Never in 250 years has America witnessed a sitting president shield himself and his family from tax scrutiny, after leveraging policies that benefit his own businesses and personal portfolios, as Donald J. Trump has done. Why it matters: This isn't a hidden scandal. Trump has done this publicly and proudly . Last year, we called it the "most unprecedented presidency in 250 years." In doing so, he has set a precedent — once so unfathomable as to be laughable — that it's OK for presidents and family members to make billions off deals affected by government decisions, then use the Justice Department to secure lifetime protection from scrutiny of their past tax returns. - Trump's crypto venture alone has been a windfall unlike anything…
Image: tomaszmichalkania via Pixabay , Pixabay License . tomaszmichalkania Underneath the feel-good politics of it, the practical questions sink the whole enterprise.
American Thinker These self-styled moderates and liberals can no longer afford the luxury of Trump Derangement Syndrome if they want to prevent a full-blown Marxist America.
Fusion energy — tapping the power of the stars — is on the cusp of getting new federal rules. Why it matters: Regulators increasingly view fusion as fundamentally safer than nuclear fission, helping to pave the way for a substantially simpler permitting process than the one faced by conventional nuclear plants. Driving the news: The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is closing the public comment period on the proposed rule on Wednesday, with a final regulation expected as soon as this fall. The big picture: Fusion electricity doesn't yet exist in reality, but industry leaders see this regulatory move as fundamental to commercializing the technology in the United States in the next decade. - "This is a big deal — we've been…
The Trump administration is temporarily moving immigration lawyers to the Justice Department to speed up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans , Axios has learned. Why it matters: Denaturalization cases have a very high burden of proof, but they're a priority for Trump officials who are searching for fraud in the legal immigration system. Zoom in: Lawyers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the office for legal immigration services, are being temporarily transferred to U.S. attorney's offices to work on denaturalization cases, four former agency officials tell Axios. - One source said staffers were being "volun-told" to move offices. A second source describe the transfers as lawyers "being force volunteered." …