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What Happened Today – May 5

Evening departures at Newark Liberty International Airport, the nation’s 12th busiest airport. qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

⚠️⛰️ The avalanche is roaring; Newark’s radar fails, FEMA stops knocking, health labs go dark, and wind energy stalls while the White House hollers about migrants. Courts pulled a few people from the slide, yet the mountain keeps charging toward us all. Raise hell now. Call your reps and demand they shore up the systems … Read more

What Happened Today – May 4

Trump shared this AI image of himself just days after Pope Francis's death. Catholic leaders called it blasphemous. His vice president, a recent Catholic convert who was granted a papal audience just hours before Francis died, is his only prominent defender.

😳 “I don’t know.” That’s what Trump said on TV multiple times when asked if he has to uphold the Constitution or guarantee due process in the U.S. Believe him. He’s told us over and over: he’s your retribution, he’s here to get rid of people, and now he’s not even sure the law applies. … Read more

What Happened Today – May 3

Springfield, Ohio, home to a large, legal Haitian community. During the campaign, Trump and Vance falsely accused residents of eating pets. New terror designations make that community newly vulnerable.

🇲🇽🇩🇪🇦🇺✝️ Today, the world said enough. From bishops to border neighbors and longtime allies, it was a Find Out Day for Trump. Mexico rejected his call for a soft military invasion. Germany held Rubio accountable for defending an extreme far-right group. Australia’s conservatives blamed Trump for their landslide loss. And Catholic leaders condemned his desecration … Read more

What Happened Today – May 2

Dr. Terry Adirim was fired from the CIA after pressure from right-wing extremists. A pediatric emergency doctor turned Pentagon health chief, she built her career across military medicine, DHS, and HHS before becoming a political target.

📻💸 This is how authoritarians punish. This is also how authoritarian regimes fund their activities. Trump’s team is gutting health, housing, education, and science. Not to save money, but because courts will not let them completely erase these programs established by the co-equal legislative branch. And you can be certain that the Trump administration is … Read more

What Happened Today – May 1

A U.S. soldier watches the Santa Teresa sector of the southern border in New Mexico during expanded military operations, April 12, 2025. (Photo: Army Pfc. Sean Hoch)

🎖️📺🕍 They renamed a holiday, planned a loyalty parade, and put Dr. Phil on a national religious commission. And why does a country with separation of church and state enshrined create a state-run religion committee? This isn’t about patriotism. They’re creating fake traditions.A parade here, a flag there, a sermon on TV–all of it part … Read more

What Happened Today – April 29

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing 1,500 remaining workers at the CFPB.

🚧💸 Trump’s default playbook today is clear: fortify the border with troop-policed “defense strips,” mass-deport declaring Haitian migrants as terrorists, and even using postage images as clues to their whereabouts. Judges, watchdogs, and charities are pushing back, but the squeeze keeps tightening until enough of us raise hell. There are marches and events all over … Read more

What Happened Today – April 28

The FDA is reportedly slowing vaccine approvals, including a new COVID vaccine, and relying on a sports medicine doctor to review some cases.

🥊 This is bullying, not governing. Trump’s team is using federal power to punish anyone they disagree with: immigrants, universities, cities, prosecutors. It is not leadership. It is a flood of cruelty meant to dominate headlines and crush opposition. Lawsuits and rallies are fighting back because there is no other choice. Today’s news shows the … Read more

What Happened Today – April 27

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Corey Booker lead a sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps. (Photo by J. Kay for GovBrief Today)

🧱 America is being divided in two. The split isn’t coming. It’s already here. Inside the gates, loyalty buys you protection, wealth buys you access, and history is rewritten by decree. Trump’s inner circle is building a private empire where $500,000 gets you a key to power, human rights offices are shuttered, Indigenous people are … Read more

What Happened Today – April 26

Historic meeting: President Trump and President Zelenskyy seated knee-to-knee at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican. Photo posted publicly by Trump on Truth Social, April 26, 2025.

📖✝️✈️ Trump met Zelenskyy knee-to-knee inside St. Peter’s Basilica, a rare moment of solemn diplomacy. At home, the brutality never paused: ICE raids tore through cities. Citizen children were deported, including a four-year-old with stage four cancer and no medical assistance. A Coast Guardsman’s wife was arrested over an old immigration charge while settling into … Read more