Trump Action Archive

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• Florida mandates English-only driver's license testing — As of February 6, 2026, Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles eliminated multilingual driver's license examinations, requiring all knowledge and skills tests to be conducted in English only. Previously, noncommercial exams were offered in Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese. Translation services and printed exams in other languages are now prohibited. Critics argue the policy disproportionately affects immigrant communities and non-English speakers, including U.S. citizens, and creates barriers to essential services.

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• Vance announces halt of Medicaid funds to Minnesota — Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid funds to Minnesota, framing it as ensuring the state was a "good steward of the American people's tax money." Minnesota Governor Tim Walz disputed the fraud allegations, noting that Trump-deployed ICE agents were shooting protesters and arresting children, while the DOJ was gutting the U.S. attorney's office.

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• DHS posted message linking housing to migrant deportations — The official Department of Homeland Security account posted: "Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens," followed by the ICE hotline number. The post equated housing access with participation in migrant deportations, drawing comparisons to Nazi-era tactics used against Jewish citizens.

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• U.S. lost 108,435 jobs in January 2026 — The U.S. lost 108,435 jobs in January 2026, marking the biggest monthly job cuts since January 2009 during the Great Recession. Despite Trump's campaign promises to bring back manufacturing jobs, the U.S. lost approximately 68,000 manufacturing jobs in 2025.
• U.S. employers announced 108,435 January layoffs — CNBC reported that U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs in January 2026, the highest January total since the 2009 global financial crisis. Layoffs were up 118% from January 2025 and 205% from December 2025. Simultaneously, companies announced only 5,306 new hires, the lowest January since 2009, representing a 13% decline from January 2025 and a 49% decline from December 2025.
• U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs in January 2026 — According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs in January 2026, representing a 205 percent increase from December 2025 and the worst January for job cuts since 2009 during the Great Recession. Job openings fell to 6.5 million in December, the lowest level since September 2020. A Fox News poll found 72 percent of Americans believe the economy is in poor or fair condition. The hiring rate remains stuck at 3.3 percent, indicating companies are not expanding payrolls.

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• Senate rejects amendment to redirect ICE funding to Medicaid — The Senate rejected an amendment by Senator Bernie Sanders that sought to repeal $75 billion in additional ICE funding from Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and redirect it to Medicaid. The amendment failed despite earning two Republican votes, reflecting shifting political dynamics around immigration enforcement spending priorities.