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What Happened Today – October 1, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets Tennessee National Guard soldiers deployed for domestic law enforcement in Memphis two days after the task force made 53 arrests. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Madelyn Keech)

⚙️ The shutdown is a weapon for Trump. Two days after a judge threatened officials with contempt for defying his Voice of America restoration order, the agency shut down all broadcasts and furloughed every journalist. Universities face funding deals requiring ideological screening of foreign students and sharing discipline records with immigration authorities. Trump dismissed 22 … Read more