This is part one of a two-part series on the congressmen who defied their parties over the recent funding bill. Part two will focus on Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), who supported the continuing resolution to fund the government despite opposition from all other House Democrats. COVINGTON, Ky.—After Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) signaled opposition to the
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary injunction Friday that blocks the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau. “The court cannot look away or the CFPB will be dissolved and dismantled completely in approximately thirty days, well before this lawsuit has come to its conclusion,” she wrote in a 112-page
In a recent interview, Elon Musk was asked about his special government employee status. Tech billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk provided a timetable for his departure from the government as his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to slash federal spending by $1 trillion as an initial goal. During an interview with Fox
Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general asked a court on Friday to block billionaire Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks to voters this weekend, just two days before the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race was to be decided. Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court to stop Musk from making
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday called for a "shadow government" to counter what he said were the Trump administration's lies to Americans.
More probes in other states are likely as U.S. Department of Justice follows Trump’s executive order to review recent gun regulations. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is investigating the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for possibly violating the civil rights of residents applying for concealed-carry weapons permits. According to a March 27 Justice
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order against paper straws that was signed in February is already beginning to “use all levers available" to cut back on them.