The Paper Trail: March 21, 2025
Federal Workers in Limbo; Trump Mixing Foreign Policy, Family Business in Serbia; What’s in the New JFK Files?; And More.
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Federal Workers in Limbo; Trump Mixing Foreign Policy, Family Business in Serbia; What’s in the New JFK Files?; And More.
White House, Court Fight Over Deportation Flights; Who’s Really Running DOGE?; Rich Homeowners Exploit Flood Insurance Program; And More.
Tesla’s New White House Showroom; Combat Care's Uncertain Future; Campuses React to Trump Threats; And More.
Layoffs Nearly Wipe Out Entire GSA Offices; Enola Gay a Victim of Anti-DEI Purge; Federal Officials' Financial Ties to Musk; and More.
The Big Contracts DOGE Hasn’t Cut; Dine With the President for $5 Million; EEOC Walking Away from Transgender and Nonbinary Workers; and More.
Inside Trump’s Federal Worker Firings; Will DOGE Tackle $2 Trillion in Pentagon Waste?; Treasury Won’t Enforce Beneficial Owner Disclosure; and More.
Elon Musk’s Government-Funded Empire; “Trump Gaza” Video Sparks Outrage; Organ Transplant System “In Chaos”; and More.
NIH, USDA Defy Court Orders to Resume Funding; DOGE “Wall of Receipts” Full of Errors; Church Retirement Plans Leave Workers Vulnerable; and More.
Trump Expands Power Over Agencies; They Took the “Fork in the Road” Deal—Then Got Fired; Pentagon Looks to “Realign” 8% of Its Budget; and More.
Emboldened Trump Pursues Business Interests; Funding Freeze Leaves Anti-Terror Programs in Limbo; Deadly Lumber Mill Shows Limits of OSHA’s Power; and More.
Trump Orders “Large Scale” Cuts, Expands DOGE’s Power; Federal Aid Still Not Flowing; Is a Monopoly Ruining Your Love Life?; and More.
Courts Block Federal Funding Freeze; Trump Fires Top Ethics, Whistleblower Officials; Whole Foods Exploits NLRB Shakeup; and More.
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