Trump Action Archive

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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• Wright v. Noem (D.D.C.) 1:26-cv-00144 — Case filed — Case filed On January 19, 2026 Brandon Wright, a former civil servant and employee of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed suit against the DHS and an unknown woman, defendant Doe, alleging that his
• Fired DHS worker sues agency over termination after criticizing Kristi Noem — Brandon Wright, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee, has filed a federal lawsuit against the DHS, claiming his termination violated his First Amendment rights.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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• DOJ Fails to Fully Release Epstein Files — The Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche, failed to release all documents related to the Epstein case as required by federal law.
• DOJ Releases Redacted Epstein Files, Restores Trump Photo — The Department of Justice released heavily redacted materials related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, meeting a court-ordered deadline.
• Trump Administration Violates Epstein Files Transparency Act — The Trump administration has failed to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandates the release of all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of the law's

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• DHS Launches Recruitment Drive for Immigration Officers — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has initiated a recruitment drive to hire 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and 3,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents by the end of the
• DHS lowers hiring standards for ICE officers — The Trump administration has launched a significant recruitment drive to hire 10,000 new ICE officers and 3,000 border patrol agents, offering a $50,000 hiring bonus.
• White House Effort to Recruit Local Law Enforcement for ICE

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• Whistleblower reported data security violations at DOGE — A whistleblower, Charles Borges, reported that a former senior official at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) copied sensitive Social Security data of over 300 million Americans to an unsecured cloud server.

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• ICE allegedly deported Pennsylvania grandfather to Guatemala — Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S.
• ICE Chief Continues Mask Policy for Agents During Arrest Raids — ICE has confirmed the use of Medicaid data to track undocumented immigrants in the U.S., despite these individuals being ineligible for Medicaid.
• ICE Uses Medicaid Data to Track Undocumented Immigrants — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the personal records of nearly 80 million

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• State Attorneys General Sue Over Medicaid Data Sharing — Twenty state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on July 1, 2025, against the Trump administration for sharing Medicaid data with DHS to assist with immigration enforcement.
• Trump administration sued for giving Medicaid data to deportation officials — On July 2, 2025, a coalition of 20 states, led by California's Attorney General Rob Bonta, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.

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• US Supreme Court Allows Doge Access to Social Security Data — The US Supreme Court lifted an injunction, allowing the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to access sensitive records from the Social Security Administration during ongoing legal challenges.
• Motion granted — American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration (D. Md.) 1:25-cv-00596 — The Supreme Court granted a stay while the case is on appeal.
• Supreme Court Grants Stay in Social Security Administration v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees — The Supreme Court granted a stay in the case of Social Security Administration v.

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• Misleading Use of DOGE Budget Cuts in Political Fundraising — The Trump campaign is leveraging the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) claimed budget cuts as a political fundraising tool, suggesting in emails that Americans might receive $5,000 DOGE rebate checks.
• Discrepancy in DOGE's Reported Spending Cuts — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) updated its website on April 20, 2025, to claim $160 billion in spending cuts, an increase from the previously stated $155 billion.

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• Congressional oversight requested into DOGE's data practices — Gerald Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) data practices, specifically regarding any
• Congressional oversight requested regarding DOGE's data practices — Gerald Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) data practices, specifically regarding the

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• Lawyers file petition to US Supreme Court to stop execution by firing squad — Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi, a South Carolina death row inmate, have filed a petition to the US Supreme Court to halt his execution by firing squad.
• Case update — Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Md.) 8:25-cv-00951 — On the evening of April 10 the Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion without any dissent, upheld the district court order in large part.
• Case update — American Oversight v. Hegseth (D.D.C.) 1:25-cv-00883 — Following a hearing, the court ordered the Defendants to provide supplemental declarations to address “specific clarifications” missing from the first round of declarations.

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• Trump refuses to fire officials involved in Signal chat leak — President Donald Trump has decided not to fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth despite their involvement in a Signal group chat leak that included sensitive military plans.

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• Administration Officials Planned Military Strikes on Yemen via Unsecure Messaging App — Senior members of President Trump's administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, planned military strikes on Yemen using the unsecure messaging app Signal.

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• Immigration Agents Detain Georgetown Researcher — Masked immigration agents detained Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, after revoking his student visa.
• Arrest of Leqaa Kordia by Immigration Agents — On March 13, 2025, Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian student from the West Bank, was arrested by immigration agents in Newark after her student visa was deemed expired.
• Revocation of Student Visa and Self-Deportation of Ranjani Srinivasan — On March 11, 2025, Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia PhD student from India, self-deported after her student visa was revoked by the Department of Homeland Security.

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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.