March 2026
Iran war expands across eight countries as Hezbollah launches first attack on Israel in over a year and three American troops are killed in Kuwait.
Nine Iranian warships sunk, navy HQ destroyed
Source: The Associated Press
March 1, 2026
Iran strikes U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as Trump says war could last five weeks and State Department evacuates personnel in six Middle Eastern nations.
Insurers halt coverage, grounding Gulf fleets
Source: The Associated Press
March 2, 2026
Israel threatens Iran's next supreme leader as day 5 brings Israeli strikes across Tehran, global market plunge, and Trump walking back regime change as a goal.
Trump: regime change was never the goal
Source: The Associated Press
March 3, 2026
U.S.-Iran war reaches Cyprus and Indian Ocean as Hezbollah strikes British airbase and U.S. submarine sinks Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka.
174 Iranian cities attacked
Source: The Associated Press
March 4, 2026
House rejects Iran war powers resolution 212-219 one day after Senate, as U.S. strikes Iranian drone carrier and Israel reports most of Tehran's air defenses degraded.
Ground invasion not ruled out
Source: The Associated Press
March 5, 2026
Trump tells Axios he must personally approve Iran's next supreme leader, calls killed Khamenei's son "a lightweight" and "unacceptable."
Trump: "Like with Delcy in Venezuela"
Source: Axios
March 5, 2026
Justice Department posts three FBI interview memos describing Trump sexual assault allegation by a girl who was 13 to 15, after CNN discovered the files were missing from the Epstein archive.
DOJ says no active Epstein investigation
Source: CNN
March 5, 2026
Iran's president apologizes for strikes on Gulf states and blames Khamenei's death for military command breakdown as Revolutionary Guard keeps firing on day 8.
Iran rejects unconditional surrender demand
Source: The Associated Press
March 6, 2026
Trump blames Iran for girls' school bombing that killed 150 children, contradicting his own military's investigators who point to a U.S. airstrike.
"They have no accuracy whatsoever"
Source: AFP
March 7, 2026
Video shows what weapons experts identify as a US Tomahawk cruise missile hitting the Iranian compound where 175 students and staff died, as Trump continues to blame Iran.
Only the US operates Tomahawk missiles
Source: NPR
March 8, 2026
Pentagon investigation finds U.S. strike likely killed 168 children at Iranian school because military used outdated intelligence that misidentified it as part of a military base.
School building separated from base since 2016
Source: CNN
March 11, 2026
February 2026
New York Times finds more than 5,300 Epstein documents mentioning Trump, including FBI tips alleging sexual abuse and a victim's account of being brought to Mar-a-Lago.
38,000+ references to Trump, wife, Mar-a-Lago
Source: Mediaite
February 1, 2026
Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude photos of young women in the Epstein files while redacting a photo of Trump's face in the same release.
500+ lawyers reviewed 3 million pages
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
February 1, 2026
Trump family crypto firm sold 49% stake to UAE royal family's national security adviser for $500 million between the 2024 election and inauguration, linking Trump business to foreign government.
Co-founded by all three Trump sons
Source: The Washington Post
February 1, 2026
Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation after facing contempt charges for ignoring subpoenas issued six months ago.
Subpoena issued last August
Source: UPI
February 2, 2026
Trump calls on Republicans to "nationalize" voting and take control of elections from states in at least 15 places he calls "crooked."
Constitution gives states authority over election administration
Source: USA Today
February 2, 2026
Fulton County asks federal court to return seized Georgia 2020 ballots as Trump repeats call to "take over" elections for third consecutive day.
No Fulton Co issues in past 17 elections
Source: The Associated Press
February 4, 2026
OPM finalizes rule converting roughly 50,000 career federal workers to at-will status, reviving the Schedule F policy Biden repealed in 2021.
Net loss of 242,260 federal workers since inauguration
Source: FedScoop
February 5, 2026
Trump shared a video depicting the Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then claimed he didn't watch it to the end and refused to apologize.
Sen. Scott called it racist
Source: ABC News
February 6, 2026
Bipartisan lawmakers say at least six men are being protected by improper redactions in the Epstein files, including a senior foreign government official, after viewing unredacted documents for the first time.
Trump's name also redacted improperly
Source: CNN
February 9, 2026
FAA declares "national defense airspace" over El Paso and grounds all flights for 10 days with no explanation, authorizing deadly force against aircraft that enter the restricted zone.
Closest comparison is 9/11 attacks
Source: The El Paso Times
February 10, 2026
Commerce Secretary Lutnick confirms he lunched with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in 2012, contradicting his claim he cut all ties in 2005.
Bipartisan resignation calls mount
Source: Spectrum News
February 10, 2026
Trump administration sends all pregnant unaccompanied children to a single Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate, where abortion is virtually banned, over its own officials' objections.
Some children as young as 13, pregnant from rape
Source: The Texas Tribune
February 11, 2026
EPA revokes the 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, eliminating the legal foundation for all federal climate regulation.
Source: The Associated Press
February 12, 2026
DHS orders arrest and indefinite detention of an estimated 100,000 legal refugees who lack green cards, months after the administration halted the green card process for their countries.
Froze green cards, then detained them
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
February 18, 2026
Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariff authority 6-3, ruling the law he used to impose duties on nearly every country does not authorize tariffs; Trump announces new 10% global tariff hours later.
Refunds could total $175 billion
Source: CNBC
February 20, 2026
U.S. and Israel launch joint strikes across Iran in operation planned for months, triggering Iranian retaliation against Israel and U.S. bases across four Gulf states.
5 schoolgirls among first reported deaths
Source: The Associated Press
February 27, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei and entire defense council killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes as Tehran retaliates across Gulf states.
148 schoolgirls dead, tanker attacked in Gulf
Source: The Associated Press
February 28, 2026
Former National Security Adviser Flynn convened summit where 2020 election deniers and six federal officials discussed declaring emergency to seize control of midterms.
https://go.govbrief.today/election-takeover-meeting
Source: ProPublica
February 28, 2026
January 2026
Maduro indicted on narco-terrorism, machine gun, and cocaine conspiracy charges, jailed in Brooklyn after staged "perp walk" at DEA headquarters, court appearance possible Monday.
Wife Cilia Flores also indicted
Source: The Independent
January 3, 2026
Trump announces US will "run" Venezuela, promises American oil companies will "fix infrastructure" and "start making money for the country."
150 aircraft launched from 20 bases
Source: BBC
January 3, 2026
Trump declares 'American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,' rebrands Monroe Doctrine with his own name hours after seizing Maduro.
203 years of hemispheric policy "superseded"
Source: The Hill
January 3, 2026
Rubio warns Cuba's leaders "I'd be concerned" hours after US forces seize Maduro, accuses Havana of colonizing Venezuela's security apparatus.
Cuba responds: "Homeland or Death"
Source: The Hill
January 3, 2026
Venezuela's Supreme Court names Delcy Rodríguez interim president as Trump declares US "in charge," demands "total access" to oil, threatens she'll "pay a very big price" for defiance.
"Regime change, anything you want to call it"
Source: Axios
January 4, 2026
Cuba announces 32 of its military and intelligence officers killed during US raid to capture Maduro, declares two days of national mourning.
https://go.govbrief.today/maduro-cuba-deaths
Source: Reuters
January 4, 2026
Rubio says discussing elections in Venezuela is "premature" because higher priorities, including reinvigorating the oil industry, must be addressed first.
Carrier strike group offshore as "leverage"
Source: UPI
January 4, 2026
Trump predicts Cuba "ready to fall," threatens Colombia's president won't be "doing it very long," promises "second strike" on Venezuela if they "don't behave."
Steel and aluminum extraction also floated
Source: Politico
January 4, 2026
Trump shares debunked conspiracy theory that Minnesota Gov. Walz ordered killing of state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband in their home as her children beg him to remove the post.
GOP and DFL lawmakers both condemned
Source: KMSP Minneapolis
January 4, 2026
Trump says Venezuela will hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil, with proceeds "controlled by me," and invites Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips to White House Friday.
4th day after US attack
Source: CNBC
January 6, 2026
White House launches January 6 webpage calling 2020 "the greatest election theft in US history," listing seditious conspiracy convicts as patriots, and blaming Capitol Police.
Title echoes FDR's Pearl Harbor speech
Source: The Independent
January 6, 2026
ICE agent shoots and kills Minneapolis woman during "largest DHS operation ever" as mayor calls federal self-defense claim "garbage" after viewing video.
2,000+ agents deployed to city
Source: KARE Minneapolis
January 7, 2026
White House declares US will "dictate" Venezuela's government decisions as Rubio outlines American plan for the country's stabilization, oil industry, and political future.
Elections "too premature"
Source: ABC News
January 7, 2026
Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial applies for national banking charter, months after Trump pardoned Binance founder whose exchange bought $2 billion in its stablecoin.
Family stablecoin worth $3.4 billion
Source: The Wall Street Journal
January 7, 2026
Federal agents block Minnesota investigators from joint probe of ICE killing as video contradicts Noem's claim that Renee Good "weaponized her vehicle" before agent shot her.
1,000+ marched Thursday night
Source: The Minnesota Reformer
January 8, 2026
Trump threatens to take Greenland "the hard way" if Denmark won't sell, says US needs to "own" it to prevent Russia and China from taking it.
US already houses base there
Source: BBC
January 9, 2026
ICE arrests dozens of refugees in Minnesota who entered legally and passed security screenings, transfers them to Texas detention after administration suspended the green card process they're accused of not completing.
About 100 detained & transferred to Texas
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
January 13, 2026
Six federal prosecutors resign in Minnesota after Justice Department pushed investigation into Renee Good's widow while refusing to open civil rights probe into agent who killed her.
Lead fraud prosecutor among those quitting
Source: Newsweek
January 13, 2026
Justice Department says "no basis" exists to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, six days after shooting that majority of Americans call unjustified.
Over half of voters say unjustified
Source: USA Today
January 13, 2026
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act to deploy military against Minnesota protesters, a power last used unilaterally in 1965 to protect civil rights marchers.
3,000 federal agents already deployed
Source: The Minn Post
January 15, 2026
Medical examiner preliminarily rules death of Cuban immigrant at Texas detention camp a homicide, citing asphyxia from neck and chest compression during struggle with staff.
2025 deadliest year for ICE detainees in two decades
Source: The Washington Post
January 15, 2026
Justice Department issues grand jury subpoenas to Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey in criminal investigation opened after both publicly condemned ICE operations in Minneapolis.
3,000 federal agents now deployed
Source: CNN
January 16, 2026
DOJ filing reveals DOGE operatives at Social Security likely violated court order, shared data via unapproved server, and coordinated with group seeking to overturn election results.
2 Hatch Act referrals filed
Source: FedScoop
January 20, 2026
Family with active asylum case detained while taking 7-year-old to Portland emergency room; entered legally through CBP One, now held in Texas.
Active asylum case, 2028 court date
Source: KGW Portland
January 23, 2026
CDC vaccine panel chair questions need for polio vaccines, calls school immunization requirements "authoritarian," says individual autonomy comes before public health.
U.S. hit 12 months of measles transmission this week
Source: The Hill
January 23, 2026
Border Patrol agents pin Minneapolis nurse to ground, fire multiple shots into his back; second American killed on video in 17 days during immigration crackdown.
State investigators denied scene access again
Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2026
AG Bondi tells Minn. Gov. Walz ICE will leave only if the state shares Medicaid and SNAP records, repeals sanctuary policies, and gives DOJ access to voter rolls; Minnesota Secretary of State calls it "ransom."
31 states have refused voter data requests
Source: WMSP Minneapolis
January 25, 2026
FBI seizes 2020 election ballots from Fulton County warehouse after judge previously denied White House lawsuit seeking same records.
700 boxes of ballots loaded onto trucks
Source: CBS News
January 28, 2026
Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization sue the IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over tax records leaked to ProPublica and the New York Times.
Leaker began 5 year sentence in 2023
Source: CNBC
January 29, 2026