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What Happened Today – May 30

VAC-HIV research vials from NIH labs, part of the HIV vaccine development programs eliminated by Trump administration budget cuts.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump administration creates Office of Remigration at State Department to implement far-right European policy aimed at expelling minorities and immigrants. 😈 Malice meets power in the Trump administration, and today the mask was off completely. Today we learned that the administration knew 238 Venezuelans they jailed without trial in El Salvador … Read more

What Happened Today – May 29

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., answering a reporter's question on May 22, 2025, as the Make America Healthy Again report is released.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump lashed out at a reporter who asked about Wall Street’s “TACO trade” nickname mocking his repeated tariff reversals. 🎪 The incompetence is turning more dangerous. Trump will rally tomorrow to celebrate the exact steel deal he campaigned against, while calling the Federalist Society leader who picked his judges a “sleazebag” … Read more

What Happened Today – May 28

The Trump administration canceled Moderna's $766 million H5N1 bird flu vaccine contract despite the company reporting positive trial results.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Visibility Brigade publishes 66-page free toolkit for overpass protests aimed at mobilizing 11 million Americans against Trump. 🏛️ Federal judges are blocking Trump at every turn, but he’s auctioning off American democracy faster than they can stop him. While courts desperately defend constitutional protections for immigrants and strike down illegal tariffs, … Read more

What Happened Today – May 27

Trump's backing of a deal between Nippon Steel & US Steel requires that the government have veto power over key decisions.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story FBI deputy director Dan Bongino announces renewed investigations into Dobbs leak, January 6 pipe bombs, and White House cocaine discovery under Trump’s new FBI leadership. 💰 The price tags are no longer hidden. Million-dollar fundraisers buy private photo ops with the Vice President while Trump’s company raises billions for bitcoin as … Read more

What Happened Today – May 26

Earthjustice is suing the Trump administration for lifting fishing restrictions in the Pacific Marine National Monument.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story 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. 🚨 The center cannot hold when power attacks its own foundations. Trump pardons corrupt sheriffs while calling the Justice Department “corrupt,” attacks … Read more

What Happened Today – May 25

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at Princeton on May 25. (Photo: Matthew Raspanti, Princeton University)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Seattle police make 16 arrests at counterprotest to conservative Christian group “Mayday USA” event in Capitol Hill after protesters threw bottles and clashed with officers in riot gear. ⚖️🎭 The scales tip and masks slip as Trump’s authoritarian drift accelerates and weaponizes civil power. He’s still demanding Harvard turn over student … Read more

What Happened Today – May 24

Graduates celebrate at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point today.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump deregulates nuclear industry with “total reform” of independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, cutting staff and fast-tracking reactor approvals for AI data centers and defense facilities. ⚡ Even Memorial Day weekend can’t slow the unraveling. Trump turned West Point’s sacred graduation into a MAGA rally while claiming he’s more investigated than Al … Read more

What Happened Today – May 23

The working cooling towers at Three Mile Island are emitting water vapor. The dormant cooling towers are from Unit 2, which was permanently damaged in the 1979 accident. Image courtesy of Constellation Energy.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump claims autism “has to be artificially induced” while citing inflated statistics at MAHA event. 💼 Trump is weaponizing economic pressure to bend people and companies to his will. Law firms offer millions in tribute, companies cut thousands of jobs as their contracts are canceled while others have to abandon workers … Read more

What Happened Today – May 22

The Treasury Department ordered its final shipment of penny blanks today. Production is expected to end in early 2026.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shocks Senate committee by incorrectly defining habeas corpus as presidential power to deport immigrants. 🏴‍☠️💰 They’re not even hiding it anymore. Trump hosts crypto investors at his golf club with the presidential seal while his officials dump stocks before tariff announcements, Vance declares courts shouldn’t check … Read more

What Happened Today – May 21

Secretary of State Marco Rubio meeting with the foreign ministers of the DRC and Rwanda in April 2025.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shocks Senate committee by incorrectly defining habeas corpus as presidential power to deport immigrants. 🌍💲✈️ While House Republicans spent today negotiating baby bond names and appeasing budget holdouts, Trump’s government violated court orders to deport migrants, fired independent oversight boards, and accepted a $400 million jet … Read more