Day: February 16, 2025

President Donald Trump on Saturday offered a cryptic, one-sentence insight into what appears to be the guiding philosophy behind the first weeks of his presidency — and his expansive and unprecedented efforts to reshape the use of executive authority.

Talks between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine are set to begin Tuesday, multiple sources have told CNN.

Article III Founder Mike Davis writes that a group of prosecutors in the Southern District of New York lost the plot when they failed to execute a lawful order that came down from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

USAID, an agency created by Congress and codified in law, is being dismantled by President Trump. His actions have some in Washington raising questions about the role of Congress.

Donald Trump says the Supreme Court already gave him the power to purge the federal government.

In news from Capitol Hill, the Internal Revenue Service has become the latest federal agency to be targeted by Elon Musk and his unelected team at DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. The Washington Post reports Musk’s team is seeking access to an IRS system that contains detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
On Friday, a federal court hearing was held in New York after 19 states sued Musk for illegally accessing sensitive information at the Treasury Department. This is New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Attorney General Letitia James: “No one elected Elon Musk and his minions, and no one has allowed him to have access to this information. This is a violation of the separation of powers. The United States Congress, the United States Senate has the sole discretion in having the power of the purse, and not Elon Musk.”

President Donald Trump wants the justices to allow him to remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistleblower reports.

President Donald Trump’s team of Russia-Ukraine peace negotiators are heading to Saudi Arabia to begin ceasefire talks in Trump’s fourth week back in the Oval Office.

The talks are seen as a major step in improving U.S.-Russia relations, but they’re creating anxiety in Ukraine.