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What Happened Today – May 25

May 25, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 64 🟢
Below average political activity. 100 = average over past 60 days.
Previous 5 Days 56 | 144 | 192 | 136 | 96

7 Day Trending Story Categories: Courts, Foreign Relations, Immigration
7 Day Trending Topics: DHS, Harvard, Defense Dept

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story

Seattle police make 16 arrests at counterprotest to conservative Christian group “Mayday USA” event in Capitol Hill after protesters threw bottles and clashed with officers in riot gear.

⚖️🎭 The scales tip and masks slip as Trump’s authoritarian drift accelerates and weaponizes civil power.

He’s still demanding Harvard turn over student names despite federal court orders, recruiting park visitors to snitch on history displays that don’t fit his view, and constantly attacking the Fed chair he appointed. America is dying because of steady pressure on institutions, rewriting of history, and punishment of dissent until resistance becomes unthinkable.

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