U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled on July 17, 2026 that the administration violated the law when it dismissed Mary Comans, FEMA's former chief financial officer, without following civil-service removal...
Legal outcome District court ruled the dismissal violated statutory civil-service procedures and due process; no reinstatement ordered, name-clearing hearing granted; subject to appeal.
Reuters reported on July 17, 2026, citing documents it reviewed and two people familiar with the discussions, that the administration spent more than a year scrutinizing the Election Assistance Commission — questioning...
On July 15, 2026, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing to become the permanent attorney general. Blanche, who had served as President Trump's...
According to court documents filed July 13, 2026, the Trump administration rescinded a roughly $10 billion freeze on child care subsidies and social services funding directed at five Democratic-led states — California...
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law without President Trump's signature after the constitutional 10-day window expired at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026. Congress passed the bill in June with broad bipartisan...
Trump administration officials are discussing a plan to install permanent fencing along the block of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House and around Lafayette Square, according to sources who spoke to CBS News...
Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel on July 9, 2026, objecting to what he described as the designation of...
On July 9, 2026, President Trump removed the three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the bipartisan federal agency created after the 2000 election to support state election...
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, part of the White House Office of Management and Budget, released its 2026 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda identifying 702 deregulatory actions, up from 482 in the...
On July 3, 2026, dozens of officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence began receiving termination notices under Bill Pulte, whom President Trump named acting director of national intelligence in...
