Oklahoma’s GOP-led education board approved social studies standards directing high school students to question the 2020 election, with language secretly added by Republican Supt. Ryan Walters before the vote.
A second Columbia University student who joined campus protests was arrested for overstaying her student visa.
Trump signed an order dismantling seven more federal agencies, including Voice of America’s parent and others handling homelessness and minority business development.
Interim Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell wrote to staff after JD Vance and his wife were booed for over 30 seconds at a performance, saying intolerance toward political differences is the same as any other intolerance.
Trump said he would stop the multi-year FBI headquarters move to MD because “it’s a liberal state,” claiming the location—just 14 miles away—was “three hours away.”
Arlington National Cemetery removed references to Black, Hispanic, and female service members from its website as part of a broader Defense Dept effort to eliminate DEI content.
The Education Dept announced more than 40 universities are now under investigation for allegedly excluding white and Asian American students.
A federal judge ruled Friday against immigration advocates trying to block Trump’s Guantanamo Bay migrant transfers.
Trump vowed to “expose” enemies and called for jailing perceived opponents in a rare Justice Department speech.
Greenland’s five political parties issued a joint statement rejecting Trump’s push to control or annex their country.
Six GOP congressmen introduced a bill to bar Chinese nationals from U.S. student visas and exchange programs.
Rubio expels black-led South African government’s Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool via X post, calling him a “race-baiting politician.”
A three-judge appeals panel lifted the block on Trump’s orders to end government support for DEI programs.
Nearly 100 protesters were arrested after hundreds occupied Trump Tower’s lobby, demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil.
Trump claimed today that the U.S. will annex Greenland while meeting with NATO Sec-Gen Mark Rutte, prompting a Danish lawmaker to warn it would mean war between NATO allies.
The Pentagon has been directed to draft plans for increasing U.S. military presence in Panama to support Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.
The top lawyer at the IRS is being demoted and replaced with a Trump ally who supports Musk’s DOGE unit.
Representatives of Trump’s family discussed taking a financial stake in Binance US, while its founder sought a pardon from Trump.
The union representing 47,000 TSA workers sued Homeland Security to block the administration from canceling its collective bargaining agreement.
Trump plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as early as Friday to allow the government to summarily arrest, detain, and deport non-citizens aged 14 and older.
The White House told Columbia it must overhaul discipline and admissions policies over its alleged failure to protect Jewish students before restoring $400M in canceled grants and contracts.
A whistleblower report to the GSA IG alleges that real estate developer Brad Ehikian, brother of the GSA head, asked the government to sell his firm a Silicon Valley property for tens of millions below its valuation.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the DOJ Inspector General to investigate interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin.
Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers.
The WH withdrew its CDC nominee, former FL Rep. and physician Dave Weldon, who supports the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism and other conditions.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued FEMA for halting $40M in emergency alert system upgrades, saying it endangers real-time disaster warnings.
Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of workers fired Feb. 13-14. One also demanded a full employee list and reinstatement status of each in 7 days.
The WH filed an emergency Supreme Court request to begin denying citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented parents born after Feb. 19.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed a deal with Musk’s DOGE and GSA to cut costs, including potentially eliminating the Postal Regulatory Commission, which has warned of nationwide mail delays.
A NY Indivisible chapter meeting saw nearly three times the expected turnout this week—a glimpse of the power of local organizing in 2025. Read about that and more in Micah Sifry’s smart “The Defiance This Time.”
A Trump executive order will require Canadians staying in the U.S. for more than 30 days to register with immigration authorities beginning April 11.
A federal judge rebuked the Defense Dept. for misrepresenting studies on transgender people during a hearing on whether the military can discharge transgender service members.
A federal judge ruled that Trump unlawfully fired Federal Labor Relations Authority Chair Susan Grundmann and ordered her reinstatement.
Trump pardoned former TN legislator Brian Kelsey, leading to his immediate release just 15 days into his 21-month sentence for campaign finance crimes.
Jailed activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in custody into next week, but his lawyers have gained their first chance to speak with him privately since his arrest.
Federal prosecutors issued a criminal subpoena to a NY hotel housing asylum seekers, demanding full identification of all residents and the funding source.
The last 40 prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have been transferred to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana.
Canada and the EU retaliated against U.S. tariffs today, imposing levies on $48 billion in goods, including beef, alcohol, and textiles.
Shelly Lowe, the first Native American to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities, left her position “at President Trump’s direction.”
Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed willingness to meet with Trump, provided there is respect for Canadian sovereignty.
EPA head Lee Zeldin vowed to put “a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” by rolling back or reconsidering over 30 regulations regulating vehicles, power plants, and more
Trump told reporters that Ireland “takes advantage” of the U.S. while seated next to Irish PM Micheál Martin in the Oval Office.
The federal student loans website went offline midday Wednesday, later displaying a “Planned Maintenance” banner after hours of downtime.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order punishing law firm Perkins Coie, ruling it likely violates First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights.
Among the Department of Education layoffs: 7 of 12 civil rights offices will close, despite thousands of backlogged cases.
An anonymous whistleblower testified in federal court that the government is proceeding with plans to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and fire all employees.
Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender representative, was misgendered today by Rep. Keith Self, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe.
A federal judge blocked the White House from cutting hundreds of millions in teacher training funds after eight states sued.
