The Trump administration installs political loyalist George Cook as acting Census director after the president’s call to exclude non-citizens.
A CDC panel appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. votes to require a doctor’s consultation for COVID shots for most Americans.
The Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic stopgap funding bills, moving the government closer to a shutdown in 11 days.
The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on the ‘X’ passport marker five months after a judge blocked it as discriminatory.
US Attorney Erik Siebert resigns after Trump administration officials pressured him to criminally charge New York AG Letitia James.
The Justice Dept. again asks the Supreme Court to end Venezuelan TPS, accusing a lower court of disregarding its previous order.
A federal judge rejects Trump’s rambling lawsuit against The New York Times and orders a revised, shorter complaint within one month.
ABC will pay the crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ two days after pulling the show over Kimmel’s refusal to apologize for political commentary.
ICE releases Cincinnati imam Ayman Soliman and reinstates his asylum two months after detaining him based on a disputed terror designation.
Indivisible and endpoliticalviolence.org will host a free virtual training on Sunday to teach activists how to counter political violence.
D.C. officials deny federal efforts reduce crime and accuse the police union chief of lying to Congress during a contentious hearing.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets ‘The View’ for investigation one day after his pressure on ABC led to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
The FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner accuses her chairman of ‘weaponizing’ licensing authority to censor broadcasters, stating ‘the threat is the point’.
Trump fires a U.S. attorney just four months after his own nomination for refusing to prosecute political rival Letitia James without evidence.
The day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel, Trump threatens to pull broadcast licenses for negative coverage, saying the decision is up to his FCC chairman.
Trump seeks to retake Bagram Air Base from the Taliban, reversing the full military withdrawal mandated by his own 2020 deal.
Sen. Bernie Sanders becomes the first U.S. senator to declare Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing a U.N. panel’s conclusion from two days prior.
Eight months after a fatal crash, Sens. Warner and Kaine demand Congress roll back flights at National Airport, citing a report that confirmed their prior safety warnings.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement directs the General Services Administration to secure 300 new office locations nationwide for a surge of 10,000 new hires.
South Carolina’s election commission fires its director, who is under criminal investigation, just days after the state Supreme Court approved releasing voter data to the Justice Dept.
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and 11 other officials are arrested protesting illegal ICE detentions one month after a judge barred them at the same location.
A Trump-appointed judge blocks the deportation of 600 Guatemalan children, ruling the administration’s family reunification claim lacks evidence.
Senate Republicans use a newly-created ‘nuclear option’ to confirm 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in a single party-line vote.
Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans.
Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook after lower courts blocked her removal as likely illegal.
RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine panel votes to withdraw the recommendation for a combined measles vaccine for young children one day after the ousted CDC director warned of political pressure.
Pete Buttigieg counters Kamala Harris’s book revelation that their identities were ‘too big a risk’ for a joint ticket, stating voters prioritize results.
Trump celebrates the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from ABC and urges NBC to fire hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next.
Six months after his arrest in Trump’s immigration crackdown, an immigration judge orders pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil deported to Algeria or Syria.
One week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, House leaders doubled lawmakers’ personal security allowance to $10,000 per month.
House Judiciary Republicans voted down a request to subpoena bank CEOs about their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with one Republican breaking ranks.
Trump’s D.C. National Guard deployment for trash pickup and park maintenance is projected to cost taxpayers over $1.8 million per day.
The CDC denies employees with disabilities the option of telework as a reasonable accommodation in an apparent violation of federal law.
The Social Security Administration denies data leak claims from its former chief data officer, who says he was forced out for raising the alarm.
The Trump administration is reportedly frustrated with AI firm Anthropic for barring federal agencies from using its top-secret cleared AI for domestic surveillance.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly made the same type of mortgage pledge the administration is using to justify firing Fed’s Lisa Cook.
The FBI takes a man into custody for ramming its Pittsburgh office in what the agency is calling an ‘act of terror.’
The Education Dept. unites 40 conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics curriculum despite a federal ban on such influence.
Judge Madeline Haikala rules Jefferson County’s commission map illegally packs Black voters and orders the lines be redrawn.
Trump plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, contradicting his former FBI director’s testimony that it is a movement.
King Charles hosts a state banquet for Trump as Prime Minister Starmer faces backlash over both leaders’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding.
An Army veteran pleads not guilty to charges from Jeanine Pirro’s office for a protest held the same day as Trump’s flag burning order.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations.
Facing pressure from Trump, the Federal Reserve approves a quarter-point rate cut over a lone dissent from his new appointee who sought more.
Eleven West Africans deported from the U.S. claim they are still detained in Ghana, directly contradicting Ghanaian officials’ recent statements.
Portland cites ICE for violating its facility permit 25 times in 10 months by holding people beyond an agreed 12-hour limit.
House Democrats and four Republicans block Rep. Nancy Mace’s resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments following Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after major station owner Nexstar Media and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pressured the network over the host’s commentary on Charlie Kirk’s murder.
The Justice Dept. deleted a report showing right-wing violence is more prevalent just as Trump began blaming the left after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
