Daily Headlines: Censorship Attorney General Bondi suspends federal multilingual website and orders agencies to end unnecessary foreign language services after Trump declares English official language. July 15, 2025 View Details NASA reverses promise to host climate reports after Trump administration shuttered official government websites earlier this month. July 15, 2025 View Details Historians launch “Save Our Signs” campaign to preserve national park exhibits before Trump’s September deadline to remove content “disparaging Americans,” seeking volunteers to photograph signs. July 12, 2025 View Details Buffalo Newspaper Guild cancels cartoonist event after threats over cartoon showing MAGA hat wearer seeking flood help despite “gov’t is the problem” message. July 12, 2025 View Details EPA union demands Zeldin reinstate 144 workers placed on leave for criticizing Trump policies, calling disciplinary action “blatant retaliation” for protected speech. July 12, 2025 View Details FBI Director Kash Patel forces dozens of senior officials to take polygraph tests revealing whether they criticized him personally. July 11, 2025 View Details Federal trial begins challenging Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists as university groups argue administration violates First Amendment through deportation threats. July 8, 2025 View Details University of California bans student governments from boycotting Israel while preserving individual students’ rights amid Trump funding threats. July 4, 2025 View Details EPA administrator Lee Zeldin places 140 employees on administrative leave after they signed public letter criticizing Trump’s environmental policies. July 4, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s HHS cancels federal scientists’ access to Nature and other major journals while calling them “junk science” and “pharmaceutical propaganda.” July 2, 2025 View Details House appropriators slam ICE for “egregious” overspending that put agency $1 billion over budget while raiding funds from border patrol and cybersecurity agencies. July 2, 2025 View Details Penn erases Lia Thomas’ swimming records and bans transgender women from women’s sports after Trump Education Department finds Title IX violations. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump and Noem threaten to prosecute CNN for reporting on Iran strike assessment and immigration app that alerts users to ICE raids. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration takes down U.S. climate research website containing congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports four months after dismantling the program. July 2, 2025 View Details Supreme Court’s conservative majority rules parents can remove children from classes with LGBTQ books in 6-3 decision. June 28, 2025 View Details TN GOP congressman calls for denaturalization and deportation of NYC Democratic mayoral winner over rap lyrics allegedly supporting charity leaders convicted of funneling money to Hamas. June 27, 2025 View Details Conservative Fifth Circuit unanimously blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom law after finding lawmakers pursued “sham” legislative purpose driven by religious objectives. June 21, 2025 View Details Gov. Abbott weighs campus protest restrictions banning nighttime demonstrations and masks in response to pro-Palestine activism despite Texas championing conservative campus speech. June 21, 2025 View Details US resumes issuing student visas but requires all international applicants to make social media accounts public, warning private accounts may be suspicious. June 19, 2025 View Details FL AG Uthmeier calls to “denaturalize and deport” MN Rep. Omar after she criticized Trump’s military parade. June 19, 2025 View Details NYC Mayor Adams bans Daily News reporter from press conferences for asking questions, threatens to use taxpayer-funded security to enforce press exclusion. June 18, 2025 View Details NYT investigation reveals Interior Department must remove all “negative” content about Americans from national parks by September 17 deadline after asking visitors to flag inappropriate historical information. June 14, 2025 View Details National Portrait Gallery director steps down two weeks after Trump claims he fired her for partisan content, despite Smithsonian initially asserting president lacks authority over museum personnel. June 14, 2025 View Details Over 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issue anti-fascist manifesto comparing Trump to Mussolini, with some signing anonymously due to fear of reprisals. June 14, 2025 View Details Trump threatens Musk will face “serious consequences” if he funds Democrats while considering canceling government contracts and refusing to repair relationship. June 8, 2025 View Details Federal officials threaten to cut NY school funding over Indigenous mascot ban as state vows to expand the ban to all racial and ethnic mascots. June 6, 2025 View Details Interior Secretary Burgum orders national parks to post signs asking visitors to report National Park Service displays that negatively depict American history under Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity” order. May 26, 2025 View Details Naval Academy returns nearly 400 books removed from library during Pentagon DEI purge including works on Holocaust and Maya Angelou’s autobiography after more detailed Pentagon review. May 22, 2025 View Details Trump signs Take It Down Act criminalizing revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes despite free speech advocates’ concerns about censorship. May 20, 2025 View Details Judge rules Justice Department illegally retaliated against American Bar Association for joining lawsuit against Trump administration. May 15, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court blocks Florida’s drag show law as overly broad, citing First Amendment violations May 14, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, bringing total frozen funding near $3 billion in escalating fight over campus control. May 14, 2025 View Details Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach. May 13, 2025 View Details White House claims Librarian of Congress Hayden fired over “inappropriate books for children” and DEI initiatives despite mandatory collection requirements. May 10, 2025 View Details Pentagon orders military libraries to remove books addressing diversity, anti-racism and gender issues by May 21. May 10, 2025 View Details Trump admin blocks future federal grants to Harvard unless it meets the president’s demands. May 6, 2025 View Details R.E.M. reissues 1981 debut single to support Radio Free Europe after Trump admin freezes funding. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump proposes 2026 budget eliminating NEA, NEH, CPB, and other cultural agencies. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status again despite school calling move illegal. May 3, 2025 View Details Kamala Harris interview targeted in Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit and CBS threats nominated for Emmy. May 2, 2025 View Details Rev. Amos Brown says Smithsonian notified him it may return his civil rights artifacts during Trump-ordered review of African American museum. May 2, 2025 View Details Breaking Overnight: Stripping roughly $500 million a year in subsidies, Trump signs order to cut PBS and NPR funding. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration expands Harvard investigation to include Harvard Law Review over race-based article selection and membership. April 29, 2025 View Details Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions. April 28, 2025 View Details University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding. April 28, 2025 View Details ’60 Minutes’ correspondent tells viewers CBS supervision threatens show’s independence after producer resigns. April 28, 2025 View Details D.C. acting U.S. attorney probes Wikimedia Foundation’s tax-exempt status, claiming Wikipedia hosts foreign propaganda. April 26, 2025 View Details Kennedy Center cancellations following Trump board takeover lead World Pride DC to relocate Pride week events. April 26, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump order to defund public schools over DEI programs. April 25, 2025 View Details Over 200 college leaders denounce Trump’s campus crackdown as ‘government overreach’ in open letter. April 24, 2025 View Details Federal government fights judge’s order to move jailed Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont after arrest over Gaza essay. April 24, 2025 View Details VA launches Christian bias task force to probe Biden-era discrimination and invites employees to report each other. April 24, 2025 View Details Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities. April 24, 2025 View Details EEOC texts Columbia and Barnard employees asking if they are Jewish or Israeli, then probing for antisemitism. April 24, 2025 View Details Trump orders crackdown on college accreditors to reshape colleges around ideology, not education. April 24, 2025 View Details ‘60 Minutes’ chief resigns, citing corporate interference tied to Trump lawsuit and Paramount merger. April 23, 2025 View Details Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding freeze tied to campus freedom of speech. April 22, 2025 View Details Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban. April 20, 2025 View Details Trump demands decade of foreign funding records from Harvard as clash escalates. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump’s DOJ sends threats to medical journals, demanding answers over ‘partisan’ science. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment. April 19, 2025 View Details FCC chair accuses Comcast of news distortion, pressures NBC to echo Trump administration narrative. April 18, 2025 View Details Top NIH nutrition researcher retires early over censorship under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS. April 18, 2025 View Details Pentagon spokesman behind DEI image purge forced out after backlash, as 3 other senior aides are implicated in leak scandal. April 18, 2025 View Details Appeals court skeptical of Trump admin push to block AP from regaining its longtime White House press slot. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump’s State Department eliminates office countering foreign disinformation after pressure from conservative critics. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump escalates retaliation, asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after $2.2B funding cuts. April 17, 2025 View Details Military families sue DOD, say Trump administration censored base school education and banned diverse books April 17, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns. April 16, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump’s Labor Dept from forcing grantees to drop DEI programs, but allows ban on new equity-related grants to stand. April 16, 2025 View Details Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles. April 16, 2025 View Details Fourth judge blocks Trump’s retaliatory order targeting law firms, calls Susman case ‘immensely oppressive.’ April 16, 2025 View Details Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status day after cutting $2B in funding, also demands school apologize. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration sidelines AP from press pool despite federal court order by shrinking access for all wire outlets. April 16, 2025 View Details Pulitzer winner Julia Angwin helps write survival guide for dissent in Trump’s authoritarian America. April 15, 2025 View Details White House defies court order and bars AP from Oval Office event over refusal to use ‘Gulf of America’ in reporting. April 15, 2025 View Details Trump freezes $2.2 billion in Harvard funding after school rejects federal demands on discipline, protests, and academic oversight. April 15, 2025 View Details State Dept investigation found no evidence linking Tufts student to terrorism before ICE detention. April 14, 2025 View Details Trump tells FCC to punish CBS over new ‘60 Minutes’ stories while suing them for $20B. April 14, 2025 View Details U.S.-funded news outlet Alhurra fires most staff after Trump admin freezes Mideast media funding. April 13, 2025 View Details After firing staff and canceling nearly all humanities grants, the Trump administration will use federal arts funding to build its long-promised “Garden of American Heroes”—a patriotic sculpture park celebrating historical figures in “realistic” form. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration seeks consent decree to place Columbia University under federal court oversight as funding talks continue. April 11, 2025 View Details DHS to screen visa applicants’ social media for antisemitic content and revoke visas based on online speech. April 10, 2025 View Details Two law firms sue to block Trump order punishing them over Mueller ties. April 9, 2025 View Details National Park Service restores Harriet Tubman to Underground Railroad webpage after “unapproved edits” erased slavery language and her photo. April 9, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump to reinstate Associated Press in White House press pool, citing retaliation for refusing to use his “Gulf of America” renaming. April 9, 2025 View Details Trump officials freeze $1.8 billion in funding for Cornell and Northwestern as punishment for alleged civil rights violations and campus protests. April 9, 2025 View Details Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration removes Harriet Tubman and slavery references from National Park Service Underground Railroad webpage. April 7, 2025 View Details Kevin Young resigns as director of Smithsonian’s African American museum weeks after being placed on leave, as Trump targets institution. April 5, 2025 View Details Naval Academy library removed books by Nobel laureates Toni Morrison and Elie Wiesel, Maya Angelou’s memoir, and John Lewis’s autobiography in DEI purge. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration issues written demands to Harvard: drop DEI, restrict protests, cooperate with DHS, or lose billions in federal funds and contracts. April 4, 2025 View Details Naval Academy flags 900 books and removes nearly 400 before Hegseth visit as Trump admin DEI purge widens. April 2, 2025 View Details For the second time this month, Pentagon targets Jackie Robinson—after scrubbing a story on his Army court-martial, DoD now flags his biography for removal under Hegseth’s anti-DEI order. March 30, 2025 View Details Utah enacts first-in-nation ban on pride flags in schools and government buildings as governor lets bill become law without signature. March 29, 2025 View Details Trump orders Vance to purge ‘race-centered ideology’ from Smithsonian, block funds for exhibits that defy federal policy March 28, 2025 View Details DOJ tells Cornell Ph.D. student who sued Trump after leading protests to surrender to ICE, raising fears of retaliatory deportation. March 23, 2025 View Details Weeks after public clash, Trump demands Maine governor make “full-throated apology” and vow not to “unlawfully challenge” federal authority. March 23, 2025 View Details Trump administration told researchers to cut sexual orientation data from rural smoking study, prompting withdrawal from federally published health journal. March 23, 2025 View Details Columbia caves to Trump for $400m, authorizes protest arrests and forces demonstrators to identify themselves. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump’s FTC erases four years of consumer protection blogs, scrubbing AI and privacy guidance for Amazon, Microsoft, and Big Tech March 19, 2025 View Details Jailed activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in custody into next week, but his lawyers have gained their first chance to speak with him privately since his arrest. March 13, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. warned 60 universities, including Harvard and Yale, that they could face penalties from antisemitism investigations. March 11, 2025 View Details Trump warned that the arrest and jailing of a recent Columbia University grad student with permanent U.S. residency “will be the first of many.” March 11, 2025 View Details DC began the 6-8 week process of erasing Black Lives Matter Plaza at a cost of $610K following GOP threats. March 11, 2025 View Details NIH’s National Cancer Institute must flag all communications and research containing up to 23 terms, including vaccines, fluoride, autism, and peanut allergies. March 11, 2025 View Details A Columbia University grad student who led protests against Israel was arrested by ICE and had his green card revoked for “circulating social media posts criticizing Zionism” and organizing a march. March 10, 2025 View Details Senators call for probe after U.S. attorney threatens to blackball Georgetown Law students March 8, 2025 View Details Trump admin cancels $400M in grants and contracts to Columbia, blames antisemitism. March 8, 2025 View Details US State Department to launch “Catch and Revoke” AI program to scan foreign students for pro-Palestinian, Hamas sympathies and deport them for being at rallies or events. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump says MSNBC’s Maddow, Wallace should be “forced to resign.” March 8, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to deport or arrest college students over “illegal protests.” March 6, 2025 View Details A senior USAID Global Health official was placed on leave today after his memo blasted the Trump admin for blocking lifesaving aid waivers. March 4, 2025 View Details Kennedy halts public comment on new health rules, ending 54-year policy. March 1, 2025 View Details The White House will take control of press pool assignments, stripping the White House Correspondents’ Association of its century-old role. February 26, 2025 View Details A video of an Idaho woman being dragged by private security at a GOP-sponsored town hall in Coeur d’Alene went viral Saturday night. February 25, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s X is blocking Signal links, used for secure messaging and whistleblower reports February 24, 2025 View Details AP barred at White House again over Gulf of Mexico naming dispute February 24, 2025 View Details An AP Reporter was barred from a press conference because the agency uses the phrase “Gulf of Mexico” February 23, 2025 View Details National Marine Fisheries Service ordered to stop contact with foreign nationals February 23, 2025 View Details Elon Musk wrote that identifying his employees by name is illegal February 22, 2025 View Details The USAID website has gone offline February 21, 2025 View Details The Pentagon offices of Politico, NBC, NPR, and the New York Times were reassigned to conservative media outlets February 21, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s X is blocking Signal links, used for secure messaging and whistleblower reports, while labeling them as spam or harmful content. February 18, 2025 View Details
