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Jun 19, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security issued guidance requiring advance notice for congressional visits to detention facilities Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The guidance limited immediate oversight of detention operations and strengthened executive control over access to coercive state institutions.
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- DHS issues new guidance restricting lawmaker visits to detention centers — The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued new guidance requiring lawmakers to provide 72 hours' notice before visiting detention centers. This move has sparked outrage as it contradicts the 2024 Federal Appropriations Act, which allows lawmakers to access DHS facilities without prior notice for oversight purposes. The guidance also distinguishes ICE field offices from detention facilities, claiming they do not fall under the same visitation requirements. Critics, including Representative Bennie Thompson, argue that this policy is an attempt to block congressional oversight of ICE facilities.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 22 – 2025-06-14–2025-06-20
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Apr 28, 2025 The Trump administration dismissed nearly 400 contributors to the National Climate Assessment Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
Removing scientists from a congressionally mandated assessment used executive power to weaken an official basis for public policy and preparedness.
Independently corroborated by5 independent news desks
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- Trump Administration Dismisses Scientists from Climate Assessment — The Trump administration informed nearly 400 scientists they would no longer contribute to the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report. This decision affects the report's comprehensiveness and scientific integrity.
- Trump administration dismisses contributors to climate report — The Trump administration has dismissed nearly 400 contributors to the sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a key US government study on climate crisis preparedness. This assessment, mandated by Congress, is crucial for federal and local governments to plan for climate impacts such as extreme heat, hurricanes, flooding, and drought. The contributors, consisting of scientists and experts, were notified by email, leaving the future of the report, due in 2028, uncertain. The move has drawn criticism for undermining scientific integrity and leaving the nation vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
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Week 15 – 2025-04-26–2025-05-02
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Mar 1, 2025 Trump signed executive order directing the Smithsonian to remove content deemed improper or anti-American Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The order asserted political control over a federal cultural institution's curatorial content, targeting African American history exhibits.
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- Trump signs executive order directing Smithsonian to remove "improper, divisive, or anti-American" content — Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 directing the Smithsonian Institution to remove content deemed "improper, divisive, or anti-American," with particular emphasis on the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The order represented direct executive intervention into curatorial decisions at a major federal cultural institution, asserting political control over historical narrative and institutional autonomy.
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Week 7 – 2025-03-01–2025-03-07
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