April 19, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 80 🟢
Below average political activity. 100 = average over past 60 days.
Previous 5 Days 160 | 136 | 152 | 136 | 144
🕰️ Even with Trump not having any public events yesterday or today, the chaos kept rolling. Airstrikes, book bans, censorship, deportations, and rewired diplomacy all kept moving.
This wasn’t a sleepy Saturday. It was a quiet churn of structural change while the boss stayed offstage and out of sight.
Have an Easter candy, a matzoh, or whatever pleases you today, and then go reach out to your reps again. Constant pressure is the only way we get out of this.
Protesters rally in all 50 states against Trump policies on immigration, education, and executive power.
April 19, 2025
Naval Academy cancels frequent lecturer Ryan Holiday’s talk an hour before start after he refused to cut slides on book ban.
April 19, 2025
DHL halts U.S. deliveries over $800 as Trump tariffs trigger customs delays and red tape.
April 19, 2025
Vance meets Cardinal Parolin for first Vatican talks of Trump’s second term after pope condemned US immigration crackdown.
April 19, 2025
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to end pause on migrant deportations under 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
April 19, 2025
Seattle police officers who joined Jan. 6 rally ask Supreme Court to keep their names hidden in public records case.
April 19, 2025