Surprise congressional visit finds Arizona ICE holding facility packed to five times its 157-person capacity, with detainees sleeping on concrete floors for days.
FAA chief held multimillion-dollar airline stock for seven months past his ethics agreement deadline while overseeing the industry he invested in.
Rep. Raskin asks White House physician to perform cognitive assessment of Trump after threats to destroy Iranian civilization, citing signs “consistent with dementia.”
Trump repeatedly promises mass pardons to White House aides and officials, telling staff he will pardon “everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.”
Trump administration admits it overstated New York Medicaid personal care usage by tenfold in figures used to justify fraud investigation.
Trump administration files renderings for 250-foot arch near Arlington Cemetery as veterans’ lawsuit and Judge Chutkan’s construction notice requirement remain in effect.
Treasury builds centralized database of pandemic aid recipients’ Social Security numbers and financial data, drawing 40+ organizations’ privacy objections.
Postal Service suspends pension contributions to avoid running out of cash within 12 months, plans to raise stamp prices to 82 cents in July.
Library groups settle with DOJ to reverse Trump administration cuts to the only federal agency that funds U.S. libraries, restoring fired staff and canceled grants.
National Trust tells appeals court that halting Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom poses no national security emergency.
Bill Gates agrees to testify before House Oversight Committee on June 10 as part of Epstein investigation.
Appeals court lets Pentagon keep its ban on Claude AI for military use, but a separate ruling lets other federal agencies keep using it.
Treasury selects Bank of New York Mellon and Robinhood to manage Trump accounts, the tax-deferred child investment program created by last year’s budget law launching July 4.
Trump administration files emergency appeal to continue $400 million White House ballroom, calling federal judge’s halt “shocking” and citing national security.
White House app shares user data with third parties including a Russia-founded company while its privacy disclosure claims it collects nothing.
Trump’s budget reveals $377 million in White House renovation spending this year, an 866% increase, with $174 million more planned for next year.
Trump requests $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, a 40% increase, while cutting domestic programs 10% and telling Americans the country “can’t take care of day care.”
Trump proposes $10 billion National Park Service fund for Washington construction and beautification that critics say could bankroll his monument ambitions.
Trump’s ballroom project wins design approval from a commission chaired by his own appointee, two days after a federal judge ordered construction halted.
FEMA’s head of disaster response accuses Trump’s Truth Social of blocking his posts after he doubled down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House.
New DHS Secretary Mullin rescinds Noem’s rule requiring personal approval of all spending over $100,000, freeing $2.2 billion in stalled FEMA funds.
Trump announces plans to renovate the Reflecting Pool hours after a federal judge halts his White House ballroom, calling the National Trust for Historic Preservation “radical left lunatics.”
Sen. Graham photographed at Disney World with a bubble wand as the DHS shutdown enters its seventh week and 500 TSA officers have quit.
USDA relocates Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, closes all regional offices, and consolidates research operations in the largest restructuring in the agency’s history.
Federal judge halts Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, ruling the project built on the demolished East Wing site requires congressional approval.
Record 12% of TSA employees call out on day 43 of the DHS shutdown as 500 officers have quit and travelers hire professional line sitters at airports.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons hospitalized at least twice for stress as White House pressure to hit deportation targets intensifies, officials say.
House passes eight-week DHS funding bill on day 42 of shutdown as Senate leaves for two-week recess without acting on either chamber’s plan.
Vance holds first meeting of new anti-fraud task force targeting federal benefit programs, citing Minnesota allegations that triggered Operation Metro Surge.
Trump declares emergency to pay TSA workers on day 42 of DHS shutdown after rejecting a Senate deal that would have funded the agency.
Treasury will add Trump’s signature to U.S. paper currency, an unprecedented move for a sitting president, citing the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Trump housing official Pulte issues two more criminal referrals against New York AG Letitia James over alleged insurance fraud, citing posts on X as evidence.
White House rejects Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during the DHS shutdown, citing legal conflicts with his federal contracts.
White House indefinitely delays naming a permanent CDC director, leaving acting head Bhattacharya past a statutory deadline while also running NIH.
FCC bans all new consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, citing supply chain risks tied to Chinese hacking campaigns against U.S. infrastructure.
Trump appoints Australian-born internet provocateur Nick Adams as special presidential envoy for tourism, exceptionalism and American values.
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt appoints energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill Mullin’s Senate seat through the end of the year, with Trump-endorsed Rep. Kevin Hern already running for the full term.
Democrat Emily Gregory defeats Trump-endorsed Republican in special election for the Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago.
Trump rejects a bipartisan deal to end the 38-day DHS shutdown, demanding Democrats first pass the SAVE America Act voting restrictions bill that lacks Senate votes.
Trump says he will block any DHS deal until Democrats pass the SAVE America Act, keeping ICE at airports “for as long as it takes.”
FEMA’s disaster response chief Gregg Phillips, a far right conspiracy theorist, claims on multiple podcasts that he has been teleported against his will to a Waffle House.
Trump posts “good, I’m glad he’s dead” after former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81.
Trump-appointed panel approves a 24-carat gold coin depicting the president for America’s 250th anniversary after the citizens advisory committee was bypassed.
Senate Homeland Security chairman Rand Paul says he will vote against Trump’s DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin after a combative hearing in which the FBI found no record of foreign travel Mullin has long claimed was classified.
Postmaster General tells Congress the Postal Service will run out of cash in 12 months without action, as Trump pushes to privatize the agency.
SEC’s top enforcement official resigns after six months as the agency dismisses crypto cases, slows investigations and loses staff under Trump.
Dan Caldwell, fired by Hegseth over alleged Pentagon leaks and later cleared, hired by intelligence office led by Tulsi Gabbard.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, the first woman in the role, diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will remain in the role.
Trump appointee heading the Commission of Fine Arts plans to recommend replacing the White House’s 200-year-old columns with a style featured at Trump Tower.
Federal judge orders VA to restore collective bargaining, ruling Secretary Collins violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the largest federal employee union.
