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Qatar gifts Trump $400 million Boeing 747 as Bondi DOJ approves despite foreign emoluments ban
The Constitution requires congressional consent for foreign government gifts to the president
May 12, 2025
Qatar gifts Trump $400 million Boeing 747 as Bondi DOJ approves despite foreign emoluments ban
The Constitution requires congressional consent for foreign government gifts to the president
Goldman demands answers after 74 days past Bondi deadlines
Bondi's own Epstein deadlines pass as Goldman asks if Trump intervened
May 12, 2025
Goldman demands answers after 74 days past Bondi deadlines
Bondi's own Epstein deadlines pass as Goldman asks if Trump intervened
Trump slashes $18 billion in renewable energy funding
National Renewable Energy Lab lays off 114 workers after stop-work orders
May 10, 2025
Trump slashes $18 billion in renewable energy funding
National Renewable Energy Lab lays off 114 workers after stop-work orders
Trump shuts gun violence office and orders review of Biden-era regulations
CDC gun research funding zeroed out as ATF ends dealer license revocations
May 9, 2025
Trump shuts gun violence office and orders review of Biden-era regulations
CDC gun research funding zeroed out as ATF ends dealer license revocations
Trump and Starmer announce limited US-UK trade framework, 80th VE Day anniversary
10% baseline tariff stays; UK autos and steel get partial relief
May 8, 2025
Trump and Starmer announce limited US-UK trade framework, 80th VE Day anniversary
10% baseline tariff stays; UK autos and steel get partial relief
Education Department consolidates 18 Title I programs eliminating $4.5 billion
Trump administration consolidates 18 K-12 programs, slashing $4.5B in afterschool, rural school, and literacy grants—Linda McMahon's Education Department redirects federal funds to block grants while Russell Vought's OMB withholds releases
May 8, 2025
Education Department consolidates 18 Title I programs eliminating $4.5 billion
Trump administration consolidates 18 K-12 programs, slashing $4.5B in afterschool, rural school, and literacy grants—Linda McMahon's Education Department redirects federal funds to block grants while Russell Vought's OMB withholds releases
Bondi claims FBI has tens of thousands of Epstein videos
Bondi's video claim contradicted by FBI prosecutors and DOJ memo
May 7, 2025
Bondi claims FBI has tens of thousands of Epstein videos
Bondi's video claim contradicted by FBI prosecutors and DOJ memo
EPA Administrator Zeldin freezes Inflation Reduction Act grants worth $23.3 billion
Trump freezes $23.3B in clean energy grants, Zeldin dismantles 31 air quality rules, eliminates EPA scientists
May 7, 2025
EPA Administrator Zeldin freezes Inflation Reduction Act grants worth $23.3 billion
Trump freezes $23.3B in clean energy grants, Zeldin dismantles 31 air quality rules, eliminates EPA scientists
Supreme Court lets Trump enforce transgender military ban
6-3 ruling lifts injunction as Pentagon moves to discharge 4,240 troops with gender dysphoria
May 6, 2025
Supreme Court lets Trump enforce transgender military ban
6-3 ruling lifts injunction as Pentagon moves to discharge 4,240 troops with gender dysphoria
USDA loses 555 food inspectors as Trump withdraws Salmonella rules
RFK Jr. cuts 89 FDA food safety staff and closes contamination testing labs
May 5, 2025
USDA loses 555 food inspectors as Trump withdraws Salmonella rules
RFK Jr. cuts 89 FDA food safety staff and closes contamination testing labs
Trump proposes $163 billion in disability program cuts
DOGE closes Social Security field offices as 7,000 workers are cut
May 5, 2025
Trump proposes $163 billion in disability program cuts
DOGE closes Social Security field offices as 7,000 workers are cut
Transportation Secretary Duffy freezes $20 billion in transit grants
Duffy orders elimination of climate and equity programs by Feb. 18, 2025
May 4, 2025
Transportation Secretary Duffy freezes $20 billion in transit grants
Duffy orders elimination of climate and equity programs by Feb. 18, 2025
Moms for Liberty rebounds with 61% win rate in 2024 school board elections despite high-profile local defeats
Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice's parental rights group rebounds from 2023 losses as low-turnout elections favor organized conservative networks
May 3, 2025
Moms for Liberty rebounds with 61% win rate in 2024 school board elections despite high-profile local defeats
Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice's parental rights group rebounds from 2023 losses as low-turnout elections favor organized conservative networks
Trump budget proposes major CISA cuts and elimination of election-security program
Cybersecurity agency faces staff and funding reductions despite rising digital threats
May 2, 2025
Trump budget proposes major CISA cuts and elimination of election-security program
Cybersecurity agency faces staff and funding reductions despite rising digital threats
Trump budget proposes $1.5B mental health cuts, RFK Jr. dissolves SAMHSA into unbuilt agency
Trump budget proposes $1.5B cut to mental health agency, RFK Jr. dissolves SAMHSA into new administration
May 2, 2025
Trump budget proposes $1.5B mental health cuts, RFK Jr. dissolves SAMHSA into unbuilt agency
Trump budget proposes $1.5B cut to mental health agency, RFK Jr. dissolves SAMHSA into new administration
Trump budget cuts HUD rental assistance 44%, shifts to states
5 million Section 8 recipients face state-designed replacements
May 2, 2025
Trump budget cuts HUD rental assistance 44%, shifts to states
5 million Section 8 recipients face state-designed replacements
Executive order bars federal agencies from using disparate impact standards in civil rights cases
Executive order guts "disparate-impact" tool fighting workplace discrimination
Apr 29, 2025
Executive order bars federal agencies from using disparate impact standards in civil rights cases
Executive order guts "disparate-impact" tool fighting workplace discrimination
Pentagon transfers 1033 Program equipment while DOJ limits Section 1983
Military gear funneled to police while civil liability shields raise use-of-force risks
Apr 28, 2025
Pentagon transfers 1033 Program equipment while DOJ limits Section 1983
Military gear funneled to police while civil liability shields raise use-of-force risks
Bondi's April 25 memo lets DOJ subpoena reporters and seize their source records
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo on April 25, 2025, rescinding Biden-era rules that barred the DOJ from subpoenaing journalists or seizing their records in leak investigations
Apr 25, 2025
Bondi's April 25 memo lets DOJ subpoena reporters and seize their source records
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo on April 25, 2025, rescinding Biden-era rules that barred the DOJ from subpoenaing journalists or seizing their records in leak investigations
Reuters tracks 19 SCOTUS emergency petitions bypassing circuit review
19 Trump emergency petitions bypass circuit courts to reach SCOTUS
Apr 24, 2025
Reuters tracks 19 SCOTUS emergency petitions bypassing circuit review
19 Trump emergency petitions bypass circuit courts to reach SCOTUS