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All external communications by the Department of Health and Human Services halted. Affected divisions include but are not limited to the Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health (NIH),…
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The Virginia legislature began the process of adding three amendments to the state constitution: easing restrictions on reproductive health care, restoring voting rights to felons with a spent felony conviction,…
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Donald Trump fired Admiral Linda Fagan from her post as Commandant in charge of the Coast Guard. (more…)
Donald Trump fired all members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, as well as the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard. (more…)
The day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Bishop Mariann Budde preached directly to him and VP J.D. Vance in a service at the National Cathedral in Washington DC, pleading calmly for…
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Marco Rubio was confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of State with 99 votes. Rubio is the first person of Latino heritage to serve in that role. Click here for…
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On stage in front of an inauguration celebration rally at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, standing at a podium behind the Seal of the President of the USA,…
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A few hours after Donald Trump was inaugurated as President, the White House website’s Spanish version disappeared, as well as its pages about the Constitution and reproductive health. (more…)
Donald Trump said he may impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as early as 1 February 2025. (more…)
The Social Security Administration cut Supplemental Security Income, which primarily helps disabled people with limited income and resources. (more…)
The Department of Homeland Security abruptly fired all its advisory committee members, discarding expertise and ending a probe into China-backed hacking of USA telecom companies. (more…)
Donald Trump ended the security details assigned to protect John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook. (more…)
During the afternoon after being inaugurated as President, Donald Trump ordered the CBP One app shut down and cancelled all pending appointments made through it by asylum seekers. (more…)
Shortly after his inauguration, Donald Trump suspended all refugee programs. Among those blocked from entry are 1660 Afghans due to fly the USA, including some who helped the fallen USA-backed…
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Donald Trump issued an executive order to deny birthright citizenship to some people who are born in the USA, in direct contravention of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order to pull the USA out of the World Health Organization 12 months from signing of the order. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. This order will not affect how the rest of the world refers to either natural…
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Donald Trump revoked a non-binding Biden executive order that called for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to be electric. (more…)
To facilitate wholesale replacement of civil servants with people loyal to him, Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify as “political hires” thousands of federal workers. This makes it…
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Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national energy emergency to restart paused gas exports, undo restrictions on drilling in Alaska, and generally boost the USA’s already booming fossil…
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Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing that there are officially “only two genders, male and female” and that gender cannot be changed. (more…)
Donald Trump paused enforcement of a law that bans in the USA any software applications with ownership in a “foreign adversary” and exempted TikTok’s USA service providers from liability under…
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Donald Trump rescinded 78 of Joe Biden’s 160 Presidential executive orders. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order granting a “full, complete and unconditional pardon” to nearly all people charged with attacking the national Capitol on 6 January 2021. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border with Mexico, and related orders pertaining to immigrants and the border. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the USA from the Paris Climate Accord again. This is part of a bundle of orders rolling back climate and environmental protection policies.…
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Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking new or renewed offshore wind leasing on the entire USA outer continental shelf. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the USA from a 2021 global deal setting minimum corporation tax. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order rebranding the U.S. Digital Service, a White House team, as the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service (USDS). He also imposed a 90…
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Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban federal employees from working remotely. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order resuming use of the federal death penalty, pressing to expand its use and facilitating its use in states. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order to make federal agencies route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of California. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order rescinding protected status from places of worship, schools and health care facilities (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order ending all humanitarian parole programs that allow immigrants, typically refugees, from certain countries to remain in the USA even though their immigration status is…
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Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending foreign aid for 90 days. Only programs which align with his policies will resume. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order rescinding Biden’s order, which sought to establish safety guidelines for generative AI. Click here for more details.
Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking security clearances of 51 officials. (more…)
Donald Trump signed an executive order to grant immediate interim high level clearance to Presidential appointees as he chooses without waiting for background checks. (more…)
Minutes after Donald Trump was sworn into office as President, three lawsuits were filed challenging the legality of his planned .Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (more…)
Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the USA. (more…)
Shortly before inauguration of his successor, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for several family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and members of the Congressional January 6th committee…
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Michael Whitaker stepped down from his post as head of the Federal Aviation Administration years before the end of his appointed term. (more…)
In the final days before inauguration of Donald Trump as President, leaders in churches and government in Chicago publicly opposed his announced plans for mass deportations of immigrants. (more…)
Although air assault by Israel continued until shortly before hostilities were supposed to pause, the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza did begin. The first few hostages to be released from…
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After an escalating series of incidents which damaged undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea, NATA began Baltic Sentry, a naval operation to monitor the area and respond to…
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The day after Donald Trump launched his cryptocurrency meme coin $Trump, his wife launched hers called $Melania. (more…)
After Friday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding a law that bans TikTok in the USA, TikTok went down… for 14 hours. Later in the same day, after DJT promised to pause…
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Revamped and renamed since the 2017 Women’s March that started it, people again rallied in Washington DC and other cities around the USA ahead of the inauguration of DJT. (more…)
In the countdown to his inauguration as President, Donald Trump launched his own “meme coin” cryptocurrency $Trump. By mid-afternoon, market valuation was estimated at $5.5 billion. (more…)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax, one of the nation’s three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, $15 million for improper investigations of consumer disputes of information in its files. (more…)