Trump Action Tracker

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle,after she was fatally shot by immigration agents in January, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U...

TAT: [Nationalism | Undermining Democracy]

Binance Gives Trump Family’s Crypto Firm a Leg Up Ties between the exchange and the president’s company, World Liberty Financial, have only strengthened since the president pardoned Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.

Ties between the crypto exchange Binance and Trump’s bitcoin company World Liberty Financial have strengthened since the president pardoned Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.

TAT: [Corruption]

Pentagon to cut ties with Harvard over ‘wokesters’, ending training, programs and fellowships Move by Pete Hegseth marks latest escalation by Trump administration against the Ivy League school

US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University

TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked

TAT: [Nationalism]

Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media Only a smattering of Republicans spoke out about clip in which Obamas’ faces were superimposed on bodies of apes

Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media. The clip appeared during one of the 79-year-old US president’s increasingly frequent late-night posting sprees to his Truth Social account, and show...

TAT: [Controlling Information | Suppressing Dissent]

DHS: Kidney recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester now has access to needed medications DFL State Rep. Kim Hicks said she’s been concerned the man would not have access to his medication and might die without it. A Homeland Security spokesperson said later in the afternoon that ICE is working with the family to ensure he gets all of his needed medications.

According to state Rep. Kim Hicks a man taken into custody in Rochester (MN) by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a kidney transplant recipient who may not have access to his lifesaving medication once he’s flown to T...

TAT: [Nationalism]

Trump administration orders CDC to claw back $602M from blue states  Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon}View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story  Trump administration orders CDC to claw back $602M from blue states  A directive fro…

A directive from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind over $600 million in funding from four Democratic-led states (Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota). In addition, the ...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

EPA reapproves herbicide dicamba with some restrictions The Trump administration will reapprove the controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans with some restrictions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the decision t…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reapproves controversial herbicide dicamba. Dicamba is a pesticide that is known to drift for miles

TAT: [Attacking Science]

Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.

Health Secretary Kennedy (RFK Jr) makes unfounded claim that Keto diet can ‘cure’ Schizophrenia

TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]

 Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes The White House defended the post at first, calling to "stop the fake outrage", as members of both parties condemned the video.

US President Donald Trump reposted - and later removed - an election conspiracy social media video which included a racist AI clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The White House initially defended the clip as an "internet meme vi...

TAT: [Controlling Information | Suppressing Dissent]

White House Offers Shifting Story on Gabbard’s Presence at Georgia Raid President Trump said Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi had directed Tulsi Gabbard to be present for an operation at an election center. It was the administration’s fourth explanation for her presence.

President Trump said that Attorney General Pam Bondi wanted Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, to oversee the FBI seizure and search of voter rolls in Georgia — the fourth time this week the administration has shifted its ...

TAT: [Controlling Information | Undermining Democracy]

Latest U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific The operation was authorized by the Marine general who took command of military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean earlier in the day.

A U.S. military strike blew up a boat suspected of moving drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two people, the U.S. Southern Command said. It was the 37th strike announced by the Trump administration in the campaign, which began in September. The strikes ...

TAT: [Foreign Policy]

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions Trump’s sanctions on U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court froze assets and disrupted war crimes investigations. The clash is part of the broader campaign by his administration to strongarm allies, enemies and world bodies into toeing the U.S. line.

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions

TAT: [Foreign Policy]

Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles airport, train station renamed for him, source says U.S. President Donald Trump offered last month to drop his hold on funding for a key $16 billion New York Hudson River tunnel project in exchange for Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer supporting the renaming of Washington Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station after Trump, a source told Reuters Thu

U.S. President Donald Trump offered last month to drop his hold on funding for a key $16 billion New York Hudson River tunnel project in exchange for Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer supporting the renaming of Washington Dulles Airport and Ne...

TAT: [Weakening Civil Rights | Undermining Democracy]

Trump would decide whether to investigate Fed pick Warsh over refusal to cut rates: Bessent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent left the door open to suing Kevin Warsh as Fed chair in testimony to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday refused to rule out the possibility of a criminal investigation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, if Warsh ends up refusing to cut interest rates.

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers The policy change makes it easier for the president to discipline or remove up to 50,000 employees, another push in the administration’s campaign to reshape the federal work force.

The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the...

TAT: [Weakening Civil Rights | Hollowing State]

Trump goes after ‘moron’ Massie at National Prayer Breakfast President Trump referred to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as a “moron” at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. “He’s an automatic no. No matter what,” Trump said, referencing Massi…

President Trump referred to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as a “moron” at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. Massie is one of the most outspoken Trump critics in the Republican Party. Trump has backed Massie’s GOP primary opponent Ed Gallrein, a reti...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

DOJ wants to turbocharge deportations by swiftly dismissing immigration court appeals Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate Board of Immigration Appeals hearings takes a ‘sledgehammer’ to due process, critics fear

DOJ (Dept of Justice) wants to turbocharge deportations by swiftly dismissing immigration court appeals. Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate Board of Immigration Appeals hearings takes a ‘sledgehammer’ to due process, critics fear

TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening Civil Rights]

Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms Ex-Trump adviser adds to elections officials’ concern about potential interference from Trump administration in voting

Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and rightwing podcast host, said he wants to see immigration agents at the polls in November, a proposal that election officials have feared. Bannon has no formal power, but is an influential figure on the far right and...

TAT: [Undermining Democracy]

Trump says the Federal Reserve is 'in theory' an 'independent body' The president told NBC News in an exclusive interview that he wouldn't have tapped Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair if he didn't support cutting interest rates.

Trump says the Federal Reserve is 'in theory' an 'independent body', but that he wouldn't have tapped Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair if he didn't support cutting interest rates. Trump suggested the Federal Reserve should follow his lead because he...

TAT: [Corruption | Undermining Democracy]

Trump Scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’ Testy remarks from a president who has frequently singled out female journalists for criticism and personal attacks.

President Trump attacked the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office on Tuesday, calling her “the worst reporter” and scolding her for not smiling as she tried to ask about the latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Trump has often singled...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

ICE agents stopped and arrested observers following them by car in Minneapolis, with drawn weapons.

TAT: [Nationalism | Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

Dept for Homeland Security (DHS) is targeting Americans with a secretive legal weapon. This is an administrative subpoena, a powerful legal tool that, unlike the ones people are most familiar with, federal agencies can issue without an order fr...

TAT: [Weakening Civil Rights | Suppressing Dissent]

Trump says Mexico will stop sending oil to energy-starved Cuba U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba as he ramped up a pressure campaign on the Caribbean nation.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba as he ramped up a pressure campaign on the Caribbean nation. "Mexico is gonna cease sending them oil," Trump told reporters in the White House Oval Office. He did not elaborate on why he b...

TAT: [Foreign Policy]

‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’

The Trump administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called “Coalie”. The administration’s new mascot, kitted out with a helme...

TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]

Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation Exclusive: Trump endorsed national intelligence director’s sweeping review by sending her on Georgia raid last week

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is running her own review into the 2020 election with Donald Trump’s approval, working separately from a justice department investigation even as she joined an FBI raid of an election center in Georgia last week.

TAT: [Undermining Democracy]

Trump targets Massie, wife, ahead of key funding votes President Trump slammed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and his wife Monday, as the House prepared to vote on a key funding package that could reopen the government after a partial shutdown. “Peop…

President Trump slammed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and his wife Monday, as the House prepared to vote on a key funding package that could reopen the government after a partial shutdown. “People are saying that Thomas Massie became a Liberal because his new wife, blesse...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

In Trump’s Fraud Crackdown, Political Foes Face Harshest Scrutiny State officials say the president’s actions are a new form of retribution, even as the White House has pardoned allies charged with defrauding government.

Over the last year, the Trump administration has turned its anti-fraud campaign largely into a tool for political retribution. Without the permission of Congress, the federal government has tried to hold up billions of dollars for programs that ...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]

Trump says he is seeking $1bn in damages in Harvard dispute US president makes further claims of antisemitism against Ivy League school amid wider dispute with higher eduction institutions

Trump announced that his administration is seeking $1bn in damages from Harvard University, and accused it of being “strongly antisemitic” in aTruth Social post

TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]

Trump says DOJ should continue Fed Chair Powell probe 'to the end' Sen. Thom Tillis said he would oppose any new Fed nominees until the Powell probe is resolved, the same day Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his Fed chair pick.

Trump said the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should continue and be "taken to the end and see"

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]