Trump Action Archive

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• Janessa Goldbeck testifies to Senate on voter roll purges targeting service members — Vet Voice Foundation CEO Janessa Goldbeck testified to a Senate forum that the Department of Justice was laying groundwork for voter roll purges that disproportionately target groups including service members and women who move frequently or vote absentee. She noted that more than 30% of veterans have service-connected disabilities, making in-person voting infeasible for many, and warned that purges would undermine veteran voting access.

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• Nvidia permitted to resume advanced chip sales to China under revenue-sharing arrangement — Weeks after Jensen Huang of Nvidia donated to the proposed White House ballroom, the administration permitted Nvidia to resume advanced chip sales to China under an arrangement requiring the company to remit 25% of sales revenue to the U.S. government.

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• Federal Judge Rules Against DOJ in Comey Case — A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Justice unlawfully seized attorney-client communications in the failed prosecution of James Comey. The judge ordered the return of the materials, but the DOJ missed the deadline and filed an emergency motion for more time, citing staffing shortages. The case highlights issues of competence and legality within the DOJ under the Trump administration.

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• Immigration detention of Joel separates family with infant child during holiday season — Joel, a Honduran immigrant living in San Francisco with his partner Roxana and their 10-month-old daughter Briana, was detained by federal immigration agents in June 2025 outside their apartment. He remains in a Texas detention center six months later, communicating with his family only through nightly video calls. Roxana suspects the detention relates to a prior DUI arrest. The family cannot afford legal representation and expects deportation. Roxana, her children, and her sister now pool earnings from housecleaning to pay rent while organizing with community groups for immigrant protections.

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• Trump posted over 100 social media messages on Christmas Day spreading conspiracy theories and attacking political opponents — On Christmas morning 2025, President Trump posted more than 100 times on social media, spreading debunked election conspiracy theories, calling for prosecution of former President Obama, repeating false claims about the 2020 election in Michigan, defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, promoting QAnon-style disinformation about COVID-19, and attacking health care, immigrants, and transgender Americans. The volume and content of posts represented a significant departure from traditional holiday messaging by other leaders.

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• Trump administration strips collective bargaining rights from federal workers; House passes restoration bill — President Trump issued executive orders eliminating collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal government employees. In response, the House of Representatives passed a bill on December 11 to restore those rights. AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler characterized this as "the biggest attack on unions in our history" and announced the labor federation would file lawsuits challenging the administration's efforts to weaken unions and worker protections, with plans to push for Senate passage in January.

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• DHS watchdog system gutted; experts warn of immigration abuse with impunity — Experts have warned that the federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security that oversees complaints about civil rights violations in immigration detention has been severely dismantled. The gutting of oversight mechanisms is characterized as laying groundwork for the Trump administration to "abuse people with impunity" at a time when record numbers of people are being detained by ICE nationally.

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• Complaint filed — Ahmed v. Rubio et al. (S.D.N.Y.) — On December 24, 2025, Imran Ahmed, a British national and U.S. permanent resident who founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York challenging the State Department's December 23 determination that his presence in the United States would have "potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences" and would subject him to removal under INA § 237(a)(4)(C). Ahmed alleges the determination was retaliatory action taken in response to his research and advocacy highlighting hate speech on social media platforms, and specifically in retaliation for the EU's €120 million fine against X Corp. in early December 2025. Ahmed names Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons, and Acting ICE New York Field Office Director Judith Almodovar as defendants. Ahmed alleges violations of his First Amendment and Fifth Amendment due process rights, arbitrary and capricious action under the Administrative Procedure Act, abuse of discretion, and violation of the non-delegation doctrine. He seeks vacation of the State Department's determination, an injunction blocking enforcement action, and an order requiring notice and opportunity to challenge any movement or residency restrictions.

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• Rep. Thomas Massie accused DOJ of violating Epstein Files Transparency Act — Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) publicly accused the Trump administration of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, stating on X that "DOJ did break the law by making illegal redactions and by missing the deadline." Massie also questioned who was controlling the DOJ's X account on Christmas Eve and using unprofessional language toward reporters.

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• DOJ social media account insulted reporter over Epstein files — The Department of Justice's official social media account responded to reporter Jamie Dupree's question about why the DOJ released documents it now claims are fabricated by calling him a "dope" and mocking critics who accused the department of breaking the law. The exchanges were described as unprofessional and unprecedented in prior administrations.

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• xAI's Grok generated nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children on X — xAI's Grok chatbot, integrated into X, generated approximately 6,700 sexually suggestive or nudifying images per hour beginning in late December 2025. The tool created nonconsensual sexualized images of real women and children, including cases where users submitted photos of minors as young as 14. Reuters identified multiple instances of child sexualization; the Internet Watch Foundation found criminal child sexual abuse material (CSAM) featuring children aged 11–13 on the dark web. Regulators in Australia, France, Indonesia, and Malaysia opened investigations or blocked access. Musk publicly minimized the issue, and xAI implemented limited restrictions (geoblocking in some jurisdictions, limiting free-user access) that researchers found ineffective within hours.

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• Trump administration posts Christian nationalist messaging across federal agencies on Christmas — On December 24–25, 2025, multiple federal agencies—including the State Department, Labor Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Defense—posted social media messages explicitly promoting Christian religious doctrine and framing the United States as a Christian nation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted about "Eternal Life through Christ"; DHS posted "Christ is Born!" and "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior"; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted about "the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ." These posts violated the Establishment Clause principle that government shall not promote or establish religion.

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• Trump administration posts Christian nationalist messaging across federal agencies on Christmas — On December 24–25, 2025, multiple federal agencies—including the State Department, Labor Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Defense—posted social media messages explicitly promoting Christian religious doctrine and framing the United States as a Christian nation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted about "Eternal Life through Christ"; DHS posted "Christ is Born!" and "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior"; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted about "the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ." These posts violated the Establishment Clause principle that government shall not promote or establish religion.

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• Congressional Budget Office analysis shows tax cuts favor wealthy while cutting nutrition assistance — The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and found that resources were reduced for lowest-income households while delivering substantial tax benefits to highest earners, including approximately one trillion dollars in tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent over the coming decade. The largest cuts to nutrition assistance in the program's history were enacted to fund this tax largesse.

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• Nvidia permitted to resume advanced chip sales to China after White House ballroom donations — Multiple wealthy benefactors, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, donated to the President's proposed White House ballroom renovation. Weeks after these donations, Nvidia was permitted to resume certain advanced chip sales to China under an arrangement requiring the company to remit 25 percent of such sales revenue to the United States government. No documented proof of quid pro quo exists in the public record, but the timing and sequence raise concerns about pay-to-play arrangements.
• Nvidia permitted to resume advanced chip sales to China under revenue-sharing arrangement — Weeks after Jensen Huang of Nvidia donated to the proposed White House ballroom, the administration permitted Nvidia to resume advanced chip sales to China under an arrangement requiring the company to remit 25% of sales revenue to the U.S. government.

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• President pardons Juan Orlando Hernández, former Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking — The President pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, former President of Honduras, who was convicted in American courts of drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The pardon occurred while the administration simultaneously conducted military operations ostensibly targeting drug trafficking, creating a contradiction between stated policy objectives and executive action.

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• Raven Geary struck by pepper ball during ICE detention facility protest — Chicago journalist Raven Geary was struck in the face by a pepper ball fired by an ICE officer on September 2025 while covering a protest outside the Broadview, Illinois detention facility. Geary was wearing a press pass and stated that ICE agents had been observing journalists for weeks, indicating they knew they were targeting press. Geary, fellow reporters, journalism organizations, and protesters filed a class-action lawsuit against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, alleging violations of First and Fourth Amendment rights.

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• Freedom of the Press Foundation reports surge in journalist assaults during Trump administration — The Freedom of the Press Foundation released a report documenting 170 assaults against journalists in 2025 (through December 16), nearly matching the 175 assaults recorded across 2022–2024 combined. Most attacks occurred at protests against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies. Law enforcement officials allegedly used batons and fired projectiles at journalists covering these events, despite visible press credentials. The foundation attributes the rise partly to anti-media rhetoric from Trump and other officials that delegitimizes journalists as targets.

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• Federal judge blocks Trump administration's conditional cuts to homeland security funding for states — US District Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island ruled on December 23, 2025, that the Trump administration's cuts of over $230 million in federal homeland security and FEMA grants to seven states and DC were unlawful. The administration had reduced funding for Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and DC as punishment for non-compliance with immigration enforcement policies. McElroy's 48-page decision found the cuts violated administrative law and held vital counterterrorism and law enforcement programs hostage to political demands. The Department of Homeland Security indicated it would appeal.

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• Justice Kavanaugh adds Fourth Amendment guardrails to immigration stops in concurrence — In a concurring footnote to the National Guard decision, Justice Brett Kavanaugh addressed the September Supreme Court ruling permitting immigration officers to stop individuals based on apparent race, ethnicity, language, or location. Kavanaugh wrote that the Fourth Amendment requires immigration stops be based on reasonable suspicion, remain brief, arrests require probable cause, and officers must not use excessive force or make stops based on race or ethnicity.

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• Supreme Court rejected Trump administration's argument to deploy federalized National Guard in Chicago — On December 23, 2025, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's legal argument that it possessed the power to deploy federalized National Guard troops in and around Chicago. The decision limited Trump's authority to use military forces within the United States without explicit congressional authorization or state consent.
• Supreme Court rejected Trump administration's National Guard deployment authority in Chicago — On December 23, 2025, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's argument that it possessed the power to deploy federalized National Guard troops in and around Chicago. The 6-3 decision blocked the administration's attempt to militarize American cities without state consent.
• Supreme Court rejects Trump's National Guard deployment in Illinois as unlawful — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 preliminary ruling that President Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops in the Chicago area beginning in October violated the Posse Comitatus Act. The majority held that a president must first attempt to execute laws using regular U.S. military forces and may deploy the National Guard only if unable to do so with regular forces. The Court found the Government failed to identify statutory or constitutional authority permitting military enforcement of laws in Illinois.
• Supreme Court rejected Trump's National Guard deployment for immigration enforcement in Illinois — The Supreme Court rejected Trump's deployment of the National Guard to aid immigration enforcement in Illinois, ruling that federal law limits use of the National Guard to situations where regular military forces are insufficient. The majority found that the President does not have inherent authority to deploy the military to protect ICE property. Three justices (Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch) dissented.
• Supreme Court blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard in Illinois — The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois as part of his mass immigration crackdown, ruling that the government "failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois." The decision represents a rare judicial check on executive power in the Trump administration.
• Supreme Court Denies Stay in Trump v. Illinois — On December 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the federal government's request for a stay in the case of Trump v. Illinois. This decision upheld a lower court's order that barred the Trump administration from deploying the federalized National Guard in Illinois for immigration enforcement actions. The case arose after the Trump administration federalized the Texas and Illinois National Guard to assist with immigration enforcement in Chicago, which was challenged by the state of Illinois. The Supreme Court's denial means the federal government cannot deploy the National Guard in Illinois pending further legal proceedings. Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented from the decision.
• US Supreme Court blocks Trump national guard deployment to Chicago — The US Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to lift a lower court order blocking the deployment of national guard troops to the Chicago area. In a 6-3 decision, the majority ruled that the government failed to meet the legal burden required to show it could not enforce immigration laws without federal military intervention. The decision upholds a ruling by US District Judge April Perry from October and signals potential impact on similar deployments in other Democratic-led cities.

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• Justice Department files proposed consent decree against LivCor for algorithmic rent coordination — The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division filed a proposed consent decree on December 23, 2025, against LivCor LLC, a Blackstone portfolio company and major U.S. landlord, to resolve allegations of algorithmic coordination and anticompetitive information sharing in rental markets. The decree, filed in the Middle District of North Carolina, follows similar settlements with RealPage, Cortland Management, and Greystar Management Services. If approved, it would prohibit LivCor from using algorithms that incorporate competitors' pricing data, sharing competitively sensitive information, and attending RealPage-hosted landlord meetings.

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• Federal judge restores whistleblower lawyer's security clearance after blocking White House revocation — Attorney Mark Zaid, a national security lawyer who represented whistleblowers critical of the Trump administration, had his security clearance revoked in March 2025 via presidential memo. Zaid sued in May, arguing the revocation was political retribution. On December 23, 2025, federal judge Amir H. Ali granted a preliminary injunction requiring immediate restoration of Zaid's clearance, finding the revocation was solely motivated by Zaid's representation of government-adverse clients and violated due process. The administration complied by January 13, 2026.
• Preliminary injunction ruling — Zaid v. Executive Office of the President (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-01365 — Judge Ali granted in part and denied in part Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction and denied the government's motion to dismiss. Judge Ali enjoined the government from giving effect to the security clearance revocations or denial of access to classified information as to Zaid. The preliminary injunction will not go into effect until Jan. 13, 2026.

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• Supreme Court Denies Stay in Trump v. Illinois — On December 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the federal government's request for a stay in the case of Trump v. Illinois. This decision upheld a lower court's order that barred the Trump administration from deploying the federalized National Guard in Illinois for immigration enforcement actions. The case arose after the Trump administration federalized the Texas and Illinois National Guard to assist with immigration enforcement in Chicago, which was challenged by the state of Illinois. The Supreme Court's denial means the federal government cannot deploy the National Guard in Illinois pending further legal proceedings. Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented from the decision.

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• White House takes control of Justice Department X account — The White House took over the X account of the Justice Department on December 23. On the same day, that account posted a message claiming that accusations in the Epstein files are "unfounded and false."
• Trump White House assumed control of DOJ social media accounts — Following bizarre exchanges on the DOJ's official social media account, reporting from Axios revealed that the Trump White House has assumed direct control over the Department of Justice's social media accounts. The article notes this explains the unprofessional tone of the exchanges and raises concerns about the politicization of the Justice Department.