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By Daniel Wu, Gaya Gupta, Anumita Kaur · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered the […]

By Daniel Wu, Gaya Gupta, Anumita Kaur · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered the […]

By Spencer S. Hsu, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from publicly naming FBI personnel in its review of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack prosecutions, after agents sued over concerns that the Justice Department or third-parties, such as Elon Musk, could put law enforcement officers at risk if […]

By Spencer S. Hsu, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from publicly naming FBI personnel in its review of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack prosecutions, after agents sued over concerns that the Justice Department or third-parties, such as Elon Musk, could put law enforcement officers at risk if […]

By David L. Stern, Robyn Dixon · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The program that provides billions in U.S. assistance internationally is better known for its humanitarian and medical work, but the funding has also been used for democracy promotion as well as supporting journalism. Ukraine’s independent media, a collection of small regional outlets, muckraking investigative websites and […]

By David L. Stern, Robyn Dixon · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The program that provides billions in U.S. assistance internationally is better known for its humanitarian and medical work, but the funding has also been used for democracy promotion as well as supporting journalism. Ukraine’s independent media, a collection of small regional outlets, muckraking investigative websites and […]

By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Like a grinch stealing Christmas, the Trump administration has pilfered not only the meaning of diversity but also Black History Month programs from federal employees. In the process, the White House has emboldened white supremacists who applaud the effort, according to experts on the extremist groups. Ordinarily, federal agencies […]

By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Like a grinch stealing Christmas, the Trump administration has pilfered not only the meaning of diversity but also Black History Month programs from federal employees. In the process, the White House has emboldened white supremacists who applaud the effort, according to experts on the extremist groups. Ordinarily, federal agencies […]

By Jacqueline Alemany, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s powerful payment systems, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations. Tom […]

By Jacqueline Alemany, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s powerful payment systems, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations. Tom […]