“Federal marshals are protecting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at a cost to her agency of nearly $8 million over nearly eight months, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.” More.
Executive Branch
The executive branch personnel (White House) including the president, the cabinet and advisors.
Betsy DeVos Undoes Student Loan Protections
“Trump’s education secretary wants to limit costs at a time when more than 1 million Americans are annually defaulting.” More.
Wag the Dog: Trump Lavished with Media and Bipartisan Praise for Bombing Syria
“In every type of government, nothing unites people behind the leader more quickly, reflexively or reliably than war. Donald Trump now sees how true that is, as the same establishment leaders in U.S. politics and media who have spent months denouncing him as a mentally unstable and inept authoritarian and unprecedented threat to democracy are standing and applauding him as he launches bombs at Syrian government targets.” More.
Trump Administration Moving Quickly to Build Up Nationwide Deportation Force
“The Trump administration is quickly identifying ways to assemble the nationwide deportation force that President Trump promised on the campaign trail as he railed against the dangers posed by illegal immigration.” More.
Trump Budget Director Admits GOP Goal Is Wealth Retention, Not Low Deficits
“Donald Trump’s budget director Mick Mulvaney, in a new interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, basically admits that what he cares about is reducing transfers from the rich to the poor.” More.