A House subcommittee has advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center opera house for Melania Trump, months after the president took control of the institution’s board.
NPR news chief Edith Chapin is resigning just days after congressional Republicans axed federal funding for public broadcasting, though she denies a link.
A federal appeals court will let White House restrictions on the Associated Press stand, leaving in place a punishment for the outlet’s refusal to adopt the term ‘Gulf of America.’
The Trump administration is halting student loan forgiveness for the long-standing Income-Based Repayment plan, citing court orders against a separate program.
The Trump administration has launched a third federal probe into George Mason University, with the Justice Department now investigating the school for racial bias in hiring.
Columbia University expelled and suspended dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters as it reportedly nears a deal with the Trump administration to unfreeze $400 million in federal funding.
Florida’s attorney general used the deportation of an alleged abuser to encourage people to report any undocumented ex-partners to his office.
Colorado’s AG is suing a deputy for helping ICE detain a student for two weeks in violation of the state’s sanctuary law.
A U.S. appeals court voided New Jersey’s ban on private ICE detention, aiding the Trump administration’s nationwide expansion plans.
To block a Democratic campaign forcing votes on the Jeffrey Epstein files, Speaker Mike Johnson will send the House on a five-week summer recess a day early.
The Justice Department fired a career prosecutor hours after federal judges appointed her to replace interim U.S. attorney and Trump loyalist Alina Habba.
The Trump Labor Department has proposed more than 60 rule changes that would weaken workplace safety oversight and eliminate minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of workers.
Chinese government-linked hackers breached the National Nuclear Security Administration, though officials claim the agency that oversees the nuclear stockpile was “minimally impacted.”
Citing its federal charter, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee quietly updated its policy to comply with Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competition.
FEMA’s urban search and rescue chief Ken Pagurek resigned after a Kristi Noem policy requiring her personal approval for funding delayed the Texas flood response by 72 hours.
Prime Minister Carney says Canada will not be rushed into a bad trade deal by Trump’s shifting demands and the looming August 1 tariff deadline.
Facing a looming tariff deadline, the Philippines and Indonesia agreed to asymmetrical trade deals with Trump, accepting a 19% U.S. tariff while American exports face none. Sources
Days after a major electoral loss, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba secured a politically crucial trade deal from Trump that lowers U.S. auto tariffs to 15%.
The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations.
A federal judge has partially blocked a Trump administration law to defund Planned Parenthood, shielding some clinics while the legal fight continues.
The FCC plans to stop analyzing broadband affordability and scrap its gigabit speed goal, making it easier to give the industry a passing grade.
Despite a judge ruling his order against Jenner & Block was unconstitutional, Trump is appealing as part of his ongoing campaign against major law firms.
The White House has cut The Wall Street Journal from the Air Force One press pool during its Scotland trip in retaliation for its Epstein reporting.
Trump posted a fake video of Obama’s arrest to amplify his intel chief’s claims of a “treasonous conspiracy” by the former administration.
Trump taps Project 2025-linked official who recently oversaw State Dept. layoffs to lead the General Services Administration.
As OPM sheds one-third of its workforce, its new director signals a government-wide push to discipline poor performers.
As the Harvard funding trial opens, Trump attacks the judge as a ‘TOTAL DISASTER’ and vows to appeal if the administration loses.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by the Trump administration once before, have now asked a judge to keep him in jail to prevent a second deportation.
21 Democratic AGs are suing to block a Trump rule cutting immigrant access to health, housing, and Head Start that the White House claims saves $40B.
Federal judges accuse the Trump administration of defying court orders in one-third of major rulings against it, a new analysis finds.
A federal judge rebuked Trump’s DOJ for seeking leniency and sentenced ex-detective Brett Hankison to 33 months for his role in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
The Trump administration released 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance files on Martin Luther King Jr. despite his family’s pleas to prevent the weaponization of the records.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to “stop violating the law!” and restore a public database detailing government spending.
CBO says Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” adds $3.3T to debt and leaves 11.8M uninsured, while the GOP uses an alternate baseline to claim savings.
VA abandons plan for 80,000 layoffs, but launches new mission review after forcing reorganization planners to sign non-disclosure agreements.
The Pentagon withdrew U.S. Marines from Los Angeles, but Guard troops remain from a deployment that local leaders legally challenged as political theater.
After 287 current and former NASA employees issued a public rebuke over safety, a top director resigned and the Trump administration dismissed the concerns as “radical DEI principles.”
The FDA appointed former pharmaceutical executive George Tidmarsh, a recent critic of the agency’s leadership and industry ties, to direct its main drug review office.
Public support for Trump’s mass deportation policy has dropped 10 points since February, sinking his overall approval rating to 42 percent.
In a culture war appeal to his base, Trump demanded the return of the Redskins and Indians names while threatening to block a D.C. stadium deal that Biden already approved.
Trump celebrated six months in office by claiming to have ended “numerous wars” while major peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza remain elusive.
Despite talk of a pass for farmers, ICE’s director is now warning of a criminal crackdown on any company that hires unauthorized workers.
Days after suing the Wall Street Journal, Trump denied its report that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stopped him from firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s tariff ultimatum has prompted the European Union to prepare for retaliatory action ahead of the August 1 deadline.
In North Dakota, a Delta regional jet’s near-collision with an Air Force B-52 marks the fourth major failure in military-civilian aviation safety this year.
The Trump administration is using a $1.5 million grant to pivot the 55-year-old Title X birth control program toward controversial, non-IVF infertility treatments favored by religious conservatives.
RESOURCE: Community-driven website tracks Trump administration’s implementation of Project 2025 policy blueprint across 20 federal agencies.
State Department eliminates passport planning office that managed budgets and forecasted demand despite repeatedly assuring 25 employees they would be exempt from layoffs.
ICE uses $45 billion to build migrant tent camps at military bases, targeting 100,000 detention beds by year-end.
Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate August recess to speed confirmation of judicial and executive nominees.
