Trump Action Archive

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• Navarro files appeal demanding DOJ explain withdrawal from defending his subpoena conviction — Peter Navarro, Trump's White House trade adviser, filed a 13-page appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit requesting the justice department explain why it will not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena. Navarro was convicted after refusing to testify, claiming executive privilege. After Trump returned to office and Navarro joined the White House, federal prosecutors withdrew their defense of the conviction and urged appointment of external counsel. Navarro's filing argues the DOJ must provide detailed explanation for abandoning its legal position, citing separation-of-powers concerns and potential implications for congressional subpoena enforcement against presidential advisers.

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• Supreme Court authorized freezing of $4 billion in foreign aid — The Supreme Court temporarily authorized the Trump administration to freeze approximately $4 billion in foreign aid set to expire at the end of the fiscal year on September 30, which includes funding for global health and HIV/AIDS programs. The decision allowed the administration to prevent the spending of congressionally appropriated funds.
• Trump administration filed emergency appeal to freeze foreign aid — The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to authorize the freezing of billions of dollars in foreign aid after a lower court ruled it must spend the funds before they expire at the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The move seeks to override judicial authority over appropriated funds.
• Supreme Court temporarily halts lower court order requiring Trump administration to spend $4.9bn in foreign aid — Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary stay on Tuesday halting a Washington DC federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid. Trump had announced via "pocket rescission" that he would not spend the funds, characterizing them as "woke, weaponized and wasteful." The stay gives aid groups until Friday to file a response. This marks the first pocket rescission in 50 years and follows Trump's earlier moves to dismantle USAID and downsize US global development and emergency response support.
• Supreme Court partially stays District Court order in Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition — The Supreme Court, in an emergency application, partially stayed a September 3, 2025 District Court order (D.D.C., cases 1:25-cv-400 and 1:25-cv-402) for funds subject to the President's August 28, 2025 rescission proposal pending before Congress. The stay applies only to those funds and remains in effect pending further order of the Chief Justice or the full Court. Respondents were ordered to file a response by September 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. EDT.

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• Speaker Mike Johnson refused to support Massie's reelection — Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team signaled that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) would have to fend for himself in his reelection bid. Five members of House GOP leadership declined to offer backing for Massie's reelection, and Johnson would not say if he would support his colleague. Johnson stated that Massie is "actively working against his team almost daily now and seems to enjoy that role." Trump's allies are preparing to spend millions to defeat Massie in the GOP primary, with a pro-Trump super PAC called "MAGA Kentucky" reserving $1.6 million in ads.
• Pro-Trump super PAC reserved $1.6 million to defeat Massie — A pro-Trump super PAC called "MAGA Kentucky" reserved $1.6 million in ads to defeat Representative Thomas Massie in the 2026 GOP primary. The group is being led by Chris LaCivita, Trump's 2024 campaign co-manager, and pollster Tony Fabrizio. Pro-Israel groups like AIPAC also plan to spend significant funds to oust Massie, who has a long history of voting against U.S. support for Israel.

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• House Republicans voted against Jan. 6 police memorial plaque — Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted against an amendment that would require the speaker to hang a commemorative plaque for police officers who protected lawmakers during the Jan. 6 insurrection, even though the plaque was commissioned by Congress more than three years ago.

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• Rep. Massie introduced discharge petition to force Epstein files release vote — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced what's known as a discharge petition in an effort to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. The measure must receive 218 signatures to succeed. A White House official later told NBC News in an email that Republicans deciding to sign on to the "attention-seeking" petition "would be viewed as a very hostile act to the administration."