Trump Action Archive

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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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• Pentagon fires publisher, editor, and reporter of Stars and Stripes military news outlet — The Pentagon terminated Max Lederer (publisher), Erik Slavin (editor), and Lara Korte (reporter) from Stars and Stripes, citing insubordination.

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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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• 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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• US sanctions ICC president and prosecutor over Gaza investigations — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, and Abdoulaye Seye, an ICC senior trial lawyer, for investigating crimes in Gaza and pursuing

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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 criticized Fox News host Shannon Bream — Trump posted a lengthy attack on Fox News host Shannon Bream on Truth Social, claiming she always picks "negative" guests and polls, and comparing her unfavorably to Chris Wallace.

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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.

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• Trump stated economy is doing well only from Wall Street perspective — When asked about the state of the economy, Trump responded that "The economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street," implying divergence between financial markets and broader economic conditions.

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• Trump posts false claims about Strait of Hormuz control — At 10:31 a.m.
• Trump falsely claims total U.S. control over Strait of Hormuz — Trump posted on social media claiming the U.S.

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• Leavitt's White House attempted to control press pool membership and blocked Associated Press — During her tenure, Karoline Leavitt attempted to take control over which media outlets would serve in the White House press pool—a group of dedicated journalists who cover the president's daily movements.

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• Dr. Jonathan Reiner publishes op-ed questioning Trump's fitness for office — Dr.

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• Trump claimed the Strait of Hormuz is open and under U.S. Navy control — When asked by a reporter when he thought the Strait of Hormuz would open, Trump answered that it was already open and that "the only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy,"

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• Trump signs executive order redefining U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations and directing legal challenges to state vaccine mandates. — President Trump signed Executive Order 14420 establishing "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" aligned with peer nations' practices, reducing the number of recommended vaccines and doses.
• Trump signs executive order restructuring childhood vaccination schedule — Donald Trump signed an executive order directing sweeping changes to the CDC childhood vaccination schedule, including breaking the MMR vaccine into three separate shots, reducing recommended vaccines from 18 to 11
• Trump issued executive order mandating split MMR vaccine and separate childhood immunizations — Trump signed an executive order requiring the combined MMR vaccine to be administered as three separate single-disease shots and mandating that childhood immunizations be given at separate medical visits, once

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• Trump claimed Iran never mentioned reparations in prior negotiations — On August 10 at 12:31 p.m., Trump posted that Iranian negotiators had never before mentioned reparations for damage during the five-month conflict, despite the Memorandum of Understanding he signed on June 17, 2026

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• Trump installed signs blaming past administrations for reflecting pool issues — Trump installed signs at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool blaming "past administrations" like Obama and Biden for the pool's maintenance issues, with the signs likely paid for by taxpayer dollars.
• Trump installs signs at Lincoln Memorial blaming previous administrations for infrastructure problems — Trump has installed signs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool attributing maintenance and operational issues to "past administrations" (Obama and Biden), despite Trump himself having served as a past administration.

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• Trump posts AI images and false claims about ballroom and Iran war — President Trump posted multiple AI-generated images, including images with himself alongside World War II generals George S.
• Trump claims ballroom is gift to nation with no taxpayer cost; contradicted by reporting — President Trump posted that the ballroom "is a Gift from President Trump and Great Patriots of the United States of America.

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• Polymarket misrepresented WNBA transgender athlete discussion — On August 8, Polymarket posted on X that the WNBA Commissioner announced the league would review "what a woman is" after NBA stars announced plans to join.

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• ICE body camera policy allows agency discretion to withhold footage of officer-involved deaths — ICE announced that every field officer nationwide will have a body camera by the end of September.
• ICE adopts body-camera policy with director discretion to withhold footage — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced deployment of body cameras to officers by end of August 2026, following deaths and serious injuries in encounters with immigration agents.

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• DOJ and Republican states petition Supreme Court to lift mail ballot block — The Department of Justice and a dozen Republican-led states filed emergency applications with the Supreme Court asking it to lift the federal judge's block on the USPS mail ballot restriction, arguing the lower court

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• Trump administration stations ICE agents at major U.S. airports — The Trump administration stationed hundreds of U.S.

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• CBS News New York corrects false reporting on 9/11 families and Mamdani attendance — CBS News New York initially published a false report claiming "thousands of 9/11 victims' families" opposed Mayor Zohran Mamdani's attendance at the 25th anniversary 9/11 remembrance ceremony, apparently based on

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• Trump legal team seeks to block court order requiring financial disclosure to BBC — Donald Trump's legal team filed an emergency motion on Wednesday to temporarily halt a Miami court order requiring the president to disclose detailed financial records to the BBC by August 6, 2026.
• Federal judge temporarily halts financial records disclosure order in Trump v. BBC libel case — US District Judge Roy Altman issued a temporary stay of a discovery order requiring Donald Trump to produce detailed financial records to the BBC in an ongoing libel lawsuit.