Senate approves $3.2 billion in arms sales to Qatar and UAE despite Trump receiving $400 million jet and $2 billion cryptocurrency investment from the same countries.
Trump claims China trade framework is “done” while keeping 55% tariffs, but deal still requires approval from both him and Xi Jinping.
Trump orders nonessential diplomatic staff out of Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait as Iran nuclear talks stall and military threats escalate.
ProPublica adds 23 names to DOGE tracker revealing 109 officials including 38 from Musk companies, with backgrounds showing young men from finance and tech cutting agencies that regulated their former employers.
HHS official Calley Means attacks FDA and medical establishment as corrupt while running company that sells alternative health products through tax-free accounts.
ABC News fires veteran journalist Terry Moran after White House complaints about social media post calling Stephen Miller and Trump “world-class haters.”
Federal judge rules OPM broke law by giving DOGE illegal access to federal employee databases used for buyout offers and weekly accomplishment demands.
Trump announces plan to eliminate FEMA after hurricane season while immediately cutting disaster payments and forcing states to handle emergencies with less federal funding.
Appeals court pauses order requiring due process for 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison under wartime Alien Enemies Act without hearings.
ICE raided Omaha food plant targeting 107 workers as local officials reported no advance warning while deportation plane stood ready.
Trump’s DOJ indicts Democratic Rep. McIver on federal charges carrying eight years in prison for interfering with ICE agents during congressional oversight visit.
VA pays OPM $726,000 for mass layoff assistance while admitting it lacks expertise to cut 80,000 employees as leadership refuses to put goals in writing.
Trump restores names of seven Army bases previously honoring Confederate soldiers through transparent workaround, bringing back Fort Hood and Fort Pickett while claiming to honor different soldiers with same surnames.
Trump plans to send 9,000 migrants to Guantanamo starting this week despite State Department objections to detaining European allies at terrorism facility.
ICE protests spread from LA to NYC, Chicago, Denver and DC as Trump’s military deployment sparks nationwide demonstrations ahead of planned June 14 counter-protests.
Trump repeats debunked “staged bricks” conspiracy and claims Newsom and Bass paid protesters during speech spreading “foreign invasion” theories at Fort Bragg.
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as LA Mayor Bass imposes downtown curfew after looting while judge schedules Thursday hearing on Newsom’s federal challenge.
DOJ overturns 88-year legal precedent to give Trump authority to abolish national monuments created by Biden and previous presidents.
NIH Director Bhattacharya accepts responsibility for canceling $9.5 billion in research grants to move away from “politicized science” during Senate budget hearing.
LA lawmakers pass bill allowing lawsuits against out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills after NY refuses to extradite physician charged with felony.
MT Supreme Court strikes down 2021 GOP abortion restrictions as unconstitutional as anti-abortion groups file same-day lawsuit challenging voter-approved constitutional amendment.
Consumer bureau enforcement chief quits with scathing email after Trump appointee Vought abandons bank lawsuits and terminates customer refund settlements.
Federal appeals court allows Trump to keep tariffs in place through July 31 despite lower court ruling that the levies are illegal.
US officials strike framework deal with China to ease export restrictions and salvage Geneva trade truce before August 10 deadline triggers tariff rates up to 145%.
Smithsonian board asserts independence after Trump claimed he fired National Portrait Gallery director, stating Secretary Bunch makes all personnel decisions with board oversight.
White House breaks ground on Trump projects to pave over Rose Garden grass and add flagpoles to lawns, with president saying grass is “inconvenience for women in high heels.”
FTC launches antitrust probe into major ad agencies including Omnicom and WPP over potential coordination of X boycotts, following Trump donor Elon Musk’s complaints about lost revenue.
Orlando Sentinel refuses to back down after Florida governor’s administration sends cease and desist letter over reporting on first lady’s charity scandal, calling it a “failed intimidation attempt.”
16 states sue Trump administration over deal to allow sale of rapid-fire triggers and return seized devices to owners, arguing it violates federal law.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell takes stand in defamation trial by Dominion voting machine executive, doubles down on attacks while claiming his company is “on the razor’s edge” financially.
Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” forces new federal employees to make irrevocable choice when hired between job security with 9.4% pension contributions or at-will employment with 4.4% contributions.
House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, who led Mayorkas impeachment effort, to resign from Congress after Trump budget bill passes citing “exciting” private sector opportunity.
FL state senator Ileana Garcia, Latinas for Trump co-founder, posts on social media that president’s immigration arrests are “unacceptable and inhumane,” saying “this is not what we voted for.”
CNN reporter detained and escorted away by police during live Los Angeles protest coverage, narrating encounter as it happens on air.
ProPublica investigation reveals ICE has signed record 514 new agreements with local police to act as deportation agents since January, despite warnings program lacks oversight and causes racial profiling.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to reconsider cases of migrant children stuck in custody more than 7 months on average under Trump’s new sponsor requirements that prohibit foreign documents. `
Trump administration fights WI judge’s bid to dismiss charges for allegedly helping man evade ICE agents, saying judicial immunity claim would put judges “above the law.”
Hegseth faces GOP criticism starting Tuesday in first oversight hearings since narrowest defense secretary confirmation ever, with Republicans blasting budget cuts and Signal leaks scandal involving attack plans.
Trump seeks removal from New Hampshire lawsuit challenging his transgender sports ban after federal judge allows two teen girls to keep playing while case proceeds.
Federal judge gives Apache tribes 60 days after environmental review to challenge sacred land transfer to mining company for congressionally authorized copper mine.
Trump more than doubles military presence in Los Angeles to nearly 5,000 troops despite peaceful day 4 protests, marking first federal deployment without governor approval since 1965.
92 NIH scientists sign public letter challenging Trump-appointed director Bhattacharya over $12 billion in terminated research grants, including studies that cut tuberculosis patients off treatment mid-course.
Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine advisory committee for first time in 61-year history, cutting short 13 Biden appointees’ terms through 2028. Type / to choose a block
World Pride 2025 concludes in Washington with defiant protest march toward the White House as LGBTQ+ activists prepare for renewed fight against Trump’s second-term policies.
ABC suspends veteran correspondent Terry Moran indefinitely after he called Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” in a lengthy late-night post reacting to the violent LA protests over Miller’s immigration policies.
Trump eliminates Biden’s digital identity and software security requirements in new order, claiming digital identity tools would help illegal immigrants improperly access public benefits.
Federal judge on Sunday declines to block Trump’s firing of three public broadcasting board members but acknowledges Congress intended to limit presidential control over the corporation.
Army posts video showing “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates” graffiti on railroad flatcar carrying tanks to Trump’s birthday parade, leaving it up for over 24 hours and 700,000 views before removing it after media inquiry.
Trump heads to Camp David for military meetings while refusing to rule out invoking the Insurrection Act and threatening protesters who spit on officers will “get hit very hard.”
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in San Francisco smash police car windows near Union Square, vandalize Waymo and Financial District buildings during solidarity demonstrations with Los Angeles activists.
