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Jacob T. Levy, a Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, made the case on Monday that X owner Elon Musk's rapid-fire efforts to unlawfully decapitate entire government agencies could actually be harmful to the broader goals of Project 2025, the radical right-wing blueprint for having the executive branch of the United States government seize unprecedented power.

Writing on Bluesky, Levy made the case that Musk's attacks on the federal bureaucracy could pose a setback for Project 2025's overarching goals.

President Donald Trump isn’t ready to commit to making his vice president the successor of the MAGA movement – at least not yet.

Trump on Sunday night refused to throw his support behind his vice president ascending to the top of the Republican Party ticket in 2028 when he is constitutionally barred from running for a third term.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) had a blistering and thorough takedown of tech billionaire Elon Musk's latest claims about supposed mismanagement of federal funds.

On Monday, Musk said his Department of Government Efficiency task force uncovered a serious example of financial misconduct in the federal government: the supposed siphoning of funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house "illegals" in high-end hotels in New York City.

The American Bar Association released a statement on Monday reminding lawyers they must stand up for the rule of law.

The statement comes amid a flood of legal battles between the Trump administration and several workers who were fired.

A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief warned CNN's Brianna Keilar that the Trump administration is signaling a completely free rein for big banks and other financial institutions to defraud, scam, and rip off working Americans.

Since Trump took office and dismissed Rohit Chopra, the CFPB — the post-financial crisis agency responsible for protecting consumers from financial corporate malfeasance, and an agency Republicans have long wanted to destroy — appears to be completely paralyzed, with Trump-aligned tech billionaire Elon Musk declaring the agency dead.

A federal judge on Monday afternoon paused the promises made to some federal workers if they agreed to leave their jobs

Over 60,000 federal workers accepted an offer from the Trump administration to allow some of them to be paid for eight months without having to work. Among the issues: some people receive different offers than others, leading to confusion as experts question the validity of the promise

President Donald Trump’s revenge campaign is now taking a swing through staff at the National Archives involved in the efforts to have government documents found at his Mar-a-Lago residence returned, according to Rolling Stone.

That includes staffers who played direct roles in the records standoff with the then-former president – and even some who weren’t, the report said. They are all part of a “list” Trump asked advisers to compile after his election victory in November of staffers at the government agency to fire as part of his vow to carry out retribution on his critics and those involved in his prosecutions.

Employees with the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, filed a non-compliance notice to the court that temporarily blocked the Trump administration's cut of the program, which was established and funded by Congress.

A temporary restraining order was granted last week, but government employee unions in the lawsuit said the administration hasn't complied with the ruling.

Scientists are speaking out in fear for the future of their fields as President Donald Trump's suspension of funds for the National Institutes of Health put everything in limbo, the Huffington Post reported Monday.

NIH announced over the weekend that "it is sharply reducing federal funding for overhead costs at universities, hospitals and institutes required to conduct research," reported Igor Bobic. "Known generally as 'indirect costs,' they include things like rent for space, utilities, internet access, payroll, equipment and other intangible benefits, like free research assistants. This differs from 'direct' costs of doing the research, such as salary and supplies."

Political officials and analysts are raising concerns about a potential constitutional crisis: what if President Donald Trump refuses to comply with a court ruling? However, one legal expert believes this scenario is unlikely.

"Federal judges have, let's just say, a lot invested into the notion that politicians obey their orders and obey the law. I'll use the MOST extreme federal judge out there because he makes this point clear: Matthew Kacsmaryk," wrote litigator Dilan Esper from the Washington, D.C. firm Harder Stonerock.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) implied Sunday that he would be open to shutting down the government to block the GOP's budget demands — joining others eager to thwart the GOP by refusing to work with them.

Their Senate leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), however, undercut that on Monday when he indicated Democrats would use their votes to help "steady the ship."

Yet another government official fired by President Donald Trump is fighting his termination.

Hampton Dellinger, a special counsel appointed by President Joe Biden, argues that Trump wrongfully terminated him as part of his broader purge of federal employees, Politico reported.