June 4

CBO projects One Big Beautiful Bill will leave 10.9 million more uninsured by 2034

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as passed by the House, would result in 10.9 million more people without health insurance in 2034, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The CBO found that the Medicaid portion of the bill would reduce enrollment by 7.8 million people. Another 1.3 million people would be without insurance due to changes in the Affordable Care Act. The bill would eliminate state-funded insurance for 1.4 million people without verified citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status. Federal spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act would be reduced by $902 billion over a decade. The bill included new work requirements for childless Medicaid recipients without disabilities between the ages of 19 and 64, more frequent eligibility checks, and changes to how states can finance their share of the program costs.

Trump restricts foreign student visas at Harvard

Trump announced that restrictions on foreign student visas tied to Harvard, escalating the administration's fight with the university from grants to student immigration status. The move expanded the conflict into international education and raised due-process, academic-freedom, and soft-power concerns.

Trump expands entry bans on nationals from targeted countries

President Donald Trump issued Proclamation 10949, suspending or restricting entry for nationals from multiple countries, including several Muslim-majority and African countries. The action revived and expanded the travel-ban framework from his first term under national-security and vetting claims.

Judge Carter temporarily blocks Job Corps shutdown

U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter Jr. of the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order on June 4, 2025 blocking the Department of Labor from giving effect to the elimination of Job Corps. The order came one day after the National Job Corps Association and other plaintiffs sued in National Job Corps Association v. Chavez-DeRemer, 1:25-cv-04641. Carter scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for June 17.

Labor Department rescinds Davis-Bacon prevailing wage for federal contractors

The Labor Department rescinded prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act for federal construction contractors, reversing a Biden-era expansion that had raised wage floors on publicly funded projects. Acting Labor Secretary Vince Micone issued a final rule removing the expanded coverage that had extended Davis-Bacon protections to approximately 1.2 million additional workers on infrastructure and energy projects. The rescission affected wages on projects funded through the IIJA and Inflation Reduction Act.

Biden invokes emergency authority to shut down border when crossings exceed 2,500 per day

President Biden invokes a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act to issue an executive action allowing him to summarily shut down the border to asylum seekers when illegal crossings exceed 2,500 per day, similar to a main provision in the bipartisan border security bill Republicans killed in February. Biden frames the action as necessary given Congress's failure to act. The action halts asylum processing when the threshold is met and resumes it only after crossings drop below 1,500 per day. Within weeks crossings fall by approximately 40%. Republican state AGs immediately sue to block the order. Immigrant advocates criticize it as unlawful and contrary to US asylum law.

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Wisconsin charges James Troupis in the false-elector conspiracy case

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a criminal complaint charging James Troupis, Trump's 2020 Wisconsin campaign attorney, with conspiring to utter as genuine a forged writing tied to the state's 2020 unappointed-elector certificate. The DOJ release said the complaint alleged a plan to present a certificate of electoral votes from people who were not Wisconsin's duly appointed electors. Wisconsin prosecutors later added 10 more felony counts, and a Dane County judge rejected dismissal motions in August 2025. Current posture: a Dane County judge found probable cause in December 2025 for the criminal trial to go forward. The charges remain allegations, and James Troupis is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Wisconsin charges Michael Roman in the false-elector conspiracy case

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a criminal complaint charging Michael Roman, Trump's 2020 director of Election Day operations, with conspiring to utter as genuine a forged writing tied to the state's 2020 unappointed-elector certificate. The DOJ release said the complaint alleged a plan to present a certificate of electoral votes from people who were not Wisconsin's duly appointed electors. Wisconsin prosecutors later added 10 more felony counts, and a Dane County judge rejected dismissal motions in August 2025. Current posture: a Dane County judge found probable cause in December 2025 for the criminal trial to go forward. The charges remain allegations, and Michael Roman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Wisconsin charges Kenneth Chesebro in the false-elector conspiracy case

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a criminal complaint charging Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump campaign attorney and legal adviser, with conspiring to utter as genuine a forged writing tied to the state's 2020 unappointed-elector certificate. The DOJ release said the complaint alleged a plan to present a certificate of electoral votes from people who were not Wisconsin's duly appointed electors. Wisconsin prosecutors later added 10 more felony counts, and a Dane County judge rejected dismissal motions in August 2025. Current posture: a later probable-cause decision was separated out based on questions about what evidence is admissible against him. The charges remain allegations, and Kenneth Chesebro is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.