Top Democratic appropriator wants White House to pay for airing 'propaganda' - Live Updates - POLITICO

Sen. Patty Murray is proposing to dock the Office of Management and Budget for violations…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/01/congress/penalties-for-propaganda-ads-01103825

 

The POVERTY PENALTY - hidden costs of being poor. #poverty #economicjust...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mT1B9P7QceU

 

Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton - POLITICO

A federal appeals court has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against President Donald Trump and attorney Alina Habba, concluding they committed "sanctionable conduct" by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey. 

"Many of Trump's and Habba's legal arguments were indeed frivolous," 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. wrote for a unanimous, three-judge panel, including Trump appointee Andrew Brasher and Biden appointee Embry Kidd.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/26/donald-trump-penalty-lawsuit-hillary-clinton-00669616

 

Appeals court panel mulls $1M penalty for Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton - POLITICO

In a scathing 2023 ruling, Florida-based U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks called Trump's lawsuit "a hodgepodge of disconnected, often immaterial events, followed by an implausible conclusion." 

"This case should never have been brought. Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it," wrote Middlebrooks, an appointee of President Bill Clinton. "This is a deliberate attempt to harass; to tell a story without regard to facts." 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/appeals-court-penalty-trump-lawsuit-hillary-clinton-00658614

 

Elon Musk's SEC fight reaches tipping point with Twitter penalty claim

Elon Musk's ongoing feud with the Securities and Exchange Commission escalated Thursday when he publicly challenged the agency, claiming it gave him 48 hours to pay a penalty or face charges related to his Twitter acquisition…

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/elon-musk-sec-fight-twitter

Tennessee governor signs bill penalizing adults who help minors get abortions | Tennessee | The Guardian

Tennessee's governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, proposals that are both likely to face immediate legal challenges when they go into effect later this year…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/tennessee-abortion-bill

 

U.S. Senate Democrats target Big Oil for carbon polluters fund | Reuters

… "It is a fixed penalty to provide a block of compensation," Whitehouse said, to "clean up the mess that they knowingly cause."…

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-climate-idUSKBN2F52IZ

States reduce penalties for drivers who strike protesters — a threat cited in hundreds of police shootings - The Washington Post

... In some ways, states are applying the same logic to cars that they apply to firearms: Use one to defend yourself in a moment of crisis and it's okay. Aim it at a police officer and you risk being shot to death. But that invites an extension of the analogy. A Rand Corp. study found that states with "stand your ground" laws allowing residents to use firearms in self-defense were states that had more firearm homicides. Allowing people to use guns to kill in some circumstances correlated with more people using guns to kill...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/23/states-reduce-penalties-drivers-who-strike-protesters-a-threat-cited-hundreds-police-shootings/

Analysis | Mick Mulvaney’s nonsensical math on Obamacare -- The Washington Post

The acting White House chief of staff claimed that more people paid an Obamacare penalty than gained under the law. That's false...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/02/mick-mulvaneys-nonsensical-math-obamacare/

Hundreds of hospitals punished for lax safety. Here’s how to see if yours is one - Ars Technica

Hospital group argues the penalties are misguided and calculated unfairly...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/feds-punish-800-hospitals-over-patient-injuries-and-infections/

Inspector general reports that ICE facilities have thousands of violations, only 2 penalties - Daily Kos

When Donald Trump's ICE forces are not wasting resources creating fake universities in order to entrap immigrants looking to better themselves by way of an education, they are … well, that's basically all they are doing. In a published set of findings from Jan. 31, 2019, the Office of the Inspector General reports that the terror Homeland Security agency definitely does not police or punish the detainee housing contractors that are funded by American taxpayers. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1834438

Civil penalties for polluters dropped dramatically in Trump’s first two years, analysis shows - The Washington Post

Civil penalties for polluters under the Trump administration plummeted during the past fiscal year to the lowest average level since 1994, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/civil-penalties-for-polluters-dropped-dramatically-in-trumps-first-two-years-analysis-shows/2019/01/24/7384d168-1a82-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html

TX Federal Judge Rules Obamacare 'Invalid,' Appeals Sure To Follow - TPM

A conservative federal judge in Texas has ruled the Affordable Care Act "invalid" on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now. In a 55-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled Friday that last year's tax cut bill knocked the constitutional foundation from under "Obamacare" by eliminating a penalty for not having coverage. ....
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-federal-judge-obamacare-invalid

Trump Administration Spares Corporate Wrongdoers Billions in Penalties - The New York Times

Punishment of banks and big companies accused of malfeasance has declined precipitously since the Obama era. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/trump-sec-doj-corporate-penalties.html

Trump’s easing penalties on a Chinese company that sold to North Korea and Iran. Republicans are letting him do it - Vox

Congressional Republicans are going to let Trump ease up on ZTE after all. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/21/17598488/trump-zte-marco-rubio-ban

Catholic bishops call Trump’s new asylum rules ‘immoral,’ with one suggesting ‘canonical penalties’ for those involved - The Washington Post:

The topics of migration and asylum have long been a focus for the U.S. Catholic church. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/06/13/catholic-bishops-call-trumps-new-asylum-rules-immoral-with-one-suggesting-canonical-penalties-for-those-involved/

Trump's EPA Just Made a "Highly Unusual" Concession to a Big Pesticide Company -- Mother Jones

Back in 2016, seed and pesticide giant Syngenta got some harsh news from the the US Environmental Protection Agency: in a complaint alleging the company had failed to protect workers from exposure to a highly toxic insecticide in an incident at a corn farm it operates in Hawaii, the EPA announced it was seeking $4.8 million in civil penalties...
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/02/trumps-epa-just-made-a-highly-unusual-concession-to-a-big-pesticide-company/

Some Late Sign-Ups For Medicare May Be Able To Get Penalties Waived

Each year, thousands of Americans miss their deadline to enroll in Medicare, and federal officials and consumer advocates worry that many of them mistakenly think they don't need to sign up because they have purchased insurance on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces. That failure to enroll on time can leave them facing a lifetime of penalties....
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/06/531263277/feds-to-waive-penalties-for-some-who-signed-up-late-for-medicare?ft=nprml&f=1001