| 2025-12-31 | DOJ Expands Epstein Document Review to 5.2 Million Pages, Enlisted 400 Attorneys Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-31 | Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-31 | Off-Duty ICE Officer Shoots and Kills Keith Porter in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve Keith Porter · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · LAPD |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-31 | US Press Freedom Tracker Documents 170 Assaults on Journalists in 2025, 160 by Law Enforcement U.S. Press Freedom Tracker · Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal law enforcement · ICE · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-30 | Bannon Reveals He Is Organizing 'Irish National Party,' Promises 'Irish Trump' Steve Bannon |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-30 | DHS Announces Record Immigration Enforcement Numbers, Promotes Self-Deportation Incentive U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-30 | US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas US Military · US Coast Guard · SOUTHCOM |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-29 | Bannon Turns Against Vice President JD Vance Amid Escalating MAGA Civil War Steve Bannon · JD Vance | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-29 | Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-28 | ICE Agents Enter Minneapolis Hospital Without Warrant, Handcuff Patient to Bed for 24 Hours Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Hennepin County Medical Center |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-28 | Mass Protests Erupt Across Iran as Economic Collapse Triggers Largest Uprising Since 1979 Iranian Bazaari Merchants · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ali Khamenei | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-28 | Washington Post Analysis Reveals ICE Shift from Jail Arrests to Community Raids U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-27 | Russia Launches Massive Attack on Kyiv with 500 Drones and 40 Missiles Vladimir Putin · Volodymyr Zelenskyy | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-26 | DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-25 | US Launches Christmas Day Strikes on Nigerian Villages, ISIS Claims Questioned by Residents and Analysts Donald Trump · Bola Tinubu · AFRICOM · Nigerian Armed Forces · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-24 | 12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-24 | CIA Conducts First Land Strike in Venezuela, Destroying Drug Boat Loading Facility Central Intelligence Agency · Venezuela |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-24 | DOJ Announces Discovery of Over 1 Million Additional Epstein Documents on Christmas Eve Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-24 | Trump Declares Support for Rate Cuts 'Litmus Test' for Fed Chair Nominees Donald Trump · Jerome Powell · Kevin Hassett · Kevin Warsh | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-23 | Botched DOJ Redactions Allow Public to Copy-Paste Hidden Epstein File Text Department of Justice · Richard Indyke · Virgin Islands · Jeffrey Epstein |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-23 | Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +9 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-22 | Trump Appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as Special Envoy to Greenland Donald Trump · Jeff Landry · Ken Howery · Lars Lokke Rasmussen |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-22 | Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Stephen Miller · Pete Hegseth · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-21 | Bannon Declares Conservative Movement Civil War at AmericaFest, Attacks Ben Shapiro as 'Cancer' Steve Bannon · Ben Shapiro · Mark Levin · Turning Point USA |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-21 | DOJ Exposes Epstein Victims' Names While Over-Redacting Perpetrator Information Department of Justice · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-20 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar · William Nathaniel Howard · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-20 | DOJ Removes 15+ Epstein Files After Release, Including Trump-Maxwell Photo Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Ghislaine Maxwell · Jeffrey Epstein · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-20 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-19 | Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | DHS Releases Year-End Report Claiming 'Most Secure Border in History' While Touting 2.5 Million Departures and Record Drug Seizures Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | DHS Secretary Noem Suspends Diversity Visa Lottery Program Following Brown University Mass Shooting Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Claudio Manuel Neves Valente |
| reported |
| 2025-12-19 | DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files, 550+ Pages Completely Blacked Out Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | Epstein Victims' Attorneys Confirm DOJ Released Zero Financial Documents Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | Noem Increases Self-Deportation Incentive to $3,000, Promotes 'Home for the Holidays' Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | Border Patrol Academy Reaches Highest Enrollment Since 2009 With 1,100 Trainees as Trump Administration Militarizes Enforcement Training U.S. Border Patrol · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists Department of Justice · Colorado Secretary of State · Wisconsin · Texas · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs — First War-Authorization Repeal Since 1971 Serves as Cover for Capture-Relevant Bundle U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Tim Kaine · Todd Young · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 1085 Eliminates Congressional Notification for AUKUS Defense Trade, DDTC Final Rule Effective December 30 U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +14 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +10 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-18 | Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · Steve Scalise · Pete Aguilar · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-17 | ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-17 | Trump Announces Naval 'Blockade' of Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Designates Government as Terrorist Organization Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Venezuela · US Navy | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-16 | Border Patrol Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago, Promises Federal Agents 'For Years' Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-16 | California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Ross Ulbricht · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-16 | House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-16 | ICE Launches Operation Buckeye in Ohio, Targeting Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban and Entered Through Legal CBP One Program Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Andrew Ginther · Elaine Bryant · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-15 | Congress Repeals Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act via FY 2026 NDAA Language After Al-Khayyat Brothers' Trump-Adjacent Lobbying Campaign Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Power International Holding · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-15 | Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195 Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-15 | Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear Pentagon · Human Rights Watch |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-15 | Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Jean Wilson Brutus · Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-14 | ICE Detention Population Hits All-Time Record of 68,400 -- 75% Increase Since January Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-13 | VA Plans to Eliminate 35,000 Healthcare Positions Despite Record Veteran Enrollment Department of Veterans Affairs · Richard Blumenthal |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-12 | DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-12 | House Committee Releases 100,000 Epstein Estate Photos Showing Trump, Bannon, Clinton, Gates U.S. House Oversight Committee · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Bill Clinton · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-12 | Thiel-Backed Quantum Systems Wins $246M German Army Contract for 520 Falke Surveillance Drones Quantum Systems · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · German Bundeswehr · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-11 | DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing Kristi Noem · Seth Magaziner · Sae Joon Park · Jim Brown · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-11 | Federal Reserve Board Unanimously Reappoints Regional Bank Presidents in 'Trump-Proofing' Move Federal Reserve Board · Jerome Powell · Stephen Miran | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-11 | Stephen Miller Attacks 1965 Civil Rights Immigration Law, Suggests America Better Off with 1920s Racial Quotas Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-10 | Danish Intelligence Labels United States a Potential Security Threat for First Time Danish Defense Intelligence Service · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-10 | DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-10 | Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision Judge Richard M. Berman · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +2 | | reported |
| 2025-12-10 | Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-09 | "Remigration" - White Nationalist Term Becomes Official Trump Administration Policy Language Donald Trump · Stephen Miller |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-09 | Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-09 | FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy Kash Patel · Qatar government · Craig Holman · Public Citizen · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-09 | Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-09 | Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Desiree Grace · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order James Boasberg · Drew Ensign · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Paramount Skydance Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with Saudi, Qatari, and UAE Backing David Ellison · Larry Ellison · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Qatar Investment Authority · +12 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | ProPublica Reveals Trump Committed Same Mortgage Fraud He Now Calls Criminal Donald Trump · Bill Pulte · ProPublica · Merrill Lynch · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-07 | ICE Data Reveals 75,000 Arrests Had No Criminal History in Quota-Driven Dragnet Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Deportation Data Project · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-07 | Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-07 | Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice |
| reported |
| 2025-12-06 | National Park Service Removes MLK Day and Juneteenth from Fee-Free Days, Adds Trump's Birthday Interior Department · National Park Service · Donald Trump · Doug Burgum · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-06 | National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Southwest Airlines · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump Pardons Sports Executive Tim Leiweke After Golf Conversation With Trey Gowdy Donald Trump · Tim Leiweke · Trey Gowdy · Oak View Group · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-05 | ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation Dr. Kirk Milhoan · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dr. Cody Meissner · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | Federal Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials from 2005-2007 Florida Investigations Rodney Smith · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 |
| disputed |
| 2025-12-05 | Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data Mark Calabria · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | American Alliance for Equal Rights Sues Hispanic Scholarship Fund Seeking to Eliminate Race-Conscious Scholarships American Alliance for Equal Rights · Edward Blum · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · U.S. District Court for D.C. |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Amnesty International documents torture and enforced disappearances at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome detention facilities Amnesty International · Amy Fischer · Ana Piquer · Ron DeSantis · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · Judge Jia Cobb · U.S. District Court for D.C. · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +6 |
| reported |