Trump’s Corporate Favor Factory

We researched more than 150 top donors to Trump’s inauguration fund and White House ballroom to find the government favors they’ve received this year.

By David Moore, Video by Etienne de la Boetie2

Hundreds of large companies and wealthy individuals donated to the inaugural fund of Donald Trump and JD Vance after their election last year, more than doubling President Trump’s previous record and raking in $248 million. Since the Trump administration has taken power and reeled off executive orders and regulatory changes, more enormous donations from companies looking to curry favor with the White House have piled into Trump’s presidential library nonprofit—and recently, to the nonprofit behind his ballroom project…

Affordable Heathcare Act Healthcare PLans Jump 26% A Year

(ACA) insurance plans were publicly posted on the federal Healthcare.gov marketplace on Wednesday, just thr...

by Nathaniel Weixel

The rates, pricing and other data for 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plans were publicly posted on the federal Healthcare.gov marketplace on Wednesday, just three days ahead of the start of open enrollment.

The health research nonprofit KFF said the average increase in premiums for ACA plans will be 26 percent next year, based on data for “benchmark” silver plans, which are the midtier plans in each region that most people purchase and are used to set the subsidy amounts…

Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest

by theguardian.com

A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian…

Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

By Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, and Ashley Parker

The former White House adviser Katie Miller—mother of three young children, and wife of the presidential right-hand man Stephen—walked out of her front door one Thursday morning last month and was confronted by a woman she did not know. When she told this story on Fox News, she described the encounter as a protest that crossed a line. The stranger had told Miller: “I’m watching you,” she said. This was the day after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It also wasn’t anything new…

UPDATE: Trump’s crypto pardon delivers immediate payback

On Monday, Popular Information reported on President Trump’s October 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

by Judd Legum

On Monday, Popular Information reported on President Trump’s October 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, who pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. According to the Department of Justice, CZ’s conduct “allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers” through Binance. CZ served four months in prison and agreed to step down as CEO…

Travel chaos as America’s eighth busiest airport HALTS FLIGHTS over government shutdown staffing crisis

by Ross Ibbetson, Associate Editor And Elena Salvoni, Senior Foreign News Reporter

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been forced to issue a ground stop at Newark airport over a staffing shortage caused by the government shutdown.

The advisory issued at 3.32pm ET says that the ground delay program - which halts flights at their origin - will be in effect until at least 10.59pm.

The maximum delay is 87 minutes and the average is 40 minutes, according to the FAA, with the cause listed as ‘staffing…

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