Daily Headlines: Media ADL and Jewish members of Congress criticize Trump for using antisemitic slur “Shylock” at Iowa rally as Trump claims ignorance of term’s meaning. July 4, 2025 View Details Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano sends mass email falsely claiming Trump’s agenda bill eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits. July 4, 2025 View Details Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard accuses Washington Post reporter of harassment as newspaper defends “basic journalism” practices. July 4, 2025 View Details ICE-tracking app surges to top of Apple App Store after Trump administration backlash as developer says criticism drove downloads boost. July 3, 2025 View Details Paramount pays Trump $16 million to settle 60 Minutes lawsuit that legal experts called weak while facing pressure over pending merger approval. 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 slams AT&T for call failures weeks after launching Trump Mobile wireless service that relies on the same carriers, deepening conflicts between his business and presidency. July 1, 2025 View Details Trump attacks Forbes as “bad disease,” singles out reporter Dan Alexander by name in second personal targeting of journalist in past week. July 1, 2025 View Details Trump and CBS-Paramount in advanced settlement talks over 60 Minutes lawsuit as network needs administration approval for Skydance merger. July 1, 2025 View Details Trump claims “very wealthy” TikTok buyers will be announced in two weeks while continuing to suspend enforcement of federal law requiring TikTok sale through executive orders. June 30, 2025 View Details Kari Lake forced to rescind Voice of America termination notices eight days after issuing them following union challenges over legal violations in her dismantling of U.S. Agency for Global Media. June 29, 2025 View Details Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million over misleadingly edited Trump video, matching their Dominion settlement for false election claims. June 28, 2025 View Details Trump demands CNN fire reporter Natasha Bertrand, calling her a “dog,” after Pentagon assessment story disputed his Iran nuclear strike claims. June 26, 2025 View Details Kari Lake tells House panel slashing 600 VOA jobs and folding outlet into State Dept will push Trump’s “America First” message, June 26, 2025 View Details Media Matters sues FTC claiming retaliation for reporting on Nazi content appearing next to ads on X, alleging Trump administration targeting group on behalf of Elon Musk. June 24, 2025 View Details Trump spreads disinformation claiming Iran nuclear facility “obliterated” based on anonymous social media post, contradicting his own military officials and sparking wave of fake bombing videos. June 24, 2025 View Details House bans WhatsApp citing security concerns while recommending Signal despite both apps having identical federal records compliance issues. June 24, 2025 View Details Federal judge demands written compliance report by Friday after Trump administration fails to disclose Voice of America layoffs despite court order blocking dismantling. June 24, 2025 View Details Los Angeles journalists sue DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after agents shot credentialed reporters with rubber bullets and tear gas covering immigration raids. June 22, 2025 View Details Trump adviser Kari Lake guts Voice of America with 85% workforce cuts including Persian service staff brought back for Iran conflict coverage. June 21, 2025 View Details Georgia’s Gwinnett County files new traffic charges against detained Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara for following unmarked vehicles during immigration raids. June 21, 2025 View Details Fox News poll showing 54 percent disapproval prompts Trump to blast the network as “crooked,” insist MAGA “hates” Fox, and revive his false 2020-election fraud claims on Truth Social. June 20, 2025 View Details Trump Mobile yanks coverage map after using “Gulf of Mexico” instead of Trump’s preferred “Gulf of America,” breaking website links in hasty cover-up. June 18, 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 Jury orders MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay $2.3 million in damages for calling Dominion executive Eric Coomer “traitor” over debunked 2020 election fraud claims. June 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration calls back sidelined Voice of America Farsi-speaking staff during Israel-Iran conflict after shutting down broadcaster in March and firing hundreds of employees. June 14, 2025 View Details House GOP narrowly passes $9.4 billion in cuts to foreign aid and NPR-PBS funding to help offset tax breaks for wealthy in reconciliation package. June 13, 2025 View Details Press Secretary Leavitt calls reporter’s question “stupid” when asked if Trump would allow peaceful protests at military parade after he threatened demonstrators with “very big force.” June 12, 2025 View Details Vance makes secret trip to Murdoch family ranch in Montana for undisclosed meeting with Fox News executives and media moguls. June 12, 2025 View Details ABC News fires veteran journalist Terry Moran after White House complaints about social media post calling Stephen Miller and Trump “world-class haters.” June 11, 2025 View Details FTC launches antitrust probe into major ad agencies including Omnicom and WPP over potential coordination of X boycotts, following Trump donor Elon Musk’s complaints about lost revenue. June 10, 2025 View Details Orlando Sentinel refuses to back down after Florida governor’s administration sends cease and desist letter over reporting on first lady’s charity scandal, calling it a “failed intimidation attempt.” June 10, 2025 View Details FL state senator Ileana Garcia, Latinas for Trump co-founder, posts on social media that president’s immigration arrests are “unacceptable and inhumane,” saying “this is not what we voted for.” June 10, 2025 View Details CNN reporter detained and escorted away by police during live Los Angeles protest coverage, narrating encounter as it happens on air. June 10, 2025 View Details ABC suspends veteran correspondent Terry Moran indefinitely after he called Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” in a lengthy late-night post reacting to the violent LA protests over Miller’s immigration policies. June 9, 2025 View Details Federal judge on Sunday declines to block Trump’s firing of three public broadcasting board members but acknowledges Congress intended to limit presidential control over the corporation. June 9, 2025 View Details Army posts video showing “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates” graffiti on railroad flatcar carrying tanks to Trump’s birthday parade, leaving it up for over 24 hours and 700,000 views before removing it after media inquiry. June 9, 2025 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick overhauls $42.45 billion broadband program to benefit Musk’s Starlink with potential $20 billion payout, rescinding state approvals and forcing 90-day restart after years of planning. June 7, 2025 View Details Appeals court allows Trump to bar Associated Press from Oval Office and Air Force One events over news outlet’s refusal to use “Gulf of America” name in coverage. June 7, 2025 View Details Former Biden aides attack Karine Jean-Pierre as “ineffectual and unprepared” after ex-press secretary leaves Democratic Party and announces book criticizing “broken” White House. June 6, 2025 View Details Congressional letter reveals Trump appointee Kari Lake plans to slash Voice of America from over 1,000 employees to just 81 as administration dismantles decades-old news organization. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump posts to Truth Social 17 times daily during first 135 days in office, using social media to announce policy changes, trade wars and personnel decisions while sharing conspiracy theories about Biden being a “robot clone.” June 4, 2025 View Details Trump sends Congress his first formal request to eliminate $9.4 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid while his budget director threatens to bypass lawmakers entirely using “pocket rescission” tactics. June 4, 2025 View Details Trump shares false social media post claiming Joe Biden was “executed in 2020” and replaced by “clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities” on Truth Social. June 2, 2025 View Details California Senate launches investigation into Paramount’s plan to pay Trump millions to settle $20 billion lawsuit, claiming potential bribery and threats to press freedom as company seeks merger approval. May 31, 2025 View Details PBS sues Trump administration over order revoking federal funding three days after NPR filed similar lawsuit, claiming cuts violate First Amendment through viewpoint discrimination. May 31, 2025 View Details Trump claims CBS’s 60 Minutes interview with Harris caused him “mental anguish” and rejects $15 million settlement offer in $20 billion lawsuit. May 30, 2025 View Details Trump rejects Paramount’s $15 million settlement offer for his 60 Minutes lawsuit, demanding over $25 million and an apology as the media company seeks FCC approval for its Skydance sale. May 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed barring government scientists from publishing in top medical journals and creating in-house journals, claiming industry corruption. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump lashed out at a reporter who asked about Wall Street’s “TACO trade” nickname mocking his repeated tariff reversals. May 29, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Noem posts “Suck it” on social media after migrants dismiss lawsuit challenging their transfer to Guantánamo Bay detention center. May 24, 2025 View Details Hegseth bans reporters from Pentagon areas previously accessible to press, citing national security after leaks revealed his Signal discussions of military strikes and planned Musk briefing on China war plans. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump FTC opens investigation into Media Matters demanding internal documents after Elon Musk sued the watchdog group for reporting ads appeared next to Nazi content on X. May 23, 2025 View Details Trump calls for “major investigation” into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Winfrey, and Bono for Harris campaign endorsements, claiming illegal payments despite documented production expenses. May 20, 2025 View Details Trump threatens ABC News over Qatar plane coverage after winning $15 million settlement for Stephanopoulos “liable for rape” statement. May 20, 2025 View Details Paramount ousts CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon amid pressure over “60 Minutes” editorial independence and Harris interview settlement with Trump administration. May 20, 2025 View Details Trump shares debunked “Clinton body count” conspiracy video online falsely linking the Clintons to deaths of JFK Jr., Seth Rich, and others. May 18, 2025 View Details Trump calls former FBI director James Comey a “dirty cop” for Instagram post “8647” which Trump says was an assassination threat against him. May 18, 2025 View Details Trump posts online telling Springsteen to “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT” until he returns to U.S. and “then we’ll all see how it goes for him” after musician called president corrupt and treasonous. May 17, 2025 View Details Violent threats against judges on social media increase 327% as Trump, Musk, and administration officials publicly attack judiciary for finding their actions unlawful. May 17, 2025 View Details Intelligence Director Gabbard calls for jailing former FBI Director Comey over social media post she claims called for Trump’s assassination. May 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration terminates hundreds of Voice of America contractors, including J-1 visa holders who must leave US within 30 days as part of agency dismantling. May 16, 2025 View Details White House Correspondents Association condemns Trump administration for excluding wire service reporters from Air Force One, blocking millions from immediate presidential coverage. May 13, 2025 View Details Trump personal attorney Blanche named acting librarian of Congress after administration fires officials over AI copyright policy. May 13, 2025 View Details Trump fires US Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter two days after dismissing Librarian of Congress and one day after she questioned Musk’s AI copyright requests. May 11, 2025 View Details Voice of America to air OAN programming under Kari Lake, raising concerns over journalistic independence. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump’s cabinet defends effort to save Signal chat records after leak to journalist. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends Ready to Learn grant, halting funding for PBS Kids educational content. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump denies role in AI pope image posted late at night to his account as Catholic groups object. May 6, 2025 Trump weighs third TikTok deadline extension as U.S. ban approaches. May 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration removes ATF memorial to 120 gun violence victims and deletes online version. May 5, 2025 View Details On day two of backlash, Trump blasted by Catholic bishops including Cardinal Dolan for AI image of himself as pope. May 5, 2025 View Details Trump orders 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S. May 5, 2025 View Details New York Catholic bishops criticize Trump and White House for AI image showing him as pope days after Francis’s death May 4, 2025 View Details Vance, a recent Catholic convert, defends Trump’s AI pope image in response to backlash. May 4, 2025 View Details Appellate court blocks reinstatement of Voice of America staff two days after ruling allowed return. May 4, 2025 View Details Trump posts photo of himself as pope days after Francis’ funeral, sparking ridicule and praise. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump proposes 2026 budget eliminating NEA, NEH, CPB, and other cultural agencies. 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 Waltz photographed using Signal during cabinet meeting, one day before Trump removed him over Yemen leak. 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 says he made no mistakes in first 100 days, prompting laughter from bipartisan town hall audience. May 1, 2025 View Details Trump fires three Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members, prompting lawsuit over his authority. April 30, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million in funding for Radio Free Europe, blocking its shutdown. April 30, 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 Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era limits on subpoenaing journalists, widening Trump leak investigations. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump Org. sells ‘Trump 2028’ merch, raising fresh questions about third term ambitions. April 25, 2025 View Details Hegseth installs Pentagon makeup studio for VIP media prep as scandal over Signal use grows. April 24, 2025 View Details ‘60 Minutes’ chief resigns, citing corporate interference tied to Trump lawsuit and Paramount merger. April 23, 2025 View Details Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate VOA staff and restore funding to U.S. global media outlets. April 23, 2025 View Details White House Easter Egg Roll draws thousands as Trump solicits corporate sponsorship for first time in event’s history. April 22, 2025 View Details Trump appoints Fox News host Mark Levin and ex-NYPD detective Bo Dietl to Homeland Security Advisory Council. 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 Trump White House mocks Van Hollen for meeting deported man, posts Abrego Garcia is “never coming back.” April 19, 2025 View Details FCC chair accuses Comcast of news distortion, pressures NBC to echo Trump administration narrative. 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 DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns. 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 Two Pentagon officials, including top Hegseth adviser, suspended over leak investigation that began with Musk visit rumors. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump White House asks Congress to defund NPR, PBS, and USAID, clawing back $9.3 billion. 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 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 Social Security slashes regional staff and moves all public updates to Musk-owned X posts. April 12, 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 Trump signs order punishing law firm that won Fox defamation case over 2020 election lies. April 10, 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 administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump extends TikTok sale deadline until June after China pulls deal over new tariffs. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration continues blocking court-ordered funding to Radio Free Europe, forcing layoffs. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump reviews TikTok bids after Amazon makes last-minute pitch in scramble to meet Saturday divestment deadline. April 3, 2025 View Details White House Correspondents Association cancels comedian Amber Ruffin after post-inauguration booking, following backlash from Trump’s deputy chief of staff. March 30, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump appointees from defunding Voice of America, ruling Kari Lake’s move “usurps Congress’s power of the purse.” March 29, 2025 View Details FCC opens investigation into Disney and ABC over diversity programs, citing potential violations of equal employment rules. March 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration restores funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Open Technology Fund after court blocks shutdown. March 28, 2025 View Details Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene chaired a House hearing attacking NPR and PBS as “communist” and “anti-American,” and ended with her calling for the complete dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—even though NPR and PBS get nearly all of their funding from non-government sources. March 27, 2025 View Details The Atlantic published the full Signal chat showing Trump officials leaked strike details before Yemen attacks; The WH smeared reporters,downplayed risks, and said an apology was unnecessary. March 27, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump from defunding Radio Free Europe after he shut down Voice of America two weeks ago. March 26, 2025 View Details Trump renews media attacks, names New York Times reporters and their families, the paper says they won’t be intimidated. March 25, 2025 View Details Vance, Hegseth, and Trump’s inner circle illegally used an unsecured messaging app to plot a military strike in Yemen. They accidentally added The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief to the chat, then cheered the attack that killed 53 people, including women and children. March 25, 2025 View Details Pentagon launches leak probe after reports of planned China war briefing for Musk, and may use polygraphs. March 23, 2025 View Details Voice of America staff sue Trump over shutdown, citing First Amendment violations and 1,450 job cuts. March 21, 2025 View Details Judge won’t order Trump admin to release emergency alert funds it’s blocking. March 18, 2025 View Details Trump signed an order dismantling seven more federal agencies, including Voice of America’s parent and others handling homelessness and minority business development. March 15, 2025 View Details Trump says MSNBC’s Maddow, Wallace should be “forced to resign.” March 8, 2025 View Details Bezos abruptly flips WaPo opinion to champion “personal liberties and free markets.” Opinion editor David Shipley resigned. February 27, 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 Federal judge upholds WH ban on AP until a hearing in three weeks February 25, 2025 View Details AP sues Trump admin for barring it from events over ‘Gulf of America’ refusal, but WH calls case “frivolous and demented” February 25, 2025 Trump barred the Associated Press from Air Force One and Oval Office events until they refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘Gulf of America’ February 24, 2025 View Details Trump ordered independent agencies: SEC, FTC, FCC, NLRB to submit to his control and accept binding DOJ guidance February 24, 2025 View Details Trump posts on 2 platforms, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.” February 24, 2025 View Details Musk’s X to pay Trump $10 million to settle lawsuit over account suspension February 24, 2025 View Details AP barred at White House again over Gulf of Mexico naming dispute February 24, 2025 View Details Elon Musk fielded reporter questions from behind the Resolute Desk while standing next to a seated Trump February 23, 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 Donald Trump amended his suit against CBS to seek $20 billion, claiming the network steered traffic from his Truth Social network February 23, 2025 View Details The Defense Dept gave Newsmax, The Daily Caller and other conservative outlets the Pentagon office space used by CNN, The Hill, and the Washington Post February 23, 2025 View Details
