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Vermont passes a 2028 data privacy law letting residents see, correct, and delete what companies hold on them, and banning health-data geofencing near clinics.
Sole enforcer is the attorney general
Source: GovTech
June 17, 2026
Trump's FEMA nominee Hamilton, fired last year for opposing the agency's elimination, tells senators it should shift disaster costs to states.
89% of GOP-state requests approved, 23% Democratic
Source: The Hill
June 17, 2026
The State Department conditions billions in African health aid on real-time access to citizens' medical data, with Uganda granting seven years of system logins.
Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana walked away
Source: ProPublica
June 17, 2026
ICE signs a $10 million contract to buy immigrants' taxpayer ID data from a private broker months after courts blocked the IRS from sharing it.
Wyden calls it a court end-around
Source: 404 Media
June 17, 2026
Trump settles his $100 million lawsuit against niece Mary Trump over her leak of his tax records to the New York Times.
Court had tossed the press claims
Source: NOTUS
June 17, 2026
Warsh announces a sweeping Fed overhaul in his first meeting, launching five task forces and dropping the closely watched dot plot of rate projections.
Rates held, 9 governors foresee a hike
Source: CNBC
June 17, 2026
