With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moves to dismantle public integrity guardrails

Trump’s firing of a top ethics official is an attack on government efficiency and public trust

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump fired David Huitema, the director of the Office of Government Ethics, which is an independent arbiter to promote ethical compliance and prevent conflicts of interest.

Trump’s firing of the U.S. government archivist is far worse than it might seem

Amid his dramatic reshaping of the federal government, President Donald Trump’s latest high-profile dismissal could become among his most consequential. On Feb. 7, Trump fired Colleen Shogan from her role as Archivist of the United States, the head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and government official responsible for overseeing the preservation—both physical and digital—and promulgation of government records. Shogan’…

Trump Lowers the Guardrails Around Public Officials

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, White House correspondent Skylar Woodhouse looks at Trump’s remaking of rules for public officials. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here.

Trump's Efforts to Dismantle AI Protections, Explained

Olga Akselrod, she/her, Senior Counsel, ACLU Racial Justice Program Cody Venzke, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU National Political Advocacy Division Amid the crush of executive orders and agency directives issued during Donald Trump’s first weeks in office, his administration has begun to demolish the foundations for ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S. is safe

With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moves to dismantle public integrity guardrails

In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump moved with haste to dismantle the federal government's public integrity guardrails.

As firings continue, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails

In a span of hours on Monday, word came that he had forced out leaders of offices responsible for government ethics and whistleblower complaints.