NYC Mayor Adams bans Daily News reporter from press conferences for asking questions, threatens to use taxpayer-funded security to enforce press exclusion.
NYT investigation reveals Interior Department must remove all “negative” content about Americans from national parks by September 17 deadline after asking visitors to flag inappropriate historical information.
National Portrait Gallery director steps down two weeks after Trump claims he fired her for partisan content, despite Smithsonian initially asserting president lacks authority over museum personnel.
Over 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issue anti-fascist manifesto comparing Trump to Mussolini, with some signing anonymously due to fear of reprisals.
Trump threatens Musk will face “serious consequences” if he funds Democrats while considering canceling government contracts and refusing to repair relationship.
Federal officials threaten to cut NY school funding over Indigenous mascot ban as state vows to expand the ban to all racial and ethnic mascots.
Interior Secretary Burgum orders national parks to post signs asking visitors to report National Park Service displays that negatively depict American history under Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity” order.
Naval Academy returns nearly 400 books removed from library during Pentagon DEI purge including works on Holocaust and Maya Angelou’s autobiography after more detailed Pentagon review.
Trump signs Take It Down Act criminalizing revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes despite free speech advocates’ concerns about censorship.
Judge rules Justice Department illegally retaliated against American Bar Association for joining lawsuit against Trump administration.
Federal appeals court blocks Florida’s drag show law as overly broad, citing First Amendment violations
Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, bringing total frozen funding near $3 billion in escalating fight over campus control.
Harvard sends letter to Education Dept. denying partisan bias claims and warning of government overreach.
White House claims Librarian of Congress Hayden fired over “inappropriate books for children” and DEI initiatives despite mandatory collection requirements.
Pentagon orders military libraries to remove books addressing diversity, anti-racism and gender issues by May 21.
Rev. Amos Brown says Smithsonian notified him it may return his civil rights artifacts during Trump-ordered review of African American museum.
Breaking Overnight: Stripping roughly $500 million a year in subsidies, Trump signs order to cut PBS and NPR funding.
Trump administration expands Harvard investigation to include Harvard Law Review over race-based article selection and membership.
Rubio defends State Department reorganization cutting human rights and diversity offices and seeking 15% staff reductions.
University leaders form private alliance to resist Trump administration’s attacks on academic independence and research funding.
’60 Minutes’ correspondent tells viewers CBS supervision threatens show’s independence after producer resigns.
D.C. acting U.S. attorney probes Wikimedia Foundation’s tax-exempt status, claiming Wikipedia hosts foreign propaganda.
Kennedy Center cancellations following Trump board takeover lead World Pride DC to relocate Pride week events.
Federal government fights judge’s order to move jailed Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont after arrest over Gaza essay.
VA launches Christian bias task force to probe Biden-era discrimination and invites employees to report each other.
Trump orders K-12 schools to embrace AI and scrap equity-based discipline rules targeting racial disparities.
EEOC texts Columbia and Barnard employees asking if they are Jewish or Israeli, then probing for antisemitism.
‘60 Minutes’ chief resigns, citing corporate interference tied to Trump lawsuit and Paramount merger.
Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban.
Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment.
Pentagon spokesman behind DEI image purge forced out after backlash, as 3 other senior aides are implicated in leak scandal.
Appeals court skeptical of Trump admin push to block AP from regaining its longtime White House press slot.
Trump’s State Department eliminates office countering foreign disinformation after pressure from conservative critics.
Trump escalates retaliation, asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status after $2.2B funding cuts.
Military families sue DOD, say Trump administration censored base school education and banned diverse books
Trump DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns.
Judge blocks Trump’s Labor Dept from forcing grantees to drop DEI programs, but allows ban on new equity-related grants to stand.
