Trump Action Archive

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• USDA Announces Salary Cuts and Staff Relocation — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a major restructuring plan that includes salary cuts and the relocation of thousands of employees from Washington DC to five other cities.

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• Kari Lake Locks USAGM CEO Out of Systems — The Washington Post reported that Kari Lake, special adviser for the US Agency for Global Media, locked the agency's acting CEO out of his email and systems, and ordered the Voice of America director to accept a new

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• Supreme Court lifts injunctions allowing Trump administration to proceed with State Department firings — The U.S.

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• Trump administration implements State Department budget cuts and reorganization — The Trump administration has implemented a proposed 48% budget cut and reorganization at the State Department, leading to the removal or reduction of foreign programs and services aimed at LGBTQ+ communities, maternal

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• EPA Eliminates Research and Development Office and Begins Layoffs — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the elimination of its research and development arm, resulting in the reduction of thousands of agency staff.

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• Executive Order: Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service — On July 17, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing Schedule G in the excepted service.
• Trump signs executive order creating new federal worker classification — On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a new classification for federal employees, known as Schedule G.

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• Pam Bondi fires US justice department’s top ethics adviser — On Friday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Joseph Tirrell, the head of the Justice Department’s ethics office.
• DOJ Ethics Attorney Fired Without Cause — Joseph Tirrell, the DOJ's senior ethics attorney, reported being fired without cause by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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• Supreme Court Grants Stay in McMahon v. New York — The Supreme Court granted the federal government's request for a stay in the case of McMahon v.
• Supreme Court Allows Education Department Cuts — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from the Trump administration to proceed with firing nearly half of the Department of Education's workforce.
• Supreme Court grants stay on Department of Education layoffs — The Supreme Court granted a stay on a lower court's order that had blocked the Trump administration from laying off employees at the Department of Education.

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• State Department Mass Layoffs — On July 11, 2025, the administration implemented mass layoffs at the State Department, resulting in the termination of over 1,300 employees and the closure of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, which has

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• State Department begins issuing termination notices — Following the Supreme Court's decision, the State Department has started issuing termination notices to over 1,350 employees as part of a reorganization plan.
• State Department Issues Layoff Notices — The State Department began issuing layoff notices to over 1,300 employees as part of Trump's plan to downsize the federal government.

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• US State Department announces plan to lay off nearly 15% of its domestic staff — The US State Department has announced a plan to lay off nearly 15% of its domestic staff, affecting approximately 1,800 employees.

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• Sean Duffy Appointed to Lead NASA — President Trump appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to also head NASA, following the removal of a previous leader associated with Elon Musk.
• Trump appointed Sean Duffy to run NASA alongside Transportation — President Trump appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to also oversee NASA, following the dismissal of a previous appointee.

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• Supreme Court Allows Federal Workforce Reduction — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump's plan to reduce the federal workforce through mass layoffs.
• US Supreme Court lifts order freezing federal layoffs — The US Supreme Court has lifted a lower court order that had frozen mass federal layoffs, allowing the Trump administration to proceed with its "reductions in force" plan.
• Supreme Court stays preliminary injunction on Trump's workforce optimization order — On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court granted a stay on a preliminary injunction that had been issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

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• Trump Fires Six National Security Council Staffers — In early April, Laura Loomer, a pro-Trump online influencer, met with Donald Trump and provided him with a list of National Security Council staffers she deemed disloyal or suspect.

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• FBI Agent Resigns Amid Political Pressure — FBI Agent Michael Feinberg has resigned, citing political pressure and ideological purges within the agency.

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• Federal Judge Blocks Mass Firings at HHS — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on July 1, 2025, from carrying out mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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• Opening of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Announced — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the opening of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, set to begin operations with an initial intake of up to 1,000 detainees.

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• RFK Jr replaces CDC vaccine advisers with misinformation spreaders — Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Health Secretary, replaced the fired CDC vaccine advisory committee members with eight new appointees known for spreading vaccine misinformation.
• Health Secretary Unilaterally Appoints New ACIP Members — The U.S.
• Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. fires and replaces vaccine advisory panel — Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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• Appeal filed — American Association of University Professors v. United States Department of Justice (S.D.N.Y.) 1:25-cv-02429 — Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed the case.
• Appeal filed — Boyle v. Trump (D. Md.) 8:25-cv-01628 — Defendants appealed Judge Maddox's summary judgment order to the Fourth Circuit.
• Case update — American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein (S.D.N.Y.) 1:25-cv-03072 — Plaintiffs filed their second amended complaint .

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• CDC Surveillance Head Resigns — The head of the CDC's surveillance of hospitalizations for COVID-19 and RSV resigned, citing a lack of confidence in the objective use of data for vaccine policy decisions.
• HHS Advisory Committee Members Speak Out — Former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, fired by HHS Secretary Robert F.
• CDC official resigns over concerns about vaccine policy decisions — Dr.

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• Senior Democrats Accuse DNI of Illegal Interference — Senior Democrats accused Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of "illegal interference" after she fired the acting counsel to the inspector general of the intelligence community and appointed a senior

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• Stephen Miller demands increased ICE arrests. — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller criticized federal immigration officials for low deportation numbers, demanding a minimum of 3,000 arrests by ICE daily.

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• ICE arrests record number of immigrants — On June 3, 2025, ICE arrested more immigrants than any other single day in its history, detaining over 2,200 individuals, many of whom were enrolled in the Alternative to Detention program.
• ICE agents conduct record number of immigrant arrests in a single day — ICE agents, under pressure from the White House, detained over 2,200 people in a single day, marking the highest number of immigrant arrests in its history.
• Increased ICE Detentions and Deportations Under Trump — The Trump administration has significantly increased ICE detentions and deportations, with over 2,200 arrests made on June 3, marking a record high.

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• Trump files emergency appeal to fire federal employees — The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a block on efforts to fire tens of thousands of federal employees and reorganize the government.

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• Trump administration imposes job cuts and hiring freeze on National Weather Service — The Trump administration has implemented job cuts and a hiring freeze on the National Weather Service (NWS), leading to understaffing in more than a dozen forecast offices along the Gulf of Mexico coast and Puerto Rico.
• Cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — The Trump administration's budget cuts have significantly impacted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), leading to staff shortages and reduced capabilities in weather forecasting.
• Cuts to the National Weather Service — The National Weather Service (NWS) has experienced staffing cuts, resulting in fewer weather balloons and less data collection, which has already affected forecasts during severe weather events.