It takes time for me to catch up with headlines, so this is always somewhat behind the news cycle. Items get added retrospectively if I miss them when they are new. Refreshing the page will give you access to everything in the timeline so far. To find my posts, you can go to my blog tab above or directly to where I now put them in Substack.

UK Cancer Patients Miss Life Saving Treatments Due to Brexit

According to analysis by experts, cancer patients in the UK miss out on lifesaving medications and clinical trials are scuppered by extra costs and bureaucratic hurdles imposed by Brexit. The…
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Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Use of Alien Enemies Act to Expel People

The Supreme Court ordered an emergency temporary halt to Donald Trump’s application of the Alien Enemies Act to abruptly rendition immigrants to El Salvador. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito…
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Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Contempt Proceeding from Alien Enemies Act Case

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted contempt proceedings by federal District Court Judge James Boasberg stemming from mass rendition flights last month by Donald Trump’s regime which used…
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Judge Declines to Issue Emergency Order Against More Expulsions Using Alien Enemies Act

Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg denied a request for an emergency order to bar more expulsions of people using the Alien Enemies Act, on the grounds that a recent…
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Arizona Governor Hobbs Vetoes Right Wing Bills Including ICE Cooperation

Governor Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a number of bills with a right wing slant, with national attention for her veto of a bill intended to make state and local officials…
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DOGE Gets Access to Justice Department Data About Immigrants

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” got permission from the Department of Justice to access a sensitive data system that details the interactions of immigrants with the federal government. DOGE…
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Judge Blocks Mass Firings at CFPB Again

Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who previously issued an order blocking Donald Trump’s regime from demolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, issued another order to block mass firings…
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Judge Orders Öztürk Sent Back to Vermont from Louisiana

Federal District Court Judge William K. Sessions III ordered that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must return Rümeysa Öztürk from Louisiana to its Vermont detention facility by no later than 1…
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Chief of Staff for Hegseth Switching to Another Role

Joe Kasper, Chief of Staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, will leave that role soon to take a different position in the Department of Defense. Last month Kasper asked for…
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Three Top Hegseth Staffers Fired

Three top staffers for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were fired a few days after being placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into leaks of sensitive…
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Judge Elevates to Injunction Level a Ban on Fast-Track Deportations to Third Countries

Federal District Court Judge Brian Murphy followed his 28 March 2025 temporary restraining order with a memorandum and an injunction to block Donald Trump’s regime from carrying out fast-track deportations…
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Judge Orders Reinstatement of 133 F-1 Student Visas

Federal District Court Judge Victoria M. Calvert in the Northern Georgia district issued a temporary restraining order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stripping of F-1 visas from 133 students, which…
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DJT Officials Backpedal that Letter Igniting Conflict with Harvard was Sent by Mistake

Officials in Donald Trump’s regime backpedaled, claiming the letter that ignited a showdown with Harvard University was sent by mistake. It is unclear whether the mistake was premature mailing, or…
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Judge Temporarily Blocks DJT Passport Policy Regarding Gender

Federal District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick ordered a temporary pause to Donald Trump’s executive order which removed from passports the ability of transgender people to change the gender signifier…
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White House Taunts Supreme Court with Post Saying Abrego Garcia Will Not Return

After Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) successfully got a meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, the White House posted on X (formerly Twitter) saying “he’s NOT coming back” which…
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Federal Websites about COVID Replaced and Signed Removed

Donald Trump’s regime began removing COVID-related signs from federal properties and replaced COVID-related government websites with a White House page promoting allegations against China and other targets of the Republican…
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Class Action Lawsuit in NH Seeks to Reinstate Revoked F-1 Student Visas

A federal class action lawsuit was filed seeking to reinstate the F-1 immigration visas of over 100 foreign students for whom they were revoked abruptly in mid-semester without explanation by…
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Federal Judges Tell Congress They Need More Protection

Federal judges warned Congress that they need more resources allocated to protect their security from escalating threats and efforts to intimidate them. Such activities are stoked by Donald Trump, his…
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Tesla Settles “Welcome to the Plantation” Lawsuit

Elon Musk’s company Tesla reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by employee Raina Pierce over racial discrimination. Pierce alleged that at the Fremont, California factory where she installed car…
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Senator Gets to Meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

With persistence and after drawing global public attention, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) got to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia who is wrongfully imprisoned in El Salvador’s CECOT despite an…
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USA Citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Belatedly Released from Detention as an Illegal Alien

After the story of his birth certificate, Social Security card and a judge affirming his citizenship were not enough to get him released from detention as an illegal alien, blossoming…
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US Attorney Martin Pressures at Least 3 Scientific Journals

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward R. Martin Jr. sent letters to at least three medical or scientific journals questioning whether they are partisan and various aspects of…
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MS Supreme Court Rules Trans Boy Cannot Change Name Until Age 21

The Mississippi state Supreme Court ruled that a transgender boy cannot change his name legally to something more masculine until he reaches age 21. State law normally allows a minor…
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Court Denies Appeal Against Xinis Order to Depose Officials

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by Donald Trump’s regime against an order by federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis for deposition of officials about expulsion of…
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USA Citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Held as Alien Despite Judge Accepting Proof of Citizenship

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, who was born in the USA state of Georgia, was arrested as an illegal alien after Florida Highway Patrol stopped a car in which he was a…
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Connecticut Doctor Who is USA Citizen Ordered to Self-Deport

Dr. Lisa Anderson of Connecticut, a USA citizen born in Pennsylvania, received email from the Department of Homeland Security ordering her to leave the country. She found the language in…
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Stepson of Sheriff’s Deputy Uses Her Weapon for Mass Shooting at Florida State University

The stepson of a sheriff’s deputy used her former service weapon to kill two employees and wound six other people in a mass shooting at the student union of Florida…
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Mutual Defense Compacts Between Universities Snowball

On her show, Rachel Maddow pulled together fragmented local news reports to show that universities are banding together in mutual academic defense compacts against Donald Trump’s demands at an accelerating…
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California Sues Against Tariffs in District Court

California filed a lawsuit in federal District Court asserting the tariffs Donald Trump has imposed are illegal. Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to borrow from Congress the…
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Prosecutors Charge Private Security Guards Who Dragged Woman Out of Coeur d’Alene Town Hall

Prosecutors filed criminal charges against five private security guards who dragged Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl out of a Republican town hall in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on 22 February 2025. The meeting…
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Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is Announced

Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network was announced, offering pro bono (free of lawyer’s fees) legal assistance to current and former federal workers who need it. More than 1000…
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DOGE Starts Trying to Plant Itself in Every Non-Profit Getting Federal Funds

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” began trying to insert its people into independent non-profit organizations which receive federal funding. DOGE is a subset of a White House IT team,…
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IRS Plans to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status at DJT’s Behest

Donald Trump told the Internal Revenue Service he wants tax-exempt status stripped from Harvard University, so the agency is preparing to do it. Universities often have 501(c)(3) tax status, which…
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Senator Goes to El Salvador to At Least Meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) got on a flight around 06:00 to El Salvador with the primary goal of at least meeting with his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as well…
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RFK Jr. Makes Bizarre Statements about Autism and Announces Impossible Study

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made bizarre statements about autism and announced an equally bizarre campaign against it. At a press…
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AP Asks Judge to Enforce Court Order for White House Access

After the White House again denied Associated Press access other news media have to cover Donald Trump and then issued a new policy to cement that, AP asked federal District…
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Harvard Threatened with Revocation of Certification to Host International Students

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem threatened to revoke Harvard University’s certification to host international students in the wake of its rejection of demands by Donald Trump’s regime to intrude significantly…
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Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Government in Contempt Regarding Alien Enemies Act

Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled there is probable cause to find Donald Trump’s regime in criminal contempt of court for violating his order immediately pause deportations done via…
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Georgia Mother Dragged from School Board Meeting After Shouting One Word

Lena Kotler, a mother, was dragged out of a Board of Education meeting for City Schools of Decatur, Georgia, after she shouted one word out of turn during consideration of…
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Hong Kong Suspends Parcel Service to USA

In response to tariffs, Hong Kong’s post office will no longer ship small parcels to the USA. The USA is ending a de minimis exemption that allowed shipments worth less…
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Government Stonewalls Court Again About Kilmar Abrego Garcia

District Court Judge Paula Xinis began building a case about holding Donald Trump’s regime in contempt of court for its persistent non-compliance with orders from both her court and the…
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Judge Blocks DJT Order that Would Penalize Law Firm Susman Godfrey

Federal District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from enforcing an executive order he issued against the law firm Susman Godfrey to bar it…
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Three Top Hegseth Staffers Under Investigation Regarding Leaks of Sensitive Information

Three top staff members for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were placed under investigation regarding leaks of sensitive information. They were escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative…
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FDA Suspends Safety Checks for Food

In the wake of mass firings throughout the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration suspended its safety checks of food due to lack of staff.…
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AmeriCorps Wiped Out by DOGE

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” wiped out the 30 year old AmeriCorps program that put young volunteers to work on projects to help communities. DOGE is a subset of…
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DOJ Fires Lawyer Who Answered Judge Honestly in Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case

The Department of Justice fired attorney Erez Reuveni, who answered District Court Judge Paula Xinis honestly about being unable to get information about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia before having to…
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DOGE Took Over Central Website for Federal Grant Applications

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” has in recent weeks taken over grants.gov, a central website for providing information about and taking applications for federal grants. DOGE is a subset…
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Whistleblower Discloses DOGE Exfiltration of Data from NLRB and More

A whistleblower account broke out detailing intrusion into National Labor Relations Board systems by Elon Musk’s DOGE, disabling of security barriers, exfiltration of data and apparently associated access attempts from…
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Judge Denies Bail for Arsonist Who Set Fire to PA Governor’s Home

Cody Balmer, under arrest for setting fire to the home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, was denied bail by Dauphin County Magisterial District Judge Dale Klein. Klein said Balmer is…
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5 Businesses Sue Against Tariffs in Court of International Trade

Five businesses jointly filed a lawsuit in the federal Court of International Trade to halt Donald Trump’s tariff policies on the grounds that they are unlawful. The businesses assert that…
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