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Today’s GovBrief News
Man sues District and Ohio National Guard after DC Police detained and handcuffed him for playing Star Wars "Imperial March" behind Guard members during peaceful September protest.
Source: WUSA Washington DC
October 23, 2025
Trump administration denied Western Maryland's final FEMA appeal for May flash flood recovery despite $33.7 million in damages exceeding state threshold by nearly 3x.
Source: The Baltimore Banner
October 23, 2025
Trump terminates all trade negotiations with Canada after Ontario aired ads featuring Reagan's 1987 anti-tariff remarks, accusing Canada of trying to influence pending Supreme Court cases on tariff legality.
Source: CNBC
October 23, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed permits Thursday advancing drilling, mining and road projects across Alaska in ceremony dubbed "Alaska Day," prompting environmental groups to call it "Alaska Sellout Day."
Source: The Alaska Beacon
October 23, 2025
Trump said he won't seek congressional authorization to expand drug cartel strikes from boats to land targets, telling reporters "we're just gonna kill people" despite Colombia calling current strikes violations of international law.
Source: NBC News
October 23, 2025
Two B-1 bombers flew over Caribbean near Venezuela on Thursday in second show of force in a week, sources say, though Trump denied the mission when asked by reporters later that day.
Source: ABC News
October 23, 2025
Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino threw tear gas toward a crowd in Chicago's Little Village Thursday morning despite a federal restraining order barring agents from using chemical agents on people who don't pose a threat.
Source: NBC Chicago
October 23, 2025
Justice Department told a federal judge Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has authority to send migrants designated for deportation to any U.S. military base worldwide, defending Guantanamo detentions now paused for a hurricane.
Source: The New York Times
October 23, 2025
Trump calls off planned federal deployment to SF 12 days before California's redistricting vote, after Mayor Lurie requested a stand down and Governor Newsom called the threat voter suppression.
Source: NBC Bay Area
October 23, 2025
Trump completed demolition of White House East Wing this week to build ballroom, breaking his pledge not to touch existing structures and exploiting exemption from historic preservation reviews.
Source: The Associated Press
October 23, 2025
White House edited its official "Major Events Timeline" web page attacking past Trump opponents and praising him, while posting photos including nude Hunter Biden in a bathtub and a topless transgender woman.
Source: Mediaite
October 23, 2025
The National Symphony Orchestra now opens all performances with the national anthem at Richard Grenell's direction after Trump made himself Kennedy Center chairman and purged the formerly bipartisan board.
Source: Symphony
October 23, 2025
Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao two months after reports his family's crypto venture benefited from Binance partnership and after Zhao's firm paid $450,000 to lobbyist friend of Donald Trump Jr.
Source: CNBC
October 23, 2025
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott called special session for Monday to pursue redistricting that could add two Democratic congressional seats in response to Republican gerrymandering in Texas and other states.
Source: The Virginia Mercury
October 23, 2025