“They concluded that the Venezuelans sent to CECOT ‘were subjected to what amounts to arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance under international human rights law.’”

“President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost as much as $2 billion, according to six people with knowledge of the potential cost.”

“At least three Republican lawmakers took advantage of a decades-old rooftop solar credit that will end in January due to President Donald Trump’s megalaw, according to a review of property records and satellite imagery by POLITICO’s E&E News.”

On July 12, 2019, shortly after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges, Trump was asked by a reporter if he suspected Epstein was sexually abusing underage girls. Trump said he “had no idea.”

“Immigration officials said Tuesday that a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data shows the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.”

“Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.”

“[P]eople seeking pardons generally must wait five years after their release from incarceration, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney. But Trump’s actions in his second term show he has largely abandoned that process.”

Last month, Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, antisemite, and misogynist, on his podcast. On Monday, Popular Information revealed that several prominent companies are continuing to sponsor Carlson’s show. Now, Rocket Money has ended its sponsorship of Carlson's podcast.

“GEO Group Inc., one of the largest private prison operators, said President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more electronic systems to track non-citizens it wants to deport.”

“Florida Republicans are trying for the fourth year in a row to ban political flags atop government buildings, including Pride, MAGA, or Black Lives Matter banners.”

“But as ICE and other federal agencies storm cities across the country in a sweeping immigration crackdown, one seismic policy change has largely flown under the radar: the assault on DACA and the more than 515,000 recipients currently in the program.”

During the 2024 election, Elon Musk funneled $19.2 million into congressional elections using America PAC. Almost no one benefited more from this spending than Congressman Tom Kean (R-NJ), who received $1.5 million in backing from America PAC.

There is a housing crisis in the U.S. In 1985, the median income was $23,620 and the median price of a home was $84,300. By 2023, the median price of a home was $428,600, 5.3 times the median income of $80,061. Over the weekend, Trump teased a new policy to address the issue: a 50-year mortgage.

“Dramatic increases in immigration arrests could be hurting students in the classroom, including U.S. citizen students from Spanish-speaking households.”

“In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after faith leaders were denied entry to the building for the third time on Friday.”

“But there’s at least one big way that American companies and households may end up paying more, not less, for the president’s anti-environment policy moves… Cars are getting more expensive... And they aren’t just getting more expensive to buy; cars are getting more expensive to own.”

Nick Fuentes is a white supremacist, antisemite, and misogynist. On October 27, Tucker Carlson interviewed Fuentes on his podcast. During the interview, where Fuentes criticized the “organized Jewry” for dividing America and said he was a “fan” of Stalin, Carlson did not challenge Fuentes’ views.

“Immigration officers arrested a teacher early Wednesday in Chicago after chasing her into the grounds of a private preschool and grabbing her as parents and students looked on, according to a local official, witnesses and video footage of the incident.”

“A US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany published a list of food banks in the area that could help soldiers and staff as part of its ‘Shutdown Guidance,’ the subtext being that soldiers and base employees might need to obtain free food from German government services.”

“The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a policy aimed at limiting transgender rights that would restrict sex designations on passports to ‘male’ and ‘female’ based on sex assigned at birth.”

On X, Vice President J.D. Vance dismissed the poor showing by Republicans on Tuesday night as “a couple of elections in blue states.” Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.

“The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of ‘terrorizing’ fintech startups and crypto companies.”

“The Kansas House’s top Republican on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections.”

“They said that despite President Donald Trump’s depiction of Chicago as a ‘war zone,’ the biggest disturbance or encounter with violence that they have witnessed in their neighborhood was not from criminals — but when immigration agents swept through.”

On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.

“The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship.”

“The Trump administration has committed to partially funding [SNAP] with a $4.65 billion payment -- but using emergency funds to pay for reduced SNAP benefits could take ‘a few weeks to up to several months,’ a top USDA official told a federal judge in a sworn court filing Monday.”

“[T]he bulletin cites five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers and says criminals are using [ICE’s] heightened profile to target vulnerable communities, making it harder for Americans to distinguish between lawful officers and imposters while eroding trust in law enforcement.”

On Friday, Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and falsely claimed that the government shutdown was a dispute over blue states diverting billions of dollars in fraudulent federal payments to undocumented immigrants.

Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare – donated $5 million to Trump’s super PAC on February 24. Six days later, Trump blasted a pending Biden rule that would have barred Medicare from covering Extremity Care’s products.

“A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about ‘restoring biological truth’ in government.”

“The lack of public input from major US companies on the docket of a Supreme Court appeal with potentially vast consequences for their bottom line and the economy as a whole is unusual and likely based at least in part on a fear of retribution from the White House.”

“The collective wealth of America’s top 10 richest people ballooned by $698 billion in the past year, supercharged by President Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.”

Last week, the FCC voted to allow prison telecommunication companies to charge incarcerated people up to 83% more for phone calls. Before the 2024 rate caps were implemented, inmates reported having to choose between paying for calls or other essential goods, like hygiene products and shoes.

“Tribal nations are struggling to cover the costs of heating, food and education because of the government shutdown, advocates said at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.”

“Federal immigration authorities say they no longer have to provide on-demand access to detention facilities for members of Congress. The reason? The government shutdown.”

“More than 5 million people face an increased risk of developing cancer because they live near the type of plants that would have been subject to the new emission rules, according to the EPA.”

“Two federal prosecutors have been placed on administrative leave just hours after describing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as perpetrated by ‘thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters.’”

On October 23, President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, who pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI.

“Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as ‘pure dystopian creep.’”

“On at least three occasions in the past two weeks, an official Post editorial has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's official editorial line landed in sync with its owner's financial interests.”

“The White House on Tuesday fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that had expected to review some of President Donald Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch and White House ballroom.”

“Louisiana's Republican-controlled Legislature passed two bills Wednesday to delay the state's spring elections, a move designed to give them time for a possible redraw of the congressional map if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens a key provision in federal voting law.”

The official website of the USDA claims that on November 1, the SNAP program will run out of funding. The USDA asserts that Democrats are blocking funding to secure “health care for illegal immigrants” and funding for “gender mutilation procedures.” All of these claims are false.

“Since siding with Barack Obama twice, Iowa has become a stronghold for Mr. Trump. Yet the state has struggled with his economic policies. During the first quarter of 2025, Iowa’s gross domestic product contracted at a 1.2 percent annual rate.”

With Tesla reporting a 37% quarterly dip in its net income last week, chief executive Elon Musk appeared focused on anything but the automaker’s vehicle sales.

Trump has spent months talking about the construction of an ornate White House ballroom. Trump has solicited private donations to make the project possible. Many of the donors are corporations that, less than five years ago, pledged not to support politicians who undermine the democratic process.

“For most of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have bent to his will. But in two Midwestern states, Trump’s plan to maintain control of the U.S. House in next year’s election by having Republicans redraw congressional districts has hit a roadblock.”

“OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok are pushing Russian state propaganda from sanctioned entities—including citations from Russian state media, sites tied to Russian intelligence or pro-Kremlin narratives—when asked about the war against Ukraine, according to a new report.”

During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage. To put the scope of the problem in context, consider the corruption scandals that have emerged just over the last week.