Daily Headlines: Data Weeks after the GSA dropped Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot for producing antisemitic content, the White House has ordered the agency to approve it for government use. August 30, 2025 View Details After filing a whistleblower complaint over data security, the Social Security Administration’s top data official was forced out Friday and his resignation email to staff vanished. August 30, 2025 View Details CDC confirms it cut its foodborne illness surveillance program in July, reducing the number of pathogens it tracks from eight to two. August 28, 2025 View Details Whistleblower says Trump-aligned DOGE officials at Social Security copied data on 300 million Americans into less secure SSA cloud environment after Supreme Court granted access to records. August 27, 2025 View Details Nevada confirmed Tuesday that a cyber attack shut down state agencies and websites, forcing DMV offices to close as state and federal investigators probe the breach. August 27, 2025 View Details License plate camera company Flock Safety halts federal cooperation after Illinois audit shows CBP accessed motorist data in violation of state law. August 26, 2025 View Details YouGov poll shows 70% of Americans hold strong views on Trump, with 47% strongly disapproving and only 23% strongly approving, leaving little middle ground. August 25, 2025 View Details Pennsylvania rejects Justice Dept request for voter list with Social Security and driver’s license data as Trump officials intensify scrutiny. August 23, 2025 View Details Federal regulatory website reginfo.gov, which tracks agency data collection and public comments, has been down for nearly a week. August 22, 2025 View Details Justice Dept. launches investigation of DC crime data after Trump claimed without proof that officials falsified numbers to make the city look safer. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration restores public spending database after court order, but Democrats warn budget office may still be concealing funding details. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics Erwin Antoni linked to deleted account that spread election denial, Covid conspiracies, and violent rhetoric before Jan. 6. August 19, 2025 View Details Trump’s approval falls to 38% in Pew poll, down 9 points since taking office. August 15, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders stop to HHS sharing Medicaid enrollee data with DHS after AP exposé reveals daily access to 79 million records. August 15, 2025 View Details Anthropic escalates AI government competition by offering Claude to all three branches of government for $1 per agency after OpenAI’s executive branch deal. August 13, 2025 View Details Appeals court lifts block on DOGE accessing personal data of taxpayers, student loan borrowers and federal employees despite union privacy concerns. August 13, 2025 View Details Trump’s Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee E.J. Antoni suggests replacing monthly jobs report with quarterly data after Trump fired previous commissioner over disappointing numbers. August 13, 2025 View Details Russia suspected in July hack of federal courts databases that may have compromised confidential informants in criminal cases. August 13, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court orders Trump budget office to restore spending transparency website by Friday after separation of powers dispute. August 12, 2025 View Details Fed governor Michelle Bowman calls for three 2025 rate cuts after weak jobs data, 10 days after Powell and Fed held rates despite Trump pressure. August 10, 2025 View Details Trump removed IRS chief Billy Long hours after the IRS resisted a DHS request to use taxpayer data to verify 40,000 immigrants, citing privacy law. August 10, 2025 View Details OPM orders agencies to expunge federal workers’ COVID vaccine noncompliance and exemption records hours after a Texas court dismissed Feds for Medical Freedom’s mandate suit. August 10, 2025 View Details Trump orders federally funded colleges to report race-based admissions data, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to expand oversight in a broader DEI crackdown. August 8, 2025 View Details Labor Department reports continuing jobless claims rose to 1.97 million, highest since November 2021, signaling slower hiring and longer job searches. August 8, 2025 View Details Library of Congress blames coding error after parts of US Constitution, including powers of Congress, habeas corpus and emoluments clause, vanish from website. August 7, 2025 View Details Federal court filing system hacked exposing confidential informant identities across multiple states. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump orders Commerce Dept to plan a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, reviving a policy courts blocked and aiming to shift House apportionment. August 7, 2025 View Details AP analysis finds Justice Department has demanded voter data from at least 19 states in Trump’s ongoing hunt for nonexistent election fraud despite state resistance. August 3, 2025 View Details White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump’s firing of statistics chief without evidence, potentially positioning himself for Federal Reserve role. August 3, 2025 View Details CDC says kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record 4.1 percent for the 2024-25 school year; critics link measles surge to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. August 1, 2025 View Details Trump touts pledges from Amazon, Apple, Google and OpenAI for a national patient data sharing system, raising privacy warnings about HIPAA gaps. July 31, 2025 View Details Twenty-one states sue USDA over demand for Social Security numbers and personal data of food stamp recipients amid Trump immigration enforcement push. July 29, 2025 View Details ICE mandates GPS ankle monitors for roughly 183,000 immigrants in its Alternatives to Detention program, excluding pregnant women, boosting surveillance via Geo Group contractor tied to former Trump officials. July 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets four DOE sites to fast‑track AI data centers using federal land and bypass environmental reviews. July 25, 2025 View Details Trump dismisses copyright protections for AI training as “not doable” despite Hollywood coalition warning it will harm American creators. July 24, 2025 View Details The Trump administration released 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance files on Martin Luther King Jr. despite his family’s pleas to prevent the weaponization of the records. July 22, 2025 View Details ICE gains direct access to Medicaid data on 80 million Americans to locate immigrants for deportation. July 18, 2025 View Details The IRS is building a system to give ICE mass access to taxpayer data for deportations after the agency’s top lawyer who resisted the plan was forced out. July 16, 2025 View Details Texas Gov. Abbott refuses to release emails with Musk after charging for FOIA records, claiming communications are “intimate and embarrassing.” July 15, 2025 View Details Pentagon awards $200 million contract to Musk’s Grok AI days after chatbot posted antisemitic and pro-Hitler responses. July 15, 2025 View Details Trump appointees overseeing weather agencies have ties to companies that would benefit from privatizing government weather forecasting, potentially turning free public data into paid services. July 10, 2025 View Details RESOURCE: Launched in 2025 by former federal data chiefs, DataIndex.us helps you spot and fight government efforts to delete, hide, or alter public data. July 9, 2025 View Details Presidential approval hits 10 points underwater as data shows president failing on every single key issue from economy to immigration. July 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration stops classifying 6,300 living migrants as dead in Social Security database and switches to marking their numbers as “unverified” to maintain pressure for self-deportation. July 2, 2025 View Details 19-year-old “Big Balls” Coristine returns to government as a special government employee working on Social Security website after resigning, using same classification as Elon Musk for agency access. June 27, 2025 View Details Justice Department launches civil rights investigation into University of California hiring practices, alleging discrimination for considering race and sex in faculty diversity efforts. June 27, 2025 View Details Stephen Miller owns $100K-$250K in Palantir stock while company receives $30 million ICE contract and he pushes aggressive deportation policies. June 25, 2025 View Details DOGE operative Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, 19-year-old high school graduate with access to sensitive federal systems, resigns from government. June 25, 2025 View Details Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk voids Biden HHS rule shielding abortion and gender care records from prosecutors and says expanded HIPAA privacy exceeds agency authority. June 20, 2025 View Details Kennedy advisers order federal health officials to hand over millions of Medicaid enrollees’ personal data to immigration authorities within 45 minutes despite privacy law concerns. June 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules OPM broke law by giving DOGE illegal access to federal employee databases used for buyout offers and weekly accomplishment demands. June 11, 2025 View Details Trump eliminates Biden’s digital identity and software security requirements in new order, claiming digital identity tools would help illegal immigrants improperly access public benefits. June 9, 2025 View Details Anti-vaccine advocate David Geier, hired by RFK Jr. despite lacking medical license, now seeks access to CDC vaccine data he was twice barred from reviewing. June 8, 2025 View Details DOGE deployed error-ridden AI program using outdated models to identify Veterans Affairs contracts for potential cancellation despite major flaws. June 8, 2025 View Details CDC shifts disease surveillance data to Peter Thiel’s Palantir system as Trump administration expands firm’s access to Americans’ health information across agencies. June 7, 2025 View Details Supreme Court lifts injunction blocking Trump’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data, overriding privacy protections despite three justices’ dissent. June 7, 2025 View Details Former HHS employees sue over 10,000 job cuts claiming department used “error-ridden” personnel data with wrong performance ratings and office locations to make termination decisions. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump’s government hiring freeze forces Labor Department to reduce inflation data collection as economists warn the cuts could make inflation measurements less accurate. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump officials delayed and redacted Agriculture Department farm trade report because it projected a record $49.5 billion deficit this year that contradicted administration messaging on tariffs reducing trade imbalances. June 5, 2025 View Details Customs and Border Protection collected DNA from 133,000 migrant children as young as 4 and uploaded genetic data to FBI criminal database designed for violent offenders. June 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration expands Palantir contracts to compile comprehensive database on all Americans from IRS, Social Security, medical and banking records to advance political agenda and police immigrants. May 31, 2025 View Details Defense Intelligence Agency IT specialist Nathan Laatsch arrested for allegedly offering classified documents to Germany in exchange for citizenship, saying he disagreed with “values of this administration.” May 31, 2025 View Details Trump Justice Department sues NC over missing voter ID numbers affecting potentially 225,000 registrations since 2004. May 28, 2025 View Details Judge allows Musk’s DOGE team access to Treasury payment systems after training requirements added. May 28, 2025 View Details Privacy groups sue Trump administration over USDA demand for personal data of 42 million SNAP recipients, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers from five years of records. May 24, 2025 View Details Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency terminates five Census Bureau surveys worth $16.5 million without required public process as agency faces 18 leadership vacancies. May 23, 2025 View Details Nationwide outage blocks U.S. passport verification system used by DMVs. May 15, 2025 View Details USDA restores climate and conservation content after lawsuit over Trump purge that removed key farm support tools from public websites. May 14, 2025 View Details Federal judge allows IRS to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE for deportation efforts. May 13, 2025 View Details IL Gov Pritzker blocks federal access to personal autism health data two days after Kennedy announces plan to probe condition’s causes. May 13, 2025 View Details Federal data centralization project by DOGE sparks privacy concerns over combining Social Security, tax, and medical data. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump’s cabinet defends effort to save Signal chat records after leak to journalist. May 8, 2025 View Details DNI Tulsi Gabbard reused the same weak password on multiple accounts for years, leaked records show. May 8, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth’s exposed passwords raise new security concerns after Signal leaks. May 8, 2025 View Details FDA holds talks with OpenAI about using AI in drug evaluations, using cderGPT project. May 8, 2025 View Details HHS to launch autism data platform after backlash over registry plan. May 8, 2025 View Details Customs and Border Protection solicits real time facial recognition tech to photograph every passenger in cars at land border crossings. May 7, 2025 View Details Signal clone used by Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz sends plaintext chat logs to vendor. May 7, 2025 View Details Hack exposes vulnerabilities in messaging tool used by Trump cabinet to archive Signal chats. May 5, 2025 View Details DOGE recruiter staffing AI project to replace 70,000 federal workers. May 3, 2025 View Details DOGE puts college student in charge of AI project rewriting HUD regulations. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data blocked by lower court injunction. May 3, 2025 View Details Appeals court rules 9–6 to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data without training or oversight. May 1, 2025 View Details Postal Inspection Service shares mail-tracking data with DHS task force to help find undocumented immigrants for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. April 30, 2025 View Details Inspector general probes whether Trump and DOGE tried to access private taxpayer data from the IRS. April 26, 2025 View Details NSF terminates 400 active grants tied to DEI and misinformation, citing new Trump-era priorities. April 23, 2025 View Details NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded. April 23, 2025 View Details Justice Dept gives Musk’s DOGE access to full database of immigrants’ court records, addresses, and law enforcement history. April 22, 2025 View Details GSA audit finds sensitive documents were improperly uploaded to Google Drive under Biden and Trump administrations. April 21, 2025 View Details Musk operatives are tapping Labor Dept systems to gather data on migrant workers, visa applicants, and ex-prisoners. April 19, 2025 View Details Musk operatives and Palantir are building a surveillance system using SSA, tax, and voter records to track immigrants. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump officials asked Medicare to help track undocumented immigrants using a health database tied to Social Security numbers. April 17, 2025 View Details Judge allows union lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department records to proceed under federal privacy law. April 17, 2025 View Details Whistleblower report to Congress says DOGE illegally downloaded NLRB data, deleted logs, and threatened him with drone surveillance at home. April 16, 2025 View Details Hunter Biden whistleblower set to become third IRS chief in 3 months after predecessor quits over ICE data deal. April 16, 2025 View Details HHS systems at risk after DOGE-backed purge guts cybersecurity staff April 15, 2025 View Details Multiple DOGE staffers found to hold temporary roles at several federal agencies simultaneously. April 15, 2025 View Details Dozens of DHS staffers given lie detector tests over leak probe, with at least one FEMA employee escorted out. April 13, 2025 View Details Homeland Security sends mass email ordering people to leave the country, including at least one U.S. citizen. April 13, 2025 View Details Senior Social Security executive who oversaw hundreds escorted out by security and placed on leave after opposing Musk appointee’s illegal plan to falsify records. April 13, 2025 View Details Social Security slashes regional staff and moves all public updates to Musk-owned X posts. April 12, 2025 View Details Judge allows one DOGE member access to Treasury data tied to Americans’ bank and Social Security info. April 12, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards. April 12, 2025 View Details GAO audits Musk’s DOGE after untrained operatives gained access to tax records, Social Security data, and Treasury code. April 10, 2025 View Details IRS chief quits week before tax day over Trump-approved deal giving ICE access to protected immigrant tax records—the third agency head in four months. April 9, 2025 View Details DOGE’s fraud crackdown and its untested software rollout have crippled the Social Security website, bringing it down multiple times. April 8, 2025 View Details Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive personal data at Education, Treasury, and OPM, overriding privacy ruling challenged by unions and veterans. April 8, 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 DOGE halts all IRS modernization, plans ‘mega API’ hackathon near tax deadline with Palantir as likely partner. April 6, 2025 View Details DOGE gains access to federal payroll system, places IT officials who defied them on leave. April 1, 2025 View Details Saturday court filings reveal Marko Elez, fired over racist posts, was rehired by Musk’s DOGE team with Trump’s approval to access Medicare and child support systems. March 30, 2025 View Details More Trump national security officials left Venmo data exposed, compounding counterintel risks from leaked Signal chat. March 28, 2025 View Details National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who invited The Atlantic’s editor to the military planning Signal chat, also left his Venmo friends list public—exposing ties to White House officials, lobbyists, and journalists. March 27, 2025 View Details Database at UMD tracking hate crimes, school shootings, mass violence taken offline without warning after Trump admin pulls funding. March 26, 2025 View Details RNC demands voter data from 48 states as part of Trump-backed effort to cast doubt on future election integrity. March 26, 2025 View Details Judge indefinitely blocks Musk’s DOGE from accessing Education Department data on union members, student borrowers, and veterans, calling the mass data sharing likely illegal. March 25, 2025 View Details IRS nears deal to let ICE use tax records to locate suspected undocumented immigrants. March 23, 2025 View Details Acting Social Security administrator threatens to shut down agency over court order denying Musk’s DOGE access to records, then reverses himself hours later. March 22, 2025 View Details White House scrambles after Trump’s JFK file dump exposes 400+ Social Security numbers—double yesterday’s count—including CIA staff, Senate investigators, and a former Trump attorney. March 21, 2025 View Details Judge bars Musk’s DOGE team from Social Security data, citing ‘so-called experts’ and disregard for Americans’ private information. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump’s JFK files dump exposes Social Security numbers of over 200 people, including his former attorney and a CIA agent’s file. March 20, 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 Trump administration shuts down war crimes database, blocks transfer of records on kidnapped Ukrainian children. March 19, 2025 View Details No New Revelations Yet in JFK Files Trump Calls ‘Fully Declassified’ March 19, 2025 View Details The top lawyer at the IRS is being demoted and replaced with a Trump ally who supports Musk’s DOGE unit. March 14, 2025 View Details Unions file emergency request to block DOGE from accessing Social Security databases. March 9, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s DOGE unit granted access to HHS child support database containing income data for nearly every American. March 9, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE reps try to access child support office earnings data for nearly all Americans March 8, 2025 View Details Trump says he “will probably” extend the TikTok ban past April 5 if there’s no deal then. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump ordered Justice to delete a database of federal police misconduct February 25, 2025 View Details A federal judge refused to block Musk’s employees from accessing Education Dept data February 24, 2025 View Details The acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years following Elon Musk aides accessing sensitive records February 24, 2025 View Details DOGE employee Gavin Kilger is set to work at IRS for 4 months. Access to all taxpayer and bank data is pending. February 24, 2025 View Details Judge orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to halt data deletion after whistleblower warning February 24, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked Musk & allies from accessing the Treasury Dept payment system until next Friday February 23, 2025 View Details The new Energy Secretary gave Musk aide Luke Farritor access to the agency’s computer systems over the objections of the agency’s attorney and CIO February 22, 2025 View Details The White House demanded that the CIA email a list of all new employees hired within the last 2 years February 22, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s deputies have moved to the CDC, Labor Dept., and now have access to the payment systems for Medicaid and Medicare February 22, 2025 View Details Musk aides can add code to the Payment Automation Manager and Secure Payment System at the Treasury Dept February 22, 2025 View Details A federal judge refused to block Elon Musk’s associates from accessing Education Department data late Monday. February 18, 2025 View Details The Acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years there following Elon Musk’s aides attempting to access sensitive records. February 18, 2025 View Details Fed Health Websites Purge Online Data February 17, 2025 View Details Musk Aides Lock OPM Employees Out of HR System February 17, 2025 View Details
