📣 Donald Trump should be basking in the glow of forcing a Middle East ceasefire. He was just in Egypt and Israel yesterday lauding peace.
Today he threatened Hamas with a military attack, ordered strikes that killed six more people on a boat in the Caribbean without offering proof they were of any import to the US at all, and told New York City voters he would not allow the nation’s largest city to receive federal funds if the candidate he doesn’t like is elected in 3 weeks. He followed that by telling the people of Argentina he would end their financial support if they didn’t vote for his preferred candidate. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court could finish what he started by gutting the Voting Rights Act.
There’s no carrot, only the one big stick that running the executive branch gives Trump. That’s why millions of people are taking to the streets this Saturday. Please attend the event most meaningful to you and take a stand against being bullied. We’ve come too far to return to a monarchy.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touts replacement of Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois after viral photos showed overweight service members arriving in Chicago.
Today’s GovBrief News
Harrisburg man receives 25-50 year sentence after pleading guilty to arson attack attempting to murder Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro while governor and family slept in residence.
Source: Spotlight PA
October 14, 2025
Trump doubles down on threat to withhold federal money from New York if Zohran Mamdani wins City Hall, calling assemblymember a communist who would squander taxpayer money.
Source: ABC 7 New York
October 14, 2025
Young Republican National Federation demands resignations of state leaders after leaked Telegram chats show 28,000 racist, sexist, antisemitic messages over seven months praising Hitler.
Source: Axios
October 14, 2025
More than 1,000 Western Alaska residents sleep in schools without functioning toilets or water after Sunday storm damaged nearly every home in two villages.
Source: Alaska Public Media
October 14, 2025
Trump threatens Argentina with loss of $20 billion assistance during White House meeting with Milei if country's politics move leftward after October 26 midterms.
Source: The Associated Press
October 14, 2025
Trump threatens tariffs on Spain for refusing to boost NATO defense spending to 5%, calling move disrespectful as only country among 32-nation alliance not committing to new target.
Source: Reuters
October 14, 2025
Trump threatens to terminate cooking oil business with China in retaliation for soybean snub after Beijing stopped buying US soybeans in May despite importing $12.8 billion worth in 2024.
Source: CNBC
October 14, 2025
US strikes vessel off Venezuela coast killing six people Trump claims were narcoterrorists, the fifth such strike since September with 27 total killed and no evidence provided.
Source: BBC
October 14, 2025
Trump threatens to forcibly disarm Hamas if group refuses, saying it will happen quickly and perhaps violently, amid questions about group's role after ceasefire deal.
Source: The Guardian
October 14, 2025
EPA canceled $20 million Alaska flood protection grant five months before catastrophic flooding hit Kipnuk, where Lee Zeldin called it wasteful DEI grant despite community's vulnerability.
Source: The New York Times
October 14, 2025
Federal officials reject Navajo company's $186,000 bid for 167 million tons of Montana coal, less than a penny per ton, for failing to meet fair market value requirements.
Source: ABC News
October 14, 2025
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action against House Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva three weeks after special election win with 70% of vote.
Source: Arizona Mirror
October 14, 2025
Supreme Court hears case Wednesday on Louisiana redistricting threatening to strike down last major Voting Rights Act provision protecting minority voters from being shut out of congressional district drawing.
Source: NPR
October 14, 2025
Meta removes Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page after Justice Department outreach, raising questions about illegal government pressure to suppress legal speech.
Source: The Verge
October 14, 2025
Nearly all major news outlets lose Pentagon access after refusing to sign policy requiring pledge not to obtain unauthorized material, the first such lockout in seven decades.
Source: The Hill
October 14, 2025
State Department revokes six foreigners' visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk after deputy secretary urged users to send him critical posts.
Source: The Guardian
October 14, 2025
Army announces Janus Program to place small nuclear microreactors on U.S. bases worldwide, following Trump executive order requiring reactor operation by September 30, 2028.
Source: Defense News
October 14, 2025
Pentagon contractor and State Department adviser Ashley Tellis charged with unlawful retention of classified information after investigators found over 1,000 documents with classified markings at Virginia home.
Source: CNN
October 14, 2025
GOP-appointed judge accuses Trump administration of violating order barring FEMA conditions tied to immigration enforcement, calling it ham-handed attempt to bully states.
Source: Newsweek
October 14, 2025
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declares local state of emergency over ICE raids in 4-1 vote, citing raids preventing work and forcing business closures since June.
Source: Fox 11 Los Angeles
October 14, 2025
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan demands Jack Smith testify after revelations former special counsel obtained phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers during 2020 election probe.
Source: Politico
October 14, 2025
Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday, five weeks after conservative activist was fatally shot at Utah Valley University.
Source: ABC News
October 14, 2025
Trump calls Time magazine cover photo worst of all time in Truth Social post, criticizing low angle that made hair disappear and created floating crown effect.
Source: Time
October 14, 2025
Judge blocks Miami Dade College land transfer for Trump library, ruling college violated Florida Sunshine law with insufficient notice about 2.6-acre downtown property.
Source: The Miami Herald
October 14, 2025