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Bloomberg Obtains 18,000+ Epstein Emails Revealing Maxwell Relationship and Trump Name Removal Request

Bloomberg News published a trove of over 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account spanning 2002-2022, three years after his death in custody. The authenticated emails, concentrated between 2005-2008 during Epstein’s first criminal investigation, directly contradict …

Commerce Secretary Lutnick Forces Corporations to Provide Government Equity Stakes

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced plans to extract government equity stakes from major corporations like Intel and Lockheed Martin in exchange for federal support, using tariffs and export licenses as pressure tools through a secretive ‘Investment Accelerator’ initiative. …

Heritage Foundation Publishes 800-Page Constitutional Guide as Trump's Judicial Roadmap

The Heritage Foundation released an 800-page ‘Guide to the Constitution’ featuring contributions from Trump appointees and prefaced by Justice Samuel Alito, serving as Trump’s blueprint for Supreme Court nominations and legal interpretation. The guide promotes an originalist …

ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Appoints Bovino as Commander-at-Large

On September 8, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the launch of “Operation Midway Blitz,” a massive multi-agency immigration enforcement surge targeting Illinois and northwest Indiana. The operation marked a significant escalation in urban immigration enforcement …

Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum

The Trump administration announced it is exploring whether the federal government can seize control of the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York City. The White House confirmed ‘preliminary exploratory discussions’ about the takeover but declined to elaborate. During a 2024 campaign …

Trump Creates 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention' Designation via Executive Order

President Trump signed Executive Order 14348 on September 5, 2025, creating a new ‘State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention’ designation that empowers the Secretary of State to blacklist foreign countries determined to be involved in or supporting wrongful detentions of U.S. nationals. …

DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice formally opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on September 4, 2025, following a criminal referral from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte. Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas in Georgia and Michigan to …

Treasury Department Refuses to Release $1.5 Billion in Epstein Financial Records

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to release Epstein-related banking records covering at least $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions between 2003 and 2019. The Treasury files include suspicious activity reports detailing over 4,700 wire …

US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors

The US military conducted a controversial “double tap” strike in international waters in the Caribbean, killing all 11 people aboard a suspected drug vessel. The first strike killed nine individuals and set the boat ablaze. Minutes later, Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, then …

Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan

On September 1, 2025, President Trump initiated a massive purge of federal Inspectors General, firing approximately 17 independent watchdogs across multiple agencies. These dismissals, explicitly outlined in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, violated federal law requiring …

DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges

The Department of Justice loosened qualification requirements to allow ‘any lawyer’—including approximately 600 military Judge Advocate General (JAG) officers—to serve as immigration judges, bypassing the traditional judicial independence standards and specialized training required for …

Trump Executive Order Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings

President Trump signed an executive order titled ‘Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ mandating that all new federal public buildings embrace classical architecture styles to ‘honor tradition, foster civic pride, and inspire the citizenry.’ The order represents an …

Trump Convenes Oval Office Meeting on Gaza Development With Jared Kushner's Business Interests Central

Trump convened an Oval Office meeting on Gaza’s future with Jared Kushner, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. During discussions, Trump floated expelling Palestinian residents and redeveloping Gaza into a luxury resort, …

Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach

Chief Data Officer Charles Borges exposed a critical national security vulnerability involving an unauthorized copy of the entire NUMIDENT Social Security database. Senior DOGE-affiliated officials uploaded a live copy of sensitive personal information for over 450 million Americans to an unsecured …

Flock Safety Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Pauses Pilot

Flock Safety publicly admits that federal immigration agents have had direct access to automated license plate reader data through a previously undisclosed pilot program with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), giving federal authorities access to more …

2,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles

Over 2,300 National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana, and Tennessee began patrolling Washington DC streets carrying M17 handguns and M4 semiautomatic rifles, marking an unprecedented militarization of the nation’s capital during peacetime. The armed …

FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton

On August 22, 2025, the FBI executed simultaneous, court-authorized searches of John Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, D.C. office, seizing electronic devices and documents related to potential classified information mishandling. The raid stems from an ongoing investigation into …

NY Appeals Court Throws Out $527 Million Trump Fraud Judgment as "Excessive"

The New York Appellate Division, in a unanimous five-judge decision, threw out the $527 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump and his companies, ruling the penalty was “excessive” and violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines. The appeals …

US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials

On August 20, 2025, the United States imposed targeted sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, escalating an ongoing campaign to obstruct international judicial proceedings into potential war crimes.

Key Details:

• Four officials sanctioned: Two judges (Kimberly Prost and …

Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present

In a controversial move, the Texas Legislature voted to change quorum rules and pass a new congressional map creating five additional safe Republican seats without Democratic members present. The legislature modified procedural rules to allow passage despite the absence of Democratic lawmakers, who …

Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger

Former DOJ antitrust official Roger Alford publicly accused Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle of ‘perverting justice’ by overruling career officials to approve the Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks $14 billion merger. Alford and another senior …

Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role

Trump appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as Co-Deputy Director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino, creating the first dual deputy director structure in FBI history. Bailey, a Trump loyalist who supported debunked 2020 election claims, has no FBI experience but will help run day-to-day …

Education Department Faces 50% Workforce Reduction

Education Secretary Linda McMahon initiates 50% workforce reduction while administration pushes legislation to completely abolish Department of Education, directly implementing Project 2025’s recommendation to eliminate the department entirely.

Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order

Trump signed an executive order directing the Transportation Department to slash FAA regulations on rocket launches, eliminating or expediting environmental reviews for commercial spaceflight. The order directly benefits SpaceX, whose owner Elon Musk repeatedly complained about FAA environmental …

Trump Revokes Executive Order on Competition

President Trump signs executive order revoking previous competition and antitrust enforcement policies, clearing path for increased corporate consolidation and monopolistic practices without federal oversight.

Former Kazakhstan Intelligence Chief Alleges Putin's Kompromat on Trump

Alnur Mussayev, ex-chief of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleged that Vladimir Putin possesses comprehensive kompromat files on Donald Trump, including potential evidence of sexual crimes, financial misconduct, and connections to Jeffrey Epstein’s network. Mussayev claims …

Trump Federalizes DC Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops Despite Declining Crime

Trump announced federal takeover of Washington DC’s police department and deployment of 800 National Guard troops, invoking emergency powers under the Home Rule Act of 1973. DEA Administrator Terry Cole was designated interim federal commissioner. Attorney General Pam Bondi assumed command …

DOJ Employee Sean Dunn Fired After Throwing Sandwich at Federal Agent in Protest

Sean Dunn, a 37-year-old DOJ criminal division employee, was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi after throwing a Subway sandwich at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Gregory Lairmore during protests against Trump’s federal law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred …

EPA Terminates Union Contracts Following Appellate Stays

The EPA terminated all union contracts on August 8, 2025, immediately after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower court injunction blocking Trump’s March executive order. EPA became the second federal agency (after VA) to cancel collective bargaining for its employees, affecting …

Trump Executive Order Places Federal Grants Under Political Appointee Control

President Trump signed Executive Order 14332 titled ‘Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking,’ transforming the federal grantmaking process by giving presidential political appointees unprecedented power over billions of dollars in research and discretionary grants. The order requires …

GSA enters $1B OneGov cloud agreement with AWS

The General Services Administration announced a $1 billion ‘OneGov’ cloud agreement with Amazon Web Services, finalizing the deal in August 2025. This agreement centralizes government cloud services under Amazon, providing up to $1 billion in infrastructure credits and modernization …

Trump announces federal takeover of DC police citing Coristine attack

Trump announced federal takeover of Washington DC police department and deployment of National Guard, using the assault on Edward Coristine as justification. Trump stated he was considering “having his administration take over the DC Police Department” and bringing in National Guard. …

DOJ Launches Mortgage Fraud Investigation Targeting Senator Adam Schiff

Fox News reported on August 5, 2025, that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland launched a federal criminal investigation into Democratic California Senator Adam Schiff for alleged mortgage fraud. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) referred Schiff’s case to DOJ, accusing him of …

DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months

Whistleblower Aid revealed that the DOJ Office of the Inspector General ’lost’ a whistleblower disclosure for almost three months, only ‘finding’ it on the eve of Emil Bove’s confirmation vote for a federal judgeship. The disclosure, submitted on May 5, 2025, alleged …

Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting

52 Texas House Democrats fled to Illinois to break quorum and prevent a vote on unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting that would create 5 new safe Republican congressional seats, echoing 2003 and 2021 walkouts but this time leaving state to avoid federal law enforcement. At least 51 Democratic …

Donor list suggests scale of Trump’s pay-for-access operation

MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, raised $177 million in the first half of this year from donors who have exchanged their patronage for access to the president–and, at times, policy outcomes, pardons, and ambassadorships

Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court took the extraordinary step of expanding the legal questions in Louisiana v. Callais (Nos. 24-109, 24-110), ordering supplemental briefs on whether creating majority-minority districts to remedy Voting Rights Act violations violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments. The …

Trump Mobile Launches Comprehensive Wireless Service with Telehealth and Insurance

Trump Mobile, led by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., launched a comprehensive wireless service offering a $499 smartphone, $47.45 monthly plan, and bundled services including telehealth and car insurance. The venture operates on Liberty Mobile’s network and targets conservative consumers with …

Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight

Twelve Democratic members of Congress filed suit in federal court after being systematically denied access to ICE detention facilities nationwide. The lawsuit challenges DHS’s new policy requiring seven-day advance notice for visits and blocking all access to ICE field offices, which violates …

EPA reconsiders 2009 Endangerment Finding underlying all climate regulations

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced formal reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding on July 29, calling repeal “largest deregulatory action in history of America.” Finding declared CO2 and 5 other GHGs endanger public health. Repeal would eliminate legal basis for all climate …

ICE blocks members of Congress from detention facilities, violating oversight law

ICE denied multiple members of Congress access to immigration detention facilities across the country, including Rep. Jason Crow at Aurora, Colorado and six Maryland Democrats at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building. Despite a 2019 law guaranteeing congressional access for oversight, ICE …

Trump Appoints Nicholas Kent, For-Profit College Insider, as Education Under Secretary

Nicholas Kent, formerly a policy officer at for-profit college association CECU, was sworn in as Under Secretary of Education, signaling potential deregulation and reduced oversight of higher education institutions. The Senate confirmed his nomination with a narrow 50-45 vote, amid concerns about …

UnitedHealth Confirms DOJ Criminal and Civil Investigation for Medicare Advantage Upcoding Fraud

On July 24, 2025, UnitedHealth Group confirmed in an SEC filing that the Department of Justice has launched both criminal and civil investigations into the company’s Medicare Advantage billing practices, focusing on systematic upcoding fraud that may have generated billions in government …

Senate Investigation Reveals Epstein's Billion-Dollar Russian Bank Transfers Linked to Trafficking

A comprehensive Senate Finance Committee investigation led by Senator Ron Wyden uncovered massive financial evidence demonstrating Jeffrey Epstein’s complex international money laundering and trafficking operations. The Treasury Department’s analysis revealed over 4,725 wire transfers …

Six Democratic states form redistricting defense pact

New York, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, and New Jersey announce coordinated mid-cycle redistricting efforts to counter Republican gerrymandering, effectively ending the constitutional norm of decennial redistricting tied to census.

Trump Media buys $2 billion in bitcoin for crypto Treasury plan

Trump Media and Technology Group purchased $2 billion worth of bitcoin and related securities in an effort to become a crypto treasury company– –joining other Trump-family linked businesses pursuing the same strategy

California announces defensive mid-cycle redistricting in response to Texas

Governor Newsom announces plan to redraw California congressional maps to “put a stake in the heart” of Trump’s Texas redistricting, stating “We can sit on the sidelines and talk about the way the world should be, or we could recognize the existential nature that is this …

Trump Calls Own Supporters "Weaklings" and "Selfish People" After Demanding Epstein File Transparency

On July 12, 2025, five days after the Department of Justice released a memo stating no Jeffrey Epstein “client list” existed—contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s February claim that the list was “sitting on my desk”—President Donald Trump attacked his own …

Climate Programs Dismantled - NOAA Faces 27% Budget Cut, Hundreds of Jobs Eliminated

Major systematic dismantling of climate research infrastructure: NOAA’s budget cut by 27%, with Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) budget slashed from $485 million to $171 million. Approximately 1,029 jobs to be eliminated, disrupting critical weather forecasting, climate …

Supreme Court 6-3 Stay Authorizes Mass Federal Workforce Reductions at 22 Agencies

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 stay allowing the Trump administration to proceed with mass federal workforce reductions at 22 agencies, overturning a preliminary injunction issued by Judge Susan Illston. The decision enabled immediate implementation of layoffs that had been blocked as likely …