Trump attacks Powell again as opposition to Fed investigation grows

Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

President Donald Trump told reporters that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is either "incompetent" or "crooked."

DOJ probe into Powell sparks backlash from some Republicans, former Fed chairs

Elizabeth Schulze, Benjamin Siegel, Fritz Farrow, Allison Pecorin, ABC News

A bipartisan group of top economic officials called the DOJ probe into Jerome Powell an "unprecedented attempt" to undermine the Fed's independence.

DOJ subpoenas Federal Reserve in escalating pressure campaign

Scott Horsley, NPR

The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Fed over chair Jerome Powell's testimony over the central bank's headquarters renovation. Powell calls it part of a pressure campaign over interest rates.

DHS restricts congressional visits to ICE facilities in Minneapolis with new policy

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR

A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, obtained by NPR, instructs her staff that visits should be requested at least seven days in advance.

ICE Wasn’t Always Like This

Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic

In scaling back oversight, the administration has emboldened the agency.

A Trump Loyalist on the Verge of Immense Economic Power

Rogé Karma, The Atlantic

Kevin Hassett might do Trump’s bidding at the Federal Reserve, marking a new stage in the president’s control over the American economy.

Homeland Security plans 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota

The Associated Press, NPR

Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out, tied to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents in Minnesota.

ICE Is Targeting a New Demographic for Recruitment: The Manosphere

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic

The powers that be at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are planning on a massive recruitment drive in 2026—but the people they’re hoping to attract aren’t your typical feds.The deportation agency has earmarked $100 million for online advertisements ov…

Trump Administration Shutters NASA's Goddard Library

Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE

The Goddard Space Flight Center Library in Greenbelt, Md. reportedly closed on Friday, Jan. 2

DOGE Cuts and Borked Code Delay Important Energy Report

AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo.com

The ghost of Elon continues to haunt the federal government.

At least 15 newly-released Epstein files have disappeared from DOJ's website, records show

CBSNews, CBS News

The episode has deepened concerns that had already emerged from the Justice Department's much-anticipated document release.

Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

Yahoo Entertainment

US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator

jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) , Josh Dinner, Space.com

More than a year after his initial nomination, the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.

What 1,000 pages of documents tell us about DOGE

Lauren Feiner, The Verge

Months after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency were found in the Federal Communications Commission directory, the FCC is being accused of slow-walking demands for information about what they did there. On February 24th, advocacy group Freq…

Scores of government statisticians are gone, leaving data at risk, report says

MIKE SCHNEIDER, Yahoo Entertainment

The ranks of U.S. government statisticians have been gutted in the past year due to layoffs and buyouts. One agency lost 95% of its staff, while others...

Trump’s EPA Plans to Raise Threshold for ‘Safe’ Formaldehyde Exposure

Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com

The EPA has revised its assessment of the health risks posed by the carcinogen, less than a year after the Biden administration issued its own verdict.

Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say

cbsnews.com, Biztoc.com

The Trump administration's elevation of a vaccine skeptic to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials, who told CBS News the appointment will harm the agency's reputation as a reli…

Airlines face steep fines as FAA investigates missed flight reductions

Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, USA Today

The Federal Aviation Administration told airlines they could be fined $75,000 per flight if they didn't trim their schedules during the shutdown.

Bessent to push residency requirement for regional US Fed bank presidents

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The move is another effort by the Trump administration to have more control over the US Federal Reserve.

Bessent says White House may 'veto' Federal Reserve presidents

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Yahoo Entertainment

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve's regional bank presidents live in their districts...

Firm Tied To Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski, Techdirt

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad. Sitting on horseb…

Round 2: Watch Senate hearing for Jared Isaacman's re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3

mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) , Mike Wall, Space.com

The U.S. Senate will hold its second hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA chief on Wednesday (Dec. 3), and you can watch the action live.

“In over his head”: Report claims FBI is a “rudderless ship” under Patel

Garrett Owen, Salon

A report from sources inside the FBI claims that the bureau is floundering under the Trump Cabinet pick.

Trump administration moves to roll back limits on deadly soot pollution

John Power, Al Jazeera English

Trump's Environmental Protection Agency says strict air quality standards were introduced without sufficient review.