Attorney General Bondi names DEA head Terry Cole emergency police commissioner for DC as city mayor, attorney general and council declare the order unlawful.
More than 10,000 USPS employees accept early retirement offers this summer, hitting the target for workforce reduction set earlier this year.
Trump will visit Kennedy Center as chairman on honors announcement day and teases renaming it “TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER” after replacing board with loyalists.
Anthropic escalates AI government competition by offering Claude to all three branches of government for $1 per agency after OpenAI’s executive branch deal.
Appeals court lifts block on DOGE accessing personal data of taxpayers, student loan borrowers and federal employees despite union privacy concerns.
Trump’s Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee E.J. Antoni suggests replacing monthly jobs report with quarterly data after Trump fired previous commissioner over disappointing numbers.
VA inspector general finds severe healthcare staffing shortages rose 50% this fiscal year as department cuts nearly 30,000 jobs through attrition.
Pentagon creates plans for 600-troop domestic quick reaction force to quell civil unrest one day after Trump deployed National Guard to D.C.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggests Trump’s takeover of D.C. police could extend beyond the 30-day legal limit despite requiring Congressional approval.
Trump moves Obama and Bush presidential portraits away from White House visitor tour areas to locations not accessible to public.
Trump nominates Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to head Bureau of Labor Statistics 10 days after firing predecessor over jobs data.
Internal CDC documents reveal anti-vaccine gunman used rifle and handguns to fire 180 shots, shattering 150 windows in Friday attack.
Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard despite city’s violent crime hitting 30-year lows in 2024.
Bo Hines resigns as White House crypto council director after GENIUS Act became law and a 401(k) crypto order, 10 days after touting a U.S. crypto reserve.
Trump removed IRS chief Billy Long hours after the IRS resisted a DHS request to use taxpayer data to verify 40,000 immigrants, citing privacy law.
FDA reinstates Vinay Prasad as vaccine chief less than two weeks after White House ouster sparked by Laura Loomer campaign, bolstering Makary and RFK Jr.
OPM orders agencies to expunge federal workers’ COVID vaccine noncompliance and exemption records hours after a Texas court dismissed Feds for Medical Freedom’s mandate suit.
Environmental Protection Agency terminates multiple federal union contracts effective immediately under Trump’s anti-union executive order.
Trump administration continues federal law enforcement patrols in Washington DC for second night in response to staffer carjacking.
FBI fires former acting director Brian Driscoll and other senior officials who resisted demands over Jan. 6 investigations, escalating a leadership purge.
Trump orders agencies to freeze new grant programs and empower political appointees to review and cancel awards that conflict with White House priorities.
Department of Veterans Affairs ends collective bargaining for over 377,000 unionized employees, triggering backlash despite citing reform motives.
FEMA employees given seven days to accept ICE reassignment or face removal as agency struggles to hire deportation agents.
Homeland Security removes ICE age limits and offers $50,000 signing bonus to recruit 10,000 deportation officers.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from canceling humanities grants citing constitutional violation of congressional spending power.
Trump threatens National Guard deployment in DC takeover despite violent crime dropping 26% from last year.
Intelligence Director Gabbard declassifies Russian interference documents over CIA objections to claim Obama administration fabricated intelligence.
National Weather Service rehires 450 meteorologists months after DOGE cuts left agency understaffed during hurricane season.
Trump administration ends Musk’s weekly “5 things” email requirement for federal workers that caused widespread confusion since February.
Trump says he’ll soon name Fed board nominee who could become chair when Powell’s term ends, as Bessent chooses to stay at Treasury.
Labor CIO Thomas Shedd, a Musk-aligned AI evangelist and former Tesla engineer, departs after gutting the agency but retains key GSA tech posts.
Voice of America director fired after he refused demotion and forced relocation while challenging shutdown as “plainly illegal.”
Hegseth’s acting chief of staff tries to oust White House liaison over personnel disputes as Pentagon staff fights continue.
Trump reverses Biden’s expansion of VA abortion services as Republicans claim 2022 policy violated 1992 congressional prohibition.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump’s firing of statistics chief without evidence, potentially positioning himself for Federal Reserve role.
Senate confirms former RNC official Sean Cairncross as national cyber director despite his admitting he lacks technical cybersecurity background.
Senate confirms Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C. prosecutor after first nominee failed for firing Jan 6 prosecutors.
Federal judge will decide if unusual maneuver by Pam Bondi to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor after other judges replaced her is constitutional.
Trump nominates Goldman Sachs veteran Ed Forst to head General Services Administration after recent leadership shakeup at the procurement agency.
Trump calls for Federal Reserve governors to override Jerome Powell on interest rates as Fed governor Adriana Kugler resigns to give him early appointment opportunity.
Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report shows major downward revisions to previous months.
Trump deferred resignation program pays over 154,000 federal employees through September to shrink workforce, prompting claims of multibillion-dollar waste.
Senate confirms EEOC acting chair Andrea Lucas to five year term, giving Trump a likely majority to roll back pregnancy, transgender and DEI protections.
ICE issues more than 1,000 tentative job offers after July 4 law added $170 billion for border enforcement toward 1 million annual deportations goal.
CDC removes outside experts from vaccine advisory workgroups, consolidating control a month after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the ACIP panel.
ICE launches “Defend the Homeland” drive offering $50,000 signing bonuses and overtime to hire 10,000 deportation staff after Trump’s $76.5 billion funding surge.
Trump to interview four-star general nominees himself before Senate confirmation, raising alarms over politicized military leadership.
Army secretary rescinds West Point post for former CISA director Jen Easterly after far-right activist Laura Loomer pressures Trump Pentagon.
Trump orders 1,700 National Guard troops to ICE sites in 20 Republican states to handle deportation paperwork and boost raids.
National Science Foundation slashes most senior executive positions from 143 to 59 after losing one-third of staff and canceling 1,600 research grants.
