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.

Gwynne Wilcox Welcomed Back to NLRB with Applause

Gwynne Wilcox returned to her office at the National Labor Relations Board headquarters, and was met by coworkers applauding and cheering. Click here for more details.

China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on USA Imports Take Effect

China’s tariffs on imports from the USA took effect: 15% on products such as corn, wheat and chicken; 10% on fruit, soybeans, beef and pork. Further tariffs will be imposed…
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UK Comic Creator R.E. “Becky” Burke Handcuffed and Detained by ICE during Backpacking Trip

Welsh writer and comic creator R.E. “Becky” Burke was handcuffed and detained by ICE 26 February 2025 as an illegal alien rather than a tourist and has no prospects for…
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Small Airplane Crashes in Lancaster County, PA

A Beechcraft Bonanza small airplane crashed in the Brethren Village retirement community soon after taking off from Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania. All five people aboard survived. The aircraft appeared to miss…
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DJT Wants More than Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals Before Restarting Aid and Intelligence Support

Donald Trump will not restart aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine in return for getting only the natural resources deal he wants, in which he demands half the value of…
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Israel Cuts Off Electricity Supply to Gaza

Having cut off aid into Gaza a week earlier, Israel cut off electricity too. The initial phase of the truce ended 1 March but Israel wants to extend it while…
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Mahmoud Khalil Arrested, Green Card Revoked, Detained, to be Deported for Leading Campus Protests

Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist, was arrested and his pregnant wife threatened by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at his university-owned apartment building. Khalil graduated…
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Social Security Reinstates Harsh Method of Clawing Back Overpayments

The Social Security Administration is reverting its method of clawing back overpayments to a system the Biden administration replaced due to its cruelty. Under Biden, SSA began reclaiming overpayments by…
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USA Vetoes G7 Proposal for Task Force Focused on Russia

The USA vetoed a Canadian proposal for the G7 to set up a task force to keep an eye on breaches of sanctions against Russia, notably through its “shadow fleet”…
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HHS Lets DOGE Access Child Support Database Full of Personal Financial Data

The Department of Health and Human Services has allowed Elon Musk’s DOGE access to a sensitive, legally shielded child support database full of personal financial data. This database offers another…
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Arab-Backed Plan to Rebuilt Gaza Without Displacing Palestinians Supported by Leading European Nations, Rejected by Israel and USA

A $53 billion 5 year plan devised by Egypt, backed by other Arab nations, and supported by France, Germany, Italy and the UK was rejected by Israel and the USA.…
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DJT Orders that Plaintiffs Against His Regime Should Post Bonds

Donald Trump signed an executive order stipulating that when plaintiffs seek to file a lawsuit against his regime, judges should ask them to post a bond large enough to cover…
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DJT Withdraws $400 million in Grants and Contracts from Columbia University

Donald Trump’s regime announced it is withdrawing $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University, saying the university should have done more to protect Jewish students from harassment. Click…
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DOGE Staffer Demanding Data on Taxpayers Has Ties to Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Sam Corcos, a new Elon Musk DOGE staffer who has been seeking Treasury and IRS data on taxpayers, is connected with a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Corcos is married to a…
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TSA Ends Collective Bargaining with its Employees

The Department of Homeland Security announced it is ending its collective bargaining agreement with Transportation Safety Administration workers who perform security screening of air travelers, ignoring its contract with the…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Splits with Democrats to Oppose Transgender Women in Sports

In the first episode of his new podcast, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) featured an interview with conservative activist Charlie Kirk and agreed with Kirk that transgender women and girls should…
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USA Guts Funding for Tallinn Mechanism for Cyber Civilian Support of Ukraine

The USA’s withdrawal of funding for the Tallinn Mechanism, which coordinates cyber civilian support to Ukraine, cut its €200 million budget in half. The mechanism magnifies cyber support of donors…
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USDA Disbands Two Food Safety Advisory Committees

To comply with an executive order by Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Agriculture disbanded two advisory committees for food safety. The terminated groups of experts are: National Advisory Committee…
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USA Aerospace Company Maxar Technologies Cuts Off Commercial Service to Ukraine

USA aerospace company Maxar Technologies cut off Ukraine’s access to its commercial satellite images as a consequence of Donald Trump’s ban on sharing intelligence information with Ukraine. Ukraine has been…
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HHS Workers Offered $25,000 to Resign

All employees of the Department of Health and Human Services received email offering them $25,000 to resign. HHS has about 80,000 employees. Agencies under HHS include but are not limited…
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Two Federal Prosecutors from Case Against Eric Adams are Escorted Out of Workplace

Federal prosecutors Andrew Rohrbach and Celia Cohen who worked on the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were escorted out of their workplace by law enforcement officers…
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Democratic Senators File Formal Complaint Against Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin

All ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee jointly filed a formal complaint against Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin on grounds of possible professional misconduct.…
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Social Security Reinstates Registration of Newborns at Hospitals in Maine and Deaths via Funeral Homes

The day after the Social Security Administration announced parents in Maine would have to visit SSA offices to register newborns instead of registering in the hospital and funeral homes could…
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DJT Tells Cabinet that They, Not Musk, are In Charge of Cutting Their Agencies

In a Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk also attending, Donald Trump declared that Cabinet Secretaries, not Musk, are responsible for slashing their own workforces. Although mainstream media declared this was…
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Musk Wants Massive Privatization Starting with USPS, Amtrak and Social Security

Elon Musk wants the federal government to privatize everything it can, starting with the U.S. Postal Service, Amtrak and Social Security. This comes shortly after he muscled his company Starlink…
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DJT Plans to Revoke Legal Status of 240,000 Ukrainian Refugees

Donald Trump plans to revoke the status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees, clearing the way to deport them to the war zone they fled due to Russia’s invasion. The plan is…
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State Department Closing Consulates Mostly in Western Europe

The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is closing a dozen mostly Western European consulates including those in Florence, Italy; Strasbourg, France; Hamburg, Germany; and Ponta Delgada, Portugal, as well…
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NIH Mass-Terminating Hundreds of Active Research Grants

The National Institutes of Health has begun unprecedented mass termination of hundreds of active research grants. Research projects targeted include those that involve studying transgender people gender identity diversity, equity…
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Social Security Blocks Registration of Newborns at Hospitals in Maine and Deaths via Funeral Homes

The Social Security Administration announced that in Maine registering a newborn with SSA now requires a personal visit to SSA offices and can no longer be done at the hospital,…
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Judge Bars DJT Regime from Shutting Down U.S. African Development Foundation

Federal District Court Judge Richard J. Leon issued a temporary restraining order to bar Elon Musk’s DOGE from shutting down, removing the CEO of or adding board members to the…
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Federal Marshalls Force Entry of DOGE into U.S. African Development Foundation

One day after the U.S. African Development Foundation refused to allow Elon Musk’s DOGE into their office, federal Marshals forced entry and escorted DOGE in, where they immediately changed the…
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DJT Revokes Security Clearance of Law Firm Perkins Coie

Donald Trump signed an executive order to revoke the security clearances of law firm Perkins Coie, restrict access to federal buildings by attorneys of the firm, cancel existing federal contracts…
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U.S. Marshals Warn Judges of High Threat Levels as Musk Demonizes Them

U.S. Marshals warned federal judges of unusually high levels of threat against them as Elon Musk and other allies of Donald Trump demonize the judges through social media. Some judges…
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Judge Reinstates Gwynne Wilcox on NLRB

Federal District Court Judge Beryl Howell reinstated Gwynne Wilcox on the National Labor Relations Board, ruling that Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of her was illegal. Wilcox and NLRB’s general counsel…
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DJT Exempts USMCA Goods from Tariffs on Imports from Canada and Mexico until 2 April

Donald Trump exempted until 2 April 2025 from his newly imposed tariffs imported goods from Canada and Mexico that are covered by the USMCA agreement he signed with those countries…
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Fourth European Emergency Summit Agrees €800 billion Plan to Rearm

Today in Brussels, the fourth emergency European-plus-Canada summit since 17 February 2025 agreed an €800 billion plan to ReArm Europe. The plan was proposed by EU Commission president Ursula von…
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Judge Finds Trump Ally Mike Lindell in Contempt of Court

Federal District Court Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan ruled Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell in contempt of court for not producing discovery materials, including some financial documents, in the defamation lawsuit…
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ESA Ariane 6 Rocket Successfully Reignites New Engine In Space

The European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully launched and deployed a new French military satellite, a mission that included successful reignition of its new Vinci engine in space. The…
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Musk’s SpaceX Starship Blows Up Again

For the second time in two months, SpaceX launched its immense Starship and it blew up. Last time, debris was strewn mainly over Turks and Caicos. This time, it was…
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Norway More Than Doubles Aid to Ukraine to $7.8 billion for 2025

Norway’s parliament agreed to increase aid to Ukraine from 35 billion krone to 85 billion krone ($7.8 billion USD), more than doubling aid for 2025. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr…
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France and UK Continue to Supply Intelligence to Ukraine

Despite pressure from Donald Trump to join the USA’s cutoff of intelligence information to Ukraine, France and the UK continue to and will continue to supply it. European countries have…
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Head of OSC Drops Effort to Hold Onto His Job

Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, dropped his legal fight trying to hold onto his job after a Court of Appeals that mirrors the makeup of the…
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Second Judge Extends Block on Freezing of Federal Funds

Federal District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. became the second judge to grant a preliminary injunction against Donald Trump’s widespread freeze of federal funding. The case was brought by 22…
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Ukraine’s Opposition Talked with DJT Representatives

Ukraine’s opposition leaders secretly talked with representatives of Donald Trump, but say they are not plotting with the White House to oust Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Former President Petro Poroshenko…
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Performance of “Hamilton” Withdraws from Kennedy Center

Broadway musical mega-hit Hamilton canceled its upcoming appearance at the Kennedy Center due to the Center’s partisan policies instituted after Donald Trump forcibly took it over. Trump is intensely hostile…
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Eutelsat is Ready to Replace Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine

French satellite company Eutelsat confirms it is negotiating with the EU to deploy 40,000 of its terminals to Ukraine to replace dependency on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. Eutelsat has less…
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Democratic State Attorneys General Start Series of Community Impact Hearings

Democratic state Attorneys General kicked off a series of town hall sessions open to everyone about community impacts of the mass firings and cutbacks being done by Donald Trump’s regime.…
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DJT Exempts USA Automakers from Tariffs on Imports from Canada and Mexico until 2 April

After meeting with the “Big Three” USA automakers, Donald Trump granted a reprieve to USA car manufacturers from 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico until 2 April 2025.…
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Ontario, Canada, Cancels $100 million Starlink Contract

The Canadian province of Ontario cancelled its $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s satellite communications company Starlink. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced this in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on…
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US African Development Foundation Says No to DOGE

Ward Brehm, President and CEO of the African Development Foundation issued a letter to DOGE denying access to Peter Marocco until he is duly nominated and confirmed to the USAID…
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