Fed employees, including some judges, get 3 line email demanding a bullet-point report of their week-Elon Musk warns noncompliance by Monday means resignation
AP sues Trump admin for barring it from events over ‘Gulf of America’ refusal, but WH calls case “frivolous and demented”
Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio, pardoned by Trump for sedition, arrested near Capitol for assaulting a woman
An ABC News analysis finds 200,000 federal roles eliminated among tens of thousands fired and 75,000 buyout
The Justice Dept said it will no longer defend administrative law judges inside federal agencies from being fired by the Trump administration
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to begin complying with his order to release foreign aid
Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director, 51-49. He has threatened reprisals against Trump’s perceived enemies
Trump said the WH would take control of the USPS, fire its board and install it as an agency under the Commerce Dept
Hundreds rallied at HHS for “Fund Don’t Freeze” protesting Musk’s DOGE and billions cut from public health funding
Trump cut federal funds for programs aiding undocumented migrants despite laws already barring most benefits
Trump called for the federal government to seize control of Washington, DC, whose 680K residents already lack full voting rights
Trump kills NYC’s congestion pricing plan, revoking fed approval and posting, “Congestion Pricing is Dead…Long Live the King!”
New DC US Attorney Ed Martin launched Operation Whirlwind demanding Democratic leaders clarify past statements about Republicans
The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. issued guidance defining only two human sexes and barring trans women from women’s sports
DC’s top federal prosecutor resigned after refusing Trump admin demands to criminally probe Biden’s $20B EPA climate funding
Trump’s administration is pressuring Romania to allow far-right presidential candidate Gorgescu to run despite election security concerns
Trump barred the Associated Press from Air Force One and Oval Office events until they refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘Gulf of America’
A federal judge declined to block Elon Musk from ordering mass firings or accessing data at seven different agencies
Trump blamed Ukraine for its own invasion, saying, “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”
Trump ordered independent agencies: SEC, FTC, FCC, NLRB to submit to his control and accept binding DOJ guidance
