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Trump came back swinging, threatening Chicago with troops and ordering military strikes while his allies pushed Christian prayer in schools and smeared a top CDC official who quit to protest the administration’s public health policies. But the pushback is just as fierce, from the courts blocking his illegal firings to the grand juries rejecting his prosecutors.
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Trump publicly demands drug companies prove the efficacy of his own Operation Warp Speed vaccines just days after his HHS secretary’s anti-vaccine actions roiled the CDC.
Today’s GovBrief News
For the fifth time, a D.C. grand jury rejects a felony charge tied to Trump’s federal surge by refusing to indict a man for assaulting an officer.
Trump contradicts staff on a video of a bag being thrown from a White House window, calling it ‘probably A.I.’
Fox Business hosts flag a “conflict of interest” between Trump’s crypto-friendly laws and his family’s new $6 billion token stake.
Texas AG Ken Paxton uses a new school prayer law to endorse the Lord’s Prayer just weeks after a court struck down a Ten Commandments mandate.
Two federal unions sue the Trump administration, alleging their bargaining rights were stripped in retaliation for opposing his policies.
A federal watchdog finds the Secret Service is 73% short of required snipers more than a year after the Trump assassination attempt.
An appeals court rules Trump unlawfully fired FTC member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, citing a 1935 Supreme Court precedent.
ICE reactivates a $2 million spyware contract nearly a year after the Biden administration paused it over human rights concerns.
Senator Ron Wyden accuses the Treasury Department of withholding suspicious activity reports on Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network.
The House Oversight Committee’s release of Epstein files consists almost entirely of previously public records.
A Colorado sheriff’s deputy resigns to end a lawsuit accusing him of violating a new state law by helping federal immigration agents.
The Trump administration taps 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges months after firing dozens of experienced judges.
A federal appeals court says Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, finding no ‘invasion’ occurred.
In a new court filing, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook argues that Trump cannot use previously vetted mortgage information as a pretext to fire her.
Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics told Heritage Foundation interns that male intelligence varies more widely than female intelligence.
The Labor Department proposes a national database of private state unemployment records, sparking fears of surveillance and misuse.
Trump administration appointees cancel Senator Mark Warner’s intelligence meeting after social media attacks from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
Trump orders Space Command headquarters to move to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision months after a GAO report cited sustainability issues.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, violating the Posse Comitatus Act.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel.
A D.C. Circuit panel led by Trump appointees allows the EPA to cancel $16 billion in green energy grants following congressional repeal of the program.
Senator Rand Paul attacks former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis’s ‘lifestyle’ days after he resigned to protest administration policy.
The State Department hires 99 new foreign service officers less than 10 weeks after firing 250 to reduce supposed bureaucratic bloat.
Trump confirms U.S. Navy strike on Venezuelan drug boat as Rubio hails lethal hit and Maduro orders mass militia mobilization.
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