RESOURCE: ‘How Democrats Can Win Again’ calls for year-round community organizing and cultural presence over campaign-season voter persuasion models and data-driven messaging strategies.
Tennessee man held 30 days on $2 million bail for posting Trump meme in Charlie Kirk vigil thread released after prosecutors drop charges without explanation.
Radio Free Asia shuts down after 29 years as Trump administration funding cuts and government shutdown silence US-funded news service countering Chinese propaganda in Asia.
Hardin County Republican chair posts AI video depicting Obamas as apes on party’s Facebook page, triggering state GOP investigation.
Ford says Ontario will pull anti-tariff ad featuring Reagan on Monday to allow trade talks to resume but only after it airs during World Series games this weekend.
White House edited its official “Major Events Timeline” web page attacking past Trump opponents and praising him, while posting photos including nude Hunter Biden in a bathtub and a topless transgender woman.
Pentagon replaces journalists from AP, New York Times, and Washington Post with pro-Trump outlets like Mike Lindell’s streaming channel after new policy requiring Pentagon-approved information.
Trump posts AI video showing him in fighter jet dumping brown material on protesters to “Danger Zone” after No Kings protests, which Kenny Loggins demands removed.
Federal agents shoot TikToker who documents ICE during South LA immigration stop, with deputy marshal injured by ricochet, after suspect allegedly rammed vehicles.
National Republican Senatorial Committee releases deepfake video of Chuck Schumer robotically repeating his real quote about Democrats’ shutdown strategy.
White House joins Bluesky with a compilation video of past trolling moments including their earlier doctored image of Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero and fake mustache.
Indiana Univ. fires student newspaper adviser after he refuses order to remove news stories, then ends all print publication as the paper covered sensitive stories about the president and campus safety.
Trump refiles defamation lawsuit against New York Times seeking $15 billion after judge threw out original 85-page complaint as “tedious and burdensome,” ordering a rewrite under 40 pages.
Pentagon press corps walks out after refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s guidelines that would allow retaliation against journalists for asking sources for information.
Trump calls Time magazine cover photo worst of all time in Truth Social post, criticizing low angle that made hair disappear and created floating crown effect.
Meta removes Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page after Justice Department outreach, raising questions about illegal government pressure to suppress legal speech.
Nearly all major news outlets lose Pentagon access after refusing to sign policy requiring pledge not to obtain unauthorized material, the first such lockout in seven decades.
News outlets from The Atlantic to Newsmax refuse Pentagon press policy requiring pre-approval to report unclassified information, as Tuesday deadline arrives.
Border Patrol agents detain WGN-TV employee and multiple landscapers in Chicago immigration raid, then ram vehicle and speed away as witnesses describe scene as violent and lawless.
Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official after settling defamation lawsuits over false 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories.
Cruz uses Senate committee authority to demand Wikipedia bias documents weeks after criticizing FCC chair for pressuring ABC, comparing government media pressure to mafia shakedown.
Hegseth defends Pentagon press restrictions on Fox News as Defense Department walks back requirement for pre-approval of even unclassified information but maintains credential revocation threat for “security risks.”
Trump falsely claims Associated Press lost court case over White House access when judge actually ruled for AP, blocking retaliation over Gulf of Mexico naming refusal.
Jane Fonda relaunches father’s McCarthy-era First Amendment committee with 550 celebrities after FCC chair threatened broadcasters over Kimmel’s comments on Kirk’s death, prompting temporary removal from air.
Voice of America stops all broadcasts and furloughs journalists 2 days after judge threatened contempt for defying restoration order, breaking with past shutdowns that treated news to authoritarian countries as essential.
ICE officer shoves journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital with head injury, days after reinstating agent who threw woman to floor.
Trump posts AI deepfake video hours after White House shutdown meeting depicting Schumer making fabricated vulgar statements about immigrants and Jeffries in sombrero with mariachi music playing.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale registers as foreign agent for Israel under $6 million deal to create pro-Israel content targeting Gen Z Americans and influence AI models like ChatGPT.
Broadview police open criminal investigation after masked federal agent fires pepper rounds at CBS reporter’s vehicle with no protesters present, as DHS denies attack occurred despite reporter’s injuries.
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension, with $22 million funding White House State Ballroom construction through tax-exempt trust, the third platform to settle with Trump this year.
Reagan-appointed judge blocks Kari Lake’s plan to eliminate 532 Voice of America jobs, accuses Trump administration of egregious disregard for court orders that would support contempt trial.
Trump posts then deletes AI-generated video of himself promoting QAnon medical conspiracy after Fox News confirms fake segment never aired.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting challenges Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, asserting Congress alone controls its budget as independent nonprofit.
Rudy Giuliani settles Dominion’s $1.3 billion defamation suit for undisclosed sum, two years after Fox paid $787 million for same election lies.
Nexstar and Sinclair reverse Kimmel blackout after FCC chair threatened “news distortion” complaints if host wasn’t fired.
VP Vance walks back Trump’s statement about hating his political opponents, claiming the president was “joking” during Charlie Kirk’s memorial service.
Sen. Lindsey Graham used a national Fox News interview to endorse a third presidential term for Trump, a direct challenge to the 22nd Amendment.
ICE orders the immediate deportation of a journalist arrested for covering a protest, citing a disputed 13-year-old case.
A federal judge rebukes Attorney General Pam Bondi and warns of sanctions for public statements that jeopardize the trial in the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder.
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Alphabet said YouTube will restore channels banned for spreading pandemic-era COVID and election misinformation, blaming the original bans on pressure from the Biden administration.
Broadcast giants Nexstar and Sinclair block Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC stations in a quarter of the U.S.
Returning from a weeklong suspension, Jimmy Kimmel tearfully denied intending to mock Charlie Kirk’s death, condemned political violence, called for national de-escalation, and defended free speech over censorship.
Analysis: Corporations caving to Trump are alienating most consumers by mistaking his narrow voter base for broad public support.
The FBI re-arrests the ABC10 shooting suspect after finding a handwritten note threatening Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi.
The Trump administration approves a TikTok sale to a U.S. venture but will not take a government stake, unlike its recent Intel deal.
Sinclair will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s return on its more than 35 affiliate stations despite ABC’s decision to reinstate the show.
Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel six days after suspending him under pressure from the FCC chair and following a free speech protest led by the ACLU.
Republican Senator Rand Paul calls the FCC chair’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license “absolutely inappropriate,” breaking with Trump who defended the action.
Despite his own recent leak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalates his press crackdown by requiring reporters to agree to prior restraint on unclassified information.
Trump taps his legal adversary Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell for the U.S. investor group buying TikTok after freezing a congressionally mandated sale.
