Trump Action Archive

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Aug 7, 2026 FBI declined to conduct a civil rights investigation into an ICE fatal shooting Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent

The bureau did not investigate a fatal shooting by an immigration officer, departing from standard protocol and suggesting reduced accountability for enforcement violence.

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  • FBI declines to conduct civil rights probe into ICE officer's fatal shooting — CBS News reported that the FBI is not conducting a civil rights investigation into the death of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who was killed by an ICE officer in Maine in July 2026.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 81 – 2026-08-01–2026-08-07 wk81_CR_016
Jul 29, 2026 President Trump and Secret Service agents were accused of directing surveillance and a prosecution against James Comey over a social media post Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation

The allegations suggested information-gathering and criminal process were being used in a politically charged way against a prominent critic.

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  • Motion to Dismiss Filed in Comey Case — Lawyers for former FBI director James Comey filed a motion to dismiss a criminal case against him in federal court in North Carolina.
  • Trump Admin Directed Law Enforcement in Comey Probe — The Trump administration directed Secret Service agents to surveil James Comey's phone following his Instagram post that led to his indictment.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 80 – 2026-07-25–2026-07-31 wk80_IM_007
Jul 21, 2026 The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced Jay Clayton's nomination for director of national intelligence Corroborated Institutions and Governance

Advancing a disputed intelligence nominee affected future oversight of surveillance powers and the credibility of national-security institutions.

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  • Senate Committee Advances Jay Clayton's Nomination — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 9-8 to advance Jay Clayton's nomination as the Director of National Intelligence.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 79 – 2026-07-18–2026-07-24 wk79_IG_022
Jul 6, 2026 David Streever filed a lawsuit alleging ICE retaliated against his protected speech Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

The suit asked the courts to check alleged executive retaliation and protect criticism of a federal agency.

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  • Complaint filed — Streever v. Mullin — On July 6, 2026, David Streever, represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), filed a complaint in the U.S.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 77 – 2026-07-04–2026-07-10 wk77_IG_009
Jun 29, 2026 The Supreme Court ruled that geofence warrants are searches under the Fourth Amendment Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent

The ruling strengthened privacy rights by requiring stronger constitutional protection for mass location-data searches.

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  • US Supreme Court rules on geofence warrants — The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that law enforcement's use of geofence warrants, which collect smartphone location data, requires privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment.
  • Court rules that law enforcement’s use of “geofence warrant” was a “search” — The court has ruled that the use of "geofence warrants" by law enforcement constitutes a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 76 – 2026-06-27–2026-07-03 wk76_CR_007
Jun 22, 2026 Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the administration from using the SAVE system and related records changes for voter roll checks. Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

The ruling limited executive use of federal databases in elections and reinforced privacy and statutory constraints on interagency data sharing.

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  • Judge blocks use of SAVE system for voting rolls — U.S.
  • Summary judgment ruling — League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-03501 — In a memorandum opinion and order , Judge Sooknanan granted Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and denied Defendants' motions to dismiss.
  • Federal judge blocks Trump's voter roll purge database nationwide — A federal judge has blocked the implementation of a new voter roll purge database proposed by former President Trump.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 75 – 2026-06-20–2026-06-26 wk75_IG_008
Jun 20, 2026 The FBI tried to recruit Delaney Hall protesters as informants after their arrests. Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent

The tactic raised concerns that law enforcement was using arrests to pressure political protesters and chill association.

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  • FBI Attempts to Recruit Delaney Hall Protesters as Informants — The Intercept reported that FBI agents attempted to recruit at least half of the approximately 90 protesters arrested at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey as informants.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 75 – 2026-06-20–2026-06-26 wk75_CR_004
May 19, 2026 The California Department of Justice reported severe overcrowding, medical neglect, and abuse in ICE detention facilities Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent

The findings documented rights and health harms inside immigration detention and exposed weak accountability for detainee treatment.

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  • California DOJ Report Reveals Inhumane Conditions in ICE Facilities — The California Department of Justice (Cal DOJ) released a report detailing severe human rights violations in ICE detention facilities across the state.
  • Overcrowding and Poor Conditions Documented in California ICE Facilities — The Cal DOJ report reveals that ICE detention centers in California suffer from overcrowding, inadequate food, and poor living conditions.
  • California DOJ Report on ICE Facilities — A report by the California Department of Justice highlights a human rights crisis in ICE facilities across the state, citing Popular Information’s reporting on the Trump administration's decision to stop funding
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 70 – 2026-05-16–2026-05-22 wk70_CR_006
Apr 30, 2026 Congress extended Section 702 surveillance authority and the House later passed a longer reauthorization Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure

The votes preserved and expanded a surveillance framework with limited warrant protections, showing how economic and security legislation can entrench state monitoring power.

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  • Deadline for FISA Section 702 extension — April 30 marks the deadline for the temporary extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
  • US Congress Passes Short-Term Renewal of FISA Warrantless Spying Powers — The US Congress has passed a 45-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) section 702, which allows US intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless surveillance.
  • House Votes to Reauthorize FISA Section 702 — The U.S.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 67 – 2026-04-25–2026-05-01 wk67_ES_023
Apr 21, 2026 Congress passed a 10-day extension of Section 702 after longer extensions failed Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

The short extension showed legislative deadlock over surveillance powers while keeping a major intelligence authority temporarily in force.

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  • Congress passes a 10-day extension of Section 702 — Congress has passed a short-term 10-day extension of Section 702, a surveillance law that allows the government to collect communications.
  • FISA Extension Fails in House — The House of Representatives attempted to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) but faced opposition from both parties regarding Section 702, which allows warrantless collection of foreign
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 66 – 2026-04-18–2026-04-24 wk66_IG_018
Apr 21, 2026 Plaintiffs and courts advanced additional lawsuits over election administration, FOIA, immigration records, and agency actions Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

These cases kept judicial review active across elections, transparency, and immigration, preserving institutional checks on executive and agency conduct.

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  • Case update — State of California v. Trump (D. Mass.) 1:26-cv-11581 — State Attorneys General filed a motion for leave to intervene as Defendants and a memorandum in support of their motion.
  • Complaint filed — Common Cause v. U.S. Department of Justice — On April 21, 2026, Common Cause, the Common Cause Education Fund, and four individual registered voters filed a complaint against the U.S.
  • Complaint filed — Oversight v. Prevention et al (D.D.C.) 1:26-cv-01351 — On April 21, 2026, American Oversight filed a complaint in the U.S.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 66 – 2026-04-18–2026-04-24 wk66_IG_026
Apr 17, 2026 Congress passed a 10-day extension of FISA Section 702 Corroborated Institutions and Governance

The short extension preserved a major surveillance authority while postponing a deeper legislative fight over privacy safeguards.

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  • US Congress Passes 10-Day Extension of Surveillance Law — On April 17, 2026, both chambers of the US Congress passed a 10-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) section 702, a controversial warrantless surveillance law.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 65 – 2026-04-11–2026-04-17 wk65_IG_030
Apr 9, 2026 The National Health Law Program sued HHS and CMS over unanswered FOIA requests about Medicaid data sharing with DHS and ICE Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

The suit sought court enforcement of transparency duties in a sensitive area linking health records and immigration enforcement.

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  • Complaint filed — National Health Law Program v. Department of Health and Human Services — On April 9, 2026, the National Health Law Program filed a complaint against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for failing to respond to Freedom of Information
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 64 – 2026-04-04–2026-04-10 wk64_IG_045
Mar 30, 2026 President Trump signed an executive order to create federal voter eligibility lists and restrict mail ballots Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority

The order sought to centralize election administration, threaten funding to states, and expand executive influence over voting access and voter data.

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  • Trump Signs Executive Order on Mail-In Voting — Former President Trump signed an executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting across the United States.
  • Trump signs executive order to restrict mail-in ballots — President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to compile a national voter file and restrict mail-in ballots.
  • Executive Order on Citizenship Verification in Federal Elections — On March 31, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections." The order mandates the creation of state-specific citizenship lists to
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 63 – 2026-03-28–2026-04-03 wk63_PA_007
Mar 25, 2026 TSA agents and ICE officers used shared data to arrest a Guatemalan mother and child at San Francisco airport Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent

The arrest showed travel screening data being used for immigration enforcement against civilians in transit.

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  • TSA tipped off ICE leading to arrest at San Francisco airport — TSA agents at San Francisco International Airport tipped off ICE officers, resulting in the arrest of Guatemalan nationals Angelina Lopez Jimenez and her nine-year-old daughter, Wendy Godinez Lopez.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 62 – 2026-03-21–2026-03-27 wk62_CR_010
Mar 13, 2026 ICE agents testified in court about daily arrest quotas and use of the Elite targeting app Corroborated Institutions and Governance

The testimony exposed internal enforcement practices that contradicted prior official claims and raised rule-of-law concerns.

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  • ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in court testimony — In a federal lawsuit in Oregon, ICE agents testified under oath about the use of a custom-made app called Elite to identify neighborhoods and individuals for targeting, and the existence of daily arrest quotas.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 60 – 2026-03-07–2026-03-13 wk60_IG_049
Feb 8, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security expanded immigrant detention capacity through new facilities and warehouse conversion plans Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority

The buildout sharply increased federal coercive capacity in immigration enforcement and deepened reliance on mass detention as a governing tool.

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  • ICE Plans for New Detention Facilities Announced — The Department of Homeland Security has secured funding for new detention facilities, including a $87.4 million facility outside Philadelphia and a $37 million facility near San Antonio.
  • Increase in Immigrant Detention Numbers Reported — Following the implementation of the new mass detention policy, the number of immigrants held in U.S.
  • ICE Purchases Warehouses for Detention Camps — ICE has spent over half a billion dollars purchasing warehouses across the country to convert into detention camps.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 56 – 2026-02-07–2026-02-13 wk56_PA_003
Jan 22, 2026 A DOGE staffer and allied actors used or sought Social Security and voter data to push false voter-fraud narratives Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation

The conduct mixed misuse of state data with election disinformation, threatening both privacy and trust in democratic administration.

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  • DOGE staffer signed agreement to share Social Security data with political group — In March 2025, a staffer from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signed an agreement to share Social Security Administration (SSA) data with a political advocacy group aiming to overturn election results in
  • DOGE staffer sought voter registration data for cross-checking with government databases — In March 2025, Aram Moghaddassi, another DOGE staffer embedded at the SSA, reached out to Florida officials to obtain voter registration data.
  • DOGE staffer publicly claimed misuse of Social Security data to expose voter fraud — Antonio Gracias, a DOGE staffer embedded at the SSA, publicly claimed during a March 30 rally in Wisconsin that he used Social Security data to identify voter fraud.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 53 – 2026-01-17–2026-01-23 wk53_IM_007
Jan 21, 2026 A Justice Department court filing revealed that DOGE had improperly accessed and shared Social Security data Corroborated Institutions and Governance

The filing exposed a breakdown in institutional safeguards around sensitive data and suggested political misuse inside government.

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  • DoJ Court Filing Reveals Improper Data Sharing by Doge — A recent Department of Justice court filing has revealed that the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), under Elon Musk's cost-cutting operation, improperly accessed and shared sensitive social security data.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 53 – 2026-01-17–2026-01-23 wk53_IG_031
Jan 12, 2026 Federal agents left the Renee Good shooting scene and withheld body-camera evidence Corroborated Information, Memory and Manipulation

The handling of evidence raised concerns that official records were being controlled in ways that could frustrate accountability.

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  • Federal Government Alters Crime Scene After Good's Shooting — After the shooting of Renee Good, federal agents, including the shooter, left the scene, potentially altering the crime scene.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 52 – 2026-01-10–2026-01-16 wk52_IM_007
Jan 10, 2026 The FBI took over the Renee Good shooting investigation and excluded state investigators Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent

The takeover limited local accountability for federal force and narrowed independent review of a killing that triggered public protest.

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  • FBI limits cooperation with local law enforcement in ICE shooting case — Following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan E.
  • FBI takes over investigation of Minneapolis ICE shooting — The FBI has taken over the investigation into the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, removing the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) from the case.
  • FBI Takes Over Investigation into ICE Shooting in Minneapolis — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken over the investigation into the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 52 – 2026-01-10–2026-01-16 wk52_CR_002
Jan 8, 2026 The FBI took full control of the Renee Good shooting investigation and excluded Minnesota investigators Corroborated Institutions and Governance

Federal control over the case narrowed outside scrutiny and raised doubts about the independence of the investigative process.

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  • FBI takes over investigation of ICE agent shooting — The FBI has assumed full control of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, revoking the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's (BCA) access to case materials
  • Minnesota BCA Withdraws from ICE Shooting Investigation — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) announced its withdrawal from the investigation into the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
  • FBI takes over investigation of ICE shooting in Minneapolis — The FBI has taken full control of the investigation into the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, excluding state investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 51 – 2026-01-03–2026-01-09 wk51_IG_036
Jan 6, 2026 The Department of Justice revealed in court filings that it had released less than 1% of the Epstein files Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance

The disclosure showed continued noncompliance with a transparency law and deepened concerns about executive resistance to mandated disclosure.

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  • DOJ Releases Less Than 1% of Epstein Files — A court filing has revealed that the U.S.
  • Trump Administration Fails to Release Epstein Files — The Trump administration did not comply with a congressional requirement to release the Epstein files, having released less than 1% of the documents by the deadline, which was more than two weeks past due.
  • DOJ Delays Release of Epstein Files — The Department of Justice has disclosed that it is still reviewing millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, with less than 1% released so far.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record Week 51 – 2026-01-03–2026-01-09 wk51_IG_018
Dec 22, 2025 ICE reported a record high detention population Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent

The record numbers showed a broad expansion of state custody over migrants, including many without criminal records, with major rights implications.

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  • ICE Detention Numbers Reach Record High — As of December 14, 2025, U.S.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 49 – 2025-12-20–2025-12-26 wk49_CR_006
Dec 19, 2025 The Department of Justice released only part of the Epstein files despite a statutory deadline Corroborated Institutions and Governance

The partial release raised questions about executive compliance with a transparency law and weakened confidence in institutional accountability.

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  • DOJ Releases Partial Epstein Files, Violating New Law — On December 19, 2025, the U.S.
  • DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files — The U.S.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks Week 48 – 2025-12-13–2025-12-19 wk48_IG_037