Troops are massing near Venezuela while a new envoy promises to “make Greenland part of the U.S.”
All of it was preceded by Trump announcing a battleship class named after himself.
They are hoping you pay no attention to the Monday memo banning abortion for veterans and their families pregnant from rape. Or the wage garnishment starting in January for 5 million student loan borrowers. Or the eight flights Trump took on Epstein’s jet.
The Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s National Guard deployment today, a big win from a Court that usually sides with him. Keep your eyes open this holiday season. Don’t fall for misdirection.
We’ve emailed 5,300+ stories over 327 straight nights. Stop hoping the algorithm shows them to you. govbrief.today
#GovBriefToday #Resist
🟡107|🟡90|🟢49|🟠124|🟠119
Fifteen Heritage Foundation employees flee to Mike Pence's nonprofit after Project 2025 architect's leader defended Tucker Carlson's interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Today’s GovBrief News
Trump appoints Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as Greenland envoy with explicit mission "to make Greenland a part of the U.S.," drawing sharp rebukes from Denmark and Sweden.
Source: Newsweek
December 23, 2025
New Jersey man files second lawsuit seeking NYPD records from Bloomberg-era Muslim surveillance program that infiltrated mosques and student groups but never generated a single terrorism lead.
Source: Wired
December 23, 2025
Trump administration will begin garnishing wages of defaulted student loan borrowers in January, first seizures since pandemic pause began nearly six years ago.
Source: CNBC
December 23, 2025
Louisiana deploys 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans through February after Gov. Landry requested support Trump first floated in October over crime concerns.
Source: WDSU New Orleans
December 23, 2025
U.S. deploys special operations aircraft and troops to Caribbean this week, bringing military force near Venezuela to more than 15,000 personnel as Trump promises land operations "soon."
Source: The Independent
December 23, 2025
Justice Department releases 30,000 more pages of Epstein files showing Trump took at least eight flights on Epstein's jet between 1993 and 1996, four with Maxwell aboard.
Source: The Guardian
December 23, 2025
Justice Department's Epstein file redactions can be defeated by copying and pasting text into new document, revealing details meant to be hidden from public.
Source: The Verge
December 23, 2025
Federal judge upholds Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, rejecting U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawsuit challenging the September proclamation.
Source: Newsweek
December 23, 2025
Oregon leads 19 states and DC in suing HHS over Kennedy's declaration threatening to exclude gender-affirming care providers from Medicare and Medicaid.
Source: KGW Portland
December 23, 2025
Supreme Court rules against Trump's National Guard deployment in Illinois, finding he failed to show military couldn't execute federal law, with Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissenting.
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
December 23, 2025
Social Security phone wait times nearly four times higher than publicly reported metric, inspector general finds, as agency counts callback requests as zero wait time.
Source: NextGov
December 23, 2025
Federally indicted Rep. McIver and two House colleagues visit Newark migrant jail after detainee death, find 950 held with sick inmates waiting weeks for care.
Source: The New Jersey Monitor
December 23, 2025
University of Oklahoma removes graduate teaching assistant who failed student's Bible-based essay responding to gender research article, citing "arbitrary" grading.
Source: WFOR Oklahoma City
December 23, 2025
Trump declares networks airing negative coverage should lose broadcast licenses, calls Stephen Colbert "dead man walking" CBS should "put to sleep."
Source: Mediaite
December 23, 2025
Trump administration weighing deal to give SpaceX 775 acres of federal wildlife refuge to expand rocket launch site, trading habitat for two endangered wild cats.
Source: The Texas Tribune
December 23, 2025
Trump-appointed federal judge orders administration to restore $233 million in disaster funding after 12 attorneys general sued over cuts tied to immigration enforcement.
Source: The Associated Press
December 23, 2025