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Trump Ballroom Fiasco: Watchdog Exposes Patrons Snaring £40B In Contracts After Giving Cash

A new watchdog report says corporate donors helping fund Donald Trump's £400m White House ballroom have received over £40bn in US contracts, raising fresh questions over influence and access.

International Business Times UK

Trump launches ‘pathetic power grab’ to derail midterms after firing election commissioners, voting groups say

Officials who run the nation’s elections sound the alarm over the president’s ‘dangerous’ purge of an independent commission

The Independent UK

How Elon Musk Created 'So Much Destabilization' That the Government Paid $11B Just to Clear the Room

A report reveals that Musk's Deferred Resignation Program cost taxpayers up to $15.1bn, contradicting claims of savings from the Trump administration's federal workforce reduction efforts.

International Business Times UK

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Trump admin spent $11B telling workers not to work after DOGE-inspired cuts, report finds

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sent the ‘fork in the road’ email to federal employees in January 2025, allowing them to resign and continue to receive pay

The Independent UK

$189 million and counting! Crypto firms spending big bucks to influence 2026 US midterms - report

Cryptocurrency companies are significantly investing in the upcoming 2026 US midterm elections, having already disbursed $189 million, making them the foremost corporate political contributors. This unprecedented financial surge seeks to influence policy and obtain legislative advantages. Additionally, the tech industry is following suit, underscoring an escalating trend of corporate involvement…

The Times of India

'Stupid, Costly, and Deadly': Trump Admin Blasted for Spending $11 Billion to Pay Federal Workers Not to Work

A new Public Citizen report says Donald Trump's Deferred Resignation Program paid nearly 140,000 US federal workers at least $11 billion not to work.

International Business Times UK

‘This Is The Biggest Fear For Me’: Toyota Chairman Admits He Isn’t Ready For The Electric Future

Toyota says it's committed to solving the climate crisis. But the guy whose name is on the building doesn't seem to agree.

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Lockheed, Palantir and Amazon helped fund Trump's White House ballroom. They also share more than $50 billion in federal contracts

Lockheed Martin alone received roughly $43.8 billion in new or expanded contracts.

Fortune

Report claims 14 of 27 known corporate donors to Trump’s ballroom project later won federal business, a link the White House rejects

White House defends the project and its donors.

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Trump ballroom donors awarded $50B in taxpayer-funded contracts in last six months: watchdog

More than half of corporate donors to president’s pet project have recently received new or improved government deals for their services, Public Citizen analysis reveals

The Independent UK

Amazon, Apple and Meta Donated Millions to Trump's Ballroom Before Their Federal Investigations Were Quietly Dropped

A Public Citizen report says donors to Trump's White House ballroom project received billions in federal contracts, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.

International Business Times UK

The Trump-backed concert lineup for America’s 250th birthday has a strong 1990s feel

Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair is making 1990 great again with Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice and Bret Michaels

The Independent UK

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

The Guardian - US

3 contractors cited for violations in death of worker building major ICE detention camp

Federal regulators have cited three contractors for safety violations stemming from the death of a worker helping build a major immigration detention center last year

The Independent UK

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Trump Medicaid Cuts Put 446 Hospitals in Danger, Threatening Care for 6.6 Million: California, New York, Illinois and Washington Among the States Facing the Biggest Hit - REPORT

The Trump administration Medicaid cuts could put hospital care out of reach for millions of Americans, with California, New York, Illinois and Washington among the states facing the biggest hit, according to a new report by Public Citizen. The watchdog group says 446 hospitals nationwide are now at heightened risk…

The Independent UK

Hundreds of hospitals across the US threatened by Medicaid cuts, report says

The hospitals serve 6.6 million Americans across 44 states and Washington, D.C.

The Independent UK

Panel members considering Trump’s ballroom are not legally qualified to vote on project, critics say

Commissioners chosen by President Donald Trump lack meaningful planning experience, watchdogs argue

The Independent UK

Republican lawmaker privately questioned Trump’s ‘disturbing’ demolition of the East Wing: report

The Trump administration removed the East Wing of the White House in October, despite initially claiming the new ballroom would not ‘interfere’ with the original structure

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The Independent UK

Trump aide who spearheaded government cost cutting gets $15M security detail paid for with slashed USAID cash

Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, will reportedly be protected by the Marshals Service through the end of the year

The Independent UK

A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing

The Guardian - US

More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels

The Texas Tribune

The EPA is easing pollution rules under Trump. Here’s how it’s affecting Texas.

As President Trump marks one year back in office, his EPA has proposed rolling back key air and climate protections, which experts say has already begun to strain Texas’s air quality and public health.

The Guardian - US

Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians

Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules

Euronews

Watchdog group Public Citizen calls on OpenAI to scrap AI video app Sora, citing deepfake risks

The group is raising alarm about the dangers of letting people create AI videos on just about anything they can type into a prompt.

The Independent UK

Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers

Tech advocacy group Public Citizen has demanded OpenAI withdraw Sora 2, citing safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator

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