The White House denies border czar Tom Homan accepted $50,000 in cash, contradicting reports of FBI audio and video evidence.
Trump installs his personal lawyer with no prosecutorial experience as U.S. attorney after firing the prosecutor who refused to charge James Comey and Letitia James.
Trump creates the novel “domestic terrorist organization” label for the Antifa movement via executive order.
The Supreme Court allows Trump to fire an FTC commissioner while it considers overturning a 90-year-old precedent on removal power.
A West Point professor files a First Amendment class-action lawsuit, alleging a free speech crackdown followed a Trump executive order.
A federal judge releases a man charged with aiming a laser at Marine One, calling prosecutors’ detention request “not remotely appropriate.”
Trump will meet Democratic leaders on Thursday to avert a government shutdown after they bypassed GOP leadership for direct talks.
The Trump administration approves a TikTok sale to a U.S. venture but will not take a government stake, unlike its recent Intel deal.
A federal judge ends the 31-day halt on the Revolution Wind farm, ruling the Trump administration’s stop-work order was arbitrary and capricious.
Sinclair will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s return on its more than 35 affiliate stations despite ABC’s decision to reinstate the show.
Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel six days after suspending him under pressure from the FCC chair and following a free speech protest led by the ACLU.
Trump promotes discredited links between vaccines and autism with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event announcing a new government study.
Republican Senator Rand Paul calls the FCC chair’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license “absolutely inappropriate,” breaking with Trump who defended the action.
Despite his own recent leak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalates his press crackdown by requiring reporters to agree to prior restraint on unclassified information.
The Trump administration plans to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, contradicting established guidance from the FDA and medical organizations.
Trump pledges the Presidential Medal of Freedom to political loyalist Ben Carson, his third such promise to an ally in September.
Trump taps his legal adversary Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell for the U.S. investor group buying TikTok after freezing a congressionally mandated sale.
Trump headlines a memorial for activist Charlie Kirk 10 days after his fatal shooting, transforming the service into a MAGA political rally for tens of thousands.
Trump threatened “bad things” against Afghanistan and did not rule out sending troops to retake Bagram air base a day after the Taliban rejected the idea.
The National Labor Relations Board sued New York State days after it enacted a law to bypass what Democrats call Trump’s gutting of the federal agency.
For the third straight day, Trump threatened broadcast licenses over dishonesty following ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
A U.S. Attorney requested a threat assessment of CA Gov Newsom’s office after it posted that a new ICE mask ban meant Secretary Noem would “have a bad day.”
Sinclair quietly reversed its plan to replace Jimmy Kimmel’s show, posting its Charlie Kirk tribute on YouTube instead of preempting the ABC broadcast.
The Trump administration used its “golden share” power for the first time to block a U.S. Steel plant closure three months after the company’s foreign takeover.
Trump publicly demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his rivals one day after firing the federal prosecutor who declined to charge Letitia James.
A Charlie Kirk producer claimed a man was private security one day after police charged him with impersonating an officer at the site of the memorial service.
The Trump Justice Dept. closed a corruption case against border czar Tom Homan one year after FBI agents allegedly recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened federal delays on the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns over the project’s cost and Maryland’s DEI policies.
EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch.
Trump nominated a former personal lawyer to run the Virginia prosecutor’s office one day after firing the U.S. Attorney who declined to charge Letitia James.
An ICE official defended the agency’s use of force and claimed activists were inciting non-compliance eight days after an officer killed an immigrant in Chicago.
Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with Trump 10 days before a government shutdown deadline, blaming him for a standoff over health care funding.
The White House detailed a TikTok deal giving Oracle control of U.S. data months after Trump used executive orders to bypass a congressionally mandated ban.
The Trump administration canceled the USDA’s annual hunger report two and a half months after signing legislation that cut food stamps for 3 million people.
The White House clarified its new $100,000 H-1B visa fee only applies to new applicants one day after the surprise announcement caused widespread corporate panic.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws banning law enforcement from wearing face masks and accessing schools 12 days after the Supreme Court allowed roving immigration patrols.
The CDC backtracks on a remote work ban for disabled employees four days after a union called the new HHS policy a civil rights violation.
The Trump administration plans to collect a multibillion-dollar fee from US investors as its price for approving the TikTok takeover.
George Soros gives $10 million to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure to redraw congressional maps to oust Republicans.
A US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean kills three, bringing the total killed to 17 in 17 days.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth imposes new Pentagon press restrictions, including a pledge requiring reporters to protect ‘sensitive information.’
Senator Ted Cruz likens the FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics, drawing a rebuke from President Trump.
A federal agent throws congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh to the ground during a protest against a new Trump administration immigration crackdown.
The House passes a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk, but dozens of Democrats object to language praising his character.
The Trump administration asks a court to revoke a major offshore wind permit eight months after its approval, citing a new legal theory.
The Education Dept. gives Harvard a 20-day ultimatum to produce documents for its probe into the university’s continued use of race in admissions.
A federal judge blocks a USDA plan to collect SNAP data for immigration enforcement two months after the agency threatened states.
Trump imposes a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas and creates a $1 million ‘gold card’ for permanent residency.
The Senate confirms former NSA Michael Waltz as UN ambassador after a deal to release foreign aid secured Democratic support.
Brazil files a UN protest against the US for restricting its health minister’s travel one week after Trump imposed sanctions over the Bolsonaro verdict.
