Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Trump administration paid companies to halt wind energy projects — The Trump administration is paying companies approximately $2 billion to stop wind projects and has cancelled or stalled dozens of other renewable energy products, according to reporting by Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark. This action occurred amid an energy crisis and contributed to higher costs for diesel, fertilizer, and other products, placing additional pressure on farmers already suffering from tariff-related economic damage.
• Corporate bankruptcies reached highest level in more than a decade — Corporate bankruptcies in 2025 reached their highest level in more than a decade, according to reporting by Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark. This economic deterioration occurred as Trump's tariff policies cut into manufacturing jobs and contributed to broader economic instability across multiple sectors.
• Trump's tariffs and deportations caused farm bankruptcies to rise 46 percent — According to Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark, Trump's tariffs, combined with deportations of farm workers and cancellation of foreign food aid programs, led farm bankruptcies to rise 46 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year. Higher costs for diesel, fertilizer, and other products resulting from the Iran war are placing farmers under additional economic pressure, contributing to what Rampell characterized as Trump acting as "an economic serial killer, whacking firms left and right."

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• FCC suspends prison phone price caps, blocking enforcement of 2024 rule — FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced Monday that the FCC will no longer enforce a 2024 rule capping in-state prison phone calls at $0.06–$0.07 per minute. The suspension applies until April 1, 2027, during which the FCC will consider permanent changes. The 2024 rule, which reduced call costs from as much as $11.35 to $0.90 for a 15-minute call, was mandated by the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez objected, stating the suspension violates the statute and Congress's directive. The rule also banned kickbacks to prison operators; those remain suspended.
• FCC cites corporate claims rather than evidence in justifying suspension of prison phone price caps — In the order suspending the 2024 price-cap rule, the FCC explicitly cited "financial burdens" on prison operators and claimed that without commissions or high prices, many facilities would stop allowing incarcerated people to make phone calls. According to Popular Information's reporting, this conclusion is "largely based on claims made to the FCC by the corporations profiting from the existing system," rather than independent evidence or analysis.
• FCC postponed prison phone rate reduction rules for two years — FCC Chairman Brendon Carr announced the agency would postpone rules passed unanimously in 2024 to reduce prison and jail phone rates for two years. FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez said the postponement was "shielding a broken system that inflates costs and rewards kickbacks to correctional facilities at the expense of incarcerated individuals and their loved ones." The delay blocks consumer protections.
• GEO Group and CoreCivic donated to Trump campaign and inauguration while benefiting from FCC suspension — During the 2024 campaign, GEO Group's PAC made the maximum contribution to Trump's campaign; CEO Brian Evans and board chairman George Zoley each donated $11,600 to Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee. GEO Acquisition II, a GEO Group subsidiary, donated $1 million to Make America Great Again PAC. After Trump's election, GEO Group and CoreCivic each donated $500,000 to Trump's inauguration committee. Both Tom Homan (Trump's border czar) and Attorney General Pam Bondi have received payments from GEO Group—Homan as a consultant in 2023–2024, Bondi as a lobbyist in 2019.