Trump Action Archive

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• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation votes to advance revisions to Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act — On July 25, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, composed of 21 Trump appointees on a 24-member board, voted to move forward with dramatic revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Section 106 currently requires federal agencies to "take into account" the impact of their actions on historic properties and mandates consultation with the public, local, state, and tribal governments. The proposed revisions would eliminate these requirements, allowing federal agencies to proceed with projects affecting historic sites without mandatory public input or review.

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• Non-profit leaders file lawsuit against Trump administration's Pride flag removal — On 17 February, leaders of various non-profits filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument. The plaintiffs, including Andrew Berman of Village Preservation, stated they would support raising an inclusive Progress Pride flag and argued that trans people were integral to the 1969 Stonewall uprising and have been central to LGBTQ+ rights movements ever since.

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• Federal judge orders National Park Service to restore slavery exhibit at Philadelphia historic site — On February 17, 2026, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe issued a preliminary injunction ordering the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The exhibit had been dismantled the previous month in response to Trump administration claims of "anti-American ideology" at cultural institutions. Philadelphia had sued the Department of the Interior, and Judge Rufe granted the city's request to temporarily block the removal and restore the exhibit pending litigation, citing constitutional concerns about executive power to unilaterally alter historical records.
• Preliminary injunction ruling — City of Philadelphia v. Burgum (E.D. Pa.) 2:26-cv-00434 — Judge Rufe granted a preliminary injunction , ordering Defendants to restore the President's House to its physical status as of Jan. 21, 2026 by “reinstall[ing] all panels, displays, and video exhibits that were previously in place” and “prevent[ing] any additions, removals, destruction, or further changes of any kind to the President's House site” without mutual agreement of the City of Philadelphia or until further court order.
• Appeal filed — City of Philadelphia v. Burgum (E.D. Pa.) 2:26-cv-00434 — Defendants appealed the court's Feb. 16, 2026 memorandum opinion and order to the Third Circuit, Case No. 26-1348 .
• Stay pending appeal decided — City of Philadelphia v. Burgum (E.D. Pa.) 2:26-cv-00434 — Judge Hardiman of the Third Circuit stayed the district court's preliminary injunction ordering Defendants to restore the President's House Site to its physical status as of Jan. 21, 2026 and to provide immediate and proper maintenance of the site. Judge Hardiman denied Defendants' request for an administrative stay of the portion of the preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants from taking any action to damage or change the site and ordered Defendants to preserve the status quo as of the entry of his order. Judge Hardiman referred the request for a stay pending resolution of the appeal to a full three-judge motions panel.
• — Judge Rufe denied Defendants' emergency motion for an immediate administrative stay and a stay pending appeal.