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What Happened Today – November 15, 2025

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on horseback wearing a cowboy hat and western clothing, with Mount Rushmore visible in the background during filming of a Department of Homeland Security advertisement.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem filmed a DHS immigration ad at Mount Rushmore in October as part of a $220 million campaign funneled through a Delaware shell company to her spokesperson's husband's firm. (Department of Homeland Security)

They’re pillaging our treasury. Trump purchased $82 million in bonds from companies and cities his policies directly control. His DHS Secretary funneled $220 million through a Delaware shell company created days before the contract, straight to her spokesperson’s husband’s firm. A Fed Governor caught violating trading rules resigned in August after receiving $41,000 in free … Read more

What Happened Today – November 14, 2025

Stacey Plaskett questioning Michael Cohen in 2019 at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett questioned former Trump attorney Michael Cohen during the February 27, 2019 House Oversight hearing while receiving real-time text messages from constituent Jeffrey Epstein directing her to ask about Trump assistant Rhona Graff. (C-SPAN)

MAGA is eating itself in plain sight. Conservative influencer Laura Loomer took down Trump’s IRS chief counsel nominee today using “#LOOMERED”  while a White House official confirmed her posts prompted the withdrawal. Trump completely disavowed Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Indiana’s Republican-controlled Senate refused to even vote on redistricting despite Trump’s personal phone call and two … Read more

What Happened Today – November 13, 2025

USMC Harrier II landing on the USS Iwo Jima during Operation Southern Spear

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II prepared to land aboard USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Spear deployments that have killed 80 people in attacks on alleged drug boats without providing evidence vessels smuggled drugs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

The administration is suppressing dissent at every level. Federal employees at NIH, USDA, and Fannie Mae fired or on leave for organizing public letters, going on TV about shutdowns, or warning about legal violations. A Texas A&M professor was removed from her graduate class for teaching about white supremacy within MAGA. An Iowa teacher’s aide … Read more

What Happened Today – November 12, 2025

A One Philly SNAP warehousing point to help hungry people cut off by the government. (Photo courtesy of City of Philadelphia)

They returned after six weeks and chose Epstein files theater over hungry children. A Native American in Iowa was hours from deportation despite showing tribal ID and matching fingerprints. Hundreds of Chicago immigrants are held improperly without bond. Children across 42 states woke up hungry because SNAP funding still hasn’t resumed. And 170,000 disabled Americans … Read more

What Happened Today – November 11, 2025

Prison phones at San Diego County Sheriff's facility, which offers free video calls, contrast with FCC's new rules allowing companies to charge families up to $0.41 per minute despite evidence that contact reduces recidivism. (Photo courtesy of San Diego County Sheriff's Office)

Trump again refused to rule out attacking Venezuela today. The difference is that the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group is now arriving. This armada includes destroyers, dozens of aircraft, and thousands of soldiers. They’re linking up with a sizeable attack force already there. U.S. based aircraft are also within attack range. No one knows … Read more

What Happened Today – November 10, 2025

The Marco Polo platform burns excess gas at dusk in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, as Trump administration opens California waters to drilling without confirmed buyers or pipelines to deliver the oil.

Trump went to the Supreme Court twice to stop food aid for 42 million Americans. Federal judges kept blocking his attempts, so he escalated to the Supreme Court. He threatened states that gave out benefits anyway, demanding they take back money from families who’d already bought groceries. A federal judge blocked that today. Now the … Read more

What Happened Today – November 9, 2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed the White House guest book during Friday meeting where Trump promised unannounced currency protection and sanctions relief in exchange for $600 million in LNG purchases. (White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump spent Sunday taking victory laps while Democrats folded. He promised every American $2,000 from tariffs despite only collecting enough to cover roughly one-third of Americans. He demanded states “undo” food aid already loaded on people’s cards. Then he watched eight Senate Democrats cave to advance a shutdown deal with no guarantee on health care … Read more

What Happened Today – November 8, 2025

A DC government rendering shows the proposed Washington Commanders stadium on federal land at the old RFK site, where Trump wants his name despite the team owning naming rights. (Washington, D.C. government)

They’re not hiding the lies anymore. The White House announced that there have been ZERO illegal border crossings for six months while their own DHS reports over 30,000 encounters in October alone. And how would they know if there was a successful illegal crossing anyway? They’re calling it affordability when a 50-year mortgage will create … Read more

What Happened Today – November 7, 2025

Four AI-generated posters from the Labor Department's social media campaign show exclusively white men in blue-collar settings promoting American manufacturing, part of a broader effort art historians compared to Nazi and New Deal-era propaganda. (Official Labor Department images)

The shutdown in the Republican-controlled federal government continues to expose systemic problems, including millions of hungry people missing food aid and a severely compromised air transportation system. Systems crack, splinter, then fall apart, and we’re somewhere in the middle of that. Justice Jackson stood on formality and allowed an appeals court to fully consider whether … Read more

What Happened Today – November 6, 2025

A passport application under the Biden administration allowed applicants to select male, female, or "X" as gender marker, an option the Supreme Court eliminated Thursday in its 22nd emergency ruling this year favoring Trump. (State Department form)

JD Vance called a federal judge’s order absurd tonight. That judge had ordered SNAP payments be sent to 42 million Americans who receive food aid. The White House said it would fund partial payments, and the judge countered today that his order wasn’t optional. The White House has chosen to appeal rather than comply by … Read more