Trump Action Archive

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• DHS drastically downgrades non-citizen voter claims in Nevada after public allegations — On 16 July, Trump claimed DHS had found approximately 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote across four states.

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• CDC scaled back foodborne disease surveillance from eight pathogens to two — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scaled back the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) from tracking all eight pathogens to tracking only two pathogens.
• Federal funding cuts reduced food safety inspection capacity by more than 40 percent — Federal funding cuts scaled back the ability of federal agencies to conduct food inspections and provide grants to state and local health departments, reducing food safety detection systems by more than 40 percent.

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• Trump's lawyer threatens $5bn lawsuit against Center for American Progress over National Guard report — Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alejandro Brito, sent a letter to the Center for American Progress (CAP) threatening a $5 billion lawsuit unless the think tank retracts a July 2026 report concluding that National Guard

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• Texas appeals court reduces Sandy Hook judgment against Alex Jones from $50m to $1.5m — A Texas third court of appeals unanimously ruled to slash the $50 million judgment against Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems to $1.5 million over false Sandy Hook shooting hoax claims.

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• DOJ defends prosecution of James Comey over Instagram seashell post — The US Department of Justice filed court documents defending its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, arguing that his May 2025 Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to read "8647" could reasonably be

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• Trump posts false images claiming Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory — President Trump claimed the Strait of Hormuz is "open and operating" while simultaneously posting AI-generated fictional images declaring the waterway "NEW U.S.

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• Case update — State of New York v. Administration for Children and Families (D.D.C.) 1:26-cv-02726 — Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint adding the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Mullin as Defendants and challenging two newly disclosed actions alongside the TANF SORN: a bulk transfer of
• Motion granted — Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security (N.D. Ill.) 1:18-cv-03757 — Judge Cummings granted in part Plaintiffs' motion to enforce the consent decree for Akhliddin Rakhmonov, David Achile, Yecenia Encaris Lira, Yiyun Lin, and Argenis Enrique Diaz-Villamizar.
• Remand ordered — Barbara v. Trump (D.N.H.) 1:25-cv-00244 — In light of the Supreme Court's decision, the First Circuit lifted the abeyance of Defendants' appeal, Case No.

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• ABC files First Amendment lawsuit against FCC, alleging retaliatory campaign by Trump administration — ABC filed an unprecedented First Amendment lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday against the FCC, alleging that the agency and its chairman Brendan Carr are conducting a retaliatory campaign to curb
• ABC sues FCC over early license renewal demand, alleging content-based retaliation — ABC filed a federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia against the FCC, challenging an order by FCC Chair Brendan Carr requiring the network to apply early to renew licenses for eight local television stations it owns.
• ABC and Disney sued the FCC alleging First Amendment violations and government censorship — ABC and its parent corporation The Walt Disney Company launched a federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration violated their free speech rights.

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• Trump held press conference in Oval Office addressing Iran, Oman, North Korea, and USS Abraham Lincoln conditions — Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office where he stated Iran should "raise the white flag of surrender," threatened to "bomb the shit out of" Oman if it interfered with reopening the Strait of Hormuz, declared
• Trump dismissed USS Abraham Lincoln crew conditions report as fake news — When asked about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump called the reporter "fake news" and refused to answer.
• Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea — President Trump abruptly ordered the Pentagon to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield, an 11-day joint military exercise with South Korea scheduled for August 17–27, involving approximately 18,000 South Korean troops.

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• White House launches personal attack on CNN reporter Kristen Holmes — The White House social media account posted attacks on CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked Trump to respond to Senator Jon Ossoff's criticism of the president.
• White House Rapid Response account attacks CNN reporter, invokes her children — The anonymous White House Rapid Response X account attacked a CNN reporter who had asked Trump about Ossoff, calling her a "disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession." In a follow-up post, the
• White House rapid response team attacked CNN reporter Kristen Holmes on social media, including targeting her children — After CNN reporter Kristen Holmes asked Trump to respond to Senator Jon Ossoff's criticism, the White House rapid response team posted on social media calling Holmes a "disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her

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• Treasury Department ends shell company beneficial ownership registry and destroys collected data — This week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the Treasury Department ended the beneficial ownership registry established by Congress in 2021 through the Corporate Transparency Act—legislation passed
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced elimination of shell company ownership disclosure requirements — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Treasury Department will no longer require shell companies to disclose the name, address, and identification of people who own an interest of more than 25% or who

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• RFK Jr. and Trump made false claims about vaccine safety at press conference — At a press conference, Trump and RFK Jr.

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• Trump made false claims about inflation and Strait of Hormuz — President Trump claimed that "prices are dropping fast," that "Iran is going absolutely fine," and that the U.S.