The Trump administration reached a settlement with federal unions over a lawsuit challenging reductions in force (RIFs) conducted during the 2025 government shutdown. As part of the settlement, the administration rescinded its mass-layoff policy that had threatened widespread layoffs as a bargaining chip and sent RIF notices to thousands of federal employees during the lapse in appropriations.
The Trump administration is scrapping plans for an executive order that would have given the White House greater influence over grant decision-making at the National Institutes of Health. The decision follows pushback from lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced federal charges against seven noncitizens for illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship. The charges are part of a broader Trump administration focus on election integrity and noncitizen voting.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully in pursuing a plan to slash the Federal Emergency Management Agency's workforce roughly in half. The ruling came as part of a larger lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees and other labor groups challenging federal workforce cuts.
The Trump administration announced it will phase out financial support for Namibia's HIV response programs after more than 20 years and $1.1 billion in total aid. The U.S. will provide a final $45 million payment in fiscal year 2027, after which Namibia will fund its own programs.
A federal prosecutor who planned to file civil rights charges against an ICE agent for shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis was fired after Trump administration officials blocked the charges. The agent was instead charged only with making false statements to investigators.
The Trump administration deported over 100 individuals from Afghanistan, Cuba and other nations to eight African countries over a 10-day period, including an Afghan man whose brothers assisted the US military. The deportations to the Central African Republic and other African nations represent an expansion of third-country deportation practices.
A federal appeals court ruled the Justice Department can proceed with a subpoena against a Washington state provider of gender-affirming care to minors, while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ended federal Medicaid funding for such treatments. The moves are part of the Trump administration's broader campaign to restrict transgender healthcare for young people.
The Trump administration announced a proposed rule requiring food companies to notify the FDA when introducing new additives under the 'generally recognized as safe' designation, closing a decades-old regulatory loophole that allowed manufacturers to self-certify ingredient safety without federal oversight.
Multiple federal judges ruled this week that the Trump administration can terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of migrants from South Sudan, Myanmar, and Haiti, following a Supreme Court decision in June that limited judicial review of such determinations.
U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose ruled Friday to enforce her preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Veterans Affairs from terminating its collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees, marking the third time the court has blocked the administration's efforts to strip federal workers of union rights.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced investigative findings that Duke University School of Law intentionally discriminated based on race in admissions decisions for its 2023, 2024, and 2025 incoming classes, violating federal civil rights law. The action represents the latest Trump administration enforcement against higher education institutions over admissions practices.
A federal judge officially allowed the Trump administration to terminate temporary deportation protections for approximately 350,000 Haitians, marking the final step in a months-long legal battle that reached the Supreme Court. The decision puts thousands at risk of job loss and deportation, though ICE agents have reportedly been told to delay arrests.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested approximately 51,000 individuals in July 2026, marking the highest monthly detention total in the agency's history and the largest figure of Trump's second term as the administration intensifies immigration enforcement operations.
The Department of Justice announced it filed denaturalization actions against 25 individuals accused of obtaining citizenship through fraud or concealing serious criminal offenses including attempted murder, sexual assault, and marriage fraud. The DOJ reports it has filed 123 civil denaturalization complaints since the start of the second Trump administration, calling it the largest denaturalization effort in U.S. history.
One study found that approximately 77,000 fewer children worldwide received U.S.-supported HIV treatment in the year ending October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year after Trump administration cuts and changes to foreign aid; some may have continued receiving treatment through governments or other donors. Separately, an amfAR survey of 166 PEPFAR-funded organizations in 46 countries reported more than 1,700 clinic and service-site closures and over 16,000 full-time job losses.
The Trump administration is reinstating a policy that would allow immigration officers to deny green cards to applicants who use public benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers, or other safety net programs. The rule reverses a 2022 Biden-era policy and governs how officials apply the 'public charge' test in immigration decisions.
Multiple environmental organizations and Washington state tribes filed federal lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's decision to rescind a 50-year-old definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act, arguing the change will weaken wildlife protections and contradicts scientific research.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man during a traffic incident in Biddeford, Maine on Monday, marking at least the ninth fatality linked to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations and the second deadly force incident by ICE in one week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the Trump administration is launching a major effort to dismantle the International Criminal Court, calling it a threat to U.S. sovereignty and urging other countries to join the campaign against the global institution.
The Trump administration finalized a rule rescinding decades-old Endangered Species Act protections that previously made it illegal to destroy endangered species' habitats. The new rule requires intentional harm for violations, reversing 50 years of regulatory interpretation.
President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 individuals, most of whom were convicted of violating federal environmental law by disabling or modifying truck emissions controls. The pardons were issued on the eve of July 4th celebrations.
The Trump administration has proposed a new regulation through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services targeting hospitals in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, aiming to prevent markups on discounted drugs for Medicare patients and potentially save consumers $1.1 billion next year.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June 2026, marking a significant escalation in the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts. The arrests represent a sharp surge in enforcement activity by the agency.
Multiple federal judges have blocked the Trump administration from implementing new rules that would have limited eligibility for student loan forgiveness programs, particularly affecting public service workers. The court rulings preserve existing loan forgiveness pathways while the administration's broader student loan repayment overhaul moves forward.
The Trump administration has frozen federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with HHS Inspector General Thomas March Bell citing insufficient criminal indictments as the reason for the suspension.
Family planning and health organizations in Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit alleging that a new Trump administration policy could delay or deny federal funding to providers serving tens of thousands of patients across the state.
The Trump administration is moving to relaunch the specialized LGBTQ+ option for the 988 crisis intervention hotline after initially ending it, but The Trevor Project, the nonprofit that helped pioneer the service, is being excluded from eligibility to operate it.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, instead using the same company that received a no-bid contract for the troubled project that resulted in the water turning green with algae.
The Trump administration has quietly shifted approximately $352 million in federal funds originally designated for the Secret Service toward the president's controversial White House ballroom construction project, drawing criticism from Democrats who say the money comes from Trump's tax cuts legislation and contradicts administration promises about funding sources.
The Senate defeated President Trump's SAVE America Act, a sweeping election and voter ID legislation, after four Republican senators—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, and Thom Tillis—broke ranks to vote with Democrats against the measure.
Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican chair of the Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration's vaccine-skeptical policies for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania during a confirmation hearing for surgeon general nominee Dr. Nicole Saphier. Cassidy pressed Saphier to state that vaccines do not cause autism and to distance herself from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine positions, which she declined to fully do.
