April 16, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 152 🔥
Extreme. News volume is off the charts.
This is an indexed score based on news activity.
100 = our permanent historical baseline.
Today is 52% above normal.
This is an indexed score based on news activity.
100 = our permanent historical baseline.
Today is 52% above normal.
Previous 5 Days 136 | 144 | 88 | 104 | 152
7 Day Trending Story Categories: Courts, Federal Personnel, Criminal Justice
7 Day Trending Topics: DHS, ICE, Tariffs
7 Day Trending Topics: DHS, ICE, Tariffs
🛠️💥 They’re dismantling the system from every angle, and this week, they escalated. The IRS is being weaponized, science boards are purged, disaster programs axed, and even Medicare data is being turned into a surveillance tool.
⚖️ But resistance is biting back: a judge threatens contempt over illegal deportations, Schumer blocks Trump’s DOJ picks, and California sues over economic sabotage. While the headlines scream, they’re quietly bleeding public service: cutting AmeriCorps, slashing species protections, and killing off foreign disinfo teams.
📢 Don’t just watch the fire. Go fight the arson. Speak out, show up, and stop the sabotage.
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Schumer blocks Trump’s New York prosecutor picks, calls them part of plan to weaponize the Justice Department.
April 16, 2025
Trump’s State Department eliminates office countering foreign disinformation after pressure from conservative critics.
April 16, 2025
Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation.
April 16, 2025
Trump officials move to gut endangered species protections by redefining “harm” to exclude habitat destruction.
April 16, 2025
Trump officials asked Medicare to help track undocumented immigrants using a health database tied to Social Security numbers.
April 16, 2025
DHS threatens to end Harvard’s ability to host international students unless it hands over protest and disciplinary records.
April 16, 2025
Trump escalates retaliation, asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after $2.2B funding cuts.
April 16, 2025
Third senior Pentagon aide suspended in leak probe as fallout widens inside Trump defense team.
April 16, 2025
Trump administration halts offshore wind project set to help power NYC, defying permits and threatening climate and jobs goals.
April 16, 2025
Trump admin proposes 30% cut to health budgets, slashing HIV prevention, mental health care, and chronic disease programs.
April 16, 2025
California sues Trump over tariffs, saying president’s use of emergency powers threatens state economy and violates the law.
April 16, 2025
Military families sue DOD, say Trump administration censored base school education and banned diverse books
April 16, 2025
DOGE backs off plan to embed staff at NGO that no longer receives federal funds after legal pushback exposed lack of authority.
April 16, 2025
Judge allows union lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department records to proceed under federal privacy law.
April 16, 2025
Trump administration ends IRS free filing tool built after tax prep firms misled taxpayers into paying for free services.
April 16, 2025
DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid.
April 16, 2025
Bondi says deported MD man is ‘not coming back’ despite Supreme Court order to facilitate return.
April 16, 2025