Month: May 2025
May 02, 2025
Congress
Democrats push for IG probe as Trump targets Harvard’s tax status
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Why the SEC is about to feel the wrath of Elon Musk’s DOGE
The agency's enforcement cops could use the full DOGE treatment, an SEC insider told On The Money. The agency's enforcement cops could use the full DOGE treatment, an SEC...
May 02, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: A glimpse of GOP pushback
Hill Republicans are delivering a flurry of rare rebukes of the Trump administration, in the latest sign that the president doesn’t have complete control over the GOP governing trifecta....
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump quips he’s ‘in trouble’ with Melania as he impersonates trans athlete at University of Alabama commencement speech
Trump addressed the controversy surrounding transgender athletes competing in women's sports during his commencement ceremony speech at the University of Alabama on Thursday night. Trump addressed the controversy surrounding...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump to take away Harvard’s tax-exempt status: ‘It’s what they deserve!’
President Trump on Friday said he is stripping Harvard University of its tax exempt status. President Trump on Friday said he is stripping Harvard University of its tax exempt...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Why elite US colleges are looking to ‘make a deal’ with Trump
Some colleges might just cut Trump in on a little side hustle they've developed in recent years. Some colleges might just cut Trump in on a little side hustle...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Jasmine Crockett sets sights on top Democratic seat on Oversight Committee: reports
Crockett reportedly told colleagues she is "made for the moment." Crockett reportedly told colleagues she is "made for the moment."
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’
The US does not have any public holidays commemorating World War II specifically, but there have been remembrance ceremonies in May, August and September across the country for decades...
May 02, 2025
Politics
3 House Democrats withdraw their names from cosponsorship of new Trump articles of impeachment
Three Democrats in the House of Representatives have quietly withdrawn their names from the list of co-sponsors of the articles of impeachment filed against President Trump on Tuesday, according...
May 02, 2025
Politics
Trump terminates NPR, PBS federal funding with sweeping executive order
President Trump signed an executive order late Thursday night terminating federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). President Trump signed an executive order...