US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid Rapper reportedly paid $600,000 to push for president’s pardon but firm says no partial refund promised The Guardian - US · Jul 14
Restaurant at Trump’s DC golf club hit with string of health code violations over persistent pests The golf club dismissed the health inspection’s findings as ‘baseless and politically motivated’ The Independent UK · Jul 14
Boosie Badazz Paid MAGA Operative $600K for a Trump Pardon They Never Delivered Rapper Boosie Badazz is in a legal battle to recover $300K from lobbyists after spending $600K on a failed attempt to secure a Trump pardon for a federal gun charge. International Business Times UK · Jul 13
Trump has sent all the US refugee agents to just one country ‘Are we being trolled here? Is this like a trolling exercise?’ a former federal employee said The Independent UK · Jul 9
DOGE officially ended on July 4 as agencies push to hire jobs lost under Elon Musk’s cuts Trump administration’s cost-cutting effort goes out with a whimper after upending lives of thousands of federal employees The Independent UK · Jul 5
Trump promised a record-breaking DC fireworks - but who is footing the bill? Fireworks experts have said that the 40-minute-long show, billed by the US president as the biggest ever, is expected to cost many millions of dollars The Independent UK · Jul 3
These Trump White House staffers earn the most Several notable White House staffers earn close to $200,000 a year The Independent UK · Jul 2
Karoline Leavitt’s failed House campaign still owes $326,000 years later: report As some creditors wait for their money back, Leavitt’s parent’s have reportedly already gotten a refund The Independent UK · Jul 2
DOGE cuts see small towns across the nation forced to pare down America 250 celebrations DOGE cut $100 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants that the Elon Musk-led initiative claimed did not align with Trump’s agenda The Independent UK · Jul 1
The First Lady Effect? American Parents Stopped Naming Their Babies 'Melania' After Trump's First Term The name Melania briefly entered America's top 1,000 baby names in 2017, the year Melania Trump became First Lady, before disappearing from the rankings again. International Business Times UK · Jul 1
Baby Name 'Donald' Plummets To An All-Time Low Ranking As Fearing Parents Avoid Naming Children After POTUS The name 'Donald' has reached its lowest popularity in the US, ranking 690th in 2025, despite its association with a former president. The decline reflects broader naming trends. International Business Times UK · Jul 1
Trump team delays health funding with new screening process that uses AI to check for words like ‘culture’ and ‘gender’: report A Democratic senator said the new process is ‘undermining America’s edge in research’ and ‘denying resources and services to communities because of politics’ The Independent UK · Jun 22
Planned Parenthood could soon gain access to federal funds with GOP ban set to expire Healthcare nonprofit blocked from receiving government money last year by one-year provision included in One Big Beautiful Bill, with no extension currently on the cards from Senate Republicans The Independent UK · Jun 22
Kash Patel accused by lawmaker of having a ‘personal slush fund’ to pay FBI loyalists and agents on his protective detail Democrat Jamie Raskin claims some FBI agents received up to $40,000 in bonus payments, pushing compensation beyond the cap The Independent UK · Jun 16
The Independent UK · Jun 12 IRS gets green light to swiftly hire 8,000 employees after agency struggled following Elon Musk’s ‘severe’ DOGE cuts, memo reveals Public officials stated the IRS had its ‘most successful filing season’ - though an internal memo indicates the agency knew it needed more staff after DOGE cuts
Latin Times · Jun 11 Internal Memo Shows IRS Feared Staffing Cuts Could Disrupt Tax Season, Sought 8,000 Hires The hiring push follows the departure of roughly 28,000 IRS employees last year, or about 27% of the agency's workforce
We Got This Covered · Jun 8 Trump’s USDA faces bedbug pest issue in Maryland, forcing in-office work or employees to use vacation days The third wave this year.
The Independent UK · Jun 8 ‘I have two jobs’: Trump belittles Mike Johnson in Oval Office humiliation where he claims to run the House, report says Speaker Mike Johnson apparently directs GOP members looking to bring legislation to the floor to get approval from President Trump first, according to a report
The Independent UK · Jun 8 DOJ quietly scraps ‘command center’ that would help monitor 2026 election integrity, report says Insiders raise concerns about inaction and canceled training sessions for prosecutors and field agents ahead of November’s midterms, as President Donald Trump again warns of ‘cheating’ and manipulation in elections
Fortune · Jun 6 Former AI czar calls Sanders' proposal for government equity a 'stupidity tax' and warns against nationalization as Trump mulls public stakes "Dario and Sam have begun to walk back their claims of massive job loss, but the damage to public trust is done, and now the chickens are coming home to roost."
The Economic Times · Jun 6 Donald Trump says his team will 'look into' US taking stake in AI companies Digital news outlet NOTUS reported on Thursday that senior U.S. officials held preliminary discussions with AI companies about the potential for the government to buy some shares in their firms.
The Economic Times · Jun 5 US officials eye government stakes in AI companies, NOTUS reports While the planning is ongoing and details are in flux, discussions have centered on having the firms voluntarily cede the shares to the government, the report said.
The Independent UK · Jun 3 Trump administration office in charge of tracking pests keeps getting infested with bed bugs The agency has reportedly told employees to take personal vacation time if they don’t want to be in the infested office
The Independent UK · May 21 Absent Republican rep claims he’s running for re-election after being missing for months with mystery illness Republican Representative Tom Kean Jr. hasn’t voted in Congress since March 5
We Got This Covered · May 19 ‘Absolutely magnificent’: Donald Trump’s dream ballroom hit a Senate rule, and his response was to pressure John Thune into firing someone By hook or by crook.