When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.

Federal agencies spent an estimated $9.5 billion in salary costs on paid administrative leave in 2025, a sixfold increase from 2023, as the Trump administration pursued a sweeping effort to reduce the size of the federal government. The Government Accountability Office said Wednesday that use of paid administrative leave increased 435% from 2023 to 2025, … The post Trump Administration Paid Federal Workers $9.5 Billion While on Administrative Leave, GAO Finds first appeared on Poli Alert.

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.