These companies got a legal reset after Trump took office
President Donald Trump’s administration is dropping some lawsuits and investigations into major businesses. There will be winners and losers as the new Trump administration rewrites how business is regulated. And after only its first month, a pattern is emerging, with four major Biden administration cases dropped and others left firmly standing. Crypto? There are clear…
DOGE is moving too fast for GOP lawmakers to keep up
On Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s DOGE subcommittee held a hearing about an agency that Musk had already shuttered. When Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy made a splashy visit to Capitol Hill in December to tout their new “Department of Government Efficiency,” the excitement among Republican lawmakers was palpable. GOP leaders moved to set up…
These are the job responsibilities of DOGE staff embedded in federal agencies, according to Trump
President Donald Trump has worked with billionaire Elon Musk to cut government spending through the Department of Government Efficiency. President Donald Trump details in a new executive order just how much power DOGE staff will have as they embed in federal agencies to tighten the reins of government spending. The new order, issued on Wednesday,…
Federal workers react to Trump administration’s new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: ‘They’ll have to fire me’
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump’s administration officially announced its plan for federal staff reductions in a Wednesday memo, telling agencies to prepare to cut staff and reorganize their departments by March 13. Federal workers who spoke with Business Insider after the memo was announced said the move…
Elon Musk helped tank a government funding bill over congressional pay raises. Now he says paying lawmakers more ‘might make sense.’
Musk said that raising lawmakers’ salaries could safeguard against corruption. It’s an argument that even Democrats like AOC have made. Elon Musk seems to be changing his mind about whether members of Congress should get a raise. “It might make sense to increase compensation for Congress and senior government employees to reduce the forcing function…
Paid to post: Top Trump DOJ nominee made $43,531 as an X content creator last year
Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent GOP lawyer, has more than 1.1 million followers on X, and she frequently posts on the social media platform. One of President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement nominees made tens of thousands of dollars from posting online last year. Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent Republican lawyer who has been nominated to serve…
A US Air Force general says more than just new fighters and bombers is needed to win the next war
The Air Force can’t just rely on reinventing its fleet for a future fight in highly contested environments. New fighter jets or bombers won’t be enough to win the next war, the US Air Force director for force design, integration, and wargaming said this week. Instead, the service needs to focus on what specific threats…
Meet Dan Caine, the lieutenant general turned venture capitalist Trump tapped for the military’s top spot
President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate the venture capitalist and retired Air Force lieutenant general Dan “Razin” Caine as the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, after firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. from the job Friday night. While Trump praised Caine as a “national security expert” and “warfighter,” he would be…
NATO member says it could start shooting down drones over its airspace
A Russian soldier operating a drone in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 25, 2025. Romania could start shooting down drones that enter its airspace after lawmakers approved a new bill on Wednesday. The legislation allows Romania’s military to “destroy, neutralize, or take control of” unnamed aircraft illegally breaching its airspace. It’s set to…
