[
{
"date": "January 1, 2017 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Refusing to divest from his assets, Trump has had over 3,000 documented conflicts of interest, using his properties for government and special interest events, and illegally receiving payments from foreign and domestic governments in violation of the Emoluments Clause.",
"source": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/news-ethics-corruption-trump-accumulated-3000-conflicts-of-interest/",
"title": "Personal Profit",
"subtitle": "Presidency as a business...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2017",
"full_text": "Trump installed family members like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner in top White House roles, reversing decades of precedent. He also appointed unqualified mega-donors and loyalists to key positions, demanding personal loyalty over public service.",
"source": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5039154-trump-leans-on-extended-family-for-key-white-house-roles/",
"title": "Cronyism & Nepotism",
"subtitle": "Hiring family and loyalists...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 27, 2017",
"full_text": "Trump signed Executive Order 13769, commonly known as the 'travel ban' or 'Muslim ban,' which barred entry from seven Muslim-majority countries. The order caused immediate chaos at airports worldwide and was decried as discriminatory before being revised and later upheld by the Supreme Court.",
"source": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-plans-to-sign-executive-action-on-refugees-extreme-vetting/index.html",
"title": "The \"Muslim Ban\"",
"subtitle": "Barring entry...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "May 9, 2017",
"full_text": "Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, who was leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential links to the Trump campaign. The firing was widely seen as an obstruction of justice.",
"source": "https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html",
"title": "Firing James Comey",
"subtitle": "Amid Russia investigation...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "August 15, 2017",
"full_text": "During a 2017 press conference, Trump stated there were 'very fine people on both sides' of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counter-protester was killed. The comment drew widespread criticism for equivocating between white supremacists and those protesting against them.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2017/08/15/543769884/trump-again-blames-both-sides-for-charlottesville-violence",
"title": "\"Very Fine People\"",
"subtitle": "On both sides...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "September 1, 2017",
"full_text": "Senior White House officials, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, used private email accounts and encrypted messaging apps to conduct official government business, including communications with foreign leaders. This violated the Presidential Records Act and created significant national security risks.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-used-private-email-accounts-for-official-government-business-democrats-say/",
"title": "Private Email Use",
"subtitle": "Violating Records Act...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 11, 2018",
"full_text": "During a meeting on immigration, President Trump reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations as "shithole countries." The remark was widely condemned as racist.",
"source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvb26DCsOW4",
"title": "\"Shithole Countries\"",
"subtitle": "Racist remarks...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 22, 2018",
"full_text": "The administration initiated a trade war by announcing tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, followed by broad tariffs on steel and aluminum in March. This marked a major departure from decades of U.S. trade policy.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war",
"title": "China Trade War",
"subtitle": "Disrupting global market...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 1, 2018 (Policy Start)",
"full_text": "The administration fought transparency at every turn, from Trump being the first president in 40 years to hide his tax returns, to officials using private email and deleting messages, to the horrific family separation policy implemented without adequate records to reunite children with their parents.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2019/02/15/695054845/a-history-of-presidential-tax-returns",
"title": "Attack on Transparency",
"subtitle": "Hiding from the public...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "April 6, 2018",
"full_text": "In 2018, the Trump administration instituted a 'zero tolerance' policy that separated thousands of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed the Zero-Tolerance memo on April 6, 2018, though pilot separations began in 2017 in Yuma and El Paso. The policy caused widespread trauma and, in many cases, permanent separation due to inadequate tracking systems. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/family-separation-policy/",
"source": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-announces-zero-tolerance-policy-criminal-illegal-entry",
"title": "Family Separations",
"subtitle": "A cruel policy...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "May 8, 2018",
"full_text": "President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 international agreement that constrained Iran's nuclear program, reimposing sanctions and increasing tensions in the Middle East.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action",
"title": "Iran Nuclear Deal",
"subtitle": "Withdrawal from JCPOA...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "June 7, 2018",
"full_text": "The Department of Justice announced it would no longer defend the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions in court, threatening coverage for 133 million Americans.",
"source": "https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/reports",
"title": "ACA Sabotage",
"subtitle": "Threatening protections...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "July 9, 2018",
"full_text": "EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned after more than a dozen federal investigations into his conduct, which included lavish spending, using his office for personal gain, and renting a condo from an energy lobbyist.",
"source": "https://americanoversight.org/investigation/investigating-the-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt/",
"title": "Scott Pruitt's Scandals",
"subtitle": "A symbol of the swamp...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "July 16, 2018",
"full_text": "Standing next to Putin, Trump publicly sides with Russia over US intelligence agencies regarding election interference.",
"source": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812",
"title": "Helsinki Summit",
"subtitle": "Siding with Putin...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2019",
"full_text": "The administration began enforcing the \"Remain in Mexico\" policy, forcing tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico for their U.S. court hearings.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remain_in_Mexico",
"title": "\"Remain in Mexico\"",
"subtitle": "Dismantling asylum...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "July 1, 2019",
"full_text": "Trump withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine to pressure its president into announcing investigations into political rival Joe Biden, leading to his impeachment for abuse of power.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal",
"title": "Ukraine Impeachment",
"subtitle": "Abuse of power...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "August 2, 2019",
"full_text": "The U.S. formally withdrew from the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, citing Russian non-compliance and raising fears of a new nuclear arms race.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty",
"title": "INF Treaty Withdrawal",
"subtitle": "Risking a new arms race...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "September 4, 2019",
"full_text": "President Trump displays a modified NOAA map of Hurricane Dorian to falsely claim Alabama was in the path.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversy",
"title": "Sharpiegate",
"subtitle": "Altering a hurricane map...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 11, 2020",
"full_text": "After a critical tweet from Trump, DOJ leadership intervened to recommend a lighter sentence for Trump ally Roger Stone, causing four prosecutors to withdraw in protest of political interference.",
"source": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/foia-requests/attorney-general-barr-intervened-criminal-cases/",
"title": "Roger Stone Sentencing",
"subtitle": "Weaponizing the DOJ...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 23, 2020",
"full_text": "During a COVID-19 briefing, Trump suggests researching the injection of disinfectants into the human body.",
"source": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216",
"title": "Injecting Bleach",
"subtitle": "\"Injection of disinfectants\"...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 7, 2020",
"full_text": "The Justice Department moved to drop its own case against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, despite his having pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/attorney-general-william-barr-on-michael-flynn-obamacare-and-coronavirus-restrictions-transcript/",
"title": "Michael Flynn Case",
"subtitle": "A favor to an ally...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 1, 2020",
"full_text": "Federal officers used chemical irritants and smoke bombs to forcibly clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so that President Trump could walk to St. John's Church for a photo-op while holding a Bible.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials",
"title": "Lafayette Square Photo-Op",
"subtitle": "Clearing peaceful protesters...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "July 6, 2020",
"full_text": "The Trump Administration announced the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization , cutting off funding and jeopardizing global efforts to combat infectious diseases, including pandemic preparedness.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/",
"title": "Leaving the WHO",
"subtitle": "Undermining global health...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "November 4, 2020",
"full_text": "The U.S. officially became the only country to exit the Paris Agreement on climate change, abdicating U.S. leadership on a critical global issue.",
"source": "https://www.asil.org/ILIB/us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement-effective-today",
"title": "Paris Accord Withdrawal",
"subtitle": "Abandoning climate goals...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "December 23, 2020",
"full_text": "During his first term, Trump pardoned controversial figures including Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby, Blackwater guards, and Paul Manafort, frequently bypassing the Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA).",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_in_the_first_Trump_presidency",
"title": "First-Term Pardons",
"subtitle": "Bypassing the OPA...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 6, 2021",
"full_text": "On January 6, 2021, following a rally where Trump encouraged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, a violent mob stormed the building in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The attack resulted in multiple deaths and was widely condemned as an assault on American democracy.",
"source": "https://americanoversight.org/investigation/the-january-6-attack-on-the-u-s-capitol/",
"title": "Capitol Insurrection",
"subtitle": "An attack on democracy...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "September 2024",
"title": "World Liberty Financial & Crypto Conflict",
"subtitle": "Deregulation while profiting...",
"full_text": "The Trump family launched a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, and profited an estimated $1 billion while holding $3 billion in unsold tokens. Simultaneously, the administration cut crypto regulations, providing a direct boost to their own business ventures.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Liberty_Financial",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Project 2025, the 920-page \"Mandate for Leadership\" created by the Heritage Foundation and former Trump officials, details a \"First 180 Days Playbook\" to \"purge\" non-partisan civil servants.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025",
"title": "Project 2025: The \"Dictator on Day 1\" Playbook to Purge\n Government",
"subtitle": "Purge Government...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "The Project 2025 \"Mandate for Leadership\" education agenda proposes to \"Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.\"",
"source": "https://www.brookings.edu/articles/project-2025-and-education-a-lot-of-bad-ideas-some-more-actionable-than-others/",
"title": "Project 2025: A Plan to Abolish the Department of Education",
"subtitle": "Abolish Education...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "The Project 2025 blueprint calls to \"Eliminate the Head Start program for young children in poverty\" and \"Discontinue the Title I program\" for schools serving low-income children.
View Infographic: The Cost of Cutting Head Start",
"source": "https://www.brookings.edu/articles/project-2025-and-education-a-lot-of-bad-ideas-some-more-actionable-than-others/",
"title": "Project 2025: Killing Head Start and Defunding Low-Income\n Schools",
"subtitle": "Defunding Schools...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "A proposal within Project 2025 is to \"Privatize the National Weather Service,\" which would force Americans to \"pay for... life-saving weather alerts.\"",
"source": "https://meng.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/meng.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Stop%20Project%202025%20Task%20Force%27s%20Project%202025%20Executive%20Summary.pdf",
"title": "Project 2025: Making You Pay for Life-Saving Weather Alerts",
"subtitle": "Pay for Alerts...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Project 2025's plan includes \"rescind[ing] federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students\" and \"ban[ning] transgender troops from service.\"",
"source": "https://www.brookings.edu/articles/project-2025-and-education-a-lot-of-bad-ideas-some-more-actionable-than-others/",
"title": "Project 2025: A Sweeping Plan to Rescind LGBTQ+ Civil Rights",
"subtitle": "Rescind Rights...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Project 2025 proposes to \"drastically limit what disability benefits veterans qualify for\" and revokes the VA's ability to provide abortion-related care.
View Infographic: Betraying Our Heroes",
"source": "https://meng.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/meng.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Stop%20Project%202025%20Task%20Force%27s%20Project%202025%20Executive%20Summary.pdf",
"title": "Project 2025: Slashing Veterans' Disability Benefits and\n Healthcare",
"subtitle": "Slashing Benefits...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Trump ally Steve Bannon stated in an interview that \"there is a plan\" for Donald Trump to circumvent the 22nd Amendment and serve a third term, which would be \"laid out at an 'appropriate time.'\"",
"source": "https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025/11/11/how-donald-trump-could-overcome-the-22nd-amendment-and-get-a-third-term-in-2028/",
"title": "Planning for a Third Term: \"There is a Plan\" to Break the 22nd\n Amendment",
"subtitle": "Break the 22nd...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "Despite Donald Trump claiming to \"know nothing\" about Project 2025, he has appointed its key architects to top White House posts, including Stephen Miller (Deputy Chief of Staff) and Karoline Leavitt (Press Secretary).",
"source": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/trump-allies-project-2025",
"title": "He \"Knows Nothing\" About Project 2025\u2014But Hired Its Architects",
"subtitle": "Hired its Architects...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025 (Ongoing)",
"full_text": "The administration's official platform, \"Agenda 47,\" is a 16-page document that relies heavily on executive orders to \"significantly expand executive power\" and roll back civil rights protections.
Compare with: Our Vision",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_47",
"title": "Agenda 47: The Official Plan to \"Significantly Expand Executive\n Power\"",
"subtitle": "Expand Power...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump launched a campaign against elite universities, accusing them of antisemitism and 'anti-American' values. He used an executive order to threaten federal funding, initiated DOJ investigations, and led public smear campaigns against students and faculty, calling them 'terrorist sympathizers.'",
"source": "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/20/inside-the-trump-administrations-assault-on-higher-education",
"title": "Attacking Universities",
"subtitle": "'Anti-American values'...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development , gutting foreign aid, HIV/AIDS prevention, and disaster relief programs. After a six-week purge, 83% of USAID programs were eliminated.",
"source": "https://www.devex.com/news/project-2025-would-undermine-development-humanitarian-aid-advocates-say-107931",
"title": "Dismantling USAID",
"subtitle": "Abandoning global aid...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration rolled back key patient protections under the Affordable Care Act, allowing insurers to once again deny coverage for pre-existing conditions and impose lifetime caps, threatening access to care for millions.",
"source": "https://cohen.house.gov/TrumpAdminTracker",
"title": "Gutting the ACA",
"subtitle": "Pre-existing conditions return...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration cut funds that support NIH medical research grants, limiting indirect expenses and threatening to cause layoffs, suspend clinical trials, and delay progress at institutions like St. Jude and UTHSC. A federal judge blocked the policy.",
"source": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02721-5",
"title": "Cutting Research Funds",
"subtitle": "Harming medical breakthroughs...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration froze funding for federal small business grants, disproportionately impacting minority- and women-owned businesses that rely on these programs for startup capital and stability.",
"source": "https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/trumps-unprecedented-funding-freeze-hits-communities-across-america",
"title": "Cutting Small Biz Grants",
"subtitle": "Harming minority owners...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 2025",
"title": "Massive Crypto Donations Quid Pro Quo",
"subtitle": "SEC cases dropped...",
"full_text": "The crypto industry was a top donor to Trump's 2025 inauguration fund. Following donations, the SEC dropped or paused cases against firms like Coinbase, while Ripple and Solana had their tokens added to the national Digital Asset Stockpile.",
"source": "https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/crypto-money-trump-inauguration-00199088",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 2025",
"title": "Inauguration Fund Quid Pro Quos",
"subtitle": "Corporate donations for favors...",
"full_text": "Trump took roughly $50 million for his inauguration fund from organizations facing federal enforcement action, including Bank of America and Capital One, whose investigations were subsequently paused.",
"source": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-inauguration-donors-federal-investigations-rcna188619",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "2025",
"title": "Apple Tariffs Exemption",
"subtitle": "$1M donation for a billion-dollar exemption...",
"full_text": "Apple donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund, after which Trump exempted Apple products manufactured in China from tariffs, saving the company billions.",
"source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-apple-tariff-refund-strategy-donald-trump-whisperer-2026-4",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump signed Executive Order 14160 targeting unlawfully and temporarily present mothers to end birthright citizenship for their children, a direct violation of the 14th Amendment.",
"source": "https://www.aila.org/library/president-trump-signs-executive-order-protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship",
"title": "Ending Birthright Citizenship",
"subtitle": "Violating the 14th Amendment...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump signed Executive Order 14151, ordering the termination of all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices in federal agencies and prohibiting the consideration of DEI factors in hiring and contracting, causing chaos in federal HR departments.",
"source": "https://www.nafsa.org/executive-and-regulatory-actions-trump2admin",
"title": "Ending DEI in Government",
"subtitle": "Erasing equity programs...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "Executive Order 14169 mandated a 90-day pause on all foreign development assistance, immediately halting funding for USAID programs and impacting global HIV/AIDS prevention and food security initiatives.",
"source": "https://www.nafsa.org/executive-and-regulatory-actions-trump2admin",
"title": "Foreign Aid Pause",
"subtitle": "Halting global assistance...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration initiated the one-year process to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO, accusing the organization of mismanagement and being too deferential to China, undermining global pandemic preparedness.",
"source": "https://www.kff.org/quick-take/u-s-withdrawal-from-the-world-health-organization-whats-at-stake/",
"title": "WHO Withdrawal",
"subtitle": "Undermining global health...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump signs an Executive Order stripping civil service protections from policy-influencing positions, effectively beginning the \"purge\" of the federal workforce.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-accountability-to-policy-influencing-positions-within-the-federal-workforce/",
"title": "Schedule F Reinstated",
"subtitle": "Purging the workforce...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration rescinded an order designed to lower prescription drug costs, eliminating a $2 copay cap for generics and ending Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prices, directly increasing costs for seniors.",
"source": "https://www.epi.org/policywatch/rescind-eo-14087-lowering-prescription-drug-prices-for-americans/",
"title": "Higher Drug Prices",
"subtitle": "Killing cost-saving rules...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 20, 2025",
"full_text": "On his first day in office, President Trump issued a blanket pardon and commutation for nearly 1,600 individuals involved in the Jan. 6th Capitol attack, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio (originally sentenced to 22 years) and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes (originally sentenced to 18 years), releasing both from prison. The action also nullified ~$2.7M in court-ordered restitution, shifting the cost to taxpayers.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-orders-jan-6-pardons",
"title": "Jan. 6th Pardons",
"subtitle": "Blanket pardon for political violence...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 21, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the 'Silk Road' dark-web marketplace, who was serving two life sentences for distributing narcotics. The site was linked to at least six overdose deaths. ",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht/",
"title": "Ross Ulbricht Pardon",
"subtitle": "Pardoning a dark-web kingpin...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 22, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump pardoned D.C. police officer Terence Sutton, who was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder for a fatal pursuit, and Lt. Andrew Zabavsky, who was convicted of the subsequent cover-up. The action overturned the jury's verdict. ",
"source": "https://www.police1.com/legal/trump-pardons-d-c-police-officers-convicted-in-case-of-motorist-killed-during-pursuit",
"title": "Pardon for Convicted Officers",
"subtitle": "Overturning a murder conviction...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 24, 2025",
"full_text": "The illegal termination of 17 watchdogs to protect corporate allies.",
"source": "https://theintercept.com/2020/06/22/william-barr-has-turned-the-justice-department-into-a-law-firm-with-one-client-donald-trump/",
"title": "The Friday Night Massacre of Inspectors General",
"subtitle": "Firing watchdogs...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 27, 2025",
"full_text": "The Office of Management and Budget ordered a temporary halt to all federal grants to prevent funding for programs related to diversity, equity, climate change, and \"transgenderism.\"",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_grant_pause",
"title": "Federal Grant Pause",
"subtitle": "Illegal impoundment of funds...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 27, 2025",
"full_text": "Executive Order 14183 is signed, banning transgender individuals from military service and citing \"unit cohesion\" as the justification.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14183",
"title": "Trans Military Ban",
"subtitle": "Discrimination in service...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 27, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump issued an executive order halting nearly all federal grants, disrupting everything from infrastructure projects to lifesaving medical research at St. Jude. A federal judge blocked the order, ruling Trump lacked the authority to withhold congressionally appropriated funds.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-stops-wasteful-grantmaking/",
"title": "Freezing Federal Grants",
"subtitle": "Harming all sectors...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 28, 2025",
"full_text": "The Office of Personnel Management sent a mass email to nearly 3 million federal workers offering \"deferred resignation,\" a tactic to induce mass resignations and purge the civil service.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-federal-workers-resignation-offer-reaction",
"title": "Federal Resignations",
"subtitle": "A purge of the civil service...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 29, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump signs an EO to deport non-citizen students involved in \"pro-jihadist\" protests, effectively targeting pro-Palestine campus demonstrations.",
"source": "https://www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/trump-moves-to-deport-foreign-students-who-engaged-in-pro-palestinian-protests/",
"title": "Student Visa Cancellations",
"subtitle": "Targeting students...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Elon Musk's unofficial "Department of Government Efficiency" was granted full access to a Treasury Department payment system containing the personal and financial data of millions of Americans.
View Infographic: The Great Data Handover",
"source": "https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-treasury-access",
"title": "DOGE Data Access",
"subtitle": "Handing over sensitive data...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration granted Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive payment and data systems from the Treasury, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, sparking outrage and legislative action to protect taxpayer data.",
"source": "https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/judge-treasury-doge-access-data-payment-systems-00371969",
"title": "Musk's Data Access",
"subtitle": "Handing over sensitive data...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "February 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. Trump, who had previously commuted his sentence, called the conviction a 'terrible injustice.' ",
"source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64o5-5KKbI",
"title": "Rod Blagojevich Pardon",
"subtitle": "Pardoning public corruption...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Following reports that a Trump official expressed interest in their case to Romanian officials, Andrew and Tristan Tate, who face charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania, had their travel ban lifted and flew to the U.S. ",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/andrew-tate-deported-campaign-ultraviolet",
"title": "Tate Brothers' U.S. Travel",
"subtitle": "Influencing a foreign case...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "February 7, 2025",
"full_text": "Amid administration efforts to dismantle the agency, Democratic members of Congress were physically locked out of the Department of Education headquarters when they attempted to conduct oversight.",
"source": "https://www.k12dive.com/news/Congressional-members-locked-out-at-Education-Department/739598/",
"title": "Locking Out Lawmakers",
"subtitle": "Blocking accountability...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration slashed funding for federal clean energy programs, connected to the DOGE mandate and the OMB order halting climate funding. This included massive $21B cuts and defunding of targeted state projects.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-hydrogen-hub-newsom-0223cb4469508bcea4f689c18c9ab65d",
"title": "Slashing Clean Energy",
"subtitle": "Jeopardizing green jobs...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2025",
"title": "Gutting the FCPA",
"subtitle": "Suspending anti-bribery enforcement...",
"full_text": "Trump suspended the anti-bribery enforcement law known as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for four months, then reinstated a narrower version with half the previous bench of prosecutors.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2017/11/08/561059555/trump-used-to-disparage-an-anti-bribery-law-will-he-enforce-it-now",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 11, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration orders federal agencies to hire only one employee for every four that depart, aiming to shrink the federal government size by attrition.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative/",
"title": "Workforce Reduction Order",
"subtitle": "Shrinking government by attrition...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 12, 2025",
"full_text": "Executive Order 14211, the 'One Voice' directive, declared that failure to faithfully implement the President's policy is grounds for professional discipline, leading to the recall or termination of career diplomats deemed insufficiently loyal.",
"source": "https://www.nafsa.org/executive-and-regulatory-actions-trump2admin",
"title": "State Department Purge",
"subtitle": "Demanding total loyalty...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 18, 2025",
"full_text": "An executive order was issued to strip independent regulatory agencies of their autonomy by requiring their rules and budgets to be cleared by the White House, a move to consolidate power.",
"source": "https://www.orrick.com/en/Insights/2025/02/Executive-Order-on-Independent-Regulatory-Agencies",
"title": "Gutting Watchdogs",
"subtitle": "A blatant power grab...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 19, 2025",
"full_text": "The Department of Government Efficiency launched a 'Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting' process, requiring agencies to eliminate two regulations for every new one proposed, effectively paralyzing the rulemaking capacity of agencies like the EPA and OSHA.",
"source": "https://www.ncsl.org/in-dc/2025-administration-actions-key-executive-orders-and-policies",
"title": "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting",
"subtitle": "Paralyzing agencies...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration ordered the mass firing of approximately 25,000 newly hired federal employees still in their probationary period. A federal judge later ruled the action was unlawful.
View Infographic: The Cost of a Purge",
"source": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/09/trumps-mass-probationary-firings-were-illegal-judge-concludes-he-wont-order-re-hirings/408111/",
"title": "Mass Firing of Employees",
"subtitle": "Unlawful mass termination...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration ordered federal agencies to terminate tens of thousands of probationary employees en masse. A judge ruled the directive was 'unlawful, invalid, and must be stopped and rescinded.'",
"source": "https://www.afge.org/article/judge-rules-mass-termination-of-probationary-federal-workers-illegal/",
"title": "Firing New Hires",
"subtitle": "Unlawful mass termination...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration issued a series of executive orders against law firms connected to investigations of Trump, seeking to terminate their federal contracts and suspend security clearances in an act of political retaliation.",
"source": "https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/trumps-executive-orders-against-law-firms/",
"title": "Targeting Law Firms",
"subtitle": "An attack on legal opposition...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The Trump administration targeted foreign students, researchers, and legal residents for deportation, some for alleged pro-Palestinian activism and others without explanation. The crackdown, citing national security, appeared designed to chill speech on college campuses, leading to detentions and visa revocations without due process.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5349472/students-protest-trump-free-speech-arrests-deportation-gaza",
"title": "Student Deportations",
"subtitle": "Targeting dissent...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 2, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump signed an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education, a move that would disrupt the administration of Pell Grants, student loans, and civil rights protections, exacerbating educational inequalities.",
"source": "https://19thnews.org/2025/03/trump-executive-order-department-of-education/",
"title": "Dismantling Education Dept.",
"subtitle": "'Return authority to states'...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "March 8, 2025",
"full_text": "ICE agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and legal permanent resident, in what was widely seen as retaliation for his leadership role in pro-Palestinian campus activism.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil",
"title": "Student Activist Detention",
"subtitle": "Targeting dissent...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 12, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump pardoned former TN State Senator Brian Kelsey just two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for a federal campaign finance scheme to which he had pleaded guilty. ",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-brian-kelsey-former-tennessee-state-senator-campaign-fraud/",
"title": "Brian Kelsey Pardon",
"subtitle": "Pardon for campaign finance fraud...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 13, 2025",
"full_text": "Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly offered to deport protected MS-13 informants back to El Salvador in exchange for President Nayib Bukele allowing the U.S. to use a notorious prison for deported migrants.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5580555/why-the-state-department-handed-u-s-informants-over-to-el-salvador",
"title": "MS-13 Quid Pro Quo",
"subtitle": "A deep betrayal of law enforcement...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 25, 2025",
"full_text": "Executive Order 14247 mandated the transition of all federal disbursements to electronic means by September 30, 2025. By ignoring the unbanked and elderly population, this order set the stage for a social safety net failure.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/modernizing-payments-to-and-from-americas-bank-account/",
"title": "Ending Paper Checks",
"subtitle": "A hidden crisis...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "March 28, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who was convicted of securities and wire fraud for deceiving investors. The pardon came after Milton and his wife donated over $1.8M to a Trump campaign fund less than a month before the election. ",
"source": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/trump-explains-pardon-of-utah-billionaire-trevor-milton-who-was-convicted-of-fraud",
"title": "Trevor Milton Pardon",
"subtitle": "Pardon after a large donation...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Utilizing Schedule F authorities, the administration terminated approximately 10,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services, including vital staff at the CDC and FDA, severely compromising the nation's public health infrastructure.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/hhs-mass-firings",
"title": "The Tuesday Massacre at HHS",
"subtitle": "Gutting public health...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 2, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration implemented a 10% universal baseline tariff on all imports and 60% tariffs on Chinese goods. Projections showed this would reduce GDP by 6% and cause immediate price shocks for consumers.",
"source": "https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2025/4/10/economic-effects-of-president-trumps-tariffs",
"title": "Universal Tariff Shock",
"subtitle": "Driving up prices...",
"category": "Echonomic Justice"
},
{
"date": "April 8, 2025",
"full_text": "Executive Order 14295 streamlined the Federal Register publication process to allow for faster deregulation, removing public comment periods and bureaucratic checks that previously allowed for scientific review.",
"source": "https://www.nafsa.org/executive-and-regulatory-actions-trump2admin",
"title": "Streamlining Deregulation",
"subtitle": "Bypassing public review...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 5, 2025",
"title": "Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan Secret Deal",
"subtitle": "AI chips for crypto investments...",
"full_text": "A firm tied to UAE's Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan secretly bought a 49% stake in WLFI for $500 million. Shortly after, the Trump administration undid a national security block, allowing the UAE to acquire advanced Nvidia AI chips.",
"source": "https://www.scribd.com/document/858080038/UAE-Crypto-Trump-Corruption-Letter",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "May 13, 2025",
"title": "Saudi Investments and Arms Deals",
"subtitle": "Mixing business with state affairs...",
"full_text": "While approving a $142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the Saudis hosted international golf tournaments at Trump properties and the Trump organization partnered on Trump Tower Jeddah, highlighting unprecedented conflicts of interest.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/us-saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-meeting-syria",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 14, 2025",
"title": "Qatar Airplane and Arms Sale",
"subtitle": "Luxury airplane for arms...",
"full_text": "Qatar offered Trump a $400 million luxury airplane to be used as Air Force One while making investments in his crypto venture. This culminated in favorable U.S. arms sales to Qatar worth $1.96 billion.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/trump-plane-gift-qatar",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 20, 2025",
"title": "Babbitt Wrongful Death Settlement",
"subtitle": "Rewarding Insurrectionists...",
"full_text": "The Trump administration agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter who was fatally shot inside the Capitol on January 6. Babbitt's estate alleged U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd was negligent in the issue of force and his firearm, despite internal reviews finding Byrd saved lives and did not engage in misconduct.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-5-million-ashli-babbitt-jan-6-rioter-who-was-killed/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 27, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump pardoned reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of a multi-year conspiracy involving bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion after a public campaign claimed they were politically persecuted. ",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/julie-chrisley-todd-trump-pardons-federal-prison-9c508547bf5f6d57ae20f38c6821cecd",
"title": "Chrisley Pardons",
"subtitle": "Pardoning celebrity fraud...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 28, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump granted a full pardon to former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, who had pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud in 2014 in connection with a restaurant he owned and served a seven-month prison sentence. ",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-former-rep-michael-grimm/",
"title": "Michael Grimm Pardon",
"subtitle": "Pardon for tax fraud...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 28, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump commuted the multiple federal life sentences of Larry Hoover, co-founder of the Gangster Disciples gang. The action was largely symbolic, as Hoover remains imprisoned on a separate 150-200 year state murder sentence.",
"source": "https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-larry-hoover-commutation",
"title": "Larry Hoover Commutation",
"subtitle": "Commuting a gang founder's sentence...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 30, 2025",
"title": "Executive Branch Club",
"subtitle": "Pay for access...",
"full_text": "The Trump family opened an exclusive club in Washington called 'Executive Branch' that charges $500,000 per membership, offering unprecedented access to the administration.",
"source": "https://washingtonian.com/2025/05/30/everything-we-know-about-the-ultra-exclusive-maga-clubhouse-in-georgetown/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 15, 2025",
"full_text": "Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the \"long-term architect\" of immigration policy, ordered ICE to conduct mass arrests at Home Depot and 7-Eleven stores, targeting day laborers.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/trump-immigration-stephen-miller-influence",
"title": "\"Get 3,000 a Day\": Miller Orders Mass ICE Arrests at Home Depot\n and 7-Eleven",
"subtitle": "Mass Arrests...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "June 15, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines \"onto the streets\" of Los Angeles to confront pro-migrant protestors, an act critics called \"authoritarianism.\"",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/trump-immigration-stephen-miller-influence",
"title": "Military on the Streets: Using Active-Duty Marines Against\n Domestic Protestors in Los Angeles",
"subtitle": "Against Protestors...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "June 15, 2025",
"full_text": "After protests erupted in Los Angeles against his mass arrest policies, Stephen Miller \"promptly raised the stakes by accusing [the protestors] of an 'insurrection.'\"",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/trump-immigration-stephen-miller-influence",
"title": "Silencing Dissent: Labeling Pro-Migrant Protestors\n \"Insurrectionists\"",
"subtitle": "\"Insurrectionists\"...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 16, 2025",
"title": "Trump Mobile License Deal",
"subtitle": "Profiting from the presidential brand...",
"full_text": "The Trump Organization launched 'Trump Mobile,' licensing his name for a phone and mobile plan and promoting it using the presidential brand while he was in office.",
"source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Mobile",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "July 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration included Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a U.S. veteran convicted in Venezuela for a brutal triple murder in Spain, in a prisoner swap for 'wrongfully detained' Americans. He was released as a free man in the U.S., creating a direct risk to public safety.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/ex-marine-released-prisoner-swap-deal",
"title": "Murderer Freed in Swap",
"subtitle": "Releasing a convicted killer...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "July 4, 2025",
"full_text": "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed on July 4 fundamentally altered SNAP, Medicaid, and the corporate tax code, adding $3T to the debt.
View Infographic: SNAP Policy & Administrative Actions",
"source": "https://www.fns.usda.gov/obbb",
"title": "Passage of the OBBBA",
"subtitle": "Weaponizing SNAP...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "July 4, 2025",
"full_text": "A protest against ICE at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, escalated into violence, resulting in a police officer being shot in the shoulder. The administration responded by prosecuting nine of the protesters under federal anti-terrorism laws, asserting they were part of a coordinated 'antifa cell,' though observers noted several of the defendants did not know each other and one was not even at the protest.",
"source": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/eight-defendants-sentenced-conspiracy-commit-terrorism-prairieland-detention-center-attack",
"title": "Prairieland Detention Center Protest",
"subtitle": "Protest leads to terrorism prosecution...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "August 1, 2025",
"full_text": "A review of DHS social media found the agency was using white nationalist and anti-immigrant slogans and imagery, some sourced from neo-Nazi publications, in its official recruitment materials.",
"source": "https://time.com/7326233/trump-remigrate-homeland-security/",
"title": "DHS White Nationalist Tropes",
"subtitle": "Trafficking in racism...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "August 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The official Department of Homeland Security X account now openly and frequently traffics in genuinely racist far-right imagery and terminology.",
"source": "https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/dhs-white-nationalist-anti-immigrant-social-media/",
"title": "DHS on X",
"subtitle": "Trafficking in racism...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "August 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration opened the largest immigration detention center in U.S. history at Fort Bliss, Texas. Reports from the soft-sided tent facility described conditions comparable to internment camps, with rampant abuse and denial of legal counsel.",
"source": "https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/detained-immigrants-detail-physical-abuse-and-inhumane-conditions-at-largest-immigration-detention-center-in-the-u-s",
"title": "Camp East Montana Opens",
"subtitle": "Internment conditions...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "August 2025",
"title": "Stock Trading Ban Exclusion",
"subtitle": "Excluding the executive branch...",
"full_text": "President Trump and Vice President JD Vance lobbied Congress to exclude themselves from a proposed ban on stock trading by federal officials.",
"source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/congress-stock-trading-ban-trump.html",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "August 15, 2025",
"full_text": "The first major summit of the second term (in Anchorage) ends without the promised ceasefire or joint statement.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-putin-meeting-alaska-ukraine/",
"title": "Alaska Summit Failure",
"subtitle": "Failed diplomacy...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "September 1, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump told a group of U.S. generals that \"we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,\" a statement condemned as \"unlawful and un-American.\"",
"source": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5528730-trump-military-training-cities-crime-crackdown/",
"title": "Military Training in Cities",
"subtitle": "In our own cities...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "September 6, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump pushed to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War (DoW), arguing that the change would better reflect the agency's primary function. Critics slammed the move as a wasteful rebranding effort that disregards modern defense strategies focused on diplomacy and cybersecurity. The proposal sparked bipartisan opposition in Congress, with many lawmakers expressing concern over the potential costs and implications of such a change.
View Analysis: Rebranding Cost vs. Veteran Housing",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5529420/trump-department-of-war-department-of-defense",
"title": "Wasting Resources Renaming the Department of Defense",
"subtitle": "Renaming the Department of Defense...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "September 22, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump signed an executive order designating 'antifa' as a 'MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,' claiming that protesters standing against administration policies are attempting to 'overthrow...the United States Government.' Legal experts, including Faiza Patel of the Brennan Center, noted that the president has no statutory authority to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations, and that the purported designation has no legal effect, serving only to crush political opposition.",
"source": "https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trumps-orders-targeting-antifascism-aim-criminalize-opposition",
"title": "Antifa Designated as Major Terrorist Organization",
"subtitle": "Broad domestic terror designation...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "September 25, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7), titled 'Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.' The directive established a National Joint Terrorism Task Force to investigate Americans participating in protests and ordered the Attorney General to prosecute protest activities as federal crimes to the maximum extent permissible by law.",
"source": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/",
"title": "NSPM-7 Targets Domestic Protest",
"subtitle": "Criminalizing political opposition...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump pardoned the cryptocurrency billionaire founder of Binance, who had served four months in prison for violating U.S. banking laws.",
"source": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/binance-co-founder-sends-thank-you-message-to-donald-trump-after-pardon/articleshow/124821782.cms",
"title": "Binance Pardon",
"subtitle": "A convenient pardon...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that \"the Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.\"",
"source": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/karoline-leavitt-wild-claim-democratic-204736691.html",
"title": "Inflammatory Rhetoric",
"subtitle": "Dehumanizing opponents...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Following the implementation of EO 14247, millions of elderly and unbanked Americans did not receive their Social Security or disability payments, leading to a humanitarian crisis of evictions and hunger.",
"source": "https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/nta-blog/as-the-irs-phases-out-paper-checks-vulnerable-taxpayers-must-not-be-left-behind/2025/10/",
"title": "Social Security Check Crisis",
"subtitle": "The safety net fails...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump filed two claims asking his own Justice Department to pay him $230 million in damages for the Russia investigation and the Mar-a-Lago documents search.",
"source": "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html",
"title": "Damages from DOJ",
"subtitle": "\"I'll have the final say...\"",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing architectural projects in Washington, D.C.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-5589793/white-house-fired-arts-commission",
"title": "Firing of Arts Board",
"subtitle": "To push personal projects...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 1, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump commuted the 87-month prison sentence of expelled congressman George Santos, who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from his own campaign donors. Santos was released less than three months into his sentence. ",
"source": "https://www.fox5ny.com/news/trump-commutes-george-santos-prison-sentence",
"title": "George Santos Commutation",
"subtitle": "Freeing a convicted fraudster...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 6, 2025",
"full_text": "Key agencies like the EPA and Department of Energy were handed over to former industry lobbyists and executives with deep ties to the fossil fuel and oil industries, who then worked to dismantle environmental regulations for the benefit of their former employers.",
"source": "https://www.citizen.org/article/trumps-polluter-playground/",
"title": "Industry Takeover",
"subtitle": "Lobbyists in charge...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "October 8, 2025",
"full_text": "The Pentagon's National Guard Bureau issued a directive ordering all states to form "quick reaction forces" trained in riot control, totaling 23,500 troops nationwide, raising concerns about militarization.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces",
"title": "Riot Control Forces",
"subtitle": "Militarizing domestic control...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 17, 2025",
"full_text": "Senate Republicans posted an AI-generated video of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5578279/ai-schumer-gop-attack-ad",
"title": "GOP AI Video",
"subtitle": "Of Chuck Schumer...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "October 18, 2025",
"full_text": "In response to massive nationwide protests, President Trump posted a juvenile, AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting himself in a fighter jet labeled "KING TRUMP" dropping a brown sludge resembling feces onto the crowds below.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/trump-ai-video-no-kings",
"title": "AI Video Dumping Feces on Protesters",
"subtitle": "Dumping on protesters...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "October 21, 2025",
"full_text": "Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to a reporter's question about the venue for the Budapest summit with the text: \"Your mom did.\"",
"source": "https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/karoline-leavitt-your-mom-did-reporter-response/",
"title": "\"Your mom did\"",
"subtitle": "\"Your mom did.\"",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "October 22, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump cancels the follow-up summit in Hungary after Russia refuses to soften its territorial demands.",
"source": "https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/31/us-scrapped-trump-putin-budapest-summit-after-moscows-hardline-demands-on-ukraine-ft-a91001",
"title": "Budapest Summit Cancelled",
"subtitle": "Diplomacy collapses...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "October 22, 2025",
"full_text": "The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) held a "Global Energy Summit" where speakers "derided climate action" and celebrated "policies to reverse the prior administration's... subsidies for solar and wind energy."",
"source": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11112025/america-first-policy-institute-global-energy-summit-trump-policy/",
"title": "The \"Energy Dominance\" Agenda: Big Oil's Plan to Deride Climate\n Action",
"subtitle": "Deride Climate Action...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "October 25, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration significantly reduced funding for Pell Grants and other federal student aid programs, making it harder for low-income students to afford college and forcing many to take on more private debt.",
"source": "https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/36431/Trump_s_FY_2026_Budget_Request_Calls_for_Decreasing_Maximum_Pell_Grant_and_More_Reductions_for_Student_Aid_Programs",
"title": "Cutting Student Aid",
"subtitle": "Making college unaffordable...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "October 28, 2025",
"title": "$TRUMP Memecoin Launch",
"subtitle": "Profiting off the presidency...",
"full_text": "President Trump launched a personal 'memecoin' called $TRUMP just three days before his inauguration. The coin skyrocketed 300% overnight based on hype he created, netting him personally about $350 million, before the coin crashed and lost 97% of its value.",
"source": "https://www.amlintelligence.com/2025/10/news-trump-family-makes-800m-crypto-profit-in-six-months/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "October 29, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration issued sweeping rollbacks of environmental protections, weakening regulations on air and water quality, allowing increased industrial pollution, and reversing emissions standards for power plants and vehicles.",
"source": "https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-administration-plans-to-roll-back-epa-regulations-could-harm-health/",
"title": "Gutting EPA Rules",
"subtitle": "More pollution allowed...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "October 31, 2025",
"full_text": "The administration moved to dismantle the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, creating uncertainty for teachers, nurses, and other public servants who were on track for loan forgiveness.",
"source": "https://www.investopedia.com/trump-administration-finalizes-rule-to-block-which-public-servants-can-receive-students-loan-forgiveness-11840274",
"title": "Killing Loan Forgiveness",
"subtitle": "Betraying public servants...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "November 1, 2025",
"full_text": "President Donald Trump on Saturday went after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for her Somali heritage, urging her to leave the country in a social media post, reprising an attack he used several times throughout his time in office. \u201cShe should go back!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social, alongside a video of Omar speaking to a crowd. It was not immediately clear when the event was, but the video of Omar speaking has been circulating among right-leaning social media accounts for at least a couple weeks. Omar was born in Somalia, fled a civil war in the country when she was 8, and arrived in the U.S. after spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp in 1995. She became an American citizen in 2000. Trump's MAGA allies, including Laura Loomer, were quick to amplify his post across their social media channels. This isn't the first time in recent weeks that the president has suggested Omar should be removed from the country. \u201cYou know I met the head of Somalia, did you know that?\u201d he told reporters at the Oval Office in September. \u201cAnd I suggested that maybe he'd like to take her back. He said \u2018I don't want her.'\u201d Trump also called out Omar multiple times during his first term, in one instance accusing her of \u201ctelling us how to run our country\u201d during the final months of the 2020 campaign.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/trumps-hate-filled-rant-ignores-facts-on-immigrant-and-economic-benefits",
"title": "Attacks on Ilhan Omar",
"subtitle": "\"She should go back!\"",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "November 6, 2025",
"full_text": "Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation (the architect of Project 2025), defended Tucker Carlson for platforming "Hitler fan" and "Holocaust denier" Nick Fuentes on his podcast.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes",
"title": "Defending a \"Hitler Fan\": Project 2025 Leader Defends\n Platforming a Holocaust Denier",
"subtitle": "Defending Extremism...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "November 10, 2025",
"full_text": "Allies of President Trump have been pardoned after backing efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This latest string of pardons, while symbolic, appears to be part of Trump's longstanding efforts to rewrite history and amplify his false claims that the 2020 election, which was won by Joe Biden, was stolen. Pressed about those false claims in a 2022 interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Trump repeatedly attempted to cast more misinformation about his election loss, before abruptly ending the call.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5604174/trump-pardons-2020-election",
"title": "Pardons for Election Lies",
"subtitle": "Rewriting history...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 10, 2025",
"full_text": "In a Fox News interview, President Trump "claimed that increased access to food stamps had put 'the country in jeopardy,'" casting blame on aid recipients for poor economic indicators.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/donald-trump-interview-laura-ingraham-economy",
"title": "Attacking the Poor: Trump Claims Food Stamps \"Put the Country in\n Jeopardy\"",
"subtitle": "\"In Jeopardy\"...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "November 11, 2025",
"full_text": "A report by The Guardian details an "unprecedented pardoning spree" for political and business friends, including hundreds of MAGA allies and a cryptocurrency mogul. Legal scholars describe it as a "corrupt" and "pay-to-play" scheme.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/trump-pardons-justice-department",
"title": "Pardons for \"Pay-to-Play\": Selling Justice to the Highest Bidder",
"subtitle": "Selling Justice...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 11, 2025",
"full_text": "New Justice Department Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, a "Maga loyalist," posted "No Maga left behind" on social media. A former prosecutor called this a "deeply disturbing violation of DOJ policy" suggesting favorable treatment for supporters.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/trump-pardons-justice-department",
"title": "\"No MAGA Left Behind\": The DOJ's New, Politicized Pardon Policy",
"subtitle": "Politicized Pardons...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 11, 2025",
"full_text": "Ed Martin, the new Pardon Attorney, has a history of pushing "false claims about election fraud in Trump's 2020 loss" and did legal work for Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/trump-pardons-justice-department",
"title": "Appointing an Election Denier to Run the Justice Department's\n Pardon Office",
"subtitle": "Election Denier...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 14, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump snaps at a female reporter on Air Force One asking about Jeffrey Epstein, telling her: \"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.\"",
"source": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-female-reporters-piggy-9.6986147",
"title": "\"Quiet, piggy\"",
"subtitle": "Silencing a journalist...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "November 15, 2025",
"full_text": "A Listeria outbreak linked to chicken alfredo killed three people and hospitalized dozens. Experts attributed the severity of the outbreak to the firing of 20% of the FDA workforce, which left the agency unable to track the contamination.",
"source": "https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/06/23/how-have-doge-cuts-impacted-food-safety",
"title": "Lethal Listeria Outbreak",
"subtitle": "Consequences of deregulation...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 20, 2025",
"full_text": "On Truth Social, Trump calls 6 Democratic lawmakers \"traitors\" and states their actions are \"punishable by DEATH.\"",
"source": "https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/11/20/trump-sedition-mark-kelly-illegal-orders/",
"title": "Death Penalty for Democrats",
"subtitle": "Threatening sedition charges...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "November 20, 2025",
"full_text": "Trump took to Truth Social, where he railed against Somalis and Walz, whom he called \"seriously retarded\" and claimed that the country's foreign-born population is composed mostly of people who \"are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.\"",
"source": "https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-responds-to-donald-trump-calling-him-seriously-retarded-11123679",
"title": "Dropping the R-word",
"subtitle": "Dropping the R-word...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "November 22, 2025",
"full_text": "Fulfilling the \"mass deportation\" promise, 200 Border Patrol agents and armored vehicles deploy to New Orleans to begin interior enforcement operations.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-crackdown-new-orleans-could-start-as-early-as-dec-1/",
"title": "New Orleans Crackdown",
"subtitle": "\"Mass deportation\" begins...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "December 8, 2025",
"full_text": "The Trump administration formalized a $12 billion 'Farmer Bridge Assistance' (FBA) program to offset losses from its universal reciprocal tariffs. However, agricultural losses are estimated at over $31 billion, and the FBA's delayed payments leave a critical 60-to-90-day liquidity gap for struggling producers. Critics note that the program represents a circular system: taxing American consumers via tariffs, then redistributing a fraction of that tax back to the farmers harmed by those very same trade policies.
View Analysis: The Tariff and Farm Aid Asymmetry",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-12-billion-aid-package-farmers/",
"title": "The Farmer Bridge Assistance Program",
"subtitle": "Circular economics and a delayed bailout...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "December 15, 2025",
"full_text": "Following the passing of cultural icon and activist Rob Reiner, President Trump attacked him in a social media post, mocking his death. This behavior was widely condemned as disturbing and completely lacking in the empathy expected of a President.",
"source": "https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/15/trump-rob-reiner-death-00690682",
"title": "Mocking Rob Reiner's Death",
"subtitle": "Disturbing behavior...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "December 18, 2025",
"full_text": "President Trump brazenly lied about inflation figures, claiming victory while prices continued to rise, effectively gaslighting the American public about their economic reality.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/18/november-us-inflation",
"title": "Inflation Lies",
"subtitle": "Misleading the public...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "December 19, 2025",
"full_text": "Breaking with all precedent, Trump installed plaques beneath presidential portraits with demeaning inscriptions, labeling Biden \"the worst President,\" claiming Obama was \"divisive,\" and praising himself on Reagan's plaque.
The plaque underneath Biden\u2019s portrait, replacing his official portrait with an autopen photo, reads: \"Sleepy Joe was, by far, the worst President in American History\" and \"Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States.\"",
"source": "https://newrepublic.com/post/188994/trump-white-house-portraits-biden-obama-plaques",
"title": "Partisan Plaques",
"subtitle": "Demeaning the office...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 3, 2026",
"full_text": "In a reckless violation of international law, the administration authorized a covert bombing and regime-change operation to capture Venezuela's president. Legal analysis confirms there is 'no legal basis' for this invasion, noting that the charges\u2014widely criticized as 'mostly crap'\u2014cannot justify a unilateral act of war. This action stands in stark contrast to campaign promises of non-interventionism.",
"source": "https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/no-legal-basis-invading-venezuela",
"title": "Illegal Capture of Maduro",
"subtitle": "Violating international law...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 6, 2026",
"full_text": "The President has threatened to use military force against Greenland, an autonomous territory of our ally Denmark. Instead of strengthening alliances through diplomacy, this administration chooses intimidation and aggression. It would be far better to work with our allies than to threaten them with military action.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/trump-greenland-control-us-military",
"title": "Threatening Greenland",
"subtitle": "Military force threat...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 6, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration declared that a USCP officer \"murdered\" Ashli Babbitt \"in cold blood,\" ignoring findings that the officer's conduct was lawful. This rhetoric attempts to martyr an insurrectionist while villainizing the police who defended the Capitol.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-5-million-ashli-babbitt-jan-6-rioter-who-was-killed/",
"title": "False Narrative on Babbitt",
"subtitle": "Calling lawful defense \"murder\"...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 7, 2026",
"full_text": "In a disgusting and twisted attempt to change the narrative, the White House has started calling the police officers the aggressors in the January 6th attack.",
"source": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-white-house-attempts-rewrite-history-jan-6/story?id=128953694",
"title": "Rewriting Jan. 6th History",
"subtitle": "Calling police aggressors...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 9, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration and DHS unleashed a \"torrent of untruths\" about Renee Nicole Good, a woman shot by ICE, falsely labeling her a \"domestic terrorist\" who \"ran over\" an agent, despite video evidence to the contrary.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/white-house-minneapolis-ice-killing",
"title": "Smearing a Victim",
"subtitle": "\"Torrent of untruths\"...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 13, 2026",
"full_text": "The EPA announced it would no longer calculate the monetary value of saving human lives in cost-benefit analyses for new clean air rules, a move critics say effectively values human life at $0.",
"source": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/13/epa-will-no-longer-consider-value-of-human-health-/",
"title": "Devaluing Human Life",
"subtitle": "EPA stops counting lives...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "January 14, 2026",
"full_text": "During a visit to a Ford plant in Michigan, President Trump was caught on camera flipping off a worker who was reportedly antagonizing him.",
"source": "https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-flips-off-antagonizing-worker-ford-plant-michigan-2026-01-14/",
"title": "Flipping Off a Worker",
"subtitle": "Unpresidential behavior...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 16, 2026",
"full_text": "The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents. Walz called it an 'authoritarian tactic' to weaponize the justice system against political opponents.",
"source": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/16/justice-department-probing-minnesota-gov-walz-othe/",
"title": "DOJ Probes Walz and Frey",
"subtitle": "Criminalizing dissent...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 16, 2026",
"full_text": "US officials provided shifting accounts of the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at the Camp East Montana detention site. While DHS claimed suicide, the medical examiner reportedly planned to classify it as homicide due to lack of oxygen consistent with choking.",
"source": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/16/us-officials-provide-shifting-accounts-of-ice-deta/",
"title": "Shifting Accounts of ICE Death",
"subtitle": "Potential homicide in detention...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 17, 2026",
"full_text": "The Justice Department asked a federal judge to deny a request by lawmakers for a special master to monitor the public release of Jeffrey Epstein files. The DOJ argued the lawmakers lacked standing, despite missing deadlines to release 5.2 million pages of documents.",
"source": "https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/lawmakers-request-court-appointed-official-oversee-epstein-files-release",
"title": "DOJ Blocks Epstein Files",
"subtitle": "Denying transparency...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 18, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration is reportedly preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops on American soil, specifically targeting protests in Minnesota. This prepares for a significant escalation involving military force against domestic civilians.
View Dossier: Domestic Deployment Analysis",
"source": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act",
"title": "Insurrection Act Threat",
"subtitle": "Preparing for domestic deployment...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 18, 2026",
"full_text": "The Department of Justice confirmed it will not investigate ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, despite video evidence contradicting the official narrative. Instead, the DOJ announced an investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for \"impeding\" federal agents.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/justice-department-ice-renee-good-george-floyd-minneapolis",
"title": "DOJ Ignores ICE Killing",
"subtitle": "Refusing to investigate...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 19, 2026",
"full_text": "In a letter to the Prime Minister of Norway, Donald Trump warned that after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he 'no longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peace,' suggesting war could be on the table in his pursuit of Greenland.",
"source": "https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/",
"title": "Threatening Norway",
"subtitle": "\"No obligation to think purely of Peace\"...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 21, 2026",
"full_text": "Federal agents seized electronic devices from a Washington Post reporter's home, prompting a federal judge to block the government from searching the data until litigation is settled. The seizure is a chilling escalation in the administration's war on the press. This action represents a direct threat to the First Amendment.",
"source": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-cannot-examine-devices-took-washington-post-reporter-judge-rules-rcna255286",
"title": "Seizing Reporter's Data",
"subtitle": "Targeting the free press...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 21, 2026",
"full_text": "The FCC announced it may strip exemptions from \"equal time\" rules for shows like The View and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a move interpreted as retaliation against programs critical of the President. The guidance claims that shows \"motivated by partisan purposes\" would not be entitled to exemptions. This action represents a direct threat to the First Amendment.",
"source": "https://deadline.com/2026/01/fcc-equal-time-talk-shows-the-view-1236692058/",
"title": "FCC Targets Late Night",
"subtitle": "\"Equal time\" for comedy...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 21, 2026",
"full_text": "An uncoordinated interior enforcement campaign, including raids in Maine and Minnesota, was executed alongside the leaked May 2025 Todd Lyons memo. This memo claimed authority to enter private residences without judicial warrants, overriding the Fourth Amendment.",
"source": "https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/21/ice-launches-operation-catch-day-targeting-worst-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens",
"title": "Unconstitutional ICE Raids and Warrantless Entry",
"subtitle": "Fourth Amendment violations...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 22, 2026",
"full_text": "After a year of ongoing measles outbreaks, the United States is poised to lose its status as a measles-free country. The newly appointed principal deputy director at the CDC, Ralph Abraham, said he was \"unbothered\" by the prospect, calling it \"just the cost of doing business.\"",
"source": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/cdc-measles-briefing-lost-elimination-status-cost-of-doing-business",
"title": "US Poised to Lose Measles-Free Status",
"subtitle": "RFK Jr.'s CDC deputy \"unbothered\"...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "January 23, 2026",
"full_text": "USA TODAY reported that the Trump administration shared a digitally altered photo of a lawyer arrested in connection to a protest at a Minnesota church. The Deputy Communications Director admitted to the alteration on social media, stating \"The memes will continue.\"",
"source": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/23/white-house-appears-to-alter-photo-of-lawyer-arres/",
"title": "White House Alters Photo of Arrested Lawyer",
"subtitle": "Propaganda and misinformation...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 23, 2026",
"full_text": "An FBI agent resigned after being blocked from investigating a federal immigration officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Bureau leadership reportedly pressured her to discontinue the civil rights inquiry.",
"source": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-agent-ice-shooting-renee-good.html",
"title": "FBI Agent Resigns After Blocked Investigation",
"subtitle": "Covering up ICE misconduct...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 24, 2026",
"full_text": "Videos analyzed by The New York Times contradict the accounts of Homeland Security officials, who said that the man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to \"massacre\" them. Footage of the encounter shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him.",
"source": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice",
"title": "Man Murdered for Filming",
"subtitle": "Holding a phone, not a gun...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 24, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump announced a new \"Board of Peace\" that includes autocrats like Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, and Mohammed bin Salman. Trump defended the invitations, stating, \"sometimes you need a dictator.\" Nations can pay $1 billion for a permanent seat, sparking criticism of corruption and undermining the UN.",
"source": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/24/trumps-board-of-peace-controversial-members/88323560007/",
"title": "Autocrats on \"Board of Peace\"",
"subtitle": "Inviting Putin to a peace board...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "January 24, 2026",
"full_text": "Attorney General Bondi issued three demands to Minnesota officials, an overt ploy to disrupt the 2026 midterms:
1. Data Sharing: Turn over all Medicaid and SNAP records. A blanket demand for state records to conduct a 'fishing expedition' for fraud challenges privacy and Fourth Amendment rights.
2. End Sanctuary Policies: Repeal laws limiting cooperation with ICE. Under the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine, Governor Walz is legally within his rights to refuse using state resources to enforce federal law.
3. Voter Roll Access: Allow DOJ inspection of voter rolls. While citing the Civil Rights Act of 1960, courts have recently ruled that such broad demands violate voter privacy and state sovereignty.",
"source": "https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf",
"title": "Bondi's Ultimatum to Minnesota",
"subtitle": "Interfering in the 2026 midterms...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 28, 2026",
"full_text": "\"I don't think about her. I think she's a fraud,\" Trump told ABC News in a phone interview. \"She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.\"",
"source": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/28/trump-congresswoman-ilhan-omar-syringe-attack-minnesota/88393253007/",
"title": "Dismissing Attack on Omar",
"subtitle": "Victim blaming...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 30, 2026",
"full_text": "Newly released files reveal that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Jeffrey Epstein's private island. The documents show Lutnick sent an email to \"Jeff\" proposing a plan for \"Sunday evening for dinner,\" raising serious questions about the administration's ties to the disgraced financier.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/new-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-island",
"title": "Lutnick & Epstein",
"subtitle": "Commerce Secretary's ties to Epstein...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 30, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, a vocal critic of the Federal Reserve, as its next chair. The move is widely seen as an attempt to tighten the White House's grip on the central bank and undermine its traditional independence from political pressure.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/30/donald-trump-nominates-kevin-warsh-us-federal-reserve-chair",
"title": "Politicizing the Fed",
"subtitle": "Appointing a loyalist as Chair...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "January 30, 2026",
"full_text": "The Department of Justice charged journalist Don Lemon with \"civil rights crimes\" for covering a protest at a Minnesota church where immigrants were seeking sanctuary. This marks a significant escalation in the administration's crackdown on the free press.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-service-d3091fe3d1e37100a7c46573667eb85c",
"title": "Arresting Journalists",
"subtitle": "Don Lemon charged...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 30, 2026",
"full_text": "A federal judge slammed the Department of Justice's defense of the administration's removal of a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia as \"dangerous\" and \"horrifying,\" rejecting the government's attempt to sanitize American history.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/slavery-exhibit-removed-philadelphia-trump-executive-order-cd55e4f2a0d2a528540f73911972f677",
"title": "Whitewashing History",
"subtitle": "Removing slavery exhibits...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 30, 2026",
"full_text": "ICE officials claimed a man in their custody \"shattered his skull\" by running into a wall, a narrative that triggered tension at a Minnesota hospital and skepticism from medical professionals, further highlighting the brutality and lack of transparency in immigration enforcement.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-32cd5ca61d495e155d43b7cfd5e563b9",
"title": "Suspicious ICE Injury",
"subtitle": "\"Running into a wall\"...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "January 31, 2026",
"full_text": "Trump administration officials have begun targeting the Hepatitis B vaccine, pressuring the ACIP to reconsider its recommendations. This move aligns with the administration's broader skepticism of established medical science and public health initiatives.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/hepatitis-b-vaccine-acip-a6032868d6025e2c527c574222fcabf3",
"title": "Targeting Vaccines",
"subtitle": "Questioning Hep B shots...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 1, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump stated he would refuse to deploy federal resources to assist Democratic-led cities facing civil unrest unless local leaders publicly begged for help. \"If they want help, they have to ask for it,\" he told reporters. \"They have to say, 'Please.'\" This partisan condition on public safety was condemned as a dereliction of duty.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5695677",
"title": "Withholding Aid from \"Democrat Cities\"",
"subtitle": "\"They have to say, 'Please'...\"",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 2, 2026",
"full_text": "Donald Trump has been accused of \"corruption, plain and simple\" after it was revealed that a member of the Emirati royal family was behind a $500m investment into the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency company. Ethics experts say the deal amounts to a deep conflict of interest.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/trump-uae-crypto-deal",
"title": "UAE Crypto Deal",
"subtitle": "Conflict of interest...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 6, 2026",
"full_text": "Trump reposted a video on Truth Social depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The post drew furious backlash and was condemned as \"disgustingly racist.\" The White House later deleted the post, claiming it was \"erroneously\" made by a staffer.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/06/trump-barack-obama-michelle-truth-social-epstein-latest-news-updates",
"title": "Racist Truth Social Post",
"subtitle": "Depicting Obamas as apes...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 9, 2026",
"full_text": "The Trump administration announced plans to withhold over $1.5 billion in public health and transportation grants from Democratic-led states including California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota, citing unsubstantiated concerns over fraud. The cuts target programs for electric vehicle chargers and research into health impacts on minority populations.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-democratic-states-hold-money-0c9b56239c448cbc474b9e21ce1f3a9c",
"title": "Withholding Grants from Blue States",
"subtitle": "Politicizing federal funding...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "February 9, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump attacked U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess on Truth Social after Hess expressed \"mixed emotions\" about representing the U.S. amid current domestic turmoil. Trump called Hess a \"real Loser\" and suggested he \"shouldn't have tried out for the Team.\" The comments came as other athletes, including figure skater Amber Glenn, faced \"a scary amount of hate/threats\" after voicing support for LGBTQ rights and criticizing the administration.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5706017",
"title": "Attacks on Olympians",
"subtitle": "\"A real Loser\"...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Canada, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership to the U.S. \"We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset,\" Trump posted, jeopardizing a critical trade corridor.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5708607",
"title": "Threatening the Gordie Howe Bridge",
"subtitle": "Demanding ownership of Canadian infrastructure...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2026",
"full_text": "An FBI affidavit unsealed on Tuesday revealed that the investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, was initiated by a Trump administration official who had previously aided efforts to overturn the election. The investigation, which led to the seizure of over 650 boxes of ballots, relies on \"misleading and already-disproven claims\" about the election.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5710649",
"title": "FBI Seizes Ballots on Debunked Claims",
"subtitle": "Relitigating 2020...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2026",
"full_text": "The EPA announced it would revoke the 2009 'endangerment finding' that greenhouse gases threaten public health, effectively dismantling the legal basis for U.S. climate policy. The move ignores a recent National Academies report reaffirming the scientific consensus on climate change.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-rule-repeal-233228a5cf2a71f0ecbcd14281530706",
"title": "Repealing Climate Science",
"subtitle": "Denying climate change...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 10, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado, calling it a \"stronghold for left-wing climate lunacy.\" This occurred right before a major wind event where NCAR's data was crucial for safety.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5680177",
"title": "Dismantling Climate Research",
"subtitle": "Targeting \"left-wing climate lunacy\"...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 11, 2026",
"full_text": "The House passed the Trump-backed \"Save America Act,\" which requires proof of citizenship for voter registration and severely curtails mail-in voting. Critics argue it is designed to disenfranchise millions of poor and minority voters who lack easy access to documents.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/house-save-act-trump-elections-bill",
"title": "\"Save America Act\" Passes House",
"subtitle": "Restricting voting rights...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 12, 2026",
"full_text": "A federal judge ordered the administration to return Venezuelan migrants who were deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. The administration's response was described by the judge as telling the court to \"pound sand.\"",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5712542",
"title": "Judge Orders Return of Deportees",
"subtitle": "Sent to El Salvador prison...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 13, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump pardoned five former NFL players, including Joe Klecko and Nate Newton, for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking. The move was announced by \"pardon czar\" Alice Marie Johnson and praised by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, raising questions about preferential treatment for celebrities.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5713307",
"title": "NFL Player Pardons",
"subtitle": "Pardoning sports stars...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 14, 2026",
"full_text": "DHS officials admitted that immigration agents likely lied about the January 14 shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minnesota. Initially claiming self-defense against an \"ambush,\" video evidence and eyewitness accounts contradicted this narrative, leading to dropped charges and an internal investigation.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5713947",
"title": "DHS Lies About Shooting",
"subtitle": "Covering up a shooting...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 14, 2026",
"full_text": "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted to a Senate committee that he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island with his family for lunch in 2012, contradicting previous claims that he had cut ties with the financier years earlier. Trump claimed he \"wasn't aware\" of the visit.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5714031",
"title": "Lutnick Confirms Visit",
"subtitle": "Commerce Secretary's island visit...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 14, 2026",
"full_text": "During a contentious oversight hearing, a photo revealed Attorney General Pam Bondi holding the search history of Rep. Pramila Jayapal, confirming that the DOJ was monitoring lawmakers' searches of unredacted Epstein files. Lawmakers condemned the action as \"spying\" and an obstruction of oversight.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5714031",
"title": "AG Bondi Spying on Oversight",
"subtitle": "Monitoring lawmakers...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 16, 2026",
"full_text": "As the U.S. heads toward midterms, political scientists warn the country has slid into \"competitive authoritarianism.\" Experts cite Trump's threats against media companies, proposals to use the military in American cities, and the weaponization of the justice system as evidence that the electoral playing field is being tilted.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5705955",
"title": "Autocracy Concerns Grow",
"subtitle": "\"Competitive authoritarianism...\"",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 17, 2026",
"full_text": "Under the Trump administration, the 287(g) program, which delegates immigration enforcement authority to local police, has exploded in use. Critics warn this expansion encourages racial profiling and violates civil rights, effectively turning local officers into federal immigration agents.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5707449",
"title": "287(g) Program Explodes",
"subtitle": "Immigration enforcement expansion...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 17, 2026",
"full_text": "The Trump administration's new Wall Street plan pushes \"mom and pop\" investors into higher-risk alternative investments. Advocates argue this move exposes everyday Americans to significant financial loss, leading some to feel like they are in a \"financial prison.\"",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/trump-wall-street-plan-mom-and-pop-investors-risks",
"title": "Risky Wall Street Plan",
"subtitle": "Endangering small investors...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 18, 2026",
"full_text": "Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that they say erase history and science. Orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced staff to remove or censor exhibits about slavery, civil rights, and climate change, prompting a lawsuit describing the actions as a threat to the nation's \"living classrooms.\"",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5718006",
"title": "Erasing History at National Parks",
"subtitle": "Censoring science and slavery exhibits...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 23, 2026",
"full_text": "The President signed a proclamation designating \"National Angel Family Day\" to highlight isolated crimes by undocumented immigrants and promote the Laken Riley Act. During the same event, he invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act against a street gang, an overreach that was immediately enjoined by a federal temporary restraining order.",
"source": "https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/02/23/trump-declares-national-angel-family-day-for-illegal-immigrants-victims/",
"title": "National Angel Family Day & Alien Enemies Act",
"subtitle": "Weaponizing tragedy...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 24, 2026",
"full_text": "During the State of the Union address, Rep. Rashida Tlaib shouted \"You're killing Americans!\" as President Trump defended his immigration policies. Trump also claimed the Somali community \"pillaged\" billions and urged passage of a proof-of-citizenship voting bill.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/live/trump-state-of-the-union-2026",
"title": "State of the Union: \"You're Killing Americans\"",
"subtitle": "A chaotic address...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 24, 2026",
"full_text": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist AI company Anthropic from military contracts for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Hegseth labeled the safety measures \"woke AI\" and threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force compliance.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5725327",
"title": "Blacklisting Anthropic",
"subtitle": "Punishing \"woke AI\"...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 24, 2026",
"full_text": "Just two days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's global tariffs, the President invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to unilaterally impose a new 10-15% \"temporary import surcharge\" on global imports. The move prompted a massive lawsuit from a coalition of 21 attorneys general.",
"source": "https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-leads-lawsuit-stop-trump-administrations-latest-illegal",
"title": "Section 122 Tariffs",
"subtitle": "Bypassing the Supreme Court...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 24, 2026",
"title": "Foreign Government Payments to Hotels",
"subtitle": "Emoluments clause violations continue...",
"full_text": "Foreign government officials visited Trump properties 60 times during his first year back in office, paying millions in direct payments, including $3.7 million to the Trump International Hotel.",
"source": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trumps-properties-remain-an-epicenter-of-his-conflicts-and-corruption-in-second-term/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2026",
"full_text": "An NPR investigation revealed the Justice Department withheld and removed dozens of pages from the public Epstein files, including an accusation that Trump sexually abused a minor. The FBI interviewed the accuser four times, but only one interview was released, omitting the allegation.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5723968",
"title": "DOJ Hides Trump-Epstein Files",
"subtitle": "Withholding evidence...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2026",
"full_text": "ICE has initiated deportation proceedings against a woman in her 50s who was adopted from Iran as a toddler by a U.S. World War II veteran. Despite living her entire life as an American, she faces removal to a hostile nation due to a loophole in the Child Citizenship Act.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/nx-s1-5723914",
"title": "Deporting a Veteran's Daughter",
"subtitle": "Betraying a WWII hero's legacy...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2026",
"full_text": "House Democrats demanded an explanation from Attorney General Pam Bondi after it was revealed that the Justice Department is withholding dozens of pages of Epstein files related to allegations of sexual abuse against President Trump, claiming they are \"privileged\" or part of an ongoing investigation.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5726780",
"title": "Missing Epstein Files",
"subtitle": "DOJ withholding Trump-related documents...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "February 25, 2026",
"full_text": "Dr. Casey Means, Trump's nominee for Surgeon General, refused to explicitly encourage vaccinating children against measles during her confirmation hearing and stated that \"science has never settled\" regarding the debunked link between vaccines and autism.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5725399",
"title": "Surgeon General Nominee",
"subtitle": "Questioning vaccines and science...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 27, 2026",
"full_text": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to sever the military's century-old ties with Scouting America unless the youth group conforms to an anti-DEI agenda. Hegseth gave the organization a six-month ultimatum to reverse its inclusion of girls and drop its \"woke ideology,\" threatening to ban Scouts from military bases and withdraw logistical support.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5729159",
"title": "Ultimatum to Scouting America",
"subtitle": "Demanding an end to DEI and girl-centered policies...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "February 27, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump issued an executive order to increase domestic production of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. The move sparked an uproar within the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s supporters, who have long believed glyphosate is a major health risk.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5728921",
"title": "Increasing Glyphosate Production",
"subtitle": "Promoting toxic weedkiller...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "February 28, 2026",
"full_text": "The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran with the goal of toppling the regime in an operation known as \"Epic Fury.\" The attack, initiated without a clear mandate or objective, is a clear violation of the UN charter and lacks any credible, imminent Iranian threat to the US.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/trump-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-and-no-clear-objective",
"title": "Operation \"Epic Fury\"",
"subtitle": "Unprovoked attack on Iran...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 4, 2026",
"full_text": "The President signed a voluntary, non-binding \"Ratepayer Protection Pledge Proclamation\" with major technology monopolies. Energy policy experts noted the agreement contains no enforcement mechanisms to ensure tech firms pay for grid upgrades, effectively greenwashing the environmental impact of new AI data centers.",
"source": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-hosts-ai-leaders-to-sign-pledge-that-households-wont-bear-utility-bill-increases",
"title": "Ratepayer Protection Pledge",
"subtitle": "Performative greenwashing...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "March 4, 2026",
"full_text": "The Senate failed to pass a war powers resolution (on a 47-53 vote) designed to force the removal of unauthorized U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in Iran. This failure establishes a precedent allowing the executive branch to initiate major combat operations without prior legislative consent.",
"source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-vote-iran-war-powers-resolution-trump/",
"title": "Senate Abdicates War Powers",
"subtitle": "Capitulating to the executive...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 5, 2026",
"full_text": "HUD finalized an overhaul of housing regulations, including a rule barring families with \"mixed immigration status\" from living together in agency-supported public housing. The agency also rolled back federal requirements for landlords to provide a 30-day eviction notice, stripping vulnerable Americans of due process rights.",
"source": "https://www.multifamilydive.com/news/2026-housing-policy-hud-trump/813955/",
"title": "HUD Anti-Immigrant Housing Policies",
"subtitle": "Assault on the social safety net...",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "March 5, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump abruptly fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem following a disastrous tenure defined by brutal immigration enforcement spectacles and fierce congressional backlash. To replace her, the President nominated Senator Markwayne Mullin, an anti-government ideologue who has openly expressed skepticism regarding FEMA.",
"source": "https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2026/03/05/the-latest-trump-fires-homeland-security-secretary-noem-amid-criticism-over-immigration-enforcement/",
"title": "Firing of Kristi Noem",
"subtitle": "DHS leadership chaos...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 5, 2026",
"full_text": "A massive investigation by ProPublica into the financial disclosures of over 1,500 Trump administration appointees has revealed a staggering web of conflicts of interest, self-dealing, and corporate cronyism at the highest levels of government.
Here are the most damning findings:
The $151 Billion Pentagon Conflict: Billionaire Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg oversees the $151 billion \"Golden Dome\" missile defense project. The Pentagon has already awarded contracts for the project to at least four companies owned by Cerberus Capital Management\u2014the private equity firm Feinberg founded. Thanks to an indefinite ethics loophole, Feinberg continues to maintain active financial ties to the firm.
DOJ Shielding Personal Crypto Investments: Todd Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official in the Justice Department, ordered the shutdown of federal investigations into the crypto industry while personally holding at least $159,000 in crypto assets. He is one of over 200 administration appointees collectively holding up to $340 million in cryptocurrency.
Suspicious Stock Sales Ahead of Tariffs: Senior executive branch officials\u2014including Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2014made highly suspicious, well-timed stock sales right before the markets plunged in response to the President's new tariff announcements.
The EPA's Revolving Door: Two top scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who recently helped downgrade the severe health risks of formaldehyde previously held senior positions at the chemical industry's leading trade group.
Dismantling Ethics Oversight: To pave the way for these conflicts, the administration rolled back anti-corruption safeguards on day one, fired 17 inspectors general tasked with investigating fraud, and decapitated the Office of Government Ethics.
Hidden Corporate Agendas: Appointees hold a combined wealth of up to $48 billion, and at least a dozen officials are exploiting loopholes to hide the identities of their previous corporate clients from the American public.
The takeaway is clear: The administration has dismantled federal ethics safeguards to allow the wealthiest appointees to rewrite the rules for their own benefit.",
"source": "https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg",
"title": "Uncovering the Administration's Culture of Corruption: ProPublica's Bombshell Financial Disclosures",
"subtitle": "Numerous conflicts of interest...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 6, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration issued executive orders consolidating federal cybersecurity efforts directly under White House control. The following day, the \"Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity\" proclamation established a heavily militarized approach to combating cartels in the Western Hemisphere using military resources.",
"source": "https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump%27s_executive_orders_and_actions,_2025-2026",
"title": "Consolidating Executive Power",
"subtitle": "Militarization and bypassing frameworks...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 7, 2026",
"full_text": "Administration officials, particularly within immigration enforcement, began routinely defying federal court orders without consequence. In Minnesota, a federal district judge documented 210 instances across 143 separate cases where ICE officials blatantly ignored explicit court directives.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/07/trump-administration-contempt-court-orders",
"title": "Defiance of Federal Courts",
"subtitle": "Institutional nullification...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 10, 2026",
"title": "Pardons for Fraudsters and Corrupt Politicians",
"subtitle": "The pardon economy...",
"full_text": "Trump pardoned a slew of corrupt officials and fraudsters, including Chris Collins, Duncan Hunter, George Santos, and Trevor Milton, effectively declaring it open season for corruption and creating a 'pardon economy.'",
"source": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FOIA-Trump-Pardonees-FTCA-Claims-2_Redacted.pdf",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 11, 2026",
"full_text": "Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the public face of President Donald Trump's largest military action yet in the Middle East, inadvertently divulged details of air strikes in Yemen to a reporter on a chat app, and took steps to demote retired Navy Captain and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly after calling a video clip treasonous.",
"source": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g4e5z0d3o",
"title": "Pete Hegseth's Scandals",
"subtitle": "Leaking secrets and demoting a Senator...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 11, 2026",
"full_text": "Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN) stated Muslims \"don't belong in American society,\" on X. When pressed on the bigoted remarks, House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to condemn them and instead called \"the demand to impose Sharia Law in America...a serious problem,\" attributing the language to a legitimate popular sentiment and energy in the country.",
"source": "https://www.ms.now/opinion/mike-johnson-andy-ogles-islamophobia-bigotry-gop",
"title": "GOP Leaders Defend Anti-Muslim Rhetoric",
"subtitle": "Ogles' Islamophobic comments met with defense of 'Sharia Law' concerns by Speaker Johnson",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 13, 2026",
"full_text": "A federal judge put the brakes on the Justice Department's criminal probe of the Federal Reserve, saying it was part of an improper campaign by the Trump administration to pressure the central bank into cutting interest rates more aggressively.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5747122",
"title": "DOJ Probe of Federal Reserve Blocked",
"subtitle": "Improper campaign to pressure the central bank...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 13, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, is leaving his position at the head of the Kennedy Center after numerous prominent artists canceled their performances and Senate Democrats opened an investigation against him accusing him and current leadership of cronyism, corruption, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5747149",
"title": "Kennedy Center Tumult",
"subtitle": "Cronyism, corruption, and luxury spending...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 13, 2026",
"full_text": "Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy prices low to trying to paint high oil prices as a positive, stating \"when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.\"",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-oil-hormuz-7abbe9d8140de1e61355fb3ddb94639d",
"title": "Cheering High Oil Prices",
"subtitle": "Painting a crisis as a positive...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 14, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump and his defense secretary touted the success of what they call Operation Epic Fury, including the U.S. military bombing Iran's main oil export hub Kharg Island, despite the conflict killing more than 1,300 people in Iran and displacing millions.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5747838",
"title": "Operation Epic Fury",
"subtitle": "Bombing Kharg Island amid mass displacement...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 14, 2026",
"full_text": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be 'no quarter, no mercy for our enemy' during a press briefing. Critics noted that a genuine 'no quarter' order\u2014implying that enemy combatants will not be taken prisoner but instead executed\u2014would be a violation of international law and a war crime under the Hague Convention.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/democratic-lawmaker-condemns-hegseth-no-quarter",
"title": "Hegseth's 'No Quarter' Threat",
"subtitle": "Violating international law...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"title": "Ignoring Court Orders on Deportations",
"subtitle": "Hundreds deported despite emergency order...",
"date": "March 16, 2026",
"category": "Democratic Reform",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54154/alien-enemies-el-salvador-trump",
"full_text": "The Trump administration deported about 250 Venezuelans to El Salvador, claiming they were members of Tren de Aragua. The deportations occurred alongside a federal judge issuing an emergency order instructing the administration to halt the use of wartime powers to deport people immediately.",
"icon": "fas fa-gavel"
},
{
"date": "March 16, 2026",
"title": "Jeff Bezos and Melania Trump Film",
"subtitle": "Financing a promotional film...",
"full_text": "Jeff Bezos agreed to finance a promotional film about Melania Trump's life that netted her an estimated $28 million, leading to an improved relationship with the administration and potential Amazon business deals.",
"source": "https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-hank-johnson-lead-new-investigation-into-amazons-melania-documentary-payments-as-possible-corrupt-pay-to-play-scheme",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 21, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump publicly rejoiced in the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, writing on social media, \"Good, I'm glad he's dead.\" This comment directly contradicted his own previous condemnation of people celebrating the recent death of Charlie Kirk.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-robert-mueller-death",
"title": "Celebrating Robert Mueller's Death",
"subtitle": "Contradicting his stance on Charlie Kirk...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 23, 2026",
"full_text": "In a move threatening broader infrastructure spending, the Trump administration struck a deal with French energy giant TotalEnergies, effectively coercing the firm into abandoning nearly $1 billion in offshore wind investments to focus on oil and gas instead. Analysts warned the unprecedented executive action could chill green energy development.",
"source": "https://totalenergies.com/news/press-releases/united-states-totalenergies-signs-agreements-us-department-interior-end-its-us",
"title": "Killing Offshore Wind",
"subtitle": "Coercing a shift to fossil fuels...",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "March 23, 2026",
"full_text": "A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas, convicted nine protesters involved in the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on 65 federal charges, including rioting and conspiracy to commit terrorism. The landmark trial was widely seen as a key test of the administration's power to use broad, domestic anti-terrorism laws to prosecute political dissent and designate 'antifa' as a terrorist organization.",
"source": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/eight-defendants-sentenced-conspiracy-commit-terrorism-prairieland-detention-center-attack",
"title": "Prairieland Protesters Convicted",
"subtitle": "Test case of anti-terrorism laws...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 24, 2026",
"full_text": "The Trump administration punished Francesca Albanese, the UN human rights expert for occupied Palestine, by imposing severe sanctions amounting to a 'civil death' after she recommended ICC arrest warrants and investigations over war crimes in Gaza.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/24/trump-sanctions-un-human-rights-expert-free-speech",
"title": "Sanctioning a UN Expert",
"subtitle": "Punishing Francesca Albanese...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 25, 2026",
"full_text": "Steve Bannon urged President Trump to use a recent airport deployment of armed ICE agents as a \"test case\" to position immigration enforcement around polling places for the 2026 midterms, raising severe concerns about voter intimidation.",
"source": "https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/bannon-trump-ice-airport-deployment-test-run-2026-midterm-elections/",
"title": "ICE Agents at the Polls",
"subtitle": "Stoking fear and voter suppression...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 25, 2026",
"full_text": "The administration lifted military restrictions allowing 42-year-olds and those with a single marijuana conviction to enlist, as the Pentagon funneled thousands of paratroopers into the growing conflict in Iran. The decision highlights recruitment struggles amidst an unpopular, expanding war.",
"source": "https://www.ir-ia.com/news/us-army-raises-enlistment-age-to-42-eases-drug-possession-rules-to-boost-recruitment/",
"title": "Lowering Military Standards",
"subtitle": "Desperate recruitment for an expanding war...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 25, 2026",
"full_text": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pastor, Brooks Potteiger, prayed for the death of Texas Democratic nominee James Talarico on a Christian nationalist podcast, saying \"We want him crucified with Christ\" and calling for God to \"make them as dung on the ground.\", prompting Talarico to declare \"Christian Nationalism kills.\"",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/james-talarico-pete-hegseth-pastor",
"title": "Praying for Death",
"subtitle": "Violent rhetoric from Hegseth's pastor...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 25, 2026",
"full_text": "A damning memo revealed that President Trump had shown a classified map to passengers, including his current chief of staff, on a private flight in 2022. The memo also alleged he retained records so sensitive that only six government officials had access to them.",
"source": "https://www.dailyherald.com/20260325/nation-and-world-politics/trump-showed-classified-map-to-passengers-on-his-plane-in-2022-memo-says/",
"title": "Mishandling Sensitive Secrets",
"subtitle": "Showing classified maps on flights...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 26, 2026",
"full_text": "As the CDC faced massive attrition and measles outbreaks spread nationwide, the agency continued to drift without permanent leadership. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prolonged the leadership vacuum by firing his previous nominee for resisting changes to vaccine policy.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5760832",
"title": "CDC Left Adrift",
"subtitle": "A leadership vacuum amidst disease outbreaks...",
"link_status": "Broken",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "March 26, 2026",
"full_text": "The White House issued confused, mixed messaging on Iran, threatening to \"unleash hell\" while also deploying paratroopers to the region. The move raised fears the U.S. might escalate the war to seize the Iranian oil hub Kharg Island, amidst criticism that the administration lacks an exit strategy.",
"source": "https://gulfif.org/trumps-ground-war-gamble-in-iran/",
"title": "War Escalation Confusion",
"subtitle": "No exit strategy in Iran...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "March 27, 2026",
"full_text": "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of several high-ranking service members including four Army officers, two Black men and two female soldiers, on track to become one-star generals. He has also fired the Joint Chiefs Chairman, and the Navy's top uniformed job without explanation.",
"source": "https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/27/hegseth-reportedly-removes-2-black-2-female-army-officers-from-1-star-promotion-list/",
"title": "Blocking Promotions of Black and Female Officers",
"subtitle": "Interfering in regular promotion process...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "March 27, 2026",
"full_text": "The Department of Justice acknowledged in court that it plans to share voter registration data it gets from states with the Department of Homeland Security, so that the data can be run through a U.S. citizenship check housed at DHS. The disclosure came during a federal court hearing in Rhode Island where the state is one of more than two dozen that have been sued by the DOJ for rejecting the department's request for sensitive voter data.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5764266",
"title": "Sharing Voter Data with DHS",
"subtitle": "DOJ to share sensitive voter data...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"title": "Threatening to Bomb Iran",
"subtitle": "No direct talks on nuclear program...",
"date": "March 30, 2026",
"source": "https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-there-will-be-bombing-if-iran-does-not-make-nuclear-deal-2025-03-30/",
"full_text": "Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Iran would not engage in direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program but was open to indirect talks to rebuild trust. This came after President Donald Trump threatened \"bombing\" if Iran did not agree to a new nuclear deal.",
"icon": "fas fa-bomb",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 2026",
"title": "Syrian Billionaire Hotel Negotiations",
"subtitle": "Simultaneous lobbying...",
"full_text": "President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law negotiated a luxury hotel with Syrian billionaires who were simultaneously lobbying the president to lift economic sanctions on their country.",
"source": "https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KzCV/",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 5, 2026",
"full_text": "President Trump issued a profanity-laden social media post warning Iran about the Strait of Hormuz, writing: \"Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!\" He also touted a high-risk U.S. military rescue operation in which an Air Force colonel whose plane was shot down over Iran was rescued.",
"source": "https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5774368",
"title": "Threatening Iran & Military Rescue",
"subtitle": "\"Open the Fuckin' Strait...\"",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 13, 2026",
"full_text": "President Donald Trump lashed out against Pope Leo XIV on social media, accusing the pontiff of being 'WEAK on Crime' and 'terrible for Foreign Policy.' The extraordinary public clash erupted after the Pope emerged as a vocal critic of the U.S. military war with Iran and condemned the administration's mass deportations.",
"source": "https://time.com/article/2026/04/13/trump-pope-leo-war-iran/",
"title": "Trump Clashes with Pope Leo XIV",
"subtitle": "President insults the Pope over foreign policy and Iran war criticisms...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 14, 2026",
"full_text": "Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) abruptly submitted their resignations to the House of Representatives, preempting imminent expulsion votes.[1] Both men faced intense bipartisan pressure and ongoing Ethics Committee investigations following severe allegations of sexual misconduct and assault.[1]",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/eric-swalwell-tony-gonzales-resignations",
"title": "Congressional Resignations Over Misconduct",
"subtitle": "Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales resign amidst sexual misconduct probes...",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 15, 2026",
"full_text": "Senator Ron Wyden reposted concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702, suggesting FBI director Kash Patel authorized surveillance on Americans without a warrant. Writing to his Senate colleagues, Wyden warned about the government feeding purchased location data into AI systems to conduct unprecedented mass surveillance, emphasizing the need for robust reforms before reauthorizing the controversial surveillance act.",
"source": "https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-urges-senators-to-reject-handing-donald-trump-unchecked-surveillance-authority-insist-on-reforms-to-fisa-section-702",
"title": "Wyden Sounds Alarm on FISA 702",
"subtitle": "Senator warns of warrantless FBI mass surveillance of Americans",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 15, 2026",
"full_text": "Guards at the remote Florida detention center known as \"Alligator Alcatraz\" openly defied court orders, cutting off phone access and physically abusing detainees after a judge protected their rights. An ACLU lawyer reported that several detained men were brutally beaten for demanding phone access just weeks after the civil rights organization won judicial orders mandating virtual legal appointments for ICE jails.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-everglads-7b263a858fa05f180a1464338d2caf7f",
"title": "Abuse Alleged at 'Alligator Alcatraz'",
"subtitle": "Guards accused of defying court orders and beating detainees over phone access",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sent two criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, targeting the 2019 whistleblower and the former inspector general, Michael Atkinson, who found the complaint against Trump credible. The referral marks a dramatic escalation targeting the intelligence community employees whose actions helped trigger Trump's first impeachment.",
"source": "https://www.ms.now/news/dni-gabbard-targets-whistleblower-ex-inspector-general-in-criminal-referral",
"title": "DNI Gabbard Targets 2019 Whistleblower",
"subtitle": "Criminal referrals sent to DOJ for figures behind Trump's first impeachment",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee, Director of Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought denied holding back funds Congress appropriated, despite evidence of illegal impoundment. Challenged by lawmakers over the Government Accountability Office's findings that the administration committed five violations, Vought defended the practice, arguing that impoundment restrictions are unconstitutional and his agency has the right to spend less than Congress allocates.",
"source": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/04/vought-defends-fiscal-2027-budget-request-democrats-criticize-omb-violating-spending-law/412881/",
"title": "OMB Director Vought Defends Impoundments",
"subtitle": "Senate Budget Committee challenges White House over funding freezes",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "ICE officer Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. was charged with two counts of second-degree assault in Minnesota after pulling a gun on occupants of a car on a highway. While deployed during \"Operation Metro Surge,\" Morgan allegedly bypassed rush-hour traffic on the shoulder in an unmarked vehicle, slowed down, and brandished his service weapon at two civilians, prompting a nationwide warrant for his arrest.",
"source": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/16/ice-agent-faces-felony-charges-in-feb-road-rage-incident",
"title": "ICE Agent Charged in Highway Assault",
"subtitle": "Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. wanted for pointing gun at commuters",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "Trump complained extensively on social media about a federal judge stopping above-ground construction of a proposed White House ballroom, calling it a \"mockery\" and an \"illegal overreach.\" U.S. District Judge Richard Leon barred above-ground work on the project from proceeding without congressional approval, though he permitted below-ground work on a bunker to continue.",
"source": "https://courthousenews.com/construction-of-white-house-bunker-not-ballroom-gets-green-light/",
"title": "Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction",
"subtitle": "Trump blasts 'illegal overreach' as court stops above-ground work",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general and Coast Guard officer, to serve as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nomination aims to fill a tumultuous leadership vacuum at the CDC, which has faced significant staff attrition following Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s push to alter established vaccine policies.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-cdc-director-schwartz-a6a4de89a7059e2cea8e8a8dafe87d34",
"title": "Erica Schwartz Nominated for CDC Director",
"subtitle": "Attempting to fill the leadership vacuum amid controversy...",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced House Joint Resolution 140, which would reverse a 20-year mining withdrawal in the Superior National Forest and the Rainy River Watershed. The resolution passed the Senate today, overturning a 20-year mining ban upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, opening up land near the boundary waters to potential mining operations.",
"source": "https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/senate-votes-to-strip-minnesotas-boundary-waters-of-protection-from-mining-pollution",
"title": "House Joint Resolution 140 Passes",
"subtitle": "Mining ban reversal moves forward near the Boundary Waters",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "April 16, 2026",
"full_text": "Trump's transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, targeted New York, withholding $73.5 million from the state because it refused to revoke commercial driver's licenses of almost 33,000 immigrants. Following a federal audit revealing questionable commercial driver's licenses issued to individuals whose immigration authorization had expired, the Department of Transportation ordered New York to revoke the licenses or face the massive funding cut.",
"source": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/4532913/sean-duffy-yank-73-million-new-york-cdl-dispute/",
"title": "New York Loses Millions Over Immigrant CDLs",
"subtitle": "Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pulls $73.5M in federal funding",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "April 17, 2026",
"full_text": "Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Ron Wyden launched a sweeping investigation into Jared Kushner's financial conflicts of interest. The lawmakers demanded transparency regarding Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, which manages billions from Gulf monarchies while Kushner simultaneously serves as a U.S. envoy negotiating the war with Iran.",
"source": "https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-opens-sweeping-investigation-into-us-special-envoy-for-peace-jared-kushner-s-foreign-entanglements-and-staggering-conflicts-of-interest",
"title": "Investigation into Jared Kushner Launched",
"subtitle": "Sweeping probe into Affinity Partners and foreign conflicts of interest...",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 18, 2026",
"title": "Rubio Ready to Abandon Ukraine Diplomatic Efforts",
"subtitle": "Secretary of State signals shift in war strategy",
"full_text": "U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration is ready to abandon diplomatic efforts and 'move on' if it is not possible to end the Russo-Ukrainian war in 'a matter of days'.",
"source": "https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/18/europe/rubio-russia-war-in-ukraine-us-talks-intl-hnk/index.html",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 19, 2026",
"title": "Renewed Threat to JPL and NASA Funding",
"subtitle": "Trump administration proposes 23% cut to NASA",
"full_text": "The Trump administration proposed a 23% cut to NASA funding, including a 46% cut to its science programs, threatening 53 science missions and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Read more about the history of science funding cuts here.",
"source": "https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-04-19/renewed-threat-to-jpl-as-trump-administration-tries-again-to-cut-nasa",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 22, 2026",
"title": "Justin Sun Quid Pro Quo",
"subtitle": "SEC backs off...",
"full_text": "Crypto billionaire Justin Sun bought $75 million of World Liberty Financial coin and became an adviser. Shortly after, the SEC backed off a fraud investigation against him and settled for a small fraction of the expected penalties.",
"source": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/world-liberty-financial-billionaire-lawsuit-trump",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "April 23, 2026",
"title": "Eric Trump's Pentagon Contract",
"subtitle": "Profiting from defense...",
"full_text": "Eric Trump went on Fox News and received congratulations about his own company receiving a $24 million Pentagon contract, a clear conflict of interest.",
"source": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/eric-trump-backed-robot-startup-lands-24m-pentagon-deal-compete-china",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 28, 2026",
"title": "James Comey Indicted over Instagram Post",
"subtitle": "Former FBI Director indicted for seashell photo spelling '8647'",
"full_text": "Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges alleging he threatened President Donald Trump when he posted an image of seashells spelling out '8647' on his Instagram account. Trump accused Comey of 'calling for the assassination of the president.' Comey denied the accusation and deleted the post. The charges were brought under Lindsey Halligan, a former personal lawyer for Trump appointed interim U.S. attorney, marking the second time Comey was indicted since Trump's second term began.",
"source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/james-comey-indicted-trump-seashell-8647.html",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "April 28, 2026",
"title": "Transnational Criminal Syndicate Partnership",
"subtitle": "Partnering with sanctioned individuals...",
"full_text": "The Trump administration announced criminal charges against a transnational criminal syndicate. A month later, two of the sanctioned men partnered with the Trump family's crypto company, World Liberty Financial.",
"source": "https://www.itiger.com/news/2631587318",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 1, 2026",
"title": "Kazakh Mining Contract",
"subtitle": "Family stakes in foreign deals...",
"full_text": "The Trump sons took a stake in a Kazakh mining company that subsequently won a $1.6 billion contract from the Trump administration.",
"source": "https://militarnyi.com/en/news/company-trump-sons-interceptor-us-air-force/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 1, 2026",
"title": "Air Force Drones Contract",
"subtitle": "Backing a defense contractor...",
"full_text": "The U.S. Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from a company backed by President Trump's sons.",
"source": "https://militarnyi.com/en/news/company-trump-sons-interceptor-us-air-force/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 4, 2026",
"title": "Don Jr. Prediction Markets Investment",
"subtitle": "Investing in Kalshi and Polymarket...",
"full_text": "President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., invested in and advised the gambling and prediction market companies Kalshi and Polymarket, creating significant conflicts of interest.",
"source": "https://time.com/article/2026/05/04/chuck-schumer-senate-white-house-trump-administration-prediction-markets-bet/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 4, 2026",
"title": "Administration Claims SNAP Fraud",
"subtitle": "4.3 million people removed from food stamps",
"full_text": "Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed that 4.3 million Americans were moved off the food stamp program due to 'fraud' and a 'better economy.' However, experts note that fraud in SNAP is rare (less than 1%), and people dropped off the rolls because new rules in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made it harder to enroll.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-snap-food-stamps-fraud-rollins-1a964909ae5cb808813a6478bbfa5f65",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "May 5, 2026",
"title": "Millions Drop Healthcare Coverage",
"subtitle": "Analysts report 20% drop after subsidies expire",
"full_text": "Insurers and analysts concluded that at least 20% of those covered by the Affordable Care Act are dropping their coverage, with expectations that the number will rise another 6%. At least 5 million people have dropped coverage since subsidies expired under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In Georgia, enrollment fell by over a third.",
"source": "https://thecurrentga.org/2026/04/20/georgias-aca-enrollment-plunges-raising-concerns-for-rural-hospitals/",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "May 5, 2026",
"title": "Tom Homan Promises Mass Deportations",
"subtitle": "White House advisor warns 'You ain't seen sh*t yet'",
"full_text": "At the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Trump's White House advisor on border security, Tom Homan, assured Republicans that mass deportation is coming. Addressing complaints about the administration not deporting enough people, Homan stated: 'You ain't seen sh*t yet. This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming,' adding that the administration will flood uncooperative jurisdictions with ICE agents.",
"source": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/politics/tom-homan-border-security-deportations",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "May 5, 2026",
"title": "Trump Pauses 'Project Freedom'",
"subtitle": "Administration backs down on Strait of Hormuz operation",
"full_text": "Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the initial phase of the war with Iran ('Epic Fury') was over, and the U.S. was moving to 'Project Freedom' to open the Strait of Hormuz. However, after Iranian officials responded with military strikes, President Trump backed down, announcing on social media that Project Freedom would be paused for a 'short period of time' to see if a final agreement with Iran could be signed.",
"source": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/rubio-operation-iran-nuclear-material-removed/story?id=132687267",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "May 5, 2026",
"title": "Senate Advances $1 Billion for White House Ballroom",
"subtitle": "Republicans use budget reconciliation to fund Trump's ballroom",
"full_text": "Republicans in the Senate released their funding request for a budget reconciliation bill, which includes $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump's proposed White House ballroom. The administration had claimed the ballroom would be paid '100 percent by me and some friends of mine,' but emphasized security reasons since the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The budget reconciliation process allows the measure to pass without Democratic votes.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/ballroom-congress-security-white-house-trump-ece6c330833639e087abf24703113f82",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 8, 2026",
"title": "Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver",
"subtitle": "Administration pressured on Russian oil",
"full_text": "Senators urged the Trump administration not to extend a waiver on sanctions for anyone who purchases oil from Russia, as the administration hesitated to enforce strict sanctions.",
"source": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/warren-shaheen-urge-trump-administration-not-to-extend-russian-oil-sanctions-waiver/ar-AA23kfEa",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "May 13, 2026",
"title": "Pardoning Public Corruption",
"subtitle": "Undermining the fight against corruption",
"full_text": "The Trump administration has pardoned at least 15 former elected officials and co-conspirators with corruption offenses in the last year, undermining the justice system's fight against public corruption.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/g-s1-121485/trump-pardons-public-corruption-justice",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 14, 2026",
"title": "Protecting Administration Lawyers",
"subtitle": "Challenging sanctions on Trump's legal team",
"full_text": "The Justice Department filed a lawsuit challenging efforts to sanction attorneys from the first and second Trump administrations, accusing the District of Columbia Bar of playing politics with the legal disciplinary process to protect administration lawyers.",
"source": "https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/05/14/justice-department-trump-administration-lawyers/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 15, 2026",
"title": "Relaxing Limits on Toxic Wastewater",
"subtitle": "EPA aims to relax limits for coal-fired power plants",
"full_text": "The Environmental Protection Agency moved to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers.",
"source": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/trump-administration-aims-to-relax-limits-on-toxic-wastewater-from-coal-fired-power-plants/ar-AA23d3BV",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "May 15, 2026",
"title": "Trump-Appointed Judge Rebukes Administration",
"subtitle": "Appalling behavior over transgender youth records",
"full_text": "A Trump-appointed judge issued a 24-page ruling calling the administration's efforts to obtain private medical information about transgender youth 'appalling'.",
"source": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-appointed-judge-calls-administrations-behavior-appalling-in-24-page-ruling/ar-AA23dXJJ",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "May 15, 2026",
"title": "Jan 6 Rioter Slush Fund Proposal",
"subtitle": "Compensating insurrectionists...",
"full_text": "Trump considered dropping a $10B lawsuit against the IRS and $230M in claims against the DOJ in exchange for a settlement creating a $1.776 billion \"Truth and Justice Commission\" fund under his control. The fund would compensate pardoned Jan. 6 rioters and others purportedly victimized by the DOJ. The Justice Department subsequently announced this nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies in a deal to drop a lawsuit against the IRS. (https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-irs-leak-3729de38770b558be01712a143437bf8)",
"source": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-irs-lawsuit-settlement-slush-fund-weaponization-department-justice-ethics-corruption/",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 20, 2026",
"title": "IRS Cannot Audit Trump",
"subtitle": "Administration says IRS can't audit Trump",
"full_text": "The Trump administration announced that the IRS cannot audit former President Donald Trump, establishing a new rule protecting his family's tax returns from scrutiny.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5828751/trump-administration-says-the-irs-cant-audit-trump",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 21, 2026",
"title": "Finding New Ways to Punish Science",
"subtitle": "Administration cuts science funding",
"full_text": "Researchers reported that the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science, cutting critical funding and restricting operations.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5828768/science-funding-cuts-nih-trump-administration",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 23, 2026",
"title": "Forced Green Card Applications Abroad",
"subtitle": "Administration changes long-standing policy",
"full_text": "Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy. For over half a century, foreign nationals with legal status have been able to apply for and complete the entire process for permanent residence in the United States.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/nx-s1-5832399/trump-administration-green-card-abroad",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "May 26, 2026",
"title": "Erasing Jan 6 History",
"subtitle": "DOJ purges Jan. 6 prosecution info",
"full_text": "The Trump administration mass-deleted information from government websites about prosecutions tied to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including cases of defendants who assaulted police officers. The deleted material included Justice Department news releases detailing guilty pleas, jury verdicts, and prison sentences. The administration defended the move as reversing the \"weaponization\" of the DOJ and removing \"partisan propaganda.\" This deletion follows a broader effort to rewrite the history of the violent attack.",
"source": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/26/nx-s1-5834992/trump-deletes-jan-6-info",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "May 27, 2026",
"title": "DOJ Investigates E. Jean Carroll for Perjury",
"subtitle": "Criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll",
"full_text": "In the latest example of Donald Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department as a tool of personal retribution, the DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the 82-year-old former magazine columnist who won civil verdicts against Donald Trump for sexual abuse and defamation. The investigation focuses on whether Carroll committed perjury during a 2022 deposition when she stated she had received no outside funding for her lawsuit. It was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid some legal fees. However, the federal appeals court that unanimously upheld the verdicts had already addressed this issue, ruling that Carroll had 'plausibly represented' she forgot about the limited outside funding and was 'simply not involved in the matter of who was or was not funding her litigation costs.'",
"source": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation/index.html",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 6, 2026",
"title": "Removing Deep Sea Monitoring Instruments",
"subtitle": "Administration targets ocean data network",
"full_text": "The Trump administration is dispatching ships to remove over 900 deep-sea instruments that comprise the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) network. This network has collected crucial oceanic and climate data from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade, including tracking the potentially collapsing Atlantic current. This action is seen as part of a broader effort to scale down U.S. government support for climate research.",
"source": "https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/tump-administration-to-remove-900-deep-sea-monitoring-instruments-that-would-have-studied-the-collapsing-atlantic-current",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "June 16, 2026",
"title": "Lies About the Iran War",
"subtitle": "Exaggerations and false claims",
"full_text": "Trump and his administration have made numerous false and misleading claims about the 2026 Iran war, which he started. He falsely claimed he never guaranteed 'no war' during his campaign, despite repeatedly making that promise. He also misled the public by claiming Obama gave Iran $1.7 billion as a gift, when it was actually the return of Iran's own money owed since the 1970s. Read our full detailed summary of these falsehoods via the link.",
"source": "iran_war_falsehoods.html",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "June 23, 2026",
"title": "Lies About Reflecting Pool Vandalism",
"subtitle": "Arrests on trumped-up charges",
"full_text": "Donald Trump threatened to sue ABC News over its reporting on the costs of repairing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, frantically insisting the problems were acts of vandals. As Rachel Kahn of The New Republic reported, Trump claimed the pool 'worked perfectly' before a '250-foot-long gash' was cut into its facade on Saturday, a claim that escalated to 300 feet by Monday and 350 feet by Tuesday. Despite no evidence of sabotage on surveillance cameras, Trump spun elaborate stories of vandals using 'a very sharp knife or razors' and 'chemicals' in the 'dark of night,' warning of a 10-year prison sentence. Asked for evidence by CBS News reporter Ed O'Keefe, Trump claimed 'we have pictures' that would be shown in court, while the Interior Department began placing fencing around the pool.",
"source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/trump-threatens-lawsuits-against-abc-network-for-reporting-on-reflecting-pool.html",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 23, 2026",
"title": "False Claims of Iran Nuclear Inspections Deal",
"subtitle": "Trump claims \"Infinity!!!\" inspections...",
"full_text": "President Trump announced that Iran had 'fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long in the future (Infinity!!!)... If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations!' However, Iran immediately disputed this, stating it had made 'no new commitments' on nuclear inspections and would only continue to work with the IAEA under standard protocols, highlighting the disconnect in the administration's foreign policy claims.",
"source": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-iran-has-fully-agreed-to-highest-level-of-nuclear-inspections/",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "June 23, 2026",
"title": "Pennsylvania Factory Rally & Asylum Insults",
"subtitle": "Campaigning to bolster confidence...",
"full_text": "With a new poll showing 66% disapproval of his job performance, President Trump held a campaign-style rally at a Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania. During the rambling speech, Trump repeated false claims of a 2024 landslide victory, called Democrats communists, and explicitly stated that people applying for political asylum in the United States were being released from 'mental institutions.'",
"source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-pennsylvania-rally-mack-trucks-b2867825.html",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "June 23, 2026",
"title": "Warned of \"Power Without Limits\" Drive",
"subtitle": "Loyalists building unchecked executive power...",
"full_text": "William Kristol of The Bulwark warned that a 'sense of impending mortality seems to be making our president even more unhinged than ever,' while a group of loyalists in key executive branch positions are committed to making a dream of 'power without limits' a reality. These figures include VP JD Vance, Bill Pulte (Acting DNI), Pete Hegseth (Defense), Stephen Miller (Deputy Chief of Staff), Markwayne Mullin (DHS), Kash Patel (FBI), Russell Vought (OMB), and Todd Blanche (Acting AG).",
"source": "https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-old-dictator-and-his-young-henchmen-trump-pulte-gabbard-hegseth-blanche-patel-mullin",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
},
{
"date": "June 23, 2026",
"title": "Prairieland Protesters Sentenced to Decades",
"subtitle": "Extreme sentences under anti-terror laws...",
"full_text": "Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor and U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman sentenced eight protesters involved in a July 4, 2025 demonstration against ICE at Alvarado, Texas, to prison terms between 30 and 100 years. The defendants\u2014several of whom did not know each other and one of whom was not present\u2014were prosecuted as part of an 'antifa cell' under broad anti-terrorism laws. In contrast, President Trump previously pardoned and commuted the sentences of Jan 6 leaders Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes.",
"source": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting",
"category": "Social Cohesion"
},
{
"date": "June 30, 2026",
"title": "Lawsuit Over Forced Deportations",
"subtitle": "Human rights groups sue Ghana over US deportees",
"full_text": "A coalition of human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against Ghana at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, accusing the country of violating non-refoulement principles by accepting deportees from the United States and forcing them back to the home countries they had originally fled. The lawsuit highlights the international consequences and human rights violations stemming from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation policies.",
"source": "https://apnews.com/article/ghana-united-states-deportations-lawsuit-0d29bb2dd3f414c1df15a52648687eaf",
"category": "Global Leadership"
},
{
"date": "July 1, 2026",
"title": "USMCA Trade Agreement Scrapped",
"subtitle": "U.S. refuses to renew Trump's own trade deal",
"full_text": "U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer announced that the United States would not renew the USMCA trade agreement, which was initially signed during President Donald Trump's first term. Instead of renewing the deal, the U.S. stated it will conduct annual reviews and demand negotiations and amendments, injecting significant instability into North American trade relations.",
"source": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-usmca-renewal-tariffs-trade-rcna352594",
"category": "Economic Justice"
},
{
"date": "July 10, 2026",
"title": "Endangered Species Act Gutted",
"subtitle": "Narrowing the definition of 'harm' to exclude habitat destruction",
"full_text": "The Trump administration finalized a rule that rescinds the long-standing regulatory definition of 'harm' under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For over 50 years, the law defined harm to include habitat degradation. The new rule, supported by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, narrows this to require direct physical injury or death to the animal, opening up critical wildlife habitats to logging, mining, and oil exploration.",
"source": "https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-administration-kills-protections-for-endangered-wildlife-habitat-2026-07-10/",
"category": "Environmental Stewardship"
},
{
"date": "July 10, 2026",
"title": "Trump Ousts Bipartisan Election Commission Members",
"subtitle": "Removing crucial checks and balances in election oversight",
"full_text": "President Donald Trump removed members of a bipartisan federal election commission (the Election Assistance Commission) who resisted his efforts to require voters to document their U.S. citizenship. The EAC, which oversees voting systems testing and grants, had its members ousted as part of Trump's broader push to reshape the U.S. voting process and consolidate control over election administration, removing crucial checks and balances.",
"source": "https://www.kcra.com/article/trump-ousts-election-commission-members/71896852",
"category": "Democratic Reform"
}
]