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Harris Campaign Paid $100K to Obama for ‘Travel’ and $58K to Rapper Cardi B, Who Claimed She ‘Didn’t Get a Dollar’ From Campaign

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Cardi B had said she paid ‘out of pocket’ for Harris campaign appearance Cardi B speaks during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Kamala Harris’s campaign paid nearly $100,000 to a shell company for former president Barack Obama to travel to events and roughly $60,000 to rapper Cardi B, who said she “didn’t get a dollar” to appear alongside the

Amid Trump Crackdown, University of Minnesota Becomes Latest School To Start ‘Reassessing’ DEI

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Multiple universities have started dismantling DEI programs in wake of Trump policies University of Minnesota logo (Facebook), Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The University of Minnesota is “reassessing” its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI initiatives in the federal government and higher education. “In the last few weeks the

Secretary of State Rubio Confirms He’s Now Acting USAID Chief

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Rubio’s remarks were made amid speculation about the agency’s future. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday confirmed he’s now the acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) amid public comments about the future of the foreign aid organization. While speaking to reporters in El Salvador, Rubio confirmed he would be

Trump Signs Order to Create Sovereign Wealth Fund, Says Could Be Used to Buy TikTok

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The fund will be created in the next 12 months. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 3 ordering the creation of a sovereign wealth fund, which could potentially serve as an investment vehicle to purchase Chinese social media app TikTok. “We have tremendous potential,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during

Trump Appoints Treasury Secretary Bessent as Acting CFPB Director

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s permanent director will require Senate confirmation. President Donald Trump has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in place of Rohit Chopra, who announced his departure from the agency over the weekend. Bessent’s appointment took effect on Jan. 31,