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Donald Trump fired General Timothy Haugh, who headed both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, and his deputy deputy Wendy Noble, a day after meeting with right wing…
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Stock markets around the world plunged after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” speech launched a dramatic escalation of his tariff war against nearly every country except Russia. Within the USA, stock…
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Donald Trump fired or reassigned at least six National Security Council officials after meeting with right wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who questioned their loyalty to him. Fired NSC staff…
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Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg held a “show cause” hearing to delve into the government’s flight of about 260 Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador despite his order…
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Pentagon Acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins began a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss military operations. The investigation was requested by…
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Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) jointly introduced a bill to reclaim from Donald Trump normal Congressional authority over tariffs. The bill would make the President notify Congress…
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A court in England ordered Donald Trump to pay over £626,058.98 in legal costs after his data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence did not prevail. In the UK, it…
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Federal District Court Judge Dale E. Ho agreed with prosecutors that dismissing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams was the only practical course available, but he…
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Four Republican Senators voted with Democrats to end the tariffs Donald Trump imposed on imports from Canada. A few hours after Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement of sweeping tariffs against nearly…
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Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced it is freezing its federal education funding to Maine on the grounds that the state allows transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports,…
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Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” speech announced USA tariffs of at least 10%, often higher, on imports from a long list of places including an uninhabited island frequented by penguins, but…
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News broke that National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, who accidentally added a journalist to a chat group for a military attack in Yemen, had his team set up at least…
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The American Association of Retired Persons published an article advising seniors who travel abroad about border agents examining or even taking their phones, and suggested using a burner phone. Travel…
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Swing state Wisconsin chose liberal Susan Crawford by about 10 points over conservative Brad Schimel for its state Supreme Court for a 10 year term, thwarting Republican plans to flip…
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Republicans added breathing room to their majority at 220-213 in the Congressional House with victories in two Florida special elections to fill seats vacated by Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz. The…
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher became the next major law firm to capitulate to Donald Trump by making a deal. Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff is a partner…
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Federal District Court Judge Beryl Howell essentially allowed the General Services Administration to take the $500 million headquarters building of the U.S. Institute of Peace on the ground that it…
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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) shattered the record for the longest speech ever delivered on the floor of the USA’s Senate at more than 25 hours. The previous record was set…
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The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Department of Justice’s appeal against federal District Court Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander’s temporary restraining order barring DOGE from access to sensitive Social…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement shipped Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador despite being aware an immigration judge in 2019 granted him “withholding of removal” protected status and specified he must…
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Federal funding for dozens of research grants to Princeton University totaling $210 million was frozen by such agencies as the Department of Energy, NASA, and the Department of Defense. The…
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Federal District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued a temporary restraining order to make Donald Trump’s regime restore funding for legal representation for unaccompanied immigrants who are children. The funding was…
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National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and others in the USA’s national security team have used Signal for more sensitive discussions, not only planning a military strike in Yemen, and also…
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Department of Health and Human Services job cuts announced last week began today, with some workers finding out they were fired only when they arrived for work. Some layoff notices…
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Donald Trump’s Department of Education, which he is striving to shut down, announced it will review federal contracts worth $255.6 million and multi-year grants worth $8.7 billion for Harvard University…
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The Netherlands committed 500 million euros to help Ukraine’s drone program in its defense against invasion by Russia. Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans and State Secretary Gijs Tuinman announced the funding…
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Federal District Court Judge Edward Chen issued a temporary restraining order to pause Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s removal of temporary protected status from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. TPS…
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Federal District Court Judge Susan Baxter struck down Pennsylvania’s requirement that blocks counting of mail-in and absentee ballots if they have minor errors pertaining to dates. The law she rejected…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” moved to take into the General Services Administration free of charge the $500 million building owned by the non-profit U.S. Institute of Peace and…
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The National Treasury Employees Union filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s executive order that stripped many federal employees of labor law protections by reclassifying several agencies. The executive order stripped…
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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” put the entire staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services on administrative leave, which is likely to be a prelude to firing…
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the launch of a new web page where the state’s people can report issues they encounter when trying to interact with the Social Security…
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With at least a dozen nationwide judicial orders in place against executive orders issued by Donald Trump. Republicans in Congress are pushing a law to bar them except at the…
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A court in France convicted far right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years. The court sentenced Le Pen to four…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio used the USA’s military to fly 17 Venezuelan immigrants to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. Rubio said they were violent criminals connected with the…
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The Rutgers University Senate proposed formation of a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) of all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance to “support to any member institution under direct…
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The Wall Street Journal broke the news that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has brought his wife Jennifer into at least two meetings with foreign officials in which sensitive information…
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Non-violent protests besieged Tesla facilities in at least 253 cities around the world to express disapproval of what the company’s CEO Elon Musk is doing to shred the USA’s governmental…
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Hundreds of international students in the USA received mass email from the Department of State revoking their visas and threatening rendition to a third country if they do not quickly…
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Late last week, top Department of the Interior officials were put on administrative leave after refusing Elon Musk’s DOGE high permission access to a payroll system that could stop even…
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Dr. Peter Marks, the top vaccine regulator in the USA, was forced to resign by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. If he did not resign, Kennedy…
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Katrina Armstrong, interim President of Columbia University, resigned to return to leading the university’s medical center. Last week the university gave in to Donald Trump’s demands in order to regain…
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Federal District Court Judges John Bates and Richard Leon partially blocked Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale. The two firms filed suit against the…
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Donald Trump commuted the 2 to 37 year sentence Carlos Watson, co-founder of Ozy Media, was about to begin serving. After the online media and events startup collapsed, Watson was…
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals warned the government to take no action against transgender members of the military while an appeal is heard about a judge’s order to block…
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John Kaul, state Attorney General of Wisconsin, asked a court to stop Elon Musk from making $1 million gifts to voters in his quest to influence the election for a…
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Elon Musk used an all-stock transaction to sell his social media company X (formerly Twitter) to his artificial intelligence company xAI. In the deal, xAI is valued at $80 billion…
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Federal District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken issued a temporary restraining order to block the shutdown of Voice of America. The order is against Donald Trump adviser Kari Lake, the…
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Attorney Brenna Trout Frey resigned from the “big law” firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and issued a scathing statement condemning its pre-emptive capitulation to Donald Trump. Her…
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Danielle Harlow announced creation of the USA Disappeared Tracker as their contribution to “fight the cancer of fascism that is spreading through the country.” This was inspired by the BlueSky…
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