Of the roughly 2 million crypto wallets that have bought Trump’s meme coin, a very lucky 58 of them have managed to make more than $10 million a piece off it. Everyone else hasn’t been as fortunate. In fact, 764,000 wallets have lost money on the coin.
Clearly, $TRUMP has been a resounding success. Expect to see more crypto grifting from the president and his buddies. That, my friends, is the art of the deal.
Gutted watchdog agencies and unprecedented ‘influence peddling’ means unrestrained fraud.
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote letters (PDF) to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, FBI director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White House chief of staff Suzy Wiles, and White House chief counsel David Warrington (PDF) asking for documents detailing Musk’s government contracts, security clearances, and relationships with foreign governments and entities.
The committee is investigating Musk’s conflicts of interest, which legislators write are particularly egregious given his “extensive ties” to China, Russia, and other foreign governments.
The Columbia student, who was arrested during his naturalization interview, was freed from government custody after a federal judge in Vermont ordered his release. The judge reportedly compared his detention to the treatment of immigrants during the Red Scare.
Mahdawi is among the pro-Palestine student protesters who have been targeted for deportation by the Trump administration. Several others, including Mahmoud Khalil, remain in ICE detention. Several are being held in Louisiana, far from their lawyers and communities.
Trump’s assault on rule of law and plans for mass deportation collide in a months-long shake-up at the DOJ.
David Pierce and I dug into this and other privacy questions on this week’s episode of The Vergecast.
The answer is: it depends. Your immigration status dictates some of your rights to refuse device searches at airports and other ports of entry. Citizens — and in many cases, permanent residents — can’t be denied entry for saying no to a search, but people with visas can. Regardless of your status, we have some advice on how to safeguard your data before traveling.
