Daily Headlines: Censorship Kari Lake notifies Congress of plans to close Voice of America overseas bureaus and radio stations despite April court order requiring agency to maintain news operations. December 3, 2025 View Details University of Alabama suspends student magazines for Black and female students, citing non-binding Bondi DEI memo that contains no guidance on student publications. December 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration renames National Renewable Energy Lab, erasing “renewable energy” from 48-year-old Colorado research institution’s identity. December 2, 2025 View Details Trump calls CBS reporter “stupid” three times after she cites his own inspector general report confirming thorough vetting of Afghan refugees, third female journalist he’s insulted this month. November 28, 2025 View Details Trump calls New York Times reporter “ugly, both inside and out” on Wednesday after story documenting his fatigue, dozing in Oval Office, and limited schedule at age 79. November 28, 2025 View Details Appeals court allows Florida to enforce social media ban on minors while lawsuit continues; dissent calls law “plainly unconstitutional.” November 27, 2025 View Details Louisiana allows government officials to sue citizens who don’t remove officials’ personal information from internet within 72 hours, facing 90 days in jail. November 21, 2025 View Details Trump demands ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel after late-night host jokes about Epstein files Trump signed to release, calling comedian a “bum” with “no talent.” November 21, 2025 View Details White House releases press release calling ABC News “a Democrat spin operation” day after Trump threatened network’s license over Mary Bruce’s Jamal Khashoggi question to Saudi Crown Prince. November 20, 2025 View Details Trump calls for FCC to revoke ABC broadcast license after reporter Mary Bruce asks why he doesn’t order Epstein file release himself instead of waiting for Congress. November 19, 2025 View Details Des Moines Public Schools forces study hall monitor to resign for repeating student’s racial slur while reporting student to disciplinary officials, then contests unemployment benefits until judge rules termination wrongful. November 14, 2025 View Details Indiana University removes professor from graduate class over white supremacy graphic listing MAGA after student complained to Sen. Jim Banks’ office, with dean filing complaint then investigating herself. November 14, 2025 View Details Texas A&M regents require president’s approval for courses on race and gender, using AI to audit all syllabi and 24/7 student reporting as professor warns policy prevents teaching Holocaust. November 14, 2025 View Details NIH places employee on administrative leave her first day back from shutdown, five months after she organized public letter denouncing degradation of medical research under Trump, November 14, 2025 View Details USDA orders union president fired one day after MSNBC interview about publicly available shutdown impacts, claiming she discussed agency without approval despite protected union representative status. November 14, 2025 View Details Johnson swears in Grijalva 50 days after Arizona special election, immediately before shutdown vote she signs as 218th name on Epstein files discharge petition. November 13, 2025 View Details Marion County pays $3 million and admits wrongdoing for police raid on Kansas newspaper that preceded owner’s mother’s death next day. November 12, 2025 View Details Paxton sues Galveston ISD for delaying Ten Commandments display while federal appeals court weighs constitutionality of state law requiring classroom posters. November 8, 2025 View Details Judge rules Education Department violated employees’ First Amendment rights by changing automatic email replies to blame Democrats for shutdown without workers’ knowledge. November 8, 2025 View Details Judge orders White House to immediately provide American Sign Language interpreters at press briefings after administration stopped using them in January despite hundreds of thousands of Americans communicating mainly in ASL. November 6, 2025 View Details Key Congressional Republicans demand Chief Justice Roberts investigate federal judges who anonymously told NY Times that Supreme Court issues orders too vague for lower courts to follow. November 6, 2025 View Details Stephen Miller has Virginia State Police seize 65-year-old activist Barbara Wien’s phone in August over pamphlets distributed to neighbors criticizing Trump administration policies. November 4, 2025 View Details Pentagon credentials far-right activist Laura Loomer for reconstituted press corps after major news organizations walk out over policy barring journalists from soliciting information not officially provided. November 4, 2025 View Details White House restricts reporters’ West Wing access, requiring appointments to speak with communications staff while claiming “sensitive material” security concerns as part of broader press restrictions. November 1, 2025 View Details NC GOP communications director threatens ProPublica reporter investigating state Supreme Court judge, saying “I would strongly suggest dropping this story” and invoking “connections with the Trump Administration.” November 1, 2025 View Details Tennessee man held 30 days on $2 million bail for posting Trump meme in Charlie Kirk vigil thread released after prosecutors drop charges without explanation. October 31, 2025 View Details Radio Free Asia shuts down after 29 years as Trump administration funding cuts and government shutdown silence US-funded news service countering Chinese propaganda in Asia. October 30, 2025 View Details DOJ places prosecutors Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White on leave after they described Jan. 6 defendants as “mob of rioters” in sentencing memo for pardoned defendant separately convicted of weapons charges. October 30, 2025 View Details Laredo removes “Defund the Wall” mural after Abbott threatens to withhold $1.6 billion in road funding, latest in pattern of Texas cities forced to erase political speech. October 30, 2025 View Details Louisiana Surgeon General banned health department from holding vaccine events after two infants died from whooping cough during outbreak. October 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reverse ruling protecting Copyright Office director fired for AI advice to Congress. October 28, 2025 View Details DHS detains British journalist Sami Hamdi and revokes visa despite Sept. 30 federal court ruling that deportations over pro-Palestinian views violate Constitution and chill free speech. October 27, 2025 View Details The National Symphony Orchestra now opens all performances with the national anthem at Richard Grenell’s direction after Trump made himself Kennedy Center chairman and purged the formerly bipartisan board. October 24, 2025 View Details Pentagon replaces journalists from AP, New York Times, and Washington Post with pro-Trump outlets like Mike Lindell’s streaming channel after new policy requiring Pentagon-approved information. October 23, 2025 View Details Alabama library board considers rule banning books depicting transgender procedures or gender ideology from children’s sections statewide. October 22, 2025 View Details Hegseth orders all Pentagon personnel to seek approval from legislative affairs office before communicating with Congress, marking departure from current practice. October 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Defense Department to restock banned books at 5 military base K-12 schools where students sued, ruling removals violated First Amendment rights. October 21, 2025 View Details Indiana Univ. fires student newspaper adviser after he refuses order to remove news stories, then ends all print publication as the paper covered sensitive stories about the president and campus safety. October 18, 2025 View Details Texas AG Ken Paxton announces investigation of University of North Texas for not disciplining students accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing, demanding expulsion despite First Amendment protections for such speech. October 17, 2025 View Details Brown University rejects Trump administration compact requiring five-year tuition freeze and 15% cap on international students, citing restrictions on academic freedom and research funding based on political criteria. October 16, 2025 View Details Pentagon press corps walks out after refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s guidelines that would allow retaliation against journalists for asking sources for information. October 16, 2025 View Details Meta removes Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page after Justice Department outreach, raising questions about illegal government pressure to suppress legal speech. October 15, 2025 View Details Nearly all major news outlets lose Pentagon access after refusing to sign policy requiring pledge not to obtain unauthorized material, the first such lockout in seven decades. October 15, 2025 View Details State Department revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk after deputy secretary urged users to send him critical posts. October 15, 2025 View Details News outlets from The Atlantic to Newsmax refuse Pentagon press policy requiring pre-approval to report unclassified information, as Tuesday deadline arrives. October 14, 2025 View Details Vanderbilt Faculty Senate votes 30-11 to condemn Trump administration compact requiring faculty silence on off-campus politics and force against protests in exchange for preferential funding. October 12, 2025 View Details MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions and campus speech. October 11, 2025 View Details Cards Against Humanity removes game rules to avoid Trump tariffs, reclassifies as information material and donates all profits to American Library Association to fight censorship. October 9, 2025 View Details Hegseth investigates nearly 300 Pentagon employees for online criticism of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after shooting death, calling dissent domestic terrorism and conduct unbecoming. October 9, 2025 View Details Wyoming librarian fired after refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books and defending Pride Month wins $700,000 settlement from Campbell County after nearly 30 years of service. October 9, 2025 View Details Hawaii state library system bans words “censorship” and “banned” from Banned Books Week displays and orders removal of American Library Association materials providing facts about book banning. October 9, 2025 View Details Cruz uses Senate committee authority to demand Wikipedia bias documents weeks after criticizing FCC chair for pressuring ABC, comparing government media pressure to mafia shakedown. October 7, 2025 View Details Hegseth defends Pentagon press restrictions on Fox News as Defense Department walks back requirement for pre-approval of even unclassified information but maintains credential revocation threat for “security risks.” October 7, 2025 View Details Trump orders ICE, Border Patrol, and military to arrest flag burners and claims one-year imprisonment despite lacking authority to determine guilt or sentencing under Constitution. October 4, 2025 View Details Journalist Mario Guevara deported after 100 days detention following arrest livestreaming protest, charges dismissed, as CPJ calls it first documented deportation tied to reporting retaliation. October 4, 2025 View Details FBI severs ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center day after Musk accused it of inciting Kirk assassination, second break after ADL split. October 4, 2025 View Details Newsom threatens to cut state funding to California universities that sign Trump compact requiring closure of departments hostile to conservatives, 15% cap on international students, and acceptance of administration’s gender definitions. October 3, 2025 View Details FBI Director Patel fires trainee who displayed Pride flag on desk, citing Trump’s Article II powers and calling it “inappropriate political signage” despite trainee’s 2022 Attorney General’s Award. October 3, 2025 View Details Apple removes ICEBlock app tracking ICE agent locations after Attorney General Bondi demands takedown, citing Dallas gunman who allegedly used the app while targeting agents but killed two immigrants. October 3, 2025 View Details Jane Fonda relaunches father’s McCarthy-era First Amendment committee with 550 celebrities after FCC chair threatened broadcasters over Kimmel’s comments on Kirk’s death, prompting temporary removal from air. October 2, 2025 View Details Voice of America stops all broadcasts and furloughs journalists 2 days after judge threatened contempt for defying restoration order, breaking with past shutdowns that treated news to authoritarian countries as essential. October 2, 2025 View Details White House offers 9 universities preferential federal funding in exchange for capping foreign enrollment at 15%, screening students for views ‘hostile’ to U.S., and sharing discipline records with immigration authorities. October 2, 2025 View Details Energy Department bans words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions’ from office whose mission is reducing emissions causing climate change. September 29, 2025 View Details Nexstar and Sinclair reverse Kimmel blackout after FCC chair threatened “news distortion” complaints if host wasn’t fired. September 27, 2025 View Details U.S. Park Police remove a Trump-Epstein protest statue from the National Mall one day after it appeared, offering a vague justification. September 25, 2025 View Details In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Alphabet said YouTube will restore channels banned for spreading pandemic-era COVID and election misinformation, blaming the original bans on pressure from the Biden administration. September 24, 2025 View Details Broadcast giants Nexstar and Sinclair block Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC stations in a quarter of the U.S. September 24, 2025 View Details Returning from a weeklong suspension, Jimmy Kimmel tearfully denied intending to mock Charlie Kirk’s death, condemned political violence, called for national de-escalation, and defended free speech over censorship. September 24, 2025 View Details Trump creates the novel “domestic terrorist organization” label for the Antifa movement via executive order. September 23, 2025 View Details A West Point professor files a First Amendment class-action lawsuit, alleging a free speech crackdown followed a Trump executive order. September 23, 2025 View Details Sinclair will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s return on its more than 35 affiliate stations despite ABC’s decision to reinstate the show. September 23, 2025 View Details Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel six days after suspending him under pressure from the FCC chair and following a free speech protest led by the ACLU. September 23, 2025 View Details Despite his own recent leak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalates his press crackdown by requiring reporters to agree to prior restraint on unclassified information. September 22, 2025 View Details For the third straight day, Trump threatened broadcast licenses over dishonesty following ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! September 21, 2025 View Details A U.S. Attorney requested a threat assessment of CA Gov Newsom’s office after it posted that a new ICE mask ban meant Secretary Noem would “have a bad day.” September 21, 2025 View Details EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch. September 21, 2025 View Details The Trump administration canceled the USDA’s annual hunger report two and a half months after signing legislation that cut food stamps for 3 million people. September 21, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth imposes new Pentagon press restrictions, including a pledge requiring reporters to protect ‘sensitive information.’ September 20, 2025 View Details Senator Ted Cruz likens the FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics, drawing a rebuke from President Trump. September 20, 2025 View Details ABC will pay the crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ two days after pulling the show over Kimmel’s refusal to apologize for political commentary. September 20, 2025 View Details FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets ‘The View’ for investigation one day after his pressure on ABC led to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. September 19, 2025 View Details The FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner accuses her chairman of ‘weaponizing’ licensing authority to censor broadcasters, stating ‘the threat is the point’. September 19, 2025 View Details The day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel, Trump threatens to pull broadcast licenses for negative coverage, saying the decision is up to his FCC chairman. September 19, 2025 View Details Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans. September 19, 2025 View Details Trump celebrates the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from ABC and urges NBC to fire hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next. September 18, 2025 View Details The Education Dept. unites 40 conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics curriculum despite a federal ban on such influence. September 18, 2025 View Details Trump plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, contradicting his former FBI director’s testimony that it is a movement. September 18, 2025 View Details An Army veteran pleads not guilty to charges from Jeanine Pirro’s office for a protest held the same day as Trump’s flag burning order. September 18, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations. September 18, 2025 View Details House Democrats and four Republicans block Rep. Nancy Mace’s resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments following Charlie Kirk’s murder. September 18, 2025 View Details Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after major station owner Nexstar Media and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pressured the network over the host’s commentary on Charlie Kirk’s murder. September 18, 2025 View Details The Justice Dept. deleted a report showing right-wing violence is more prevalent just as Trump began blaming the left after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. September 17, 2025 View Details Oklahoma education chief Ryan Walters accused schools of hypocrisy for skipping his Charlie Kirk moment of silence while hosting ‘pride parades’. September 17, 2025 View Details Conservatives are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ouster after she vowed to unconstitutionally target ‘hate speech’ following Charlie Kirk’s killing. September 17, 2025 View Details The Trump administration directs the NPS to remove slavery exhibits, including the famed ‘Scourged Back’ photo, under an order to purge ‘negative’ history. September 16, 2025 View Details Following Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump administration and JD Vance expand their campaign from individual critics to liberal funders, reversing their stance on cancel culture. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump reposted a supporter’s call to revive a misunderstood anti-propaganda law as the ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ to punish media outlets. September 14, 2025 View Details Days after demanding a racketeering probe, Trump now says political donor George Soros ‘should be in jail’ for funding progressive causes. September 14, 2025 View Details UC Berkeley provided the Trump administration the names of 160 students and staff for a federal investigation into campus antisemitism. September 14, 2025 View Details From teachers to a Secret Service agent, a wave of firings targets workers celebrating Kirk’s death. September 13, 2025 View Details With the governor’s backing, Florida’s education commissioner is investigating state teachers for social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. September 12, 2025 View Details After Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for her removal, Middle Tennessee State University fired an assistant dean for stating she had ‘zero sympathy’ for Charlie Kirk. September 12, 2025 View Details The State Department will punish foreigners in the U.S. for disrespectful comments about Charlie Kirk’s death, with a top official asking the public to report them on social media. September 12, 2025 View Details A new doxxing website and far-right influencers are leading a harassment campaign against people accused of celebrating or mocking Charlie Kirk’s death. September 12, 2025 View Details The publisher of Florida Politics suspended a reporter after Rep. Randy Fine fueled a backlash over a question about campus carry minutes after the Kirk shooting. September 12, 2025 View Details MSNBC fired political analyst Matthew Dowd two days after he suggested Charlie Kirk’s divisive rhetoric led to his assassination. September 12, 2025 View Details Trump threatens a $10 billion lawsuit against The New York Times for its analysis linking his signature to an Epstein note released by Congress. September 11, 2025 View Details Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot during a campus event in a killing Utah’s governor calls a “political assassination.” September 11, 2025 View Details Trump celebrates a West Point alumni group’s cancellation of an award for Tom Hanks days after the group faced increased administration scrutiny. September 9, 2025 View Details The U.S. Tennis Association directs broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump’s planned attendance at the U.S. Open men’s final. September 7, 2025 View Details A West Point alumni group abruptly cancels an award for Tom Hanks, a Biden supporter lauded for his military films, citing a need to prepare officers for war. September 7, 2025 View Details Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others. September 7, 2025 View Details Trump orders immediate removal of the 44-year-old peace vigil near the White House after a reporter calls it an ‘eye sore’. September 6, 2025 View Details The Trump administration buried a federal study on alcohol and cancer after industry allies in Congress commissioned a competing report. September 6, 2025 View Details The Smithsonian’s leader asserts the institution’s independence while forming an internal team to review the White House’s concerns. September 5, 2025 View Details A White House military flyover, explained as a diplomatic tribute, drowned out a long-planned event where Epstein accusers were demanding government action. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS will restore over 100 health webpages after settling a lawsuit with doctors over their removal as part of a ban on the word “gender.” September 4, 2025 View Details ICE reactivates a $2 million spyware contract nearly a year after the Biden administration paused it over human rights concerns. September 3, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel. September 3, 2025 View Details FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines. September 1, 2025 View Details After publicly attacking the Smithsonian’s art and calling its chief a ‘rabid partisan,’ Trump held what the White House described as a cordial lunch with him. August 30, 2025 View Details The FTC chairman threatened to investigate Google for sending Republican emails to spam, reviving a claim already dismissed by a federal judge and the FEC. August 30, 2025 View Details Trump again calls for FCC to revoke ABC and NBC licenses after chairman Carr probed their parent companies and backed lawsuits that forced CBS to settle. August 26, 2025 View Details Despite a 1989 Supreme Court ruling protecting flag burning as free speech, Trump orders DOJ to prosecute violators with jail and deportation penalties. August 26, 2025 View Details Kennedy Center eliminates dance programming team after union organizers fired and top producers resign under Trump’s takeover. August 23, 2025 View Details Bluesky becomes first platform to quit Mississippi with state’s new age verification law upheld by Supreme Court. August 23, 2025 View Details Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds. August 23, 2025 View Details Florida officials painted over the Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk overnight, erasing a tribute to 49 shooting victims despite previous state approval. August 22, 2025 View Details White House targets Smithsonian artworks including refugee and Fauci portraits as Trump orders legal review of museum independence. August 22, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump launches review to purge Smithsonian museums of exhibits on slavery and other “divisive” history, attacking focus on racial injustice as partisan. August 20, 2025 View Details Oklahoma imposes political loyalty test on teachers trained in California and New York who seek certification to work in the state. August 18, 2025 View Details Justice Kagan says Mississippi’s social media age-verification law is likely unconstitutional but Supreme Court lets it take effect for now. August 15, 2025 View Details White House demands comprehensive review of eight Smithsonian museums to remove “divisive narratives” and align with Trump’s cultural directives before 2026 anniversary. August 13, 2025 View Details Smithsonian restores Trump’s impeachments in museum exhibit with softened language after temporary removal sparked backlash. August 9, 2025 View Details Smithsonian will restore Trump impeachment references “in coming weeks” after quietly removing placard in July sparked criticism over White House pressure. August 3, 2025 View Details Smithsonian history museum removes Trump impeachment references from exhibit after White House-pressured content review. August 1, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s mass cancellation of humanities grants, finding unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination against researchers studying diversity and historical racism. July 26, 2025 View Details Columbia University pays Trump administration $200 million settlement after federal funding was withheld over Israel-Hamas war protest response. July 24, 2025 View Details A federal appeals court will let White House restrictions on the Associated Press stand, leaving in place a punishment for the outlet’s refusal to adopt the term ‘Gulf of America.’ July 23, 2025 View Details Despite a judge ruling his order against Jenner & Block was unconstitutional, Trump is appealing as part of his ongoing campaign against major law firms. July 22, 2025 View Details The White House has cut The Wall Street Journal from the Air Force One press pool during its Scotland trip in retaliation for its Epstein reporting. July 22, 2025 View Details As the Harvard funding trial opens, Trump attacks the judge as a ‘TOTAL DISASTER’ and vows to appeal if the administration loses. July 22, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to “stop violating the law!” and restore a public database detailing government spending. July 22, 2025 View Details After 287 current and former NASA employees issued a public rebuke over safety, a top director resigned and the Trump administration dismissed the concerns as “radical DEI principles.” July 22, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Rubio revokes visas for Brazilian Supreme Court judges and their families over prosecutions of Trump ally Bolsonaro and X platform ban. July 20, 2025 View Details Vanity Fair publishes Turkish doctoral student’s account of 45-day ICE detention after writing pro-Palestine op-ed calling for divestment. July 19, 2025 View Details State Department official testifies that criticizing Israel or calling for divestment could justify revoking foreign students’ visas. July 19, 2025 View Details CBS cancels Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” days after he called Trump-Paramount settlement a “big fat bribe.” July 18, 2025 View Details A political appointee at the NIH overrode agency scientists to suspend studies they had already deemed safe, citing Trump’s order to halt “dangerous” research. July 17, 2025 View Details 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
