Daily Headlines: Oversight Trump says he will block any DHS deal until Democrats pass the SAVE America Act, keeping ICE at airports “for as long as it takes.” March 23, 2026 View Details FEMA’s disaster response chief Gregg Phillips, a far right conspiracy theorist, claims on multiple podcasts that he has been teleported against his will to a Waffle House. March 22, 2026 View Details Trump posts “good, I’m glad he’s dead” after former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81. March 22, 2026 View Details Trump-appointed panel approves a 24-carat gold coin depicting the president for America’s 250th anniversary after the citizens advisory committee was bypassed. March 20, 2026 View Details Senate Homeland Security chairman Rand Paul says he will vote against Trump’s DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin after a combative hearing in which the FBI found no record of foreign travel Mullin has long claimed was classified. March 19, 2026 View Details Postmaster General tells Congress the Postal Service will run out of cash in 12 months without action, as Trump pushes to privatize the agency. March 18, 2026 View Details SEC’s top enforcement official resigns after six months as the agency dismisses crypto cases, slows investigations and loses staff under Trump. March 17, 2026 View Details Dan Caldwell, fired by Hegseth over alleged Pentagon leaks and later cleared, hired by intelligence office led by Tulsi Gabbard. March 17, 2026 View Details White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, the first woman in the role, diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will remain in the role. March 17, 2026 View Details Trump appointee heading the Commission of Fine Arts plans to recommend replacing the White House’s 200-year-old columns with a style featured at Trump Tower. March 16, 2026 View Details Federal judge orders VA to restore collective bargaining, ruling Secretary Collins violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the largest federal employee union. March 14, 2026 View Details Trump’s seized oil tankers are costing millions as one ship runs up $47M in maintenance on a $10M vessel, undercutting claims of a financial windfall. March 14, 2026 View Details World Anti-Doping Agency moves to bar Trump and all U.S. officials from the LA Olympics and World Cup over $7.3M in unpaid dues. March 14, 2026 View Details State Department cuts fee to renounce U.S. citizenship by 80%, dropping cost from $2,350 to $450, three years after promising the reduction. March 14, 2026 View Details DOGE operative accused of taking Social Security data on a thumb drive is now a top executive at Leidos, a contractor with up to $1.5 billion in SSA contracts. March 13, 2026 View Details Rep. Beatty accused Trump of excluding her from a Kennedy Center board meeting in a court filing, then found the invitation in her email spam folder. March 13, 2026 View Details Secret Service detains driver after vehicle crashes into temporary barrier near the White House, bomb squad investigates. March 12, 2026 View Details Social Security’s inspector general opens formal probe into claims a former DOGE engineer kept databases covering nearly every living American on a thumb drive. March 12, 2026 View Details Trump appoints Charlie Kirk’s widow to Air Force Academy board without announcement, weeks before it may vote on recommending her late husband for an honorary degree. March 11, 2026 View Details AG Bondi moved to military base housing after receiving threats tied to the Maduro capture and her handling of the Epstein files. March 11, 2026 View Details Whistleblower alleges former DOGE engineer took Social Security databases covering 500 million Americans on a thumb drive, told colleagues he expected a presidential pardon if caught. March 11, 2026 View Details Energy Secretary Wright falsely posts that the Navy escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, then deletes it after the White House confirms no escorts have occurred. March 11, 2026 View Details ICE awards $426 million in contracts to two firms with no detention experience to convert warehouses into holding centers for up to 10,000 migrants each. March 10, 2026 View Details White House cites alcohol and harassment to justify NTSB firing two days after giving no reason for removing lead investigator of the DC midair crash. March 10, 2026 View Details White House fires NTSB board member two years into five-year term with no reason given, after he led the DC midair crash response that killed 67. March 9, 2026 View Details Trump flies home to Florida Friday night, then back past Washington to Dover for soldiers’ dignified transfer Saturday, then back to his Doral club through Monday. March 8, 2026 View Details ProPublica releases financial disclosures for 1,573 Trump appointees holding more than $19 billion in assets, revealing conflicts between officials and the industries they regulate. March 6, 2026 View Details Postmaster General warns USPS will run out of cash in 12 months, hires restructuring advisers and says there may be no Valentine’s Day cards delivered in 2027. March 6, 2026 View Details Trump fires DHS Secretary Noem two days after she told Congress he authorized the department’s $200 million ad campaign. March 6, 2026 View Details DHS Inspector General accuses Secretary Noem of systematically obstructing 11 investigations, including a criminal case where her access demands could expose the target. March 5, 2026 View Details House Oversight subpoenas Attorney General Bondi over Epstein files as five Republicans join Democrats alleging DOJ is removing documents already made public. March 5, 2026 View Details Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer’s top two aides resign under IG investigation as department reels from travel fraud probe, affair allegations, and husband’s sexual assault ban. March 4, 2026 View Details Noem faces bipartisan Senate grilling as GOP’s Tillis calls her leadership “a disaster” and she refuses to apologize for domestic terrorist labels on killed U.S. citizens. March 4, 2026 View Details Hennepin County attorney opens online evidence portal investigating 17 incidents of alleged federal agent misconduct in Minneapolis, naming former Border Patrol commander. March 3, 2026 View Details Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans. March 3, 2026 View Details Twenty-eight House Democrats demand tech companies disclose how they handle DHS administrative subpoenas issued without a judge to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. March 3, 2026 View Details House Oversight releases full video of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Epstein depositions taken last week in suburban New York. March 3, 2026 View Details Trump says the Iran war will take four weeks or less, the first public timeline for a military operation launched without congressional authorization. March 2, 2026 View Details DHS Secretary Noem diverts border security and deportation funds to buy nearly $300 million in luxury jets, alarming top Trump officials. March 1, 2026 View Details Former National Security Adviser Flynn convened summit where 2020 election deniers and six federal officials discussed declaring emergency to seize control of midterms. March 1, 2026 View Details Trump’s hand-picked Pentagon inspector general stalls review of military targeting in drug boat strikes after raising political concerns. March 1, 2026 View Details Department of the Treasury terminates collective bargaining agreements at IRS and Bureau of Fiscal Service, cancels all ongoing negotiations and arbitrations. February 28, 2026 View Details Washington state licensing agency pulls multilingual phone system after Spanish option played English responses in an accented voice. February 28, 2026 View Details Bill Clinton becomes first former president deposed under congressional subpoena, denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. February 28, 2026 View Details White House rapid response staffer secretly runs 300,000-follower pro-Trump X account that called a racist AI video depicting the Obamas as apes “a masterpiece,” Wired reports. February 27, 2026 View Details Federal Reserve challenges Jeanine Pirro’s subpoenas in sealed court proceedings, seeking to block the criminal probe Powell calls pretext for Trump’s campaign to control interest rates. February 27, 2026 View Details NYC Mayor Mamdani wins Trump backing for 12,000-unit federal housing project and a detained Columbia student’s release in one White House visit after bringing mocked-up newspaper front pages. February 27, 2026 View Details Hillary Clinton denies any Epstein knowledge in House Oversight deposition paused after Rep. Boebert leaks her photo, with Republicans also raising debunked Pizzagate conspiracy. February 27, 2026 View Details Judge allows Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom construction to continue, ruling the legal challenge was insufficient while calling the private funding mechanism a “Rube Goldberg” arrangement. February 27, 2026 View Details Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting Monday in a first for any first lady, while the U.S. owes the organization nearly $4 billion in unpaid dues. February 27, 2026 View Details DOJ tells court the $608M federal reimbursement Florida counted on for its Everglades detention facility won’t cover construction costs and may not materialize at all. February 26, 2026 View Details USDA transfers massive DC headquarters to GSA as part of plan to cut capital-area workforce from 4,600 to 2,000, with $1 billion in deferred maintenance costs piling up. February 26, 2026 View Details Trump’s Treasury undersecretary for terrorism financing exits after objecting to blanket surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community, with administration offering him ambassador to Germany instead. February 26, 2026 View Details Vance and Oz announce $259 million Medicaid payment freeze to Minnesota, citing fraud from a COVID-era nutrition scandal as Walz calls it “a campaign of retribution.” February 26, 2026 View Details Trump’s fraud division nominee Colin McDonald tells Senate he “follows the facts” but won’t say whether he’d refuse a presidential order to prosecute Trump’s enemies. February 26, 2026 View Details Surgeon general nominee Casey Means tells Senate committee that vaccines “save lives” after questioning childhood vaccine safety on Joe Rogan’s podcast, while senators flag her inactive medical license. February 26, 2026 View Details Federal judiciary asks Congress to take courthouse control from GSA after DOGE cuts eliminated nearly half the agency’s staff, leaving buildings with collapsing ceilings and contaminated water. February 25, 2026 View Details White House weighs executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from all customers, a new enforcement tool that banks say has no clear legal basis. February 25, 2026 View Details Trump declares “golden age” in record longest State of the Union, pivoting from economic sales pitch to blaming Democrats for “destroying” the country. February 25, 2026 View Details Maryland attorney general sues to block ICE from converting a $102 million warehouse into a 1,500 person detention facility in a town of 2,000 without environmental review or public input. February 24, 2026 View Details U.S. Forest Service stops issuing firefighter pants containing PFAS “forever chemicals” after ProPublica revealed the agency knew about the contamination for years and stayed silent. February 24, 2026 View Details Bipartisan calls grow for Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign over affair with congressional staffer who later died by suicide, as explicit text messages surface. February 24, 2026 View Details FEMA warns its national emergency functions are “significantly constrained” during shutdown days before State of the Union, with continuity staff furloughed and disaster work frozen. February 24, 2026 View Details Education Department transfers school shooting emergency grants and community schools oversight to HHS as McMahon continues dismantling the agency only Congress can legally close. February 24, 2026 View Details Judge Cannon blocks public release of Jack Smith’s classified documents report, citing her own 2024 ruling that his appointment was unconstitutional. February 24, 2026 View Details DHS suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry starting Sunday as 61,000 TSA employees work without pay in the second week of a shutdown while ICE operates uninterrupted on $75 billion in pre-secured funding. February 22, 2026 View Details NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket requires rollback to its assembly building after a helium pressurization failure, pushing the first crewed lunar mission since 1972 from March into April. February 22, 2026 View Details New Mexico orders investigation into forced sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service, which a 1976 federal audit found sterilized 3,406 women without informed consent before the government stopped counting. February 22, 2026 View Details South Carolina hospitals are not required to report measles hospitalizations, leaving doctors unable to tell patients how severe the outbreak is as cases approach 1,000. February 21, 2026 View Details DHS seeks to build a single biometric search engine combining face recognition, fingerprints and iris scans across all its agencies after dismantling its own privacy review process. February 21, 2026 View Details Leaked DHS document reveals plans for “mega” detention centers holding 7,000 to 10,000 people each, more than double previous estimates, with all facilities operational by November. February 21, 2026 View Details ICE quietly changes cause of Cuban detainee’s death from “medical distress” to “spontaneous use of force” weeks after medical examiner ruled it a homicide by asphyxiation during restraint. February 21, 2026 View Details Lawmakers find ICE holding facility in Mesa designed for 12-hour stays has detained people for days and weeks with no beds, showers, medical staff or oversight policies. February 21, 2026 View Details Deputy AG Blanche fires court-appointed U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Virginia hours after federal judges unanimously selected him, the third such firing in seven months. February 21, 2026 View Details Internal documents reveal Homeland Security agent shot and killed a 23-year-old U.S. citizen during a traffic detour on South Padre Island last March, nearly a year before the public learned of it. February 21, 2026 View Details Trump administration proposes spending $2 billion a year to rebuild disease surveillance systems it abandoned by leaving the WHO, roughly three times the $680 million it contributed annually. February 20, 2026 View Details NASA formally declares Boeing’s 2024 Starliner crew flight a serious failure after internal report reveals astronauts nearly lost control of the spacecraft during docking. February 20, 2026 View Details Trump-appointed Fine Arts Commission unanimously approves White House ballroom after receiving 2,000 public comments that were “over 99%” in opposition. February 20, 2026 View Details National Governors Association withdraws from annual White House meeting after Trump reverses course and again excludes two Democratic governors he had briefly agreed to include. February 20, 2026 View Details Federal agencies told to surveil disabled employees’ social media and challenge medical records when reevaluating telework accommodations, as guidance dismisses anxiety as “unlikely” barrier to office work. February 19, 2026 View Details DHS halts FEMA disaster travel during shutdown despite Stafford Act funding, requiring headquarters approval for staff responding to 14 active disaster declarations from last month’s winter storms. February 19, 2026 View Details NIH director Bhattacharya adds acting CDC director to his portfolio, becoming the fifth person to lead the agency in 18 months as the 210-day nomination deadline approaches in late March. February 19, 2026 View Details Noem diverted over 750 Coast Guard flights from regular missions to deportation runs, using her authority over the only military branch that reports to DHS. February 18, 2026 View Details New law requires IRS to tell taxpayers the specific line where math errors occurred on their returns instead of sending vague correction notices. February 18, 2026 View Details Trump appoints his 26-year-old assistant to the arts commission set to vote Thursday on advancing his controversial White House ballroom project. February 18, 2026 View Details FBI formally refuses to share evidence with Minnesota investigators in Alex Pretti shooting, as bystander video appears to show agents took his gun before killing him. February 17, 2026 View Details Trump attacks $16 billion Gateway tunnel project days after court forced release of frozen federal funds, denying he demanded Penn Station and Dulles be renamed for him. February 17, 2026 View Details Trump blames Maryland Gov. Moore for month-old Potomac sewage spill from a federally regulated pipe and deploys FEMA, currently shut down, to lead cleanup. February 17, 2026 View Details TSA officers work without pay as DHS shutdown enters its first weekend, with more than 5,100 flights delayed Saturday and 1,110 officers leaving the agency in October and November alone. February 16, 2026 View Details Federal Reserve research finds the average U.S. tariff rate jumped from 2.6% to 13% in 2025, with American consumers and businesses absorbing 94% of the cost through August and 86% by November. February 15, 2026 View Details Six months after an explosion killed two workers at the nation’s largest coke plant, Trump exempted the facility from Biden-era benzene monitoring rules at U.S. Steel’s request. February 15, 2026 View Details TSA requires 61,000 airport workers to stay on the job without pay after DHS funding lapses, weeks after a 43-day shutdown left many still recovering financially. February 15, 2026 View Details Congressman Raskin confirms a whistleblower’s account of inhumane conditions at a Baltimore ICE facility after a surprise inspection found 55 detainees packed into a single room. February 14, 2026 View Details WHO formally condemns a CDC-funded trial that would withhold a proven hepatitis B vaccine from 7,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, calling the study unethical and scientifically unjustified after two months of global backlash. February 14, 2026 View Details Two top RFK Jr. aides leave HHS in a White House-driven shakeup to sharpen health messaging ahead of midterm elections, including the acting CDC director who rarely visited the agency. February 14, 2026 View Details State Department orders roughly 1,400 nonprofit public libraries to stop processing passport applications, threatening closures and layoffs in states where most libraries are nonprofit entities. February 14, 2026 View Details Two Washington golfers sue to block Trump’s overhaul of a century-old public golf course where crews are dumping White House demolition debris on historic parkland. February 14, 2026 View Details FBI used warrantless “assessment” authority to gather intelligence on over 1,000 journalists, religious organizations, and politicians between 2018 and 2024, watchdog report finds. February 13, 2026 View Details Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard blocked a whistleblower complaint from Congress for eight months that centered on an intercepted conversation referencing Jared Kushner and Iran. February 13, 2026 View Details Senate leaves for recess after failing to fund DHS, with ICE and Border Patrol unaffected because last year’s reconciliation bill already gave them billions. February 13, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson calls DOJ’s tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein file searches an “oversight,” declining to confront the agency as bipartisan members call it spying. February 13, 2026 View Details Customs and Border Protection chief tells senators Alex Pretti was “fighting back nonstop” after watching video showing the unarmed nurse standing with his hands up before agents shot him. February 13, 2026 View Details Government loses three hard drives plaintiffs purchased to store court-ordered ICE detention footage, then claims it ran out of storage space and has no footage from isolation cells. February 12, 2026 View Details New Jersey launches website for residents to report ICE conduct and signs executive order barring federal immigration enforcement on state property without judicial warrants. February 12, 2026 View Details DOJ fires a U.S. attorney hours after federal judges appointed him in Albany, with Deputy AG Blanche announcing on X: “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.” February 12, 2026 View Details California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota sue to block $600 million in CDC public health funding cuts the states say are driven by political retaliation over immigration enforcement disagreements. February 12, 2026 View Details CBO projects national debt will hit $64 trillion in a decade, with Trump’s tax and immigration policies canceling out the $3 trillion in deficit reduction from his tariffs. February 12, 2026 View Details IRS improperly shared confidential tax data of thousands of immigrants with DHS, breaching legal protections courts had already ruled violated taxpayers’ rights. February 12, 2026 View Details AG Bondi brought a printout of Rep. Jayapal’s Epstein file search history to Wednesday’s hearing, prompting Rep. Raskin to call for an Inspector General investigation into DOJ surveillance of lawmakers. February 12, 2026 View Details Bondi lashes out at lawmakers during House Epstein hearing as Democrats and Rep. Massie accuse DOJ of exposing survivors’ identities while shielding potential co-conspirators. February 12, 2026 View Details Trump calls Oklahoma Gov. Stitt a “RINO” after Stitt, as NGA chair, pushes back on excluding Democratic governors from annual White House dinner. February 12, 2026 View Details Pentagon lets CBP fire an anti-drone laser near Fort Bliss without FAA coordination, triggering a chaotic airspace shutdown the administration blames on a cartel incursion. February 12, 2026 View Details ICE secretly leases more than 150 offices across nearly every state, with DHS ordering GSA to hide locations and bypass competitive bidding. February 11, 2026 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick confirms he lunched with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in 2012, contradicting his claim he cut all ties in 2005. February 11, 2026 View Details State Department will begin proactively revoking passports of parents owing more than $100,000 in child support, expanding a 1996 law that currently affects fewer than 500 people. February 11, 2026 View Details Trump excludes all Democratic governors from the White House business meeting during the annual National Governors Association conference, prompting NGA to cancel the session entirely. February 11, 2026 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demands a full list of ongoing inspector general investigations while her office sends the independent watchdog “reminder” emails about a never-used power to kill probes. February 10, 2026 View Details Trump disinvites Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from the traditionally bipartisan White House governors dinner while restricting the formal meeting to Republicans only. February 10, 2026 View Details Army civilians who worked during the government shutdown were told to record their timesheets as furlough days, in what employees say violates the Anti-Deficiency Act and forced them to falsify federal records. February 10, 2026 View Details Trump administration’s yearlong retreat from consumer enforcement at the CFPB cost Americans an estimated $19 billion in financial relief, including dropped lawsuits against Capital One and Zelle. February 10, 2026 View Details Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office told a whistleblower’s attorney he has no legal right to brief Congress about a classified complaint. February 10, 2026 View Details Group organizing America’s 250th birthday celebration offers access to Trump for $1 million donations, with speaking roles at July 4th events starting at $2.5 million. February 9, 2026 View Details IRS is reassigning up to 1,400 back-office employees to frontline filing season work with little training after losing 27% of its workforce, as CEO Bisignano runs both IRS and Social Security simultaneously. February 7, 2026 View Details Social Security is reassigning benefits processors to answer phones after shedding 7,400 employees, with workers receiving three hours of training and fearing backlogs will grow. February 7, 2026 View Details Whistleblower from Baltimore ICE detention facility describes detainees lying in feces, 50 people in cells meant for far fewer, and women given diapers instead of sanitary products. February 7, 2026 View Details DHS allowed one congresswoman into Minneapolis detention facility after she produced a court order but denied entry to two other lawmakers, as the doctor-turned-representative found no measles protocols in place. February 7, 2026 View Details White House excludes Democratic governors from its annual meeting during the National Governors Association weekend, breaking a bipartisan tradition of more than 60 years. February 7, 2026 View Details Navy Secretary John Phelan, a major Trump donor, was listed on a 2006 Epstein flight manifest alongside a French modeling agent later charged with rape of a minor. February 7, 2026 View Details House Oversight chair Comer is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband after his two companies surged from $51,000 to $30 million in one year. February 7, 2026 View Details Justice Department will let lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files starting Monday, but is withholding 2.5 million pages and banning electronic devices from the reading room. February 7, 2026 View Details Maryland man charged with attempted murder after allegedly arriving armed at OMB Director Vought’s Arlington home, with digital evidence showing he solicited others to kill him. February 6, 2026 View Details OPM finalizes rule converting roughly 50,000 career federal workers to at-will status, reviving the Schedule F policy Biden repealed in 2021. February 6, 2026 View Details Judge orders Musk to sit for deposition over USAID shutdown, ruling he cannot claim high-ranking official protections because his role was informal. February 5, 2026 View Details Rubio out as acting head of National Archives after hitting 300-day limit, still holds Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor roles. February 5, 2026 View Details Rep. Ro Khanna launches investigation into $500 million Abu Dhabi investment in Trump family crypto company, urges U.S. attorney to probe the deal. February 5, 2026 View Details Democrats clash with Bessent at House hearing, with one lawmaker calling him a “flunky” and another telling him to “shut up.” February 5, 2026 View Details New York Attorney General Letitia James deploys volunteer legal observers to monitor and document ICE enforcement actions statewide, citing Minnesota shootings as warning of unchecked federal operations. February 4, 2026 View Details Trump signs bill ending partial shutdown, but a Feb. 13 deadline to fund Homeland Security looms as Democrats demand ICE body cameras, no masks, and an end to roving patrols. February 4, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules DHS likely broke the law by requiring lawmakers to give one week’s notice before visiting ICE detention facilities. February 3, 2026 View Details BLS suspends all data collection and delays January jobs report just 48 hours into partial government shutdown, the second jobs data blackout in four months. February 3, 2026 View Details Gabbard has withheld a classified whistleblower complaint about her conduct from Congress for eight months, attorney says, despite federal law requiring its referral. February 3, 2026 View Details Trump’s weaponization chief Ed Martin expected to leave Justice Department after deputy AG Blanche stripped his authority and sidelined him for months. February 3, 2026 View Details Trump says Kennedy Center will close for two years for $200 million renovation, won’t be demolished, after his board added his name and overhauled programming. February 3, 2026 View Details Intelligence director Gabbard says Trump personally requested she attend FBI search of Georgia election center, then facilitated a call between Trump and agents. February 3, 2026 View Details HHS announces $100 million addiction and homelessness initiative less than three weeks after cutting then restoring $2 billion in mental health funding. February 3, 2026 View Details Noem orders body cameras for all federal officers in Minneapolis after two fatal shootings, with plans to expand nationwide “as funding is available.” February 3, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson says government shutdown will last through at least Tuesday as House Republicans lack the votes to pass $1.2 trillion funding package on their own. February 2, 2026 View Details TSA begins charging $45 per person for travelers without Real ID or passport starting Sunday, with no guarantee the identity check will clear in time to board. February 1, 2026 View Details Border Patrol leader Bovino mocked federal prosecutor’s Jewish faith on conference call, asking “Do Orthodox criminals also take off on Saturday?” weeks before being reassigned over a separate fatal shooting. February 1, 2026 View Details Federal appeals judge dismisses DOJ misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg, ruling that even if he warned of a constitutional crisis at a Judicial Conference meeting, that would not violate ethics rules. February 1, 2026 View Details Trump pushes for 250-foot permanent triumphal arch near the Potomac that would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and obstruct views of Arlington National Cemetery. February 1, 2026 View Details Utah governor signs bill expanding state Supreme Court from five to seven justices after legislature suffered court defeats on redistricting, abortion and school vouchers, giving him five of seven appointments. February 1, 2026 View Details House Democrats tell Speaker Johnson they won’t help pass funding bill, extending partial shutdown as party demands ICE body cameras and warrant restrictions. February 1, 2026 View Details UN Secretary-General warns the organization faces “imminent financial collapse” by July after U.S. refused to pay its 2025 contribution and offered only 30% of expected peacekeeping funding. January 31, 2026 View Details Trump nominates BLS economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the agency after firing its commissioner over a jobs report and withdrawing a Project 2025 contributor’s nomination. January 31, 2026 View Details Trump nominates Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair, weeks after DOJ subpoenaed Powell in what Powell called a “pretext” to force rate cuts. January 31, 2026 View Details Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding deal 71-29 after Trump and Democrats split off DHS spending, but a brief shutdown begins Saturday with House not voting until Monday. January 31, 2026 View Details Noem was not called on to report during Trump’s televised Cabinet meeting, the first since two Americans were killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis. January 30, 2026 View Details Ethics watchdog asks Energy Department inspector general to investigate whether assistant secretary violated rules by appearing in jewelry ad featuring $22,700 ring with her official title. January 30, 2026 View Details Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization sue the IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over tax records leaked to ProPublica and the New York Times. January 30, 2026 View Details Framed photo of Trump and Putin from Alaska summit now hangs in White House visitor lobby, part of Palm Room renovation. January 29, 2026 View Details Rubio tells Senate that Venezuela must submit monthly budget to Washington for approval, with US controlling how oil proceeds are spent. January 29, 2026 View Details Federal Reserve holds rates steady as Powell calls Supreme Court case over Trump’s attempt to fire Governor Cook “perhaps the most important” in Fed’s 113-year history. January 29, 2026 View Details Trump administration moves to sell Old Post Office, once home to Trump hotel, as observation tower that was open to public for decades is now shuttered. January 29, 2026 View Details Kennedy Center’s new programming chief resigns less than two weeks after Grenell announced his hire to “expand commonsense programming.” January 29, 2026 View Details Minnesota’s chief federal judge cancels contempt hearing for ICE chief after agency releases wrongly detained man, but warns of 96 violated court orders: “ICE is not a law unto itself.” January 29, 2026 View Details Leaked ICE guidance orders Minnesota agents to avoid “agitators” and arrest only immigrants with criminal history, reversing broad sweeps that led to two killings. January 29, 2026 View Details Border Patrol places two agents who shot Alex Pretti on leave as White House says DHS “may not have been following protocol.” January 29, 2026 View Details Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive government files into public ChatGPT, triggering internal security warnings and a DHS damage assessment. January 28, 2026 View Details Democrats win two Minnesota special elections to restore 67-67 state House tie, first contests since ICE shootings sparked backlash against Trump administration. January 28, 2026 View Details House Homeland Security Democrats threaten to impeach Noem if she is not fired or resigns, saying she “lied about Alex Pretti” and destroyed public confidence in DHS. January 28, 2026 View Details NTSB finds FAA repeatedly ignored air traffic controller warnings about dangerous flight paths before the mid-air collision at Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people a year ago. January 28, 2026 View Details Trump blames Kennedy Center’s “massive deficits” on prior leadership nearly a year after his takeover drove ticket sales to three-year low and ended the Washington National Opera’s 50-year residency. January 27, 2026 View Details Transportation Department plans to use Google Gemini to rewrite safety regulations for airplanes, pipelines and freight trains, with agency’s top lawyer saying “we don’t need the perfect rule.” January 27, 2026 View Details Trump holds two-hour Oval Office meeting with Noem after she requested it, sends Homan to Minneapolis while removing Bovino, but no jobs appear at risk. January 27, 2026 View Details Treasury cancels all Booz Allen Hamilton contracts five years after employee leaked Trump tax returns, despite firm’s cooperation with investigation that led to prosecution. January 27, 2026 View Details Border Patrol commander a judge found “not credible” and “outright lying” hands Minnesota operation to Border Czar Tom Homan Tuesday, two days after Pretti killing. January 27, 2026 View Details House Democrats held emergency caucus call to discuss impeaching DHS Secretary Noem after Pretti killing; 115 members now co-sponsor impeachment articles, including centrists who voted for DHS funding last week. January 26, 2026 View Details AG Bondi tells Minn. Gov. Walz ICE will leave only if the state shares Medicaid and SNAP records, repeals sanctuary policies, and gives DOJ access to voter rolls; Minnesota Secretary of State calls it “ransom.” January 26, 2026 View Details Trump calls lawsuit challenging $400 million White House ballroom “ridiculous,” claims construction has gone too far to stop and reveals project has “Top Secret” military and Secret Service involvement. January 26, 2026 View Details Trump housing finance chief quietly raises bond purchase limit to $450 billion, reversing post-2008 crisis safeguards on government-backed lenders. January 25, 2026 View Details Senate Democrats vow to block spending package over DHS funding after second Minneapolis killing, raising odds of partial government shutdown Friday. January 25, 2026 View Details GAO reports Social Security at risk of “losing many staff in the near term” after telework ban dropped remote work from 42% to 13% of hours. January 24, 2026 View Details Watchdog files complaint alleging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche violated conflict-of-interest law by ending crypto investigations while owning $159,000 in digital assets. January 24, 2026 View Details HUD threatens sanctions against public housing authorities that do not verify tenants’ immigration status within 30 days, claiming audit found 6,000 “ineligible” tenants. January 24, 2026 View Details FBI agent resigns after facing pressure to stop investigating ICE officer who killed Renee Good; six federal prosecutors also quit over DOJ push to investigate the widow. January 24, 2026 View Details DHS halts terminations of FEMA disaster workers as massive winter storm approaches, hours after staff were escorted out during Noem’s tour of headquarters. January 24, 2026 View Details Judge extends order requiring Trump administration to keep funding child care subsidies in five states after HHS cited fraud concerns based on right-wing influencer video. January 24, 2026 View Details White House fences off Lafayette Square for “repairs” through May; Trump reportedly wants brick walkways removed to prevent use as weapons during demonstrations. January 23, 2026 View Details TikTok announces deal to spin off U.S. operations, with Oracle, UAE’s MGX, and Silver Lake each taking 15% stakes while ByteDance retains 19.9% and continues managing advertising and e-commerce. January 23, 2026 View Details Federal judge questions Trump’s authority to build $400 million White House ballroom, snapping “Come on. Be serious” when DOJ compared it to adding a tennis pavilion. January 23, 2026 View Details Trump administration orders review of all federal funding to 14 Democratic-led states and DC, directing agencies to report grants, loans, and contracts by Monday; memo claims effort is “data-gathering,” not withholding. January 23, 2026 View Details Five Democratic states ask judge to block Trump administration from withholding child care funding; HHS claimed fraud without evidence while demanding recipients’ Social Security numbers. January 23, 2026 View Details Trump attributed large purple bruise on left hand at Davos to hitting a table and his daily aspirin regimen; photos showed he later applied makeup to conceal it. January 23, 2026 View Details House Oversight Committee schedules Feb. 9 deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell in Epstein probe; her attorney says she will invoke Fifth Amendment throughout. January 22, 2026 View Details House Oversight Committee votes to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein depositions, with nine Democrats supporting the former president’s resolution. January 22, 2026 View Details IRS announces leadership shake-up days before tax season, promoting Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who testified about the Hunter Biden tax probe, to senior roles. January 21, 2026 View Details Trump stands by Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer amid allegations of an affair with a staffer, drinking in her office and taking subordinates to a strip club on a government trip. January 20, 2026 View Details Judge refuses to block DHS policy requiring seven-day notice for congressional visits to ICE facilities, though she stressed she was not ruling the policy lawful. January 20, 2026 View Details Democrat Abigail Spanberger takes oath as Virginia’s 75th governor and first woman elected to the office. January 18, 2026 View Details Trump fires Export-Import Bank inspector general without notifying Congress or providing rationale as required by law. October 22, 2025 View Details National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough 80% of staff managing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as shutdown funding runs out Saturday. October 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration plans to install allies at IRS to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups and major Democratic donors including George Soros, who Trump wants charged under RICO, Wall Street Journal reports. October 16, 2025 View Details Trump says Gateway Tunnel funding Schumer “worked 20 years to get” is “terminated,” along with Second Avenue Subway extension, targeting billions in NY area infrastructure projects. October 16, 2025 View Details Trump dismisses 22 of 26 National Council on the Humanities members, keeping only his own appointees one month after federal judge ruled his grant terminations unlawful. October 2, 2025 View Details Corporation for Public Broadcasting challenges Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, asserting Congress alone controls its budget as independent nonprofit. September 28, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to relocate 2026 World Cup matches from “dangerous” cities including Chicago, which isn’t hosting any games. September 26, 2025 View Details A top DOJ official rescinded a letter threatening an FBI agent who sued Alex Jones after being ordered to do so, days after the official was photographed with Jones. September 25, 2025 View Details The National Labor Relations Board sued New York State days after it enacted a law to bypass what Democrats call Trump’s gutting of the federal agency. September 21, 2025 View Details The GAO determined the Trump administration illegally withheld FEMA funds for the homeless for the sixth time this year. September 17, 2025 View Details The California Highway Patrol offers to protect former Vice President Harris one day after Trump revoked her Secret Service detail. August 31, 2025 View Details Trump revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, continuing a pattern of stripping security from political adversaries. August 30, 2025 View Details Trump expands cancellation of federal union contracts to NASA and National Weather Service as unions decry escalating crackdown on worker rights. August 29, 2025 View Details More than 180 FEMA staff warn Trump’s cuts and unqualified leadership risk another Katrina-scale disaster, speaking out despite 340 EPA employees put on leave for a similar tactic. August 26, 2025 View Details Federal judge certifies all former USAID employees and contractors in class action over Musk, DOGE shutdown plan August 20, 2025 View Details MD lawmakers tour Baltimore ICE facility under tight limits after being refused entry last month, say agency dodged questions on detainees’ nationalities and detention times. August 15, 2025 View Details Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard despite city’s violent crime hitting 30-year lows in 2024. August 12, 2025 View Details OpenAI offers ChatGPT Enterprise to every federal agency for just $1 each for one year under sweeping AI government rollout. August 7, 2025 View Details Labor CIO Thomas Shedd, a Musk-aligned AI evangelist and former Tesla engineer, departs after gutting the agency but retains key GSA tech posts. August 5, 2025 View Details FEMA to deny disaster aid to states and cities that boycott Israeli companies before reversing after backlash. August 5, 2025 View Details Smithsonian history museum removes Trump impeachment references from exhibit after White House-pressured content review. August 1, 2025 View Details Trump taps Project 2025-linked official who recently oversaw State Dept. layoffs to lead the General Services Administration. July 22, 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 DOGE told Nuclear Regulatory Commission in May to rubber stamp reactor approvals already tested by Energy and Defense departments. July 15, 2025 View Details Trump suggests federal takeover of New York City and Washington D.C. during Cabinet meeting while attacking democratic socialist NYC mayoral candidate. July 9, 2025 View Details DOGE gains approval authority over Defense Department IT and consulting contracts exceeding $1 million in expanded oversight role. June 28, 2025 View Details WaPo Exclusive: White House strips DOGE of control over grants.gov after Musk’s exit, restoring agencies’ authority to post billions in awards and averting impoundment delays. June 28, 2025 View Details Iranian retaliatory attacks force DHS to restore counter-terrorism funding to five cities with Democratic mayors that had been withheld for months. June 27, 2025 View Details Over 20 state attorneys general sue Trump administration for using obscure five-word clause to justify billions in federal funding cuts they claim bypasses Congress. 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 DOGE coordinates USPS reforms with White House and Treasury beyond authorized scope as Trump administration discusses emergency price hikes and privatization. June 21, 2025 View Details Trump’s CFPB drops 18 enforcement cases against predatory lenders including Credit Acceptance which profits from borrower failures while vulnerable consumers face thousands in judgments. June 21, 2025 View Details After the Fed leaves rates unchanged, FHFA director Bill Pulte and Trump demand chair Powell cut rates or resign, continuing their long running public feud. June 20, 2025 View Details DHS Secretary Noem requires personal approval for all contracts over $100k despite facing 5,100 annual reviews, prompting former acquisition chief to call policy “absolutely nuts.” June 19, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats walk out of Judiciary Committee hearing on Biden mental fitness as Durbin accuses Republicans of ignoring oversight of Trump administration’s military deployments and Sen. Padilla handcuffing. June 19, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law after cutting library and museum funding by more than half despite congressional approval. June 17, 2025 View Details Trump fires Democratic NRC commissioner Christopher Hanson as he pushes to abandon radiation safety standards based on Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor studies. June 17, 2025 View Details Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination. June 17, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules Trump overstepped his authority by firing three Consumer Product Safety commissioners without legal cause, orders immediate reinstatement. June 14, 2025 View Details Nonprofit sues USDA for canceling legally required food assistance hotline contract after agency says government determines whether to follow “that particular law.” June 13, 2025 View Details Trump’s DOJ indicts Democratic Rep. McIver on federal charges carrying eight years in prison for interfering with ICE agents during congressional oversight visit. June 11, 2025 View Details Consumer bureau enforcement chief quits with scathing email after Trump appointee Vought abandons bank lawsuits and terminates customer refund settlements. June 11, 2025 View Details White House breaks ground on Trump projects to pave over Rose Garden grass and add flagpoles to lawns, with president saying grass is “inconvenience for women in high heels.” June 10, 2025 View Details Raskin warns Defense Secretary Hegseth to return $400 million Qatari jet or risk personal fines, calling the gift “blatant corruption” as bipartisan criticism grows. June 6, 2025 View Details BLM deputy director escorted out after opposing DOGE staffer’s workforce directive to return employees to original positions. May 28, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump’s retaliation against Jenner & Block after other law firms “threw in the towel” and agreed to provide $100 million in free legal services to avoid executive orders. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump vows to “turn around” Kennedy Center at White House dinner with loyalist board members, criticizes “phantom revenue” and previous “woke” programming. 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 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick transfers Cantor Fitzgerald ownership to his children’s trusts while selling $361 million in affiliated shares. May 20, 2025 View Details Congressional watchdog GAO rejects Trump’s DOGE team citing their lack of authority over legislative branch. May 17, 2025 View Details Nationwide outage blocks U.S. passport verification system used by DMVs. May 15, 2025 View Details HUD blames Biden-era housing cost surge for early end to emergency housing voucher program aiding up to 60,000 people. May 14, 2025 View Details 20 Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over threats to withhold disaster and infrastructure funds from sanctuary jurisdictions. May 14, 2025 View Details Musk’s government efficiency team deletes $122 million in active contracts from its “Wall of Receipts” after report exposes false savings claims. May 14, 2025 View Details Newark Mayor Baraka arrested and charged with trespassing at private ICE detention facility in his city while congressional members allowed to conduct oversight visit. May 10, 2025 View Details Trump fires three Democratic appointees on Consumer Product Safety Commission in move that violates Supreme Court precedent. May 10, 2025 View Details Trump nominated Mary Anne Carter to reassume leadership of the National Endowment for the Arts. May 9, 2025 FBI Director Kash Patel walks back call for more funding, says bureau will “make it work” under Trump’s proposed budget cuts. May 9, 2025 View Details Newark airport delays mount after radar and radio failure, controller trauma, and staffing crisis force United to cut 35 daily flights. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump questions whether he must uphold the Constitution or guarantee due process to everyone in the U.S., including non-citizens. May 5, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump order banning Perkins Coie from federal work and revoking security clearances. May 3, 2025 View Details DOGE puts college student in charge of AI project rewriting HUD regulations. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump budget slashes federal housing aid by 40% and limits it to two years for many adults. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump proposes 2026 budget eliminating NEA, NEH, CPB, and other cultural agencies. May 3, 2025 View Details New lawsuit says CIA firing of top doctor followed months of pressure from far-right activists. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump order rewrites college accreditation rules, opening door for ideological accreditors in higher ed. May 2, 2025 View Details One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination. 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 strips former election security chief Chris Krebs of Global Entry in latest act of retribution. May 1, 2025 View Details Feds must report daily location as Trump admin escalates worker surveillance. May 1, 2025 View Details HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges parents to “do your own research” on vaccines, despite overseeing the nation’s vaccine safety. April 30, 2025 View Details House GOP blocks vote to probe Hegseth’s Signal chats on Yemen plans April 30, 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 Trump fires all Biden appointees from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff. April 30, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump move to fire 1,500 CFPB workers and orders officials to testify on possible injunction breach. April 30, 2025 View Details Hegseth sacks Defense Policy Board and other Pentagon advisory panels after Tucker Carlson guest’s on-air attack. April 26, 2025 View Details USDA withdraws Biden-era proposal to cap salmonella in raw poultry products. April 26, 2025 View Details Trump orders sons to fire Trump Org. lawyer over Harvard ties and lawsuit against administration. April 25, 2025 View Details Trump order makes it harder for federal workers to gain job protections in their first two years. April 25, 2025 View Details Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democratic Party fundraising platform ActBlue. April 25, 2025 View Details Top Hegseth aide exits Pentagon after internal purge, returns in part-time role. April 25, 2025 View Details Hegseth had unsecured internet line set up in Pentagon office to run Signal app, AP reports. April 25, 2025 View Details Trump adds portraits, gold trim, and two 100-foot flagpoles in White House revamp, plans to pave Rose Garden lawn. April 24, 2025 View Details Two major law firms seek permanent block on Trump orders they say retaliate for past legal work. April 24, 2025 View Details Trump attacks Fed chair again for keeping rates high and hints he may call to demand cuts. April 24, 2025 View Details Hegseth installed Signal on a secure Pentagon computer to secretly message Trump officials from inside classified areas. April 24, 2025 View Details US health officials push to phase out artificial food dyes by 2026, but won’t require it yet. April 23, 2025 View Details Musk says he’ll reduce government work after Tesla profits plunge 71% and protests mount. April 23, 2025 View Details Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed Chair Powell despite his recent threats and demands. April 23, 2025 View Details Feds threaten to cut NYC highway funds unless MTA halts congestion pricing, calling tolls illegal class warfare. April 22, 2025 View Details Interior Department launches major restructuring led by Musk-aligned DOGE official with sweeping control over funding and personnel. April 22, 2025 View Details After firing agency head, Trump’s Office of Special Counsel tells over 2,000 terminated federal workers they have no basis to appeal. April 22, 2025 View Details Trump calls Powell a ‘loser,’ demands immediate rate cuts as markets reel and team explores firing Fed chair. 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 Trump administration formalizes plan to revive Schedule F and strip protections from 50,000 federal workers. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell over tariff remarks, despite job protections. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation. April 17, 2025 View Details California sues Trump over tariffs, saying president’s use of emergency powers threatens state economy and violates the law. April 17, 2025 View Details DOGE backs off plan to embed staff at NGO that no longer receives federal funds after legal pushback exposed lack of authority. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump White House asks Congress to defund NPR, PBS, and USAID, clawing back $9.3 billion. April 15, 2025 View Details Multiple DOGE staffers found to hold temporary roles at several federal agencies simultaneously. April 15, 2025 View Details White House doctor says Trump is in ‘excellent’ health with no cognitive issues after annual physical. April 14, 2025 View Details HHS officials told Congress they don’t know how many workers were fired under Trump’s mass layoff plan. April 13, 2025 View Details At Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk lowers federal budget cut goal again, now projecting $150 billion in 2026 savings. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump signs order to revive U.S. shipbuilding and sends Musk’s DOGE to audit Navy delays. April 10, 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 Trump-backed plan to end Social Security phone services abruptly reversed after public backlash. April 10, 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 North Dakota Republicans revive failed resolution to gut 2022 term limits, extend their time in office, and reset the clock for themselves. April 3, 2025 View Details After firing its staff and president, DOGE appointee moves to give USIP’s $500 million HQ to the government for free. April 1, 2025 View Details DOGE employee moves to shut down U.S. Institute of Peace after Friday night mass firing by email draws court review. April 1, 2025 View Details Democrats and nonprofits sue Trump over order requiring proof of citizenship to vote. April 1, 2025 View Details Trump tells NBC he’s serious about a third term, then doubles down hours later. March 31, 2025 View Details Protesters swarm Tesla dealerships across U.S. and Europe over Musk’s federal purge, with Reps. Crockett and Jayapal joining demonstrations. March 30, 2025 View Details Appeals court halts reinstatement of fired NLRB and MSPB officials, backing Trump. March 29, 2025 View Details More Trump national security officials left Venmo data exposed, compounding counterintel risks from leaked Signal chat. March 28, 2025 View Details Trump strips WilmerHale’s clearances, contracts after firm hires Mueller—the sixth law firm targeted by name March 28, 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 Trump nominates GOP attorney with history of financial misconduct and anti-abortion crusades to oversee $1 trillion in health fraud investigations. March 26, 2025 View Details Trump says he didn’t sign deportation order under 1798 law—even though his signature is on it. March 22, 2025 View Details Trump strips security clearances from Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Biden’s family, and key people from his impeachments and trials March 22, 2025 View Details DHS shutters watchdog offices monitoring migrant kids, civil rights, detention conditions—calls them roadblocks to immigration enforcement. March 22, 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 Trump moves to fold USAID into the State Department—and quietly slip in blockchain tech, though staff haven’t said whether it’s for accounting or actually moving money. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump taps 1950 emergency law to boost mining, open federal lands to coal, and give allies sweeping power over mineral policy. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump scrambles to deny Musk will hear China war plans at Pentagon after NYT and WSJ reports spark backlash. March 21, 2025 View Details Tesla recalls Cybertruck for the 8th time in 2 years as defect may send metal flying, forcing owners to service centers ASAP. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration extends deadline to end Manhattan congestion toll as Duffy posts that Hochul is ‘on notice’ and warns of federal funding cuts. March 21, 2025 View Details Judge denies emergency request to stop Musk’s DOGE Service from dismantling U.S. Institute of Peace after law enforcement-assisted raid. March 20, 2025 View Details Musk ally who helped slash programs at USAID and CFPB appointed to top USAID role. March 20, 2025 View Details White House fact sheet confirms Trump’s plan to eliminate Department of Education 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 threatens NYC commuter funding over subway crime, despite 40% drop since 2020. March 19, 2025 View Details Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats, violating Supreme Court precedent, ex-commissioners say March 19, 2025 View Details Judge rules Musk’s USAID purge violated Constitution, restores computer access but agency remains gutted March 19, 2025 View Details Trump admin proposal would force millions to file Social Security claims in person, creating hardship for elderly and disabled March 18, 2025 View Details Judge won’t order Trump admin to release emergency alert funds it’s blocking. March 18, 2025 View Details Trump’s Interim D.C. Prosecutor Forms Election Fraud Unit, Long Promoted 2020 Lies March 18, 2025 View Details Trump admin seizes independent U.S. Peace Institute, fires board & CEO without legal authority. March 18, 2025 View Details Trump targets third law firm, Paul Weiss, in executive order after court halts restrictions on others. March 16, 2025 View Details Trump signs six-month funding bill after Schumer, 9 other Senate Democrats back controversial deal. March 16, 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 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 Representatives of Trump’s family discussed taking a financial stake in Binance US, while its founder sought a pardon from Trump. March 14, 2025 View Details The union representing 47,000 TSA workers sued Homeland Security to block the administration from canceling its collective bargaining agreement. March 14, 2025 View Details A whistleblower report to the GSA IG alleges that real estate developer Brad Ehikian, brother of the GSA head, asked the government to sell his firm a Silicon Valley property for tens of millions below its valuation. March 14, 2025 View Details Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the DOJ Inspector General to investigate interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin. March 14, 2025 View Details The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued FEMA for halting $40M in emergency alert system upgrades, saying it endangers real-time disaster warnings. March 14, 2025 View Details Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed a deal with Musk’s DOGE and GSA to cut costs, including potentially eliminating the Postal Regulatory Commission, which has warned of nationwide mail delays. March 14, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump unlawfully fired Federal Labor Relations Authority Chair Susan Grundmann and ordered her reinstatement. March 13, 2025 View Details Shelly Lowe, the first Native American to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities, left her position “at President Trump’s direction.” March 13, 2025 View Details EPA head Lee Zeldin vowed to put “a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” by rolling back or reconsidering over 30 regulations regulating vehicles, power plants, and more March 13, 2025 View Details Trump claimed people are “illegally and collusively” boycotting Tesla, then hosted a WH event featuring three Tesla vehicles. March 12, 2025 View Details Elon Musk told the White House he plans to donate $100 million to Trump’s political operation. March 12, 2025 View Details A USAID employees union petitioned a federal judge after the agency ordered staff to destroy classified records. March 12, 2025 View Details NASA eliminated 23 senior positions, including its Chief Scientist, and closed an office studying space and tech policy. March 11, 2025 View Details A judge ruled that Elon Musk’s DOGE unit is likely subject to FOIA laws and ordered DOGE and OMB to turn over emails in a lawsuit over federal employee firings. March 11, 2025 View Details Washington, DC lawmakers urged GOP leaders to reverse a spending bill that treats the city as a federal agency and arbitrarily slashes $1.1 billion from its services. March 11, 2025 View Details NIH will cancel or cut back grants studying vaccine hesitancy or how to increase acceptance. 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 Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest. March 11, 2025 View Details Climate United Fund sues EPA to recover billions held by agency and Citibank. March 9, 2025 View Details The Justice Department removed three officials from its National Security Division on the second day of a sweeping overhaul. March 9, 2025 View Details EPA now requires spending over $50K to be approved by Elon Musk’s DOGE unit. March 8, 2025 View Details USDA eliminated two independent science committees advising on food safety issues. March 8, 2025 View Details Justice Dept officials overseeing ethics, pardons, and bankruptcies were all fired today. March 8, 2025 View Details Musk tells Wall St. he wants to privatize Amtrak and the US Postal Service. March 8, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE & Marshals seize African Development Foundation HQ; agency head sues. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump suspends clearances for 2nd law firm opposing his attorneys, cancels fed contracts. March 8, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE reps try to access child support office earnings data for nearly all Americans March 8, 2025 View Details Federal judge reinstates National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox. March 8, 2025 View Details WH terminating 34 building leases for National Park Service (see the full list) March 8, 2025 View Details A Federal Judge backed by high court orders admin to start paying aid by Monday 6 pm. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump to DC mayor: clean up homeless encampments or “we will be forced to.” March 7, 2025 View Details One day after court reinstates Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris, she orders 6,000 USDA employees reinstated for 45 days. March 7, 2025 View Details DC may repaint BLM Plaza after GOP Rep Clyde threatens funding. March 6, 2025 View Details Trump’s super PAC charges up to $1M per plate at fundraisers with him. March 6, 2025 View Details Pentagon dismantling civilian harm safeguards in favor of more lethal strikes. March 6, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump illegally fired Merit Systems Protection Board chair Cathy Harris and ordered her reinstated for the remainder of her term. March 6, 2025 View Details One month after laying off 7,000, the IRS is planning to fire up to 45,000 more. March 6, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE drafts deal to charge OPM $4M for IT modernization next year. March 5, 2025 View Details The FBI New York field chief was forced to retire amid a Trump purge after promising agents protection from political meddling. March 5, 2025 View Details Treasury Secretary scraps enforcement of beneficial ownership rules, exempting U.S. companies from corporate transparency. March 4, 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 After boxes seized in a Mar-a-Lago search were returned yesterday, Trump flew home to Florida on Air Force One with them. March 2, 2025 View Details Rep. Andy Ogles filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who blocked Trump’s freeze of USAID funds, the 2nd GOP action against a judge. March 2, 2025 View Details GSA eliminated its 18F tech dept, employees worked on improving gov tech. March 2, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE tries linking IRS tax data & federal benefits, despite data laws. March 2, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump cannot fire the head of the office of Special Counsel, a decision likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court. March 2, 2025 View Details 2M fed workers bombarded again with emails demanding a weekly summary. March 2, 2025 View Details Nearly half of fair housing grants for monitoring discrimination are canceled. March 1, 2025 View Details Democrats sue to block Trump’s order giving him exclusive authority over campaign finance law. March 1, 2025 View Details Federal workers get a second OPM email tonight demanding weekly bullet points amid legal scrutiny, driven by Musk. March 1, 2025 View Details Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s “reckless firing” of the Joint Chiefs chair and top officers, urging Congress to block replacements. February 28, 2025 View Details The FBI widened a criminal probe into an EPA climate grant program, leading to resignations after DOJ pressured prosecutors to freeze $20B in clean-energy funds, targeting Citibank’s role despite judges rejecting warrants. February 28, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that Trump officials must testify under oath about the secretive Department of Government Efficiency in a suit filed by unions. February 28, 2025 View Details One day after Elon Musk told the Cabinet that USAID’s Ebola programs were restored, several organizations—including UNICEF, which had been working with the U.S. in Africa—were terminated. February 28, 2025 View Details The Trump administration fired hundreds of NOAA workers by email without notice, gutting the nation’s official weather and climate agency. February 28, 2025 View Details A federal judge ruled that OPM’s directives ordering the firing of probationary employees were illegal and have no legal effect on at least six agencies. February 28, 2025 View Details The FAA will test Elon Musk’s Starlink terminals replacing a Verizon contract. February 27, 2025 View Details Trump orders a 30-day freeze on agency credit cards with few exceptions. February 27, 2025 View Details Agencies must submit proposals to relocate from D.C. cheaper areas in April. February 27, 2025 View Details Staffing order brands government bloated and corrupt, one day after Marjorie Taylor Greene said federal employees don’t deserve pay. February 27, 2025 View Details Federal agencies must submit plans to eliminate positions by March 13. February 27, 2025 View Details The White House said Amy Gleason, not Elon Musk, leads DOGE and reports to Trump, clarifying this while she was vacationing in Mexico. February 26, 2025 View Details Fed agencies told staff to ignore Musk’s ultimatum; Trump suggests non-compliance may lead to firing although it’s “somewhat voluntary.” February 26, 2025 View Details Federal judge questions constitutionality of Musk’s DOGE group February 25, 2025 View Details The OPM told agencies that federal employees would not be fired for not complying with Elon Musk’s weekend email February 25, 2025 View Details Nearly 2,000 USAID workers fired by email, remaining staff put on paid leave February 25, 2025 View Details Trump backs Musk’s worker crackdown, then mocks workers with a Spongebob meme February 25, 2025 View Details Multiple agencies instruct employees to ignore Musk’s demand for email report February 25, 2025 View Details Trump admin claims $55B in cuts, but WSJ analysis puts savings at $2.6B February 25, 2025 View Details USAID offices given to Customs and Border Protection February 25, 2025 View Details Trump says he will tour Ft. Knox with Musk to ensure gold is there February 25, 2025 View Details New FBI director Kash Patel expected to also lead Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives February 25, 2025 View Details Fed employees, including some judges, get 3 line email demanding a bullet-point report of their week-Elon Musk warns noncompliance by Monday means resignation February 25, 2025 View Details Trump to Maine governor at meeting: ‘We are the federal law’; Mills retorts, ‘See you in court’ February 25, 2025 Judge okays Trump admin to gut USAID workforce February 25, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Musk’s Treasury takeover, calling it ‘chaotic and haphazard’ February 25, 2025 View Details The Supreme Court stalls Trump’s attempt to fire the whistleblower watchdog February 25, 2025 View Details The US Marshal Service deputized Elon Musk’s private security officers February 25, 2025 View Details Trump raises the idea again of running for a third term February 25, 2025 View Details Trump ordered Justice to delete a database of federal police misconduct February 25, 2025 View Details The Justice Dept said it will no longer defend administrative law judges inside federal agencies from being fired by the Trump administration February 25, 2025 View Details Trump said the WH would take control of the USPS, fire its board and install it as an agency under the Commerce Dept February 25, 2025 View Details Trump called for the federal government to seize control of Washington, DC, whose 680K residents already lack full voting rights February 25, 2025 View Details Trump kills NYC’s congestion pricing plan, revoking fed approval and posting, “Congestion Pricing is Dead…Long Live the King!” February 25, 2025 View Details The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go” February 25, 2025 View Details Elon Musk’s team is reviewing Pentagon staffing, targeting employees of less than years with firing February 24, 2025 View Details A federal judge declined to block Elon Musk from ordering mass firings or accessing data at seven different agencies 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 Four NYC Deputy Mayors have resigned, Gov. Hochul considering removing Adams February 24, 2025 View Details A federal judge refused to block Musk’s employees from accessing Education Dept data February 24, 2025 View Details Election denier Ed Martin named US Attorney for DC, signals plans to investigate Democrats & DOJ officials February 24, 2025 View Details The head of the National Archives retired after one week along with the agency’s Inspector General and other executives February 24, 2025 View Details Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire head of Office of Special Counsel 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 USA Today: 10,000 federal employees fired last week, 75K take buyout, more coming February 24, 2025 View Details Maryland National Guard refuses to honor Frederick Douglass parade in his hometown, citing Trump guidance February 24, 2025 View Details Trump administration launched a tip line urging banks to report CFPB regulators still enforcing consumer protections February 24, 2025 View Details US to purchase Tesla armored trucks for $400 million February 24, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Grassley: Trump broke law firing IGs without required notice February 24, 2025 View Details Trump named Kennedy Center chair after board ousts president February 24, 2025 View Details Judge approves Trump worker buyouts, program now frozen February 24, 2025 View Details Apple followed Google in changing their maps to read Gulf of America February 23, 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 The USAID Inspector General was fired one day after releasing a report saying that admin actions made waste and millions in fraud more likely February 23, 2025 View Details Trump directed that federal employees could only be replaced at the rate of 1 for every 4 who leave February 23, 2025 View Details Trump signed an order creating a DOGE lead at every agency and directing all agencies to cooperate with Musk February 23, 2025 View Details Musk announces he cut 90 contracts totaling $900 million at the Education Dept February 23, 2025 View Details Trump fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics 2 months into a 5 year term February 23, 2025 View Details Guards turned away USAID employees from the office. WH later says their lease is terminated February 23, 2025 View Details Trump said he will have Transportation Dept review NYC’s congestion lanes and remove bike lanes February 23, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she would advise Trump to get rid of FEMA as its built today February 23, 2025 View Details Consumer Financial Protection Board employees notified by email Sunday to work remotely because offices would close all week February 23, 2025 View Details Trump ordered the Treasury Dept to stop minting the penny although that authority seems to be invested in Congress February 23, 2025 View Details Trump cancels the security clearances of former Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan February 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked Musk & allies from accessing the Treasury Dept payment system until next Friday February 23, 2025 View Details Donald Trump fired the National Archivist, the first woman ever to hold that role February 23, 2025 View Details FBI Director nominee Kash Patel was paid $25K by a Kremlin-linked studio for a documentary appearance February 23, 2025 View Details NASA employees were told to drop everything and scrub public websites of terms like “indigenous people” and mentions of “women in leadership” February 23, 2025 View Details Trump announced that he would remove Kennedy Center board members and appoint himself as Chair February 23, 2025 View Details Trump signed an order removing Joe Biden’s security clearance February 23, 2025 View Details Trump ordered a review of all NGO spending, halting any that does not align with “the goals of my Administration” February 23, 2025 View Details Trump says he has tasked Elon Musk with reviewing Pentagon and Education spending February 23, 2025 View Details The Defense Dept announced $7.4 billion in military sales to Israel without documentation or signoff from the House Foreign Affairs Cmte February 23, 2025 View Details Work crews removed the metal signage on the USAID building’s façade and covered other signs February 23, 2025 View Details Trump calls for CBS to lose its broadcast license & for 60 Minutes to be canceled February 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the federal employee buyout offer February 23, 2025 View Details Russell Vought, the co-author of Project 2025, was confirmed by the Senate to be the Office of Management and Budget director February 22, 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 Donald Trump sent the Federal Elections Commission Chari a letter improperly firing her February 22, 2025 View Details Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will determine for himself when his government role conflicts with his businesses 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 20 Musk employees at Education Dept will begin dismantling it from within before an executive order February 22, 2025 View Details USAID was closed–even to employees February 22, 2025 View Details All Consumer Financial Protection Bureau activities halted February 22, 2025 View Details Musk said that Trump has agreed to close USAID February 22, 2025 View Details Musk wrote that USAID is “a criminal organization” February 22, 2025 View Details The USAID website has gone offline February 21, 2025 View Details Donald Trump fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau February 21, 2025 View Details Treasury Secretary gives Elon Musk’s team to the nation’s payment network February 21, 2025 View Details
