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Switzerland's publicly-owned central bank bought $1.8 million in Trump Media shares. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

— This is according to an SEC filing from November obtained by CREW. The transaction marks the first known apparent instance of a foreign government-connected entity being invested in the president's public company.

McDonald's settles lawsuit over Latino scholarship program by opening door to non-Latino applicants. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

ProPublica: Trump Administration said it lifted its ban on lifesaving humanitarian aid. That's not true. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump vowed to 'immediately' bring down egg prices. His new press secretary says sudden spike is Biden's fault. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

— "When Joe Biden was in the Oval Office — or upstairs in the residence sleeping, I'm not so sure — egg prices increased 65 percent in this country." CNN noted that, while inflation plagued a significant chunk of Biden's presidency due to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, wages in the United States had begun to outpace rising grocery prices in 2024. Any progress made on the cost of eggs was recently thwarted by the bird flu outbreak, which created supply issues and was not a direct fault of either president.

Federal websites down as agencies implement executive order 'defending women'. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Brett Kavanaugh has very bad news for Donald Trump: A federal judge just blocked Trump's domestic spending freeze. His opinion relies heavily on another one by Justice Kavanaugh. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump says he's sending water to L.A. It's actually going to megafarms. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

— His attempt to relax water restrictions would move more water to large farms in the state's sparsely populated Central Valley, a longtime pet issue for the president, who attempted a similar maneuver during his first term. This time he's going further, proposing to gut endangered species rules and overrule state policy to deliver a win for the influential farmers who backed all three of his campaigns.

Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares 'identity months dead'. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump repeats tariffs threat to dissuade BRICS nations from replacing US dollar. — (LINK)

Trump admin emails air traffic controllers: quit your jobs. — 30 January 2025 (LINK)

— "We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so," stated the email sent by the Office of Personnel Management."The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector."

Trump raised millions from crypto firms for his inauguration: Coinbase, Kraken, Galaxy Digital each gave $1 million. Energy producers and tech firms also donated to festivities. — 30 January 2025 (LINK)

White House rescinds federal aid freeze. — 29 January 2025 (LINK)

Canada threatens to cut off electricity to US due to potential tariffs. — 29 January 2025 (LINK)

Report doesn't show $50m for condoms in Gaza as Trump spokeswoman claimed — but does show Trump shipped condoms worldwide in first Presidency. — 29 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters. — 29 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 27 media reports (LINK)

EU gives Denmark 'full support' against Trump's threats, EU Council President Costa tells Euronews. — 29 January 2025 (LINK)

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump Media grants large amounts of stock to directors, including two who are Trump administration nominees. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a 'predator'. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

The Office of Management and Budget has released a memo, obtained by POLITICO, explaining that benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and student loans would not be affected by its freeze on spending — nor would Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security payments. "Funds for small business, farmers, Pell grants, Head Start, rental assistance, and other similar programs will not be paused," the new memo adds. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

NPR: All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

In a new surprise, President Trump announces America will order 40 big icebreakers: committing America to a massive, as-yet un-funded 40-icebreaker buildup. — 28 January 2025 (LINK: limited)

Project 2025 was the plan all along. Trump is proving it now. After denying he knew anything about the conservative playbook, he's enacting an awful lot of its proposals as president. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

California immediately slaps down Trump's claim he 'turned on the water'. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump spares no expense wasting taxpayer money on deportation plane photo-op stunt: he's using military transport planes for deportations instead of commercial passenger planes at a cost many magnitudes greater (video). — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump administration stops distribution of hiv medications in poor countries. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump White House orders freeze on federal grants, loans. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump spares no expense wasting taxpayer money on deportation plane photo-op stunt: he's using military transport planes for deportations instead of commercial passenger planes at a cost many magnitudes greater (video). — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump calls for 'Iron Dome' for US Homeland missile defence. — 27 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 182 media reports (LINK)

DeepSeek a 'wake-up call' for US tech firms, Trump says. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump Justice Dept. fires a dozen employees tied to Jack Smith probes as officials launch review of Jan. 6 cases. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

DOJ halts legal programs for detained immigrants, cuts off advocates' access to facilities. — 27 January 2025 (LINK: limited)

19 State AGs warn retail giant Costco for doubling down on 'discriminatory' DEI. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

ICE makes over 3,500 arrests during Trump's 1st week back in office. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump says he'll put tariffs on imported chips 'in the near future'. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Billionaire investor Scott Bessent is confirmed as Treasury secretary: he was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 29, signaling a degree of bipartisan support. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump's meme coin is down 64% from its high. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

What to know about Trump's first executive actions on climate and environment. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Here's what could happen to your money in Trump's first 40 days in office. — 26 January 2025 (LINK)

— Per the Council on Foreign Relations, many Republicans argue that tariffs in general help create jobs, increase economic growth and lower trade deficits, which could be good for consumers. However, tariffs could also lead to price increases on everyday goods, possibly negating any potential tax savings. Plus, inflationary pressure may put additional strain on the limited spending power of lower-income households. U.S. consumers could also be affected by increased borrowing costs from deregulation, putting additional strain on household budgets and financial stability.

— Rent in the U.S. has increased 19% since 2019, per The Washington Post. U.S. food prices, meanwhile, have increased 25% since 2019, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

IAS — the International AIDS Society — says the immediate halting of funding to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), including a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts, places millions of lives in jeopardy. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump administration orders federal agencies to start firing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) employees. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court to freeze cases on student debt, environment. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Kristi Noem sworn in as Department of Homeland Security secretary after Senate confirmation: swearing in was postponed due to a 'scheduling conflict'. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump's hiring freeze is screwing over veterans. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump calls on the federal government to recognize North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

— Trump had pledged during his 2024 campaign to recognize the tribe, located in the impoverished and diverse Robeson County, and won the county with 63% of the vote. The Lumbee Tribe has more than 55,000 members, making it one of the largest Native groups in the United States. The tribe has long sought recognition by the federal government to classify them as Native American, which would grant them resources like federal funds towards housing and education.

Trump gives Elon Musk access to all unclassified data in the US Government. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump ousts more than a dozen inspectors general in late night action. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump demands California voter ID law for wildfire relief and threatens FEMA upon arrival in North Carolina. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

— The president has run for election three times and has never won a majority of votes in California. Each time, he has made false allegations about his losses having been tainted by fraud and by non-citizens voting for his Democratic opponents.

Trump abruptly cancels crucial science reviews at NIH, world's largest public funder of biomedical research. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

— President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health and appears to have erased diversity programming pages at the agency's website.

— The cancelling of meetings and travel is part of a pause in external communications issued on 21 January by the NIH's parent organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

'And so it begins': Onlookers pounce as Trump reportedly 'kicks Elon out' of the West Wing. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

— The British newspaper the Sunday Times reported that President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, "has denied the billionaire touted as 'the real vice-president' a permanent office in the heart of the White House." "The 'ice maiden' at the heart of the Trump administration has won her first big battle this week — denying Elon Musk a permanent base in the West Wing of the White House.

AP refuses to bow to Trump's 'Gulf Of America' renaming. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

Robert Reich: Here's how Trump's vengeance machine works: He's the mob boss who keeps his hands clean while others do his dirty work. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

WHO to slash costs after US withdrawal. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

— Hiring will be frozen in all but the most important cases, and non-essential travel will be abandoned. From now on, all meetings will take place online, unless "exceptionally approved". Support missions to member states are limited. Other efforts are focused on renovations, which have been suspended, and on equipment.

Reason.com: Trump's orders feature nonexistent emergencies, illegal power grabs, and blatant inconsistencies. — 24 January 2025 (LINK)

"Blatantly unconstitutional": Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order. — 23 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump's pitch to globalists at Davos. — 23 January 2025 (LINK)

— Ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to "bring down the cost of oil." He said that once oil prices begin falling, he'll "demand that interest rates drop immediately."

— Ask NATO members to raise their defense spending to 5% of their GDP. Just over half of NATO members currently meet the 2% spending target.

— Lower the corporate tax rate to 15% — from the current 21% — for companies that "make your product in the U.S."

— He'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon to discuss a peace deal with Ukraine.

Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization: a year-long process. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

— "Due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states. In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries' assessed payments."

Trump signs executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

— California Attorney General Rob Bonta told Axios the state will immediately challenge the executive order in federal court.

Trump orders end of humanitarian parole for migrants fleeing four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump declares the federal government will no longer recognize transgender people. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump's new Schedule F order could strip federal workers of protections: makes it easier to fire federal employees considered disloyal to the administration. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump orders end to remote work, hiring freeze for federal workers. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump signs executive order to reverse Biden's electric vehicle policies. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

President Trump signs exec order to make Musk's DOGE commission more official: signs an order that renames the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), created in 2014 by former President Barack Obama to "change [the] government's approach to technology," as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS). — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Donald Trump reverses Joe Biden's LNG pause on Day 1. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

AP: Highlights from Donald Trump's Presidential Inauguration. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

Trump proposes suspending security clearances of intelligence officials over letter claiming the Hunter Biden laptop story had 'all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation' but did not provide new evidence. — 19 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 11 media reports (LINK)

Trump's $TRUMP meme coin surges to $72 billion market cap in two days. — 19 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 439 media reports (LINK)

Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up, suggests a joint venture with US ownership. — 19 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 66 media reports (LINK )

Mexico expands regional migrant aid to Latin America as Trump inauguration nears. — 18 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK)

The IMF Growth forecasts have been revised upwards slightly for the United States: 2.7%, 0.5% more than previously expected. But IMF warns of dangers of 'boom-bust' economy: Trump's plans to slash regulations on business could "boost potential growth in the medium term if they remove red tape and stimulate innovation". But "excessive deregulation could also weaken financial safeguards and increase financial vulnerabilities, putting the US economy on a dangerous boom-bust path." — 17 January 2025 (LINK)