54 entries in the ledger
An internal Trust for the National Mall spreadsheet obtained by The Washington Post shows $333 million in private donations funding Trump's White House ballroom, including $25 million each from Nvidia, Apple, the Adelson...
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Trump administration on Oct. 14, seeking to block Jared Kushner from continuing to serve as a special envoy without publicly...
President Trump directed the White House counsel's office to examine allegations that a pledged Kennedy Center donation, said to be worth up to $17 million, never arrived, Axios reported Oct. 14. Former Trump attorney...
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece on October 13, 2026, after the White House asked her to step down, press secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed. President Trump said he was "not happy" and had been...
The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration on October 7, 2026, calling federally funded television ads "illegal government-sponsored propaganda" and accusing Trump of personally directing them. The...
The Wall Street Journal reported, in a story relayed October 7, 2026, that it reviewed a text it says U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle sent Kentucky donor Eric Deters on July 3, 2025 -- days before her...
Two ethics groups filed complaints in late September 2026 over taxpayer-funded ads promoting the administration. CREW filed September 30 over CBP ads airing since September 23 about "defeating communism in America,"...
The Senate failed 49-50 on a procedural cloture vote Tuesday to advance the Clarity Act, a roughly 600-page bill that would have created the first comprehensive federal regulatory framework for the crypto industry...
ProPublica reported Monday that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev — secretary general of the International Boxing Association and a Putin ally — secretly paid for a substantial share of Donald Trump Jr.'s May wedding in the...
President Trump gave four of his closest aides cash gifts labeled "cash gift for the holidays" in 2025, according to their annual financial disclosure forms released the week of Sept. 8, 2026: $45,000 each to executive...