Trump Action Archive

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• Harvard dean paid to discredit Tylenol safety research — The New York Times reported that Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, the Harvard dean who consulted with top Trump health officials about unproven risks related to Tylenol use during pregnancy, was paid at least $150,000 to be an expert witness for plaintiffs in lawsuits against the drug maker. The judge who dismissed the lawsuits agreed with defendants' lawyers that Baccarelli "cherry-picked and misrepresented study results" in his testimony, making him an "unreliable" witness.

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• House Democrats released third batch of Epstein documents mentioning Trump — Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee released documents from the criminal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, including phone logs, flight manifests, and schedules. The documents show that billionaire Peter Thiel and Trump ally Steve Bannon had scheduled meetings with Epstein, and that Elon Musk had a pending trip to Epstein's private island. Republicans had been slow-walking the release since the documents mention President Trump, who was a close friend of Epstein during the years of his sex trafficking.

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• DOJ declines to release Epstein investigative files despite Trump campaign promise — The Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, backtracked on campaign promises to release Epstein investigative files. In July 2025, the DOJ stated there was no Epstein client list and would not release additional documents. FBI Director Kash Patel testified before Congress that the FBI was "releasing as much as legally allowed" and claimed there was no credible evidence Epstein trafficked victims to other men, contradicting victim statements and FBI reports identifying at least 20 other men to whom survivors were allegedly trafficked.

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• Trump posts directive to deploy troops to Portland — On September 27, Trump's social media account posted a directive to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect ICE facilities from what Trump characterized as attacks by "Antifa" and "domestic terrorists." Trump authorized "Full Force, if necessary." The post was based on Trump's assertion that Portland was a "war ravaged" city plagued by "anarchists" and "crazy people," claims contradicted by local officials and reporting.
• Trump directed troop deployment to Portland, Oregon — On September 27, Trump announced via Truth Social that he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, which he baselessly called "War ravaged" and "under siege" by antifa. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson responded that "the number of necessary troops is zero, in Portland and any other American city." The deployment was presented without evidence of the claimed crisis.
• Trump directed military deployment to Portland with authorization for full force — President Trump posted that he was directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to provide troops to protect the ICE facility in Portland and "any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists," and authorized "Full Force, if necessary." The order came after Trump claimed the facility was under siege, but Senator Ron Wyden posted a video showing the ICE facility with no people present.
• Trump announced deployment of federal troops to Portland — Trump announced on Truth Social that he is directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy federal troops to Portland, Oregon at the request of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to protect against what he characterized as attacks by "Antifa" and "domestic terrorists." Trump authorized "full force, if necessary." Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson both rejected the deployment, stating there is no insurrection or threat to national security warranting military presence in the city.

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• Trump administration installs "Presidential Walk of Fame" without Biden — The Trump administration introduced a "Presidential Walk of Fame" on the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, which features portraits of presidents in gold frames, except for Joe Biden's, whose portrait is substituted by a photograph of an autopen.