Trump Action Archive

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• FEMA Employees Warn of Disaster, Face Suspension — Over 180 FEMA employees have signed a letter warning Congress of a potential disaster akin to Hurricane Katrina due to mismanagement and lack of experience within the agency.
• FEMA staff placed on leave after signing dissent letter — Several FEMA staff members were placed on administrative leave after signing a public letter criticizing the Trump administration's handling of the agency.
• FEMA employees warned Congress about staffing cuts — On August 27, 2025, 182 FEMA employees wrote to Congress expressing concerns that one-third of the agency's full-time staff had separated from the agency this year, eroding institutional knowledge and capacity to

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• Trump declares crime emergency in Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., on August 11, allowing the federal government to take control of the city's police under the Home Rule Act.
• Executive Order on Crime Emergency in D.C. — On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to address the crime emergency in the District of Columbia.

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• Trump Threatens to Fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, demanding her resignation over unverified allegations of mortgage fraud.
• Trump Attempts to Fire Federal Reserve Director Lisa Cook — President Trump attempted to fire Federal Reserve Director Lisa Cook, citing "for cause" without legal basis.
• Trump Fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — President Trump has fired Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve as a governor of the Federal Reserve, accusing her of mortgage fraud.

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• Federal judge rules Alina Habba illegally serving as acting US attorney for NJ — A federal judge, Matthew Brann, ruled that Alina Habba is not lawfully qualified to serve as the acting US attorney for New Jersey and must be disqualified from participating in ongoing cases.
• Judge rules ex-Trump lawyer unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey — A federal judge, Matthew Brann, ruled that Alina Habba, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, was unlawfully serving as the U.S.
• Federal Judge Rules on Alina Habba's Position — A federal judge ruled that former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is "not lawfully" holding the office of US Attorney for New Jersey.

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• DNI Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the revocation of security clearances for 37 current and former intelligence officials.

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• Trump Nominates EJ Antoni to Bureau of Labor Statistics — On August 11, Donald Trump announced the nomination of EJ Antoni, an economist from the Heritage Foundation, to replace the fired Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
• Trump nominee linked to January 6 Capitol riot — Trump’s nominee for Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.

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• Missouri AG Named Co-Deputy Director of FBI — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was named as co-deputy director of the FBI, marking the first time the agency has had two people share the position.

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• Jobs Report Shows Weak Growth and Trump Fires Labor Commissioner — The U.S.
• Trump fires chief of Bureau of Labor Statistics — President Trump fired the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the agency reported disappointing job numbers for the last three months of his administration.
• Trump fires head of Bureau of Labor Statistics — President Trump dismissed the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her of manipulating employment numbers to portray the economy negatively.

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• Kari Lake Locks USAGM CEO Out of Systems — The Washington Post reported that Kari Lake, special adviser for the US Agency for Global Media, locked the agency's acting CEO out of his email and systems, and ordered the Voice of America director to accept a new

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• Supreme Court lifts injunctions allowing Trump administration to proceed with State Department firings — The U.S.

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• EPA Eliminates Research and Development Office and Begins Layoffs — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the elimination of its research and development arm, resulting in the reduction of thousands of agency staff.

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• Executive Order: Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service — On July 17, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing Schedule G in the excepted service.
• Trump signs executive order creating new federal worker classification — On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a new classification for federal employees, known as Schedule G.

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• Pam Bondi fires US justice department’s top ethics adviser — On Friday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Joseph Tirrell, the head of the Justice Department’s ethics office.
• DOJ Ethics Attorney Fired Without Cause — Joseph Tirrell, the DOJ's senior ethics attorney, reported being fired without cause by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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• Supreme Court Allows Federal Workforce Reduction — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump's plan to reduce the federal workforce through mass layoffs.
• US Supreme Court lifts order freezing federal layoffs — The US Supreme Court has lifted a lower court order that had frozen mass federal layoffs, allowing the Trump administration to proceed with its "reductions in force" plan.
• Supreme Court stays preliminary injunction on Trump's workforce optimization order — On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court granted a stay on a preliminary injunction that had been issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

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• RFK Jr. fires CDC vaccine advisory panel — In June, Health Secretary Robert F.
• Kennedy Dismisses CDC Immunization Advisory Committee — In June 2025, Robert F.

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• Trump Fires Six National Security Council Staffers — In early April, Laura Loomer, a pro-Trump online influencer, met with Donald Trump and provided him with a list of National Security Council staffers she deemed disloyal or suspect.

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• Federal Judge Blocks Mass Firings at HHS — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on July 1, 2025, from carrying out mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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• Senate Budget Bill Could Increase ICE Funding — The proposed Senate budget bill includes significant increases in funding for ICE, potentially making it the largest jailer in the U.S.
• Senate allocates additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — The Senate budget reconciliation bill includes an additional $45 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), significantly increasing its budget for detaining migrants.
• Senate allocated additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — The revised budget reconciliation bill includes an additional $45 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain migrants, alongside $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, and $8 billion for new

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• RFK Jr replaces CDC vaccine advisers with misinformation spreaders — Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Health Secretary, replaced the fired CDC vaccine advisory committee members with eight new appointees known for spreading vaccine misinformation.
• Health Secretary Unilaterally Appoints New ACIP Members — The U.S.
• Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. fires and replaces vaccine advisory panel — Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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• Trump Fires NRC Commissioner — Christopher Hanson, the commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, stated that President Trump fired him "without cause," contrary to legal precedent for removing independent agency appointees.

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• Appeal filed — American Association of University Professors v. United States Department of Justice (S.D.N.Y.) 1:25-cv-02429 — Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed the case.
• Appeal filed — Boyle v. Trump (D. Md.) 8:25-cv-01628 — Defendants appealed Judge Maddox's summary judgment order to the Fourth Circuit.
• Case update — American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein (S.D.N.Y.) 1:25-cv-03072 — Plaintiffs filed their second amended complaint .

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• EEOC Halts Processing of Gender Identity Discrimination Claims — The acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Andrea Lucas, has instructed the agency to halt the processing of claims related to gender identity discrimination.

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• ICE arrests record number of immigrants — On June 3, 2025, ICE arrested more immigrants than any other single day in its history, detaining over 2,200 individuals, many of whom were enrolled in the Alternative to Detention program.
• ICE agents conduct record number of immigrant arrests in a single day — ICE agents, under pressure from the White House, detained over 2,200 people in a single day, marking the highest number of immigrant arrests in its history.
• Increased ICE Detentions and Deportations Under Trump — The Trump administration has significantly increased ICE detentions and deportations, with over 2,200 arrests made on June 3, marking a record high.

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• Trump files emergency appeal to fire federal employees — The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a block on efforts to fire tens of thousands of federal employees and reorganize the government.

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• Supreme Court ruling on National Labor Relations Board firing — The U.S.