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The State Department is making Trump-face passports for America’s 250th birthday, because apparently your ID document needed a campaign souvenir mode
AP says the State Department is preparing limited-edition commemorative passports for America’s 250th anniversary featuring President Trump’s picture, a first for a livi…
READ STORY ↗Reuters says Trump keeps losing media fights in court but still keeps swinging, because apparently the lawsuit is the message
Reuters reports Trump has filed at least nine lawsuits against major media companies since 2020 while also using regulatory and access pressure against critical outlets.
READ STORY ↗A judge asked DOJ if it will actually oppose Trump’s $10 billion IRS lawsuit, because apparently the government is now both plaintiff and awkward roommate
The New York Times reports a federal judge ordered DOJ to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his tax-return…
READ STORY ↗The Supreme Court weighed Trump’s TPS rollback for Haitians and Syrians, because apparently humanitarian protection now has a trapdoor
Reuters reports the Supreme Court examined the Trump administration’s effort to strip Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigra…
READ STORY ↗GAO says agencies made about $186 billion in improper payments, because apparently the federal wallet has a screen door
GAO says 15 agencies reported roughly $186 billion in improper payments across 64 programs in fiscal 2025, an increase that makes the phrase 'payment integrity' do a tho…
READ STORY ↗DOJ indicted James Comey over an '86 47' seashell photo, because apparently beach crafts are now a federal threat assessment
AP and Reuters report that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over an Instagram photo of seashells arranged as '86 47' that officials say…
READ STORY ↗Trump's voter-roll dragnet keeps losing in court, because apparently state-run elections needed a federal data vacuum
Reuters says federal judges have tossed Justice Department lawsuits demanding sensitive voter-roll data from five states, which is one way to learn that 'send us everyth…
READ STORY ↗The FTC says social media scams cost people $2.1 billion in 2025, because apparently the feed is now a shopping mall run by raccoons
New FTC data says nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam in 2025 said it started on social media, with reported losses hitting $2.1 billion.
READ STORY ↗Trump fired the entire National Science Board, because apparently science advice now needs a trapdoor and a loyalty test
Reuters reported that the Trump administration terminated all 22 current members of the National Science Board, the independent body created to help govern the National …
READ STORY ↗Iran offered to talk peace now and nukes later, and Trump is unhappy because apparently the war came with a mandatory bundle package
Reuters reported that Trump is unhappy with Iran’s latest proposal to end the two-month war because Tehran wants to settle the fighting and Gulf shipping disputes before…
READ STORY ↗The FTC says MLM recruiters promised a 'buttload' of money while 79% earned nothing, because apparently the income disclosure was the jump scare
The FTC accused senior LifeWave participants of using inflated earnings claims to recruit workers, including talk of $25,000-a-week dreams that met a 79%-earned-zero rea…
READ STORY ↗The FCC ordered early ABC license reviews after a Jimmy Kimmel joke, because apparently the public airwaves now have hurt feelings
The Guardian reports the FCC is forcing eight ABC-owned stations into early license renewal after the White House attacked Kimmel, which is a very normal thing for a dem…
READ STORY ↗The White House press dinner became a security review after a shooting, because apparently even Washington's tuxedo night needs an incident report
Reuters reported law enforcement officials are reassessing security after a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and a Secret Servi…
READ STORY ↗Reuters says Trump is pushing into state-run elections one state at a time, because apparently local control now needs federal babysitters with subpoenas
Reuters reported a broader-than-previously-known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections in at least eight states through investigations, raid…
READ STORY ↗Trump reviewed a new Iran proposal while energy supplies stayed squeezed, because apparently war now comes with quarterly deal flow
Reuters reported Trump discussed a new Iranian proposal with national-security aides as the war remained in stalemate and energy supplies from the region stayed reduced.
READ STORY ↗The FTC says a health-plan scheme impersonated government and big insurers, because apparently fake bureaucracy now sells fake peace of mind
The FTC says a federal court temporarily halted a nationwide operation accused of deceiving people into buying supposedly comprehensive PPO health plans that did not del…
READ STORY ↗Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship while the Supreme Court weighs Trump's workaround, because apparently settled text still needed a reboot
Reuters/Ipsos polling found Americans broadly oppose ending birthright citizenship as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the Trump administration's attempt to limit i…
READ STORY ↗Trump went back to the White House press dinner after years of boycotts, because apparently the fake news is fine if there is assigned seating
Reuters reported Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as president for the first time, after years of feuding with the press and skipping th…
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