Gabe Kaminsky

1 week ago | thefp.com | Gabe Kaminsky

Is DOGE Dead? The world’s richest man is back to ‘spending 24/7’ at his old jobs, but left behind devotees who are accumulating power and influence. Elon Musk was back at SpaceX this week, planning to update the world about the company’s plans “to make life multiplanetary” right after launching the latest test flight of its Starship rocket. The update was canceled after the rocket spun out of control, but at least it didn’t explode after liftoff like SpaceX’s last two flights.

1 week ago | thefp.com | Gabe Kaminsky

How the Trump Family Learned to Monetize MAGABy one measurement, the president has doubled his net worth to more than $5.4 billion. ‘There is no modern parallel.’Luxury resorts in foreign countries, a crypto empire, and a private club in Washington for the ultra-rich. That is the highly abridged version of all the projects lined up by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump while zigzagging across the world since their father, Donald Trump, defeated Joe Biden in November.

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Gabe Kaminsky

How Elon Musk Unleashed Chaos Inside the NIHA frenzy of changes by DOGE underlings is colliding with resistance from the agency’s scientists and top officials. As part of a grant-canceling spree six weeks into the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cut a $200,000 program for Seattle Children’s Hospital to study sex education among transgender youth.

1 month ago | thefp.com | Gabe Kaminsky

Drain the Swamp? MAGA Lobbyists Say They’re ‘Drinking from a Fire Hose.’Once upon a time, Donald Trump promised to clean up Washington. But for the swampiest industry of all, business is booming. Since 2016, Donald Trump has promised his supporters that he will “drain the swamp”—the president’s catchall pledge to end corruption in Washington.

1 month ago | thefp.com | Gabe Kaminsky

Musk Pledged to Cut $1 Trillion at DOGE. Republicans Say It Was Always a Pipe Dream. The target was far-fetched, say Musk defenders, though they vow to keep cutting. Elon Musk blew into Washington after predicting he could deliver at least $2 trillion in cuts to the federal budget. That was the pledge he made to a roaring crowd in Madison Square Garden just before the election last year.