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Last updated 1/28/25

1/28/25 All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/white-house-pauses-federal-grants-loan-disbursement/index.html

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1/28/25 Donald Trump pledges sweeping tariffs on steel, semiconductors and other imports

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/27/trump-tariffs-steel-semiconductors-pharmaceuticals/77981468007/

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1/28/25 Tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is 'largest documented outbreak in US history'

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-health-officials-say-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-kc-area-is-largest-documented-outbreak-in-us-history

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1/28/25 Medicaid portals down in all 50 states after Trump funding freeze, Sen. Wyden says

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-funding-freeze-medicaid-state-portals-omb.html

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1/28/25 Judge blocks Federal Funding order temporarily

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce

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1/28/25 New "Calexit" bid for California secession approved for signature gathering in effort to put measure on ballot

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-secede-2028-ballot-measure-allowed-to-get-signatures/

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1/27/25 Trump bars trans women from U.S. prisons for female inmates

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/trump-transgender-inmates-prison.html

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1/27/25 US Officials barred from working with the World Health Organization

https://wtop.com/national/2025/01/us-public-health-officials-have-been-told-to-stop-working-with-the-world-health-organization-effective-immediately/

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1/27/25 Quakers are suing Trump in Maryland

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/quakers-trump-immigration-raid-churches-lawsuit

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1/27/25 J6er pardoned by Trump has been shot and killed by police for resisting arrest

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-man-fatally-shot-deputy-identified-jan-6

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1/27/25 Democrats move to condemn Trump pardons of violent Jan. 6 defendants

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/27/congress/senate-dems-jan-6-pardons-00200696

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1/27/25 Air Force announced that the course on the Tuskegee Airman and female WWII pilots will just be revised and added back to the training course. This is a reversal of the previous removal following Trump's order

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tuskegee-airmen-wasps-lesson-removed-us-air-force-curriculum-memo-dei-order/

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1/26/25 Texas House Bans Democrats from holding committee chairmanships

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/01/23/fight-expected-over-proposed-rules-for-texas-house-including-limits-on-democrats-power/

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1/26/25 Navajo tribe members have been detained by ICE

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/24/reports-of-navajo-people-being-detained-in-immigration-sweeps-sparks-concern-from-tribal-leaders/

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1/26/25 Trump issues 25% tariffs on Colombia

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-petro-will-not-allow-us-planes-return-migrants-2025-01-26/

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1/26/25 Trump seems to want to ethnically cleanse Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/trump-resumes-sending-2000-pound-bombs-to-israel-undoing-biden-pause

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1/26/25 Colombian president caves to Trump in dispute over deportations

https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombian-president-caves-trump-dispute-213021159.html

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1/26/25 Trump Administration Reinstates Policy to Restrict Abortion Worldwide

https://reproductiverights.org/trump-administration-reinstates-policy-to-restrict-abortion-worldwide/

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1/26/25 Trump Justice Dept. limits enforcement of the FACE Act, which protects reproductive health facilities. It made it illegal to harm, threaten or interfere with an individual "obtaining or providing reproductive health services"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-face-act-abortion-related-actions-justice-department/

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1/26/25 Lauren Handy, a woman who was found to have several dead fetuses in her home, has been pardoned by Trump

https://time.com/7209779/trump-pardons-anti-abortion-activists-who-blockaded-clinic-entrances/

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1/25/25 JD Vance casts tie breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, fox news anchor, as the Defense Secretary.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pete-hegseth-confirmation-vote-senate-defense-secretary/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17378090493608&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

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1/25/25 Nearly 2/3 of Trump's executive orders mirror or partially mirror action detailed in Project 2025

https://time.com/7209901/donald-trump-executive-actions-project-2025/

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1/25/25 Trump fires 17 Inspector Generals in a late night purge. This is illegal, as the position requires 30 days notice but his order was effective immediately.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-fires-inspectors-general.html

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1/25/25 Trump forces Air Force to scrap course that taught recruits about Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots

https://www.wral.com/story/more-dei-fallout-air-force-scraps-course-that-used-videos-of-tuskegee-airmen-and-female-wwii-pilots/21827180/

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1/25/25 Mike Johnson says US is heading into a new era of abortion opposition

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5105366-mike-johnson-anti-abortion-march/

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1/25/25 Trump ceased all foreign aid except to Egypt and Israel

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/25/nx-s1-5272892/trump-issues-order-to-halt-us-foreign-aid

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1/24/25 Trump rescinds Dr Anthony Fauci's security detail

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/24/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail-trump

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1/24/25 Trump rolls back sanctions on Israeli groups

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/24/treasury-terminates-sanctions-israeli-settlers-00200479

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1/24/25 Trump has a “Heated” call with Denmark's prime minister. Insists he plans on taking over greenland

https://www.ft.com/content/ace02a6f-3307-43f8-aac3-16b6646b60f6

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1/24/25 Mississippi lawmakers introduce a bill that would pay $1000 to any bounty hunters that turn in illegal immigrants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/24/reward-reporting-illegal-immigrants-mississippi/

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