Trump Action Archive

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• Trump announces pocket rescission of $4.9bn in foreign aid via notification to House Speaker — Trump informed House Speaker Mike Johnson in late August that he would not spend $4.9bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid, using a "pocket rescission" mechanism announced shortly before the 30 September fiscal year end. The funds were designated for UN organizations, peacekeeping operations, development assistance, and democracy-promotion projects. Trump characterized the spending as "woke, weaponized and wasteful." This was the first pocket rescission in 50 years, preventing Congress from acting within the required 45-day timeframe.

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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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• ICE Raid at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in New York — On the same day as the Georgia raid, ICE conducted another operation in upstate New York at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners facilities near Syracuse. Federal officers forcibly entered the facility and detained over 40 workers, including parents of children, prompting criticism from New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The governor expressed outrage over the separation of families and the impact on children, emphasizing New York's stance against such actions while supporting border security and deportation of violent criminals.
• ICE Raid on Hyundai Battery Factory in Georgia — On September 5, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a large-scale raid at a construction site in Georgia, detaining approximately 475 workers, including 300 South Korean nationals. The site is a joint venture between LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor, intended to manufacture car batteries. The raid, described as the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security, was part of an investigation into unlawful employment practices. The South Korean government has responded by setting up a taskforce to assist its citizens.
• U.S. immigration agents conducted raid on Hyundai battery plant in Georgia — U.S. immigration agents arrested 475 individuals at a Hyundai Motor battery plant construction site in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals and business travelers. The raid occurred despite Hyundai's August announcement of a $26 billion U.S. investment through 2028, potentially signaling hostile treatment of foreign manufacturers and investors.
• ICE raids Hyundai factory in Georgia, arrests hundreds of workers — Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid on a Hyundai manufacturing facility in Georgia, resulting in the arrest of hundreds of factory workers. The action is cited as an example of the administration's immigration enforcement creating negative supply shocks in the economy by removing workers from production facilities.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security conducted raid on Hyundai-LG Energy electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security agents conducted a raid on an electric vehicle battery plant under construction by South Korean carmaker Hyundai and battery supplier LG Energy Solution in Ellabell, Georgia. Federal agents arrested 475 people, 300 of whom were South Korean nationals. The plant was billed as Georgia's biggest economic development project in history. South Korean leaders expressed anger, and LG Energy Solution pulled most of its employees out of the United States. LG Energy Solution subsequently suspended construction of the factory. The detained workers are scheduled for repatriation.