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The year since Election Day 2025
GovBrief tagged 32 stories to Rhode Island since Election Day 2025. Here are 20 worth remembering, 10 of them from Rhode Island.
36days until Election Day, Nov. 3In Rhode Island
10 stories25 states sue DHS for withholding 20% of terrorism-preparedness grants until states adopt Trump's preferred election rules, calling the $148 million condition unconstitutional.
Constitution assigns elections to states
Nine states sue to block Trump administration deals paying wind developers to cancel offshore leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead.
Used lawsuit fund though nobody sued
Federal judge permanently blocks Trump rule barring visa holders, Dreamers and other immigrants from Head Start and health clinics, saying it skipped required public input.
Trump appointed the judge in 2019
Federal judge restores construction on 87% complete Rhode Island wind farm, finding Trump administration's classified national security argument "insufficient" to justify December pause.
$1.44 million lost daily
Federal judge tells Trump officials there is no excuse for ignoring his order to restart asylum processing frozen for 39 countries, demanding a compliance report within 24 hours.
Lives on hold six months, judge wrote
Federal judge accuses DHS of dangerous misconduct for hiding Dominican murder warrant and issuing inflammatory press release attacking her.
DHS press release branded judge "activist"
Federal judge vacates RFK Jr.'s declaration targeting gender-affirming care, ruling HHS exceeded its authority and calling the approach "break it and see."
21 states sued, summary judgment granted
Trump administration orders review of all federal funding to 14 Democratic-led states and DC, directing agencies to report grants, loans, and contracts by Monday; memo claims effort is "data-gathering," not withholding.
Virginia added after initial memo
Rhode Island Gov. McKee loses his primary 62-38 to former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, the first incumbent governor beaten in a primary nationwide since 2018.
Washington Bridge closure sank his approval
Judge orders VA to restore its 320,000-employee union contract after the department's third termination attempt this year defied her standing injunction.
Appeals court unanimously backed her in May
Across the country
6 storiesTrump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial applies for national banking charter, months after Trump pardoned Binance founder whose exchange bought $2 billion in its stablecoin.
Family stablecoin worth $3.4 billion
Commerce Department imposes export controls on Anthropic's two newest AI models, forcing the company to shut them off for all users days after launch.
Verbal evidence of narrow jailbreak
DOJ creates $1.776 billion fund to pay anyone "weaponized" by past administrations as Trump drops his $10 billion IRS suit.
Drawn from federal Judgment Fund
Trump nominates Project 2025 workforce-section coauthor Dennis Kirk as Interior's inspector general, the office fielding five congressional requests including the Reflecting Pool review.
Watchdog seat vacant 18 months
Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto ventures last year, a federal ethics filing shows, locking in profits as ordinary investors lost most of what they paid.
Souvenir coins now $1.68, down from $74
British police arrest five men suspected of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford, the base US bombers use to strike Iran, evacuating 85 homes.
Revolutionary Guard called it "legitimate target"
Fighting back
3 storiesCitizens Bank ends lending to ICE detention contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic after months of protests and $300 million in withdrawals.
CoreCivic a client since 2011
Seven states sue to block the administration's $795 million deal paying a foreign energy company to abandon offshore wind off New York and New Jersey and drill oil and gas instead.
Move follows repeated administration court losses
Federal judge in Rhode Island quashes DOJ subpoena demanding identities and complete medical records of every minor treated for gender dysphoria at Rhode Island Hospital since 2020.
Judge: "DOJ proven unworthy at every point"
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