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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.
Today’s GovBrief News
The Navy under the Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era demotion of Rep. Ronny Jackson that followed a Pentagon misconduct probe.
Trump will host tech leaders from Meta, Apple, and Microsoft for a Rose Garden dinner, notably excluding former ally Elon Musk.
A White House military flyover, explained as a diplomatic tribute, drowned out a long-planned event where Epstein accusers were demanding government action.
House Republicans created a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack in an effort to rewrite the findings of the previous Democratic-led panel.
A top GSA official tied to the controversial DOGE efficiency effort is leaving one month after being ousted as the agency’s acting head.
Two Missouri county clerks rejected a Justice Department request for access to their 2020 Dominion voting machines, citing legal and security concerns.
A Utah judge ordered the legislature to immediately redraw its congressional map, enforcing a voter-approved law against partisan gerrymandering.
Louisiana Gov. Landry and top Trump officials are housing ICE detainees in a reopened solitary confinement “dungeon” at Angola prison.
In her first major immigration rulings, Attorney General Bondi reinstated Trump-era restrictions on asylum for victims of domestic abuse and gang violence.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is using a new legal tactic to end Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status just days after a court ruled her previous attempt unlawful.
Senate Republicans are preparing a rules change that would allow them to mass-confirm Trump nominees and bypass a Democratic blockade
Four conservative Republicans have joined Democrats on a petition to release the Epstein files, leaving the effort two votes short of forcing a House vote.
Five House Republicans joined Democrats to kill a GOP resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, arguing the Ethics Committee should investigate first.
A coalition of far-right and progressive House members has introduced a unified bill to ban lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks.
A Seventh Circuit panel reversed a lower court to uphold Illinois’s ban on guns on public transit, ruling it a “sensitive place” under the Bruen precedent.
As Epstein survivors and bipartisan lawmakers demanded the Justice Dept release all case files, Trump dismissed their effort as a “Democrat hoax.”
One day after a strike at sea killed 11, Secretary Rubio warned of more strikes on suspected drug boats, saying it will happen again.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee.
HHS will restore over 100 health webpages after settling a lawsuit with doctors over their removal as part of a ban on the word “gender.”
Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools.
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be arrested, tried for treason, and given capital punishment if convicted.
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