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What Happened Today – June 3

June 3, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 144 🔴
High intensity. Big news cycle.
This is an indexed score based on news activity.
100 = our permanent historical baseline.
Today is 44% above normal.
Recent trend: 6% above the long-term baseline.
Previous 5 Days 144 | 80 | 64 | 128 | 152

7 Day Trending Story Categories: Courts, Federal Personnel, Criminal Justice
7 Day Trending Topics: DHS, ICE, Tariffs

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story

Rep. Nadler calls Trump administration “fascist” and demands House Judiciary investigation after DHS agents handcuffed his staffer in Manhattan office.

A democracy dies when systematic erasure makes entire communities disappear while everyone argues about social media posts.

The government is stripping Harvey Milk’s name from the ship commissioned in his honor, eliminating 90% of tribal college funding, and using collective punishment to deport entire families for crimes that their relatives committed.

Our country is methodically disappearing the institutions and people that make America diverse, educated, and humane until only the approved remain visible. The void isn’t an accident. It’s the point.

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