Energy Department deletes its own 78-degree thermostat guidance after conservatives mock NYC Mayor Mamdani for giving identical heat wave advice.
A federal judge blocks Hegseth’s rule requiring press escorts inside the Pentagon, ruling the policy retaliatory and its security rationale “facially dubious,” another First Amendment loss for the Defense Department.
The Trump administration freezes federal funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit over too few convictions, the second such suspension this year and part of a campaign focused largely on Democratic-led states.
Trump posts an apparent AI-generated image of a giant golden eagle on the White House balcony, calling it “a Golden Gift” for the nation’s 250th birthday.
Trump posts a commemorative passport rendering featuring his own image looming over the Resolute Desk, captioned “Welcome, but be good!” to mark America’s 250th anniversary.
A Trump commission urges replacing the separation of church and state with “building bridges,” its chairman telling the Oval Office the principle holds “no power.”
The Texas education board votes 9-4 to require Bible stories in public school reading lists and to rewrite K-8 history in ways that play down racial and cultural diversity.
A National Park Service official swears in a court filing that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a knife, backing Trump’s vandalism claims days after he made them.
Trump headlines his own Great American State Fair on the National Mall after musical acts quit over the event’s partisan tone, declaring a once “dead” America now the world’s hottest country.
Trump’s $16 million Reflecting Pool renovation will miss July 4, as the administration fences it off and blames ‘leftist activists’ for the cracks and algae.
The Treasury Department plans to launch a public website, fraud.gov, for Americans to report suspected waste and fraud in federal programs, taking effect immediately before any public comment.
Trump says five people were arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, offering no evidence, as a law professor says the bystanders merely witnessed damage his own botched renovation caused. 30 words
A Washington Post investigation reports that confidential memos appear to show former DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s childhood guru secretly guiding her conduct in Congress.
A conservative nonprofit secretly funded super PACs named Lead Left and Real Change to boost weaker Democratic primary candidates and engineer easier Republican matchups.
Trump says he personally inspected the troubled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and orders immediate repairs, blaming unconfirmed vandalism for damage to his $15 million restoration.
Trump blames vandals for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling paint and accuses an ABC reporter of trying to tear up the surface.
Italian Prime Minister Meloni says she is shocked by Trump’s completely made-up claim that she begged him for a photo together at the G7.
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore climate change and Wabanaki Nations signs removed from Acadia and other national parks, ruling the removals rewrote history “with a white-out pen.”
A federal appeals court grants the Trump administration’s appeal to strip Philadelphia’s President’s House slavery exhibits, undoing a February order that had forced their restoration.
The Trump administration blames Obama after the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turns green days after its $14 million renovation.
Trump declares Washington’s federally funded July 4 celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary “the most spectacular Trump rally of them all.”
Trump stages a UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn for his 80th birthday, with the arena alone costing over $60 million per a Park Service filing.
The Pentagon releases a third batch of UFO files it bills as transparency, though they show strange lights and no proof of alien craft.
Trump says he scheduled a meeting with major AI companies about the government taking equity stakes, but the firms say no one told them.
Trump storms out of an NBC interview after Meet the Press host Kristen Welker fact-checks his baseless election-fraud claims.
Trump recasts his June 24 Freedom 250 rally around Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio after most announced performers pull out.
Trump posts an AI video of himself filling the renovated Reflecting Pool with the tears of a distressed woman from his 2017 inauguration.
Trump adds himself as the headliner for the nation’s 250th birthday fair after six of nine acts quit over ties to him.
White House launches a space-themed website mocking immigrants as extraterrestrials that lists more than 700 locations where arrests were made of people born in the United States.
Treasury prepares to issue a new $250 bill featuring Trump’s face, pending congressional approval to put a living person on U.S. currency.
Labor Department urges employees to report colleagues for past DEI work, citing a three-year window that reaches back before Trump took office.
Trump posts AI image of Obama, Comey, and six other political opponents in prison jumpsuits days after DOJ’s second Comey indictment.
Justice Department deletes press releases documenting Jan. 6 prosecutions from its website, calling the official record of insurrection charges ‘partisan propaganda.’
White House orders all federal agencies to auto-install its official app on every government phone, pushing Trump policy statements, social media feeds, and a “text President Trump” button to millions of employees.
Energy Secretary Wright tells Utah summit that global warming is real but “no big deal,” not among the world’s top 5 or 10 problems, urging Americans to drop “doomster” climate views.
Official White House Instagram posts AI video of Trump throwing Stephen Colbert into a dumpster on the Ed Sullivan stage one day after the Late Show finale.
State Department’s official X account fabricates Trump quote claiming Secretary Rubio is ‘from’ Cuba, contradicting president’s actual remarks in the attached video.
Trump administration raises refugee ceiling from 7,500 to 17,500 to admit more white South Africans while keeping other vulnerable populations excluded.
Trump fires off 28 Truth Social posts in two hours including AI video of him destroying Iranian jet, days after 55-post overnight spree.
Trump administration to host 9-hour Christian prayer festival Sunday on National Mall using 250th anniversary funds, with Hegseth, Rubio and Speaker Johnson speaking.
Trump fires off 55 posts in three hours calling Obama a “traitor” and tagging acting AG Blanche in demands to arrest him.
Trump posts plan to deploy ‘Election Integrity Army’ in every state for 2026 midterms, responding to new Democratic election protection task force.
Trump posts demand that federal agencies stop waiving 1933 Buy American Act, but issues no executive order or rule change.
HHS launches Moms.gov on Mother’s Day directing pregnant women to anti-abortion centers posing as medical clinics.
Mississippi DA Barton erects ‘firing squad is legal’ billboard on I-55 at the Tennessee line aimed at drivers leaving majority-Black Memphis.
Trump posts AI-generated image showing 159 Iranian warships sunk under his presidency versus intact under Obama and Biden, while awaiting Iran’s peace proposal response.
FOIA records show 180+ polluters got Clean Air Act exemptions through email requests with no EPA scientific review.
Trump claims without evidence that Congo emptied prisons and sent inmates to US southern border, echoing earlier Venezuela charges.
ICE plans facial recognition smart glasses to supplement Mobile Fortify app that scans faces against 200 million-image database.
Kennedy launches federal push to taper patients off antidepressants, repeating debunked claim that quitting is harder than heroin.
