What Happened Today – Feb 7

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 Constitutional Crisis Unfolding 

Trump is consolidating power, rewriting the rules, and cashing in—while reshaping U.S. policy to serve himself and his allies.

A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked the firing of 2,200 USAID workers after Thursday’s restraining order
Work crews removed the metal signage on the USAID building’s façade and covered other signs
Oversight
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/usaid-signs-covered-with-black-tape-or-removed-at-washington-headquarters
The Defense Dept announced $7.4 billion in military sales to Israel without documentation or signoff from the House Foreign Affairs Cmte
Foreign RelationsOversight
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-state-department-approves-military-sales-worth-74-billion-israel-2025-02-07/
Trump ordered all US aid to South Africa halted and directed the US to resettle White Afrikaners as refugees
Foreign RelationsImmigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-u-s-refugee-resettlement-of-afrikaners/
Trump says he has tasked Elon Musk with reviewing Pentagon and Education spending
EducationOversight
https://defensescoop.com/2025/02/07/trump-directs-elon-musk-doge-review-pentagon-dod-spending/
Trump ordered a review of all NGO spending, halting any that does not align with “the goals of my Administration”
Oversight
https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/new-executive-order-targets-all-ngo-funding/
Trump signed an order removing Joe Biden’s security clearance
Oversight
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn57p5r99xyo
Musk & Trump announce they will bring back a Musk employee who resigned because of multiple racist posts he made.
Federal Personnel
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/bring-back-vance-says-supports-rehiring-doge-staffer-resigned-racist-s-rcna191224
Defense Sec Hegseth filed for $137K in repairs to his military furnished home, including $50K for “emergency painting”
Federal Personnel
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/07/hegseth-wants-50000-emergency-paint-job-move-military-family-housing-lawmakers-say.html
Trump announced that he would remove Kennedy Center board members and appoint himself as Chair
Oversight
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/trump-kennedy-center-board/index.html
NASA employees were told to drop everything and scrub public websites of terms like “indigenous people” and mentions of “women in leadership”
DEIOversight
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289319/nasa-instructs-employees-to-remove-pronouns-from-all-work-communications
FBI Director nominee Kash Patel was paid $25K by a Kremlin-linked studio for a documentary appearance
Oversight
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pick-for-fbi-kash-patel-took-25k-for-role-in-russia-linked-anti-fbi-film-231465029557