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Trump Promises $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' Payments Despite Insufficient Revenue and Treasury Secretary Skepticism

President Trump announced on Truth Social that a $2,000 “tariff dividend” would be paid to Americans excluding “high income people,” promising that remaining funds after these payments would be used to “substantially pay down national debt.” The announcement …

Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment by Forcing Partisan Auto-Reply Messages on Federal Employees

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by commandeering Education Department employees’ email accounts to send partisan messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. The automated responses stated that the House passed …

ICE Bans Prayer Outside Broadview Detention Center

Federal officials told faith leaders gathered outside the Broadview ICE detention center in Illinois that ’there is no more prayer in front of building or inside the building because this is the state and it’s not [of a] religious background.’ The directive marked the third time …

Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction

On November 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis issued a devastating preliminary injunction against Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and federal immigration enforcement agents in Chicago, explicitly finding that Bovino “admitted that he lied” about the October 23, 2025 tear gas …

Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in U.S. History at Day 36

The Trump administration’s government shutdown reached its 36th day on November 5, 2025, officially surpassing the previous record of 35 days set during the December 2018-January 2019 shutdown under Trump’s first term. Over 1 million federal employees continued working without paychecks, …

Axon acquires Carbyne for $625 million, consolidating Israeli 911 surveillance tech with US police body camera giant

Axon Enterprise (Nasdaq: AXON), the dominant US provider of police body cameras and Tasers serving over 18,000 law enforcement agencies, entered a definitive agreement to acquire Carbyne for $625 million in an all-cash transaction expected to close in Q1 2026. The acquisition consolidates …

Trump Admits on 60 Minutes He Doesn't Know Changpeng Zhao, the Binance Founder He Pardoned

On November 3, 2025, President Trump admitted during a CBS “60 Minutes” interview with Norah O’Donnell that he does not know who Changpeng Zhao is—the Binance cryptocurrency founder he pardoned just 11 days earlier on October 23, 2025. When asked why he pardoned Zhao, Trump stated: …

Anduril's Autonomous Fighter Jet Completes First Flight Test

Anduril Industries announced its YFQ-44 ‘Fury’ autonomous fighter jet prototype successfully completed its first live flight test, achieving the milestone in just 556 days from clean-sheet design to flight—less than two years. The Fury is Anduril’s entry for the Air Force’s …

Trump Officials Flee to Military Bases: Miller, Noem, Hegseth, Rubio Create Militarized "Green Zone"

On October 30, 2025, multiple senior Trump administration officials relocated to military housing on U.S. bases in the Washington D.C. area, citing security threats from protesters following the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk. The moves create what critics describe as a militarized …

Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications

On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court took the rare step of requesting additional briefing in a high-profile emergency case challenging President Trump’s federalization of the National Guard in Chicago for immigration enforcement, signaling the Court is grappling with fundamental …

Trump Purges 12 ICE Field Directors, Replaces with Border Patrol Loyalists to Escalate Deportations

On October 28, 2025, while President Trump was returning from a three-country Asia trip, the administration executed a major purge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership, reassigning 12 field office directors across the country and replacing them with Customs and Border Protection …

DHS Posts Halo Video Game Image Comparing Immigrants to Parasitic Aliens Requiring Extermination

On October 27, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security posted an image from the Halo video game franchise showing Master Chief and a Spartan in a Warthog vehicle with the text “DESTROY THE FLOOD” as an ICE recruitment advertisement. The post was captioned “Finishing this …

ICE Deports Man to Laos Despite Federal Court Order Blocking Removal, Ignoring Torture and Persecution Risk

On October 25, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Chanthila “Shawn” Souvannarath, 44, to Laos in direct violation of a federal court order issued just one day earlier. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana had issued a …

Comey and James File Consolidated Challenge to Halligan's Authority Under 120-Day Rule

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed coordinated motions challenging the constitutional authority of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan to prosecute their cases, with both challenges consolidated before Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of the District of …

Border Patrol Commander Bovino Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Protesters, Violating Court Order

On October 23, 2025, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was caught on video personally throwing at least one tear gas canister into a crowd of protesters in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, directly violating a federal court restraining order issued just two weeks earlier by U.S. …

DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid

During the fourth week of the October 2025 government shutdown affecting over 700,000 federal employees, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that approximately 70,000 Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers—including ICE deportation officers, CBP border patrol agents, Secret Service …

Russ Vought Emerges as "Shadow President" Running Government During Trump Disengagement

ProPublica investigation revealed that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has become “basically a second commander-in-chief, a shadow president” who is “the driving force” behind Trump administration policy while Trump appears increasingly disengaged and …

Ninth Circuit Panel Allows Trump National Guard Deployment to Portland

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 to overturn a district court order blocking President Trump’s deployment of approximately 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect a Portland ICE facility. Circuit Judges Ryan D. Nelson and Bridget S. Bade …

DOJ Whistleblower Reveals Officials Ordered Fabrication of Terrorist Claims in Deportation Case

Justice Department whistleblower Erez Reuveni, a 15-year DOJ attorney, revealed in October 2025 testimony that senior officials ordered him to fabricate terrorist claims in court briefs to justify the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Reuveni was told to argue in legal …

Trump Posts AI Video Dumping Feces on 7 Million "No Kings" Protesters, Defended by Johnson and Vance as "Satire"

On the evening of October 18, 2025—the same day approximately seven million people participated in “No Kings” protests across 2,700 events in all 50 states—President Donald Trump posted a 19-second AI-generated video to Truth Social showing himself wearing a crown, piloting a fighter jet …

Two Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing to Bring Charges Against Letitia James

On October 17, 2025, the Trump administration fired two senior federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia after they voiced opposition to bringing criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Elizabeth Yusi, the top criminal prosecutor for the Norfolk office who …

Ring partners with Flock Safety and Axon, reversing privacy commitments and expanding police surveillance

Amazon’s Ring announced partnerships with both Flock Safety and Axon, marking a dramatic reversal of its January 2024 commitment to limit police access to user footage. The partnerships enable law enforcement agencies to request Ring doorbell camera footage through third-party platforms …

Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval

On October 15, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg issued an internal memo barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from communicating with Congress or state lawmakers without prior approval from the Pentagon’s office …

Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility

Florida officials concealed a $608 million federal funding request for an immigration detention facility nicknamed ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ misleading courts about federal involvement to bypass environmental safeguards and legal challenges. The DeSantis administration’s secrecy …

Trump Administration Develops Gaza GREAT Trust Reconstruction Plan Led by Kushner and Witkoff

The Trump administration developed the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust plan (also known as “Project Sunrise”), with Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner leading the development over 45 days beginning in October 2025. The …

Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown

Cryptocurrency industry super PAC Fairshake reported holding $141 million in cash as of July 2025, surpassing what it spent during the entire 2024 election cycle, as the crypto industry prepares for an ’even bigger 2026 push’ to elect allies and defeat critics. In 2024, crypto interests …

Trump Administration Systematically Uses Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Political Adversaries

The Trump administration established a pattern of targeting political adversaries through the Federal Housing Finance Agency with mortgage fraud investigations. Beyond Letitia James’s indictment, the pattern includes investigations against Fed Governor Lisa Cook and Senator Adam Schiff, all …

DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charges After Trump Pressure Campaign

On October 9, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. The indictment alleges that James misrepresented a Norfolk, Virginia home she purchased in …

Erdogan Says Trump Promised to End Halkbank Sanctions Prosecution

Turkish President Erdoğan publicly stated that Trump promised to end the Halkbank sanctions-evasion prosecution despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing the case to proceed. The state-run Turkish bank faced accusations of laundering billions of dollars for Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. …

Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization

On October 7, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a contentious oversight hearing marked by sharp Democratic criticism of the Justice Department’s targeting of President Trump’s political opponents. The hearing came one day before former …

Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights

The Supreme Court began its 2025-2026 term on October 6, 2025, with a docket featuring critical cases on executive power, voting rights, and constitutional law. The October session includes 10 oral arguments over five days, with several cases that could fundamentally reshape American governance.

Key …

Trump Family's USD1 Stablecoin Fails to Publish Attestation Reports, Raising Transparency Concerns

NYDIG, a prominent Bitcoin financial services firm, publicly flagged World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin for failing to publish required monthly attestation reports, with the most recent report dating from July 2025—over two months behind schedule. Greg Cipolaro, NYDIG’s Global …

Pirro's DC Office Dismisses 21% of Cases in 8 Weeks vs 0.5% Over Previous Decade

Federal Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui reveals an unprecedented collapse in prosecutorial standards under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s leadership in Washington D.C. Of the over 4,000 cases charged by complaint between 2014 and 2024, DOJ moved to dismiss fewer than 20—less than 0.5%. In just …

OMB Director Russ Vought Uses Shutdown to Execute Mass Federal Purges

OMB Director Russ Vought systematically used government shutdown planning to execute mass federal purges, cancel funding, block oversight, and reclassify workers across agencies according to the Project 2025 framework. This represents a deliberate conversion of the Office of Management and Budget …

Pope Leo XIV: Inhuman Treatment of Immigrants 'Not Pro-Life'

Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful critique of American political hypocrisy on October 1, 2025, declaring that support for harsh immigration enforcement is fundamentally incompatible with pro-life values. Speaking in the context of the controversy surrounding Senator Dick Durbin receiving an award …

Trump Signs Pediatric Cancer AI Executive Order After Cutting Billions in Research Funding

President Trump signed an executive order on September 30, 2025, titled ‘Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer with Artificial Intelligence,’ committing an additional $50 million to explore AI applications in pediatric cancer research. The order directs the MAHA Commission to coordinate …

Trump Grants Qatar Unprecedented NATO-Like Security Guarantee via Executive Order

President Trump signed an executive order titled ‘Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar’ on September 29, 2025, providing Qatar with an unprecedented security guarantee stating that ’the United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical …

Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations

On September 26, 2025, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform led a coalition of 35 conservative organizations—including Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity—in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to let enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits expire in December …

Microsoft Terminates Israeli Unit 8200's Azure Access for Mass Surveillance of Palestinian Civilians

On September 25, 2025, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced the unprecedented decision to “cease and disable” cloud computing and AI services to Israel’s Unit 8200 military intelligence unit, marking the first time a major U.S. technology company terminated service to the …

Bessent Announces $20B Argentina Bailout for Trump Ally Milei, Enriching Connected Billionaire

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion rescue package for Argentina’s president Javier Milei, including currency swap agreements, direct peso purchases (only the fourth time since 1996 the U.S. bought another country’s currency), and Treasury bond purchases. The bailout …

Axon Acquires Prepared for $800-900 Million, Adding AI-Powered 911 Call Processing to Complete Surveillance Pipeline

On September 23, 2025, Axon Enterprise announced a definitive agreement to acquire Prepared, an AI-powered emergency communications platform, for a reported $800-900 million (official terms undisclosed), adding comprehensive 911 call processing capabilities to Axon’s surveillance ecosystem. …

Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a rush appeal deciding whether President Trump acted lawfully in firing board members leading independent federal agencies, setting up oral arguments for December 2025. The case will reconsider the landmark 1935 precedent Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, …

Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney Erik Siebert Resigns Under Trump Pressure to Charge Letitia James

On September 20, 2025, Erik Siebert resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after President Trump publicly stated he wanted Siebert “out” following a monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James that failed to produce …

Trump Signs 'Gold Card' Visa Executive Order Requiring $1-2 Million Payments

President Trump signed Executive Order 14351 establishing the ‘Gold Card’ visa program, requiring foreign nationals to make ‘unrestricted gifts’ of $1 million to the Department of Commerce ($2 million if a corporation gives on behalf of an individual) to obtain residency. The …

ICE Homeland Security Investigations Signs $3 Million Contract with Magnet Forensics for GrayKey Technology

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit signs a $3 million contract with Magnet Forensics, the Canadian firm that acquired Grayshift in 2023 following its $1.35 billion acquisition by investment firm Thoma Bravo. The contract continues ICE’s …

DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive"

The DOJ Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission announced they had identified over 125 federal regulations for review and potential elimination under Trump’s Executive Order on Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers. The initiative represents a systematic dismantling of …

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before'

On September 16, 2025, former Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered his first public remarks since leaving the Department of Justice in a speech at George Mason University, warning that “the rule of law is under attack like in no other period in our lifetimes.” NPR exclusively obtained a …

NYT Reveals UAE $2B Crypto Investment Tied to AI Chip Deal Approval

The New York Times revealed that after UAE entity MGX (controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed) invested $2 billion in World Liberty Financial—a cryptocurrency venture co-founded by Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff—the White House approved the UAE’s acquisition of hundreds of thousands of …

Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Divests $120M Real Estate Stake While Retaining $350M in Assets Including Trump Crypto

Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff sold his stake in the Witkoff Group for $120 million, according to financial disclosures released publicly in mid-September 2025. The sale was described as addressing conflict of interest concerns between his government role and business …

SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton

The Securities and Exchange Commission moved to dismiss its civil fraud case against Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Corporation, following his pardon by President Trump on March 28, 2025. Milton was convicted in October 2022 of securities fraud for misleading investors about Nikola’s …