📺 Leaders who fear truth grab the microphone and break it.
Controlling the press is an early warning sign of descent into authoritarianism. Trump’s attacks on broadcasters and newspapers, even a talk show like The View, are practice runs for silencing all dissent. FCC commissioner Anna Gomez called it out today.
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The FBI takes a man into custody for ramming its Pittsburgh office in what the agency is calling an ‘act of terror.’
Today’s GovBrief News
D.C. officials deny federal efforts reduce crime and accuse the police union chief of lying to Congress during a contentious hearing.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets ‘The View’ for investigation one day after his pressure on ABC led to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
The FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner accuses her chairman of ‘weaponizing’ licensing authority to censor broadcasters, stating ‘the threat is the point’.
Trump fires a U.S. attorney just four months after his own nomination for refusing to prosecute political rival Letitia James without evidence.
The day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel, Trump threatens to pull broadcast licenses for negative coverage, saying the decision is up to his FCC chairman.
Trump seeks to retake Bagram Air Base from the Taliban, reversing the full military withdrawal mandated by his own 2020 deal.
Sen. Bernie Sanders becomes the first U.S. senator to declare Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing a U.N. panel’s conclusion from two days prior.
Eight months after a fatal crash, Sens. Warner and Kaine demand Congress roll back flights at National Airport, citing a report that confirmed their prior safety warnings.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement directs the General Services Administration to secure 300 new office locations nationwide for a surge of 10,000 new hires.
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and 11 other officials are arrested protesting illegal ICE detentions one month after a judge barred them at the same location.
A Trump-appointed judge blocks the deportation of 600 Guatemalan children, ruling the administration’s family reunification claim lacks evidence.
Senate Republicans use a newly-created ‘nuclear option’ to confirm 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in a single party-line vote.
Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans.
Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook after lower courts blocked her removal as likely illegal.
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