Trump Action Archive

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• Stephen Woytek, campaign staffer for Senator Jon Husted, cultivated Nazi-themed social media content — Stephen Woytek, a 25-year-old top campaign staffer for Senator Jon Husted (R-OH), cultivated a public playlist of songs celebrating Rhodesia, a former white-minority-ruled state, captioning it "homesick for a place that no longer exists." Woytek also appeared to be a historical reenactor who wore Nazi uniforms and used a photo of Nazi soldiers as his Facebook profile picture. Husted's campaign stated that while Woytek "denies negative intent," the campaign was parting ways with him. Husted was appointed to the Senate by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to replace J.D. Vance after Vance's election to the vice presidency.

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• Texas Republican officials publicly denounce French's anti-Indian tweet — Multiple Texas Republican elected officials, including Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Jared Patterson, and Representative Lacey Hull, publicly denounced French's tweet. Governor Greg Abbott, who had previously endorsed French despite his history of similar rhetoric, offered milder criticism while affirming the patriotism of the Indian American football fans. Karl Rove declared he would vote for the Democratic opponent over French.

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• LULAC, Common Cause, UnidosUS, and Denver file federal lawsuit challenging armed ICE enforcement at polling places — LULAC, Common Cause, UnidosUS, and the City and County of Denver filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., on Thursday challenging a Trump administration policy permitting armed ICE officers to enter polling places to conduct immigration enforcement. The lawsuit was prompted by comments from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stating that ICE officers could enter polling locations to serve warrants or conduct immigration and customs enforcement. Plaintiffs cited an 1865 federal law generally prohibiting armed federal personnel at election sites except to repel armed enemies, and argued that armed immigration enforcement could intimidate voters and interfere with local election administration.

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• ProPublica analysis documents increased ectopic pregnancy deaths in abortion-ban states — A ProPublica analysis found that nearly 200 women in the U.S. died from ectopic pregnancies between 2020 and 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years. The increase has been much steeper in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, indicating that abortion restrictions are contributing to preventable maternal deaths.

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• Jackson police arrest Jacques Ratliff in death of Tasia Fortune — Jackson, Mississippi police arrested Jacques Ratliff, a 51-year-old Black man, in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in August 2026. The state medical examiner ruled Fortune's death a homicide on Thursday, September 11. Police Chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock announced the arrest at a Friday news conference, stating Ratliff was known to Fortune. The investigation remains active and additional arrests are possible.

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• Gavin Newsom responded to Trump's pledge of allegiance — California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement in response to Trump's request for a personal pledge of allegiance, saying: "Trump just replaced the Pledge of Allegiance with a pledge of allegiance to himself. This November, the choice is yours on the ballot: America or Trump."

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• Trump declined to attend NYC 9/11 service over speech restrictions — Trump chose not to attend the primary 9/11 memorial service in New York City because organizers do not permit politicians to deliver speeches at the event. His absence from the main NYC commemoration was a deliberate choice based on his inability to give a political address.

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• Trump fell asleep during Pentagon 9/11 service — Trump attended a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon on September 11, 2026, where he fell asleep during the proceedings. He did not attend the main NYC 9/11 service because organizers do not permit politicians to deliver speeches. After the Pentagon event, Trump delivered a political speech before traveling to Ireland to watch a golf tournament at one of his golf courses.

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• Trump insulted Democratic state representative James Talarico — During a backstage Fox News interview, Trump called Democratic state representative James Talarico "a freaky guy" and said he has "no respect for Jesus, no respect for religion," despite Talarico being a religious figure who has spoken about Christian values.

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• Trump insulted Ken Paxton's appearance at RNC convention — During his speech on the final night of the RNC convention in Dallas, Trump repeatedly insulted his Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton's appearance and manner of speaking. Trump said he did not like "the way Ken talks" or "the way he looks," but stated he did not care as long as Paxton won and voted the way Trump wanted.

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• Mike Rogers voted against 9/11 first responder benefits legislation — Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican US Senate candidate and former congressman, voted against the 2010 James Zadroga Act providing healthcare for 9/11 first responders and survivors. He was among 157 Republicans opposing the $5.1 billion bill, though 17 GOP members supported it and it passed the House. Rogers also voted against or helped kill multiple other bills providing healthcare and benefits to first responders nationwide between 2002 and 2014.

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• Nobel Prize scientist warns DOGE actions resemble election corruption scheme — Nobel Prize-winning scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as "the godfather of AI," commented in the Musk documentary that "It's fairly clear to me that Trump is hell-bent on corrupting the midterm elections." Hinton stated that if one wanted to corrupt midterm elections using AI, "all you needed to do was get detailed information on U.S. citizens. And what DOGE did looked like just what you would do."

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• Trump administration proposes citizenship question on census and eliminates race/ethnicity data collection — The Trump administration issued a new proposal to add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census questionnaire and bar the Census Bureau from collecting race and ethnicity data despite the nation collecting such demographics since 1790. The citizenship question could exclude millions of people from the census count, affecting congressional apportionment, electoral district mapping, and federal funding allocation to states. The move directly contradicts the 14th Amendment's requirement to count all people living in the United States.

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• Joint Investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Department of Education Finds U.C. Berkeley Law School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions — The Department of Justice announced this on 2026-09-09 through Civil Division. The department's own account of it reads: "The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced today joint investigative findings that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) deliberately discriminates against white and Asian students in its admissions process."

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• Rep. Garcia highlights Trump-Epstein reading room at Democratic event — Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) mentioned at the Democratic counter-event that Jeffrey Epstein survivors had opened a "Trump Epstein reading room" in Dallas and visited it. Garcia stated that survivors were "disgusted" that Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche was giving speeches while refusing to release criminal conviction records and remaining files related to Epstein.

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• Republican convention scheduled on anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination — Politico reported that senior Turning Point USA leaders were "livid" when they learned the Republican midterm convention was scheduled for September 9, the anniversary of founder Charlie Kirk's killing. TPUSA was given no advance notice and was not consulted about dates. Many TPUSA leaders, including Kirk's longtime associate Andrew Kolvet, skipped the convention to commemorate Kirk instead.

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• Republican mega-donor Lonsdale opposes dividend scheme as 'bread and circus' — Palantir co-founder and Republican mega-donor Joe Lonsdale, who hosted a party with Don Jr. after the convention, stated he is "strongly against bread and circus bribes," referring to Trump's $5,000 dividend promise, despite supporting the administration and winning the midterms.

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• Whistleblower complaint alleges USPS rushing implementation of Trump voting order — Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal released a detailed whistleblower complaint alleging the USPS has been proceeding with a "secretive, rushed" effort to implement Trump's mail voting restriction order that could lead to "catastrophic failure" in mail-in voting. The complaint emerged as approximately 50 million Americans, predominantly Democrats, rely on mail voting.

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• Giuliani disparages Muslim NYC mayor and urges him to skip 9/11 memorial ceremony — Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, in a Newsmax interview, disparaged Muslim NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani's religion and stated he should not attend the 25th anniversary 9/11 memorial service on Friday. Giuliani drew inflammatory parallels between Mamdani's faith and the 9/11 hijackers, claiming Mamdani was "hiding" his religion and suggesting Islam should be dominant. Mamdani confirmed he would attend the ceremony to honor victims and first responders, and his office declined to respond to Giuliani's remarks.

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• Justice Department Secures Agreement with Mount Sinai to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care” — The Department of Justice announced this on 2026-09-04 through Office of the Attorney General. The recorded stage is settlement executed. The department's own account of it reads: "Today, the Department of Justice announced an agreement with Mount Sinai Health System ('Mount Sinai') that resolves an investigation into potential violations of federal law arising from its provision of sex-rejecting procedures on children—often described as 'gender-affirming care.' Under the agreement, Mount Sinai, one of the largest health care providers in the state of New York, will cease providing these …"

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• Trump administration deadline for State Citizenship Lists — Today, September 4, 2026, is the deadline Trump set in his March 31 election executive order for DHS, working with USCIS and the Social Security Administration, to compile State Citizenship Lists from federal citizenship, naturalization, Social Security, SAVE, and other government records and transmit updated versions to state election officials at least 60 days before the November 3 midterm elections.

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• ICE bans contact visits at California City detention center — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has implemented a blanket prohibition on contact visits at the California City detention facility, the state's largest ICE detention center housing approximately 1,600 people. The facility, operated by private prison firm CoreCivic, permits only non-contact visits through glass barriers with phone communication. A California Department of Justice audit found the policy appeared to violate CoreCivic's own stated standards. Detained residents and families have launched a "Hugs Beyond Bars" campaign demanding the policy be reversed.

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• Labor Department inspector general report alleges misconduct by former labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer — The Department of Labor's office of inspector general released a 38-page report alleging that Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who served as labor secretary from January 2025 to April 2026, engaged in misconduct including drinking alcohol during work hours, maintaining alcohol on federal property, directing staff to attend a strip club, misusing agency funds for personal travel, accepting unreported gifts, and creating a hostile work environment. The investigation, prompted by an anonymous complaint filed in January 2026, included testimony from 38 witnesses. Two of her top aides also left the agency in March 2026 amid the investigation.

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• Five-year-old Liam Tadeo and father deported to Mexico without due process — A five-year-old child, Liam Tadeo, and his father were deported to Mexico by ICE on Tuesday, according to reporting by Joyce Vance citing the family's lawyer. The article frames this as an abduction without due process, emphasizing the lack of judicial oversight and the removal of individuals to a country they had never seen before.

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• ICE arrested 50,000 people in July; most lacked criminal records — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested approximately 50,000 people in July 2026, with the article noting that almost none of them had any criminal record. The arrests are characterized as part of a pattern of enforcement targeting immigrants regardless of legal status or criminal history, contributing to broader concerns about due process and civil rights in immigration enforcement.