Trump Action Archive

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• Elon Musk's Personal Attack on the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — Elon Musk personally attacked the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker on social media platform X, following its release.

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• Trump DOJ issues subpoena to NYC migrant shelter — The Trump administration's Department of Justice has issued a criminal subpoena to a Manhattan hotel that houses undocumented immigrants through a New York City program.
• Justice Department Subpoenas New York Migrant Shelter — The Trump administration's Justice Department issued a criminal subpoena to a Manhattan hotel that provides shelter to undocumented immigrants through a New York City program.

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• Musk's DOGE Service Overstates Federal Savings — Elon Musk's U.S.
• Launch of the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — Popular Information launched the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker, a tool that revealed discrepancies in Elon Musk's claims about budget cuts by DOGE.

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• ICE accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities for potential raids — Documents obtained by The Guardian reveal that U.S.

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• Musk's social media platform experiences cyberattack — Elon Musk reported that his social media platform, X, was down for several hours due to a significant cyberattack, which he attributed to a coordinated effort by a large group or possibly a nation-state.
• Musk's social media platform X experiences DDoS attack — Elon Musk's social media platform X experienced three separate outages lasting over six hours, attributed to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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• Kristi Noem's DHS began polygraph tests for employees — Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security initiated polygraph tests for employees to identify potential leaks regarding ICE raids, indicating a crackdown on internal dissent.
• DHS Conducts Polygraph Tests on Employees — The Department of Homeland Security is conducting polygraph tests on employees to identify potential leaks of information regarding immigration operations to the media.

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• Newsmax discloses $40 million settlement with Smartmatic — On March 7, 2025, Newsmax disclosed in a financial filing that it had agreed to pay $40 million to Smartmatic as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit.

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• US State Department to Revoke Student Visas Over AI-Flagged Social Media Posts — The US State Department has initiated a program to revoke visas of foreign students identified as Hamas supporters through AI-assisted reviews of their social media accounts.

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• Trump Administration Accused of Manipulating Economic Data — There are accusations that the Trump administration may attempt to manipulate federal economic statistics to obscure negative economic data resulting from tariff policies.

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• Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob — Kingsley Wilson, a Pentagon spokesperson, faced condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for a tweet disputing the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman lynched in 1915.

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• AP files amended complaint against White House over press pool ban — The Associated Press (AP) has amended its complaint against the Trump administration, challenging the White House's decision to restrict AP journalists from attending presidential events.

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• IAF website taken offline amid leadership changes — Following the appointment of Peter Marocco as head of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), the agency's website was taken offline.

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• Trump delivers address to Congress with false claims — President Trump delivered a televised address to Congress filled with false claims about immigration, the economy, and other issues.
• Trump turns Congress speech into a campaign rally — President Donald Trump delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, which he turned into a campaign-style rally.
• Trump's False Claims in Congress Address — During a recent address to Congress, former President Donald Trump made several false claims, including the assertion that the United States has given Ukraine $350 billion since Russia's invasion in 2022, and that

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• Pro-Trump Influencers Briefed at White House — Far-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and other pro-Trump influencers were briefed at the White House and received documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
• DOJ Releases Limited Epstein Files — The Department of Justice released a limited set of files related to Jeffrey Epstein to a group of right-wing social media influencers, including Chaya Raichik and Jack Posobiec.

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• Deletion of False Savings Claims from Government Website — The "department of government efficiency" (Doge), led by Elon Musk, removed five major savings claims from its "wall of receipts" on its website.

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• Washington Post Shifts Editorial Focus — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced the paper's opinion section would focus on supporting "personal liberties" and "free markets," prompting the resignation of the Opinion Editor and a loss of subscribers.
• Editor of WaPo’s Opinion Page Resigns — The Editor of The Washington Post's Opinion Page, along with several writers, resigned in protest against Jeff Bezos's decision to dictate editorial topics.

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• Trump Shares AI-Generated Video on Truth Social — President Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting a fictional "Trump Gaza" resort.
• Trump posts music video promoting plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza — On February 26, 2025, President Trump posted a music video on social media platforms promoting his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and redevelop the area into a luxury resort.

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• Federal judge denies AP's request to restore access to presidential events — A federal judge, Trevor McFadden, denied the Associated Press's request for a temporary injunction to restore its access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and White House events.
• Judge denies AP's request for temporary restraining order — A judge denied the Associated Press's request for a temporary restraining order after the organization was banned from White House briefings for refusing to use the term "Gulf of America." The case is still pending.
• Federal Judge Declines to Issue TRO for AP Access — A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order to allow the Associated Press to regain access to presidential events but urged the Trump administration to reconsider its ban.

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• Judge blocks Musk agency access to millions of Americans’ personal data — U.S.
• Federal court issues temporary restraining order against OPM — On February 24, 2025, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), preventing it from disclosing personally identifiable information of federal employees
• Federal Judge Blocks Data Sharing with Musk's Department — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management from sharing sensitive data with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

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• White House Press Secretary to control press briefing access — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that she will determine which journalists can attend press briefings, ending the long-standing practice of the White House Correspondents' Association managing
• White House to control press pool access — The White House announced it will decide which reporters are allowed into the presidential press pool to cover Trump, taking control from the White House Correspondents’ Association.
• White House to Control Press Pool Access — The White House announced it will decide which news organizations and reporters are allowed into the presidential press pool covering Donald Trump.

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• Department of Health Warns Employees About Musk's Request — The Department of Health and Human Services warned agency employees that their responses to Musk's request for accomplishments might be read by foreign actors.

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• Associated Press sues Trump administration officials for blocking press access — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three officials in the Trump administration for blocking its journalists from presidential events, citing violations of the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections.
• Associated Press Sues Over Press Access Block — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against administrative officials after being denied press access for refusing to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" as directed by Trump.

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• AP Sues Trump Administration — The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration after being banned from government events.
• AP Sues White House Over Press Access — The Associated Press has filed a federal lawsuit against White House officials after being barred from covering presidential events.

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• Resignations at the General Services Administration over DOGE's data access requests — Workers at the General Services Administration resigned in protest after a request from a Musk ally for access to sensitive information from the Notify[DOT]gov system, which could allow unilateral access to personal

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• Claims of cost-saving measures by DOGE found to be inaccurate — Reports revealed that claims made by DOGE regarding $16 billion in canceled contracts were inaccurate, with one contract valued at $8 billion actually being closer to $8 million.
• Trump administration's claims of government waste questioned — The Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency have claimed to be eliminating "massive waste, fraud, and abuse" in government spending.