develop ‘GSAi,’ a custom generative AI chatbot for the US General Services Administration,” Wired reports. “The plan is part of…
The Government’s Computing Experts Are Terrified
Charlie Warzel and Ian Bogost: “Elon Musk’s unceasing attempts to access the data and information systems of the federal government range so widely, and are so unprecedented and unpredictable, that…
Trump Tests the Limits of His Power
Gerald Seib: “Amid the clamor, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that what the country is witnessing is a classic Trumpian process: The president is testing the system…
Elon Musk Asks X Users If Staffer Should Be Rehired
“Elon Musk launched a poll on his social media platform X asking users if a staffer at his DOGE team should be rehired after resigning over the exposure of tweets…
Trump’s Tariffs Fall Far Short of Paying for Tax Cuts
“The tariffs President Donald Trump threatened against Canada, Mexico and China over the weekend roiled financial markets but they fall far short of duties the US would need to offset…
Trump Isn’t Going to Like This
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Job Creation Was Weaker Than Expected Last Month
CNBC: “Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 143,000 for the month, down from an upwardly revised 307,000 in December and below the 169,000 forecast from Dow Jones. The unemployment…
Democrats Are About to Get Some Real Leverage
With a potential government shutdown looming next month, Republicans are suddenly realizing they’ll need Democratic votes to keep the lights on—and Democrats know it. Despite being in the minority, Democrats…
Musk to Make ‘Rapid Safety Upgrades’ to Air Traffic Control
Elon Musk said the Department of Government Efficiency will make “rapid safety upgrades” to the air traffic control systems with the Federal Aviation Administration, The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
Vance Gets the TikTok Portfolio
President Trump has tasked Vice President J.D. Vance and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz with overseeing a potential sale of TikTok, Punchbowl News reports. “The assignment puts Vance and Waltz…
Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington
Time: “No single private citizen, certainly not one whose wealth and web of businesses are directly subject to the oversight of federal authorities, has wielded such power over the machinery…
Both Tennessee Senators May Run for Governor
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has signaled to donors she may run to replace term-limited Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) in 2026, and Knox News has learned Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)…
FEC Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her
Ellen Weintraub, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, posted a short letter signed by President Trump on social media that said she was “hereby removed” from the commission effective…
Quote of the Day
“I was a moderate Democrat. I think government shutdowns are stupid but… if I’m still in the house, and someone were to say pass an appropriations bill to give the…
White House Pressures ICE to Pick Up Pace of Arrests
“In the first weeks of the new Trump administration, the White House has boasted about the arrests of thousands of undocumented immigrants,” CNN reports. “But behind the scenes, senior officials…
The Courts Move to Constrain Trump
“The new Trump presidency has arrived where it was always destined to land — in the courts,” CNN reports. “The White House suffered a pair of hitches Thursday in its…
Trump’s Power Grab Defies GOP Orthodoxy
New York Times: “For decades, the Republican Party, more than the Democratic Party, presented itself as an advocate of federalism, yielding authority and power to state and local governments.” “But…
Use of Guantanamo Bay Signals Hard Line
“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is slated to make a trip Friday to Guantanamo Bay, as the Trump administration steps up use of the naval base in seeking to emphasize…
Elon Musk Targets Social Security Next
Semafor: “The Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus of the Department of Government Efficiency, a source with knowledge of its work told Semafor, and one person involved in DOGE…
