Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal

Trump administration political appointees have taken steps in recent weeks to exert unprecedented influence over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s flagship medical research publication, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News. The interference included dictating what to cover and withholding studies on the growing bird flu outbreak.

The public won’t get to see Elon Musk’s financial disclosures. Here’s why that matters

Washington—Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, whose companies have contracts with and interest in the federal government while Musk and his team overhaul the size and scope of government, won’t be filing a publicly available financial disclosure report. Instead, Musk’s required financial disclosure as a designated special government employee will be confidential, a White House

The public won’t get to see Elon Musk’s financial disclosures

Washington—Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, whose companies have contracts with and interest in the federal government while Musk and his team overhaul the size and scope of government, won’t be filing a publicly available financial disclosure report. Instead, Musk’s required financial disclosure as a designated special government employee will be confidential, a White House

Democratic FEC chair says Trump fired her. She says it’s not legal.

Ellen Weintraub, the current Federal Election Commission Chair and one of three Democratic members on the committee, posted a letter on X Thursday night from President Trump that says she has been removed as an FEC member.  The brief letter, dated January 31, 2025, reads, “You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission.”

Judge blocks move to place 2,200 USAID employees on leave

Washington — A federal judge said Friday that he will prevent the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, on administrative leave, siding with unions representing the employees for now. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who President Trump named

Senate GOP releases budget plan, moving forward despite delay in House

Washington — Senate Republicans are moving forward with their own budget plan to fund President Trump’s agenda despite a request from House Speaker Mike Johnson to hold off and let the lower chamber take the lead.  Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, released a 61-page budget resolution on Friday, setting the groundwork for the