Trump is still in Asia, ignoring suffering and death at home.
Louisiana’s Surgeon General banned vaccine events after two infants died from whooping cough. Anti-vaccine ideology matters more than dead babies.
Forty-two million Americans lose food benefits Saturday. The GOP knows 1 in 8 Americans don’t have enough to eat, but shutdowns work as political leverage.
The U.S. military killed 14 more people today on alleged drug boats, bringing the death toll to 57 in less than a month. International law experts call it summary execution, but Duterte-style theater polls well.
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Today’s GovBrief News
CFPB issues guidance claiming federal law bars states from keeping medical debt off credit reports, threatening protections in over a dozen states covering 100 million Americans with healthcare debt.
Source: KFF Health News
October 28, 2025
Louisiana Surgeon General banned health department from holding vaccine events after two infants died from whooping cough during outbreak.
Source: NPR
October 28, 2025
More than two dozen Democratic attorneys general and governors sue USDA for suspending SNAP benefits after agency removed shutdown plan stating $6 billion in contingency funds could cover aid.
Source: NPR
October 28, 2025
Pentagon redirecting $8 billion in research funds to pay troops through October, with Republican senators questioning legal authority and Nov. 15 paycheck deadline looming.
Source: The Hill
October 28, 2025
Trump threatens to send "more than the National Guard" to U.S. cities while speaking to troops in Japan, after deploying Guard to Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Memphis and Portland this year.
Source: The Hill
October 28, 2025
US strikes kill 14 people on four alleged drug boats in Pacific Ocean 400 miles from Acapulco, with international law experts calling the campaign "summarily executing" suspects without due process.
Source: BBC
October 28, 2025
White House pushed Navy to use live 2,000-pound bombs at Trump's 250th anniversary event because Trump "needed to see explosions" rather than a splash.
Source: Raw Story
October 28, 2025
CBP conducted record 55,424 phone searches at US border in past year, a 17% increase, with most growth in past six months during Trump immigration crackdown.
Source: Wired
October 28, 2025
Federal judge orders Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino to appear in court daily for seven days and wear a bodycam after he personally threw tear gas at crowds without warning.
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
October 28, 2025
Federal judge orders DOJ and DHS to notify all employees that Bondi and Noem violated court rules by making prejudicial public statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Source: Newsweek
October 28, 2025
Federal judge rules acting US Attorney Bill Essayli unlawfully serving since July when he resigned as interim prosecutor and was immediately re-designated as "first assistant" by AG Pam Bondi.
Source: NBC Los Angeles
October 28, 2025
ICE deports Louisiana detainee with substantial citizenship claim to Laos in defiance of federal judge's order blocking his removal.
Source: NOLA.com
October 28, 2025
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue over Tylenol autism claims one month after RFK Jr. issued guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen despite lack of evidence.
Source: The Texas Tribune
October 28, 2025
Trump appeals felony conviction in hush-money case, arguing Supreme Court immunity ruling bars jury from considering official presidential acts like testimony from former aide Hope Hicks.
Source: Axios
October 28, 2025
FCC Chair Brendan Carr delays prison phone call price caps until April 2027, more than two years after January 2025 implementation date, prompting Senate Democrats to call delay "unlawful."
Source: The Verge
October 28, 2025
DHS removes ICE field office chiefs in five major cities, replacing them with Border Patrol officials to meet Stephen Miller's demand for 1 million deportations per year.
Source: Courthouse News Service
October 28, 2025
House Republican report offers no evidence of conspiracy but urges Bondi to investigate Biden doctor who pleaded the Fifth and claims all autopen actions should be considered void.
Source: The Associated Press
October 28, 2025
DOD memo signed day before shutdown directs supervisors to fire civilian employees "with speed and conviction," giving workers seven days to respond to termination notices.
Source: NBC News
October 28, 2025
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's 4,000 shutdown layoffs as unlawful political retribution, citing statements that RIFs would target "Democrat programs."
Source: Government Executive
October 28, 2025
HHS fires biosecurity adviser Steven Hatfill for falsely claiming to be chief medical officer after he defended canceling mRNA vaccine research and called spike proteins "biologically toxic."
Source: Bloomberg
October 28, 2025
Two USDA officials overseeing food aid programs leave for HHS during shutdown, leaving agency without permanent leader as SNAP benefits lapse Saturday.
Source: The New York Times
October 28, 2025
White House fires all six members of US Commission on Fine Arts one week after demolishing East Wing for $300 million ballroom, before commission could advise on design.
Source: USA Today
October 28, 2025
National Park Service reinstalls Confederate general Albert Pike statue in DC's Judiciary Square after protesters toppled and burned it on Juneteenth 2020, following Trump executive order on "restoring truth."
Source: WTOP Washington
October 28, 2025