Trump fires Attorney General Bondi after growing frustration she did not prosecute his political opponents aggressively enough, names Deputy AG Blanche as temporary replacement.
Oil surges past $110 a barrel as Austria and Spain close airspace to U.S. military flights on day 36 of the Iran war.
Twenty-two states accuse ICE of pulling Medicaid data on citizens and legal residents in violation of a court order limiting what the agency could access.
EPA official overseeing methane rule rollback secretly authored the oil industry’s arguments against those same rules while working as a lobbyist, ProPublica finds.
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.
Trump Organization begins selling “Trump 250” merchandise to profit from America’s 250th anniversary, separate from the official nonpartisan celebration.
Pentagon moves troops from damaged bases to hotels and offices, potentially violating its own rules requiring separation of military forces from civilians.
Trump administration asks court to approve firing half of CFPB’s remaining staff after judges blocked earlier attempts to close the agency.
Coroner rules Rohingya refugee’s death a homicide after Border Patrol dropped him at a closed coffee shop in freezing Buffalo and he died of hypothermia five days later.
Federal judge finds Border Patrol defied her orders by using identical boilerplate forms to justify detaining 12 day laborers at a Sacramento Home Depot.
Trump discusses firing Attorney General Bondi over frustration that DOJ is not prosecuting his political opponents aggressively enough.
Appeals court halts order to reinstate 1,000 Voice of America workers while leaving ruling that Kari Lake illegally led the agency intact.
CDC pauses diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and over two dozen other diseases after losing 20% to 25% of its workforce to downsizing.
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 lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez, whom Treasury sanctioned in 2018 for helping Maduro “solidify his authoritarian rule.”
Supreme Court majority signals opposition to Trump’s birthright citizenship order as he becomes the first sitting president to attend oral arguments.
Democrats sue to block Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting, arguing it violates five constitutional amendments and exceeds presidential authority over elections.
NASA launches four astronauts toward the Moon on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972.
Trump tells nation Iran war objectives are “nearing completion” but offers no exit plan, no Hormuz deadline mention, and threatens two more weeks of bombing.
Iran launches three missile barrages at Israel as 82nd Airborne troops arrive and a third carrier strike group deploys on day 35 of the war.
Trump’s Justice Department quietly dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in six months, including terrorism and fraud cases, to shift resources to immigration prosecutions, ProPublica finds.
Trump calls NewsNation reporter “a fresh person” for asking an Iran follow-up, continuing a pattern of publicly using gendered language to demean female journalists that has drawn formal condemnation from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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.
Three fired FBI agents sue Director Patel and AG Bondi in class-action lawsuit alleging they were terminated for investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump plans to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on his birthright citizenship order Wednesday, the first sitting president on record to personally view high court proceedings.
Trump-appointed judge rules HUD unlawfully rewrote $75 million homeless housing grant criteria to impose political tests on sanctuary city policies and transgender protections.
Sacramento DACA recipient deported after attending a routine immigration appointment returns home after federal judge rules her removal unlawful and orders her status restored.
Defense Secretary Hegseth overrides Army investigation and lifts suspension of helicopter crews who flew Apache gunships past Kid Rock’s Nashville estate, writing “carry on, patriots.”
Trump schedules primetime address on the Iran war after telling reporters U.S. forces will leave in “two or three weeks,” as NBC reports he has repeatedly rejected off-ramps to end the conflict.
DHS pauses plans to purchase more warehouses for immigrant detention as new Secretary Mullin reviews Noem’s $38 billion expansion program.
Federal judge rules Trump’s executive order defunding NPR and PBS is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, though Congress already eliminated $1.1 billion in public broadcasting support.
Supreme Court rules 8-1 that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment, calling it viewpoint discrimination subject to strict scrutiny.
Trump’s “God Squad” convenes for the first time in over 30 years and votes unanimously to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil and gas drilling from Endangered Species Act protections.
Federal judge orders University of Pennsylvania to turn over names of employees affiliated with Jewish organizations to the EEOC for its antisemitism investigation.
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.
Trump signs executive order directing DHS and Social Security to compile national voter lists by citizenship status, with DOJ ordered to prosecute noncompliant election officials.
Federal judge halts Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, ruling the project built on the demolished East Wing site requires congressional approval.
Gas tops $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as Iran war enters day 34, with 348 American troops wounded and a third aircraft carrier deploying to the region.
Defense Secretary Hegseth’s broker sought multimillion-dollar investment in defense contractor ETF weeks before the Iran war began, Financial Times reports.
DOJ sues Minnesota over policies allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports, threatening nearly $3 billion in federal education funding.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill renaming Palm Beach International Airport after Trump, with an estimated $5.5 million cost to taxpayers still requiring FAA approval.
Iranian drone strikes fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying 2 million barrels off Dubai, setting it ablaze.
Protest group behind Trump-Epstein friendship statue installs giant golden toilet throne on the National Mall two days after No Kings Day.
EPA watchdog finds nearly 100 Superfund toxic waste sites vulnerable to flooding and wildfires, with 13 million Americans living within three miles of them.
Riverside County Sheriff Bianco pauses seizure of hundreds of thousands of ballots after California AG and voting rights groups petition courts to halt probe.
FBI declares March 12 truck attack on Detroit-area synagogue a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism, says attacker planned mass shooting with AR-style rifle.
California Rep. Swalwell’s lawyers send cease and desist to FBI Director Patel, demanding he stop releasing files from a closed probe that produced no charges.
Army launches review after Apache helicopters from the 101st Airborne perform flyby of Kid Rock’s Nashville estate he calls “The Southern White House.”
Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s power grid, oil wells, and water supply unless a deal is reached “shortly,” as Gulf allies push for ground invasion.
