https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html The 40 most recent archive events by event date. Independent political satire and commentary with linked reporting. en-US https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#dana-white-press-secretary-offer https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#dana-white-press-secretary-offer Event: 2026-11-07. Trump posted that he had offered UFC CEO Dana White the White House press secretary job and requested six fighters as assistants to defend his administration against political opponents. CNN reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that White declined; an aide said Trump was joking. White publicly deflected questions and said he planned to meet Trump on Monday. The post was an announced offer, not a confirmed appointment. It came during a search for a spokesperson after Katie Zacharia's brief tenure. Source: CNN via KESQ — https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/11/07/trump-says-hes-asked-dana-white-to-serve-as-press-secretary/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-doj-democrats https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-doj-democrats Event: 2026-11-07. Days after the midterms, Trump directed the Justice Department to look into Democrats over threats of impeachment and other punishment. Reuters reported that he called their conduct criminal without providing evidence. The announcement establishes a presidential demand, not that DOJ opened a case, filed charges or proved a crime. Source: Reuters via MarketScreener — https://www.marketscreener.com/news/trump-orders-doj-to-look-into-democrats-for-threatening-people-ce785fd2d180f22d https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-doj-departures https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-doj-departures Event: 2026-11-06. Miami U.S. attorney Jason Reding Quiñones resigned as the investigation into alleged conspiracies against Trump faced delays and staff turnover. AP attributed reports of frustration with his management to unnamed people familiar with the matter. National Security Division chief John Eisenberg also resigned, following Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon's departure announcement the previous day. These departures did not establish that the investigation had ended. Source: Associated Press via ClickOnDetroit — https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/2026/11/06/2-justice-department-officials-resign-including-us-attorney-who-oversaw-grand-conspiracy-probe/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#miller-chief-of-staff https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#miller-chief-of-staff Event: 2026-11-06. After the midterm losses, Trump announced that longtime aide Stephen Miller would succeed Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. The White House confirmed the appointment on November 6 and praised both aides. The announcement establishes the succession plan; it does not itself announce a new immigration policy. Source: The White House — https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/11/president-trump-names-stephen-miller-as-33rd-white-house-chief-of-staff/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-ballroom-tour https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#post-midterm-ballroom-tour Event: 2026-11-04. The day after Republicans lost control of Congress, Trump brought reporters to his White House ballroom construction site and spent nearly 20 minutes discussing the project before briefly taking questions. He again argued that he would have won had he been on the ballot. AP contrasted the appearance with its voter survey, in which about two-thirds said Trump had the wrong priorities. The tour did not resolve the project's legal disputes. Source: Associated Press via WKYT — https://www.wkyt.com/2026/11/04/trump-has-no-public-events-scheduled-wednesday-after-democrats-midterm-wins/?outputType=amp https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#midterm-redistricting-backfires https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#midterm-redistricting-backfires Event: 2026-11-04. Republicans redrew congressional districts in eight states at Trump’s urging, but the effort failed to preserve their House majority. AP reported that most targeted Democratic seats stayed Democratic, while California’s retaliatory map flipped all five Republican seats it targeted. In Texas, Republicans won only one of five targeted pickups and lost two of their own seats. Some races remained unresolved in the cited report. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/8317355ef149f8f8d5f518211038edd2 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#midterm-meltdown https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#midterm-meltdown Event: 2026-11-03. On election night, Trump claimed Republicans would have won a landslide if he had been on the ballot, blamed Fox News for the losses and announced plans to become a political pundit explaining candidates’ wins and defeats. He also said he would accept the results and work with Democrats. “Midterm meltdown” is this site’s commentary on those reactions. Source: Axios — https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/trump-republicans-midterms-2026-landslide-blue-wave https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-ballot-segregation-rebuff https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-ballot-segregation-rebuff Event: 2026-11-02. The Supreme Court declined the administration’s emergency request to make California separate roughly 20,000 ballots cast by people it alleged were noncitizens. No justice publicly dissented, and the court gave no explanation. Lower courts had also rejected the demand. This emergency denial did not adjudicate each voter’s citizenship. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/48998968a23a4af2f59eaea3dba4d2f3 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#fbi-laptop-charges-dismissed https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#fbi-laptop-charges-dismissed Event: 2026-11-02. A federal magistrate judge dismissed a criminal complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, finding that a rushed investigation undertaken at the behest of Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel contained critical errors and failed to establish probable cause. The judge called the pre-midterm prosecution weaponization. The dismissal does not prevent the Justice Department from seeking an indictment, and DOJ had not announced its next step in the cited report. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/fbi-hunter-biden-laptop-justice-department-101ccd65d10b5f779985747eb0045b52 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#ice-citizen-detained https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#ice-citizen-detained Event: 2026-10-27. An AP investigation found a Florida birth certificate, matching paternity records and a 15-year U.S. passport supporting lawyers' claim that ICE had detained mentally ill U.S. citizen Phillip James for nearly 10 months while seeking to deport him. DHS disputed his citizenship and alleged without providing evidence that the birth certificate was fraudulent. His release petition and removal appeal remained pending, so citizenship had not been finally adjudicated. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-wrongful-detention-indiana-3109797bea2b2102e130a82691d634af https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#essayli-appointment-illegal https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#essayli-appointment-illegal Event: 2026-10-27. A federal judge ruled that Trump appointee Bill Essayli was unlawfully serving as the de facto U.S. attorney in Los Angeles after the administration used alternate titles to keep him in charge beyond the statutory limit for acting prosecutors. The order was paused while the court considered the government's stay request. Essayli disputed the ruling and said he expected the Supreme Court to decide the issue. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/bill-essayli-federal-judge-rules-illegally-serving-c3e6aa99c9d90193d649b8565e4f213a https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#comey-firing-illegal https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#comey-firing-illegal Event: 2026-10-26. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally fired veteran federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, finding violations of the separation of powers, federal administrative law and her due-process and statutory rights. The judge granted retroactive reinstatement and back pay through December 20, 2025, when she began private-sector work. Comey alleged she was targeted because Trump considers her father, former FBI Director James Comey, an enemy; the court has not yet resolved her First Amendment claim. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-maurene-comey-trump-be7de14f705def3bb6eeadafa7e60805 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#el-sayed-attacks https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#el-sayed-attacks Event: 2026-10-25. At a Michigan rally, Trump called Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist who was on the side of terrorists, questioned his loyalty and compared blocking him from the Senate to passengers resisting the September 11 hijackers. AP reported no evidence that El-Sayed belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood. A founder of Arab Americans for Trump called the remarks racist and unacceptable; El-Sayed denied extremist ties. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/trump-michigan-elsayed-rogers-senate-midterms-162330c3d193ecb94538f8dd8083f916 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#alaska-certification-suit https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#alaska-certification-suit Event: 2026-10-23. Trump said he personally ordered the Justice Department to sue to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses while another candidate named Daniel Sullivan remains on the ballot. Alaska's Republican election officials and state Supreme Court had already kept the second candidate on the ballot, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski said DOJ should never have filed the case. The federal lawsuit is pending, and election-law experts told AP it is unlikely to succeed. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/alaska-senate-race-sullivan-name-lawsuit-certification-d8f4a3c7b5247cc427a05f796d7c0d82 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#voter-probe-halted https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#voter-probe-halted Event: 2026-10-22. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt its noncitizen-voting investigations in nine states through Election Day, finding that unreliable data and agent questioning were intimidating citizens and chilling voter-assistance work. The judge said investigators were told to review flagged people in as little as 12 minutes and had targeted naturalized citizens. The administration said it was protecting lawful voters. The judge paused the order until October 23 to allow an appeal; the cited report does not establish the later appellate outcome. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/trump-states-noncitizen-voting-investigation-california-ac8a87b135f7a2ae9fe961bab3b28825 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#trans-prison-care-rebuff https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#trans-prison-care-rebuff Event: 2026-10-21. The Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately enforce restrictions that would halt surgeries, taper hormones and end some accommodations for transgender federal prisoners. The brief order left a lower-court injunction in place while litigation continues; Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. The administration cited security concerns, while inmate attorneys said the policy would cause serious and irreparable harm. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-inmates-trump-0b46a5cc302e1c8bcd292d32533e9a35 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-voter-sweep https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-voter-sweep Event: 2026-10-19. Federal authorities charged 28 foreign nationals in a California sweep over alleged illegal registration or voting and asked a court to require the state to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens. The Justice Department blamed weak voter-roll maintenance; California's attorney general said the administration had not substantiated its broader claims. Noncitizen voting is illegal but documented cases are rare, and the charges remain allegations. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/60e3dd468f43e0e8a32e6bf69341f189 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#russia-sanctions-waived https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#russia-sanctions-waived Event: 2026-10-17. Trump indefinitely waived a congressionally approved Russia sanctions package days before its main provisions were to take effect, citing national-security concerns and peace negotiations. The law had passed the Senate 86-11 and was intended to pressure countries buying Russian energy. Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the waiver; Congress was in recess and had no immediate route to reverse it. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/3cc9740c39e9e9eb713b1c553b5709e6 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#omar-home-search https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#omar-home-search Event: 2026-10-16. Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home and seized her phone weeks before she was on the midterm ballot as part of an immigration-fraud investigation whose scope remained unclear. Her lawyers called the search unlawful and politically retaliatory. The Justice Department rejected those claims and said agents complied with court orders; no charge against Omar was reported. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/42c86bdbd54679e974e32ac4a924b402 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#zacharia-credentials https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#zacharia-credentials Event: 2026-10-14. AP reported that new press secretary Katie Zacharia and the White House had supplied no evidence of bar admission despite describing her as a lawyer. California's bar said it had no licensing record under her names. Zacharia said she held the appropriate credentials for her international legal work, and the White House defended her qualifications. A watchdog requested an investigation; the bar would not confirm one. Source: Associated Press via News4JAX — https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2026/10/14/questions-swirl-about-new-white-house-press-secretarys-resume/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#east-potomac-golf-halt https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#east-potomac-golf-halt Event: 2026-10-13. A federal judge halted tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Course through October 26 after the National Park Service cut at least 400 trees over a holiday weekend. The judge said the government had deceived the court by giving plaintiffs only minutes of notice. The temporary order preserves the site while a lawsuit over Trump's renovation plans proceeds; it is not a final ruling on the project. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/04410cbb0deaa1ee77bfc7154b784201 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#russian-diesel-deal https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#russian-diesel-deal Event: 2026-10-13. Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin to allow Russian diesel back onto global markets drew objections from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who said the revenue would help finance Russia's war in Ukraine and conflict with new U.S. sanctions policy. Trump said the arrangement would reduce fuel prices and later clarified that it was a global-market deal, not necessarily a U.S. purchase. Its price effect and legal implementation remain uncertain. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/963624ed2ed30ae4a0259ffd1880fefa https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#icc-sweeping-sanctions https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#icc-sweeping-sanctions Event: 2026-10-09. The Trump administration imposed sanctions barring transactions with the International Criminal Court and cutting it off from U.S. financial services, technology companies and dollars. The administration said the measures protect U.S. sovereignty; the court, U.S. allies and rights groups called them an attack on international justice. The sanctions allow six months to wind down covered business. Source: Associated Press — https://apnews.com/article/4ea3555403e3c695d8f81dc473515d9b https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#si-enemy-remark https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#si-enemy-remark Event: 2026-10-08. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the White House considers anyone using 'Artificial Intelligence' instead of 'Super Intelligence' to be 'THE ENEMY!' He described his preferred term as more accurate and widely accepted. The post did not specify a penalty for continuing to use AI. Source: Trump Truth Social post via Trump's Truth — https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/42201 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#arlington-arch-lawsuit https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#arlington-arch-lawsuit Event: 2026-10-08. Arlington County sued to halt work toward Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch at Memorial Circle, arguing that the National Park Service was rushing construction without completing required environmental review. The filing asks for a halt; it is not a court ruling that the project is unlawful. The White House and Interior Department did not immediately comment. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/d642d3d3f196a9806667a92b4c536050 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#execution-livestream https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#execution-livestream Event: 2026-10-08. The Pentagon said it would livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, whose execution Trump approved. The Army scheduled it for December 3; Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in 2009. Experts raised legal and public-policy concerns, and possible court challenges could delay the execution. This records an announced plan, not an execution that has occurred. Source: Associated Press via ClickOrlando — https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2026/10/08/pentagon-says-the-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-nidal-malik-hasan-will-be-livestreamed/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#dhs-campaign-attack https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#dhs-campaign-attack Event: 2026-10-08. Watchdog CREW filed a Hatch Act complaint after DHS used an ICE arrest announcement to attack Pennsylvania Democratic candidate Janelle Stelson. Her campaign denied employing the man; AP found no campaign payments to him. DHS did not answer questions about its claimed connection. The complaint alleges improper election activity; it is not a finding of a violation. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/c29eb70c6f4f11580fd8cd631e290a4e https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#election-monitor-records https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#election-monitor-records Event: 2026-10-05. The NAACP announced a lawsuit and request for emergency court intervention to obtain Justice Department records about plans to deploy federal personnel as midterm election monitors. It alleges missed Freedom of Information Act deadlines and raises voter-intimidation concerns. This is the plaintiff's account of a records-disclosure lawsuit, not a ruling barring election monitors. Source: NAACP (plaintiff statement) — https://naacp.org/articles/naacp-files-emergency-lawsuit-secure-records-justice-departments-evolving-midterm-election https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-iran-remark https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#california-iran-remark Event: 2026-10-05. While discussing the Iran war and gas prices at a Nebraska rally, Trump spoke of Iran taking out Los Angeles or San Diego, drawing criticism from Democratic and Republican California politicians. The White House said he was describing a threat the war was intended to prevent, not calling for attacks. Source: ITV News — https://www.itv.com/news/2026-10-06/trump-did-not-call-for-attacks-on-us-cities-but-explained-how-hes-preventing-them-aide-says https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#big-bend-wall-blocked https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#big-bend-wall-blocked Event: 2026-10-02. A federal judge temporarily halted border-wall and infrastructure construction across Texas' Big Bend region, including the national park, while a challenge to the administration's regulatory waivers proceeds. The ruling does not finally decide the lawsuit. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/border-immigration-texas-border-infrastructure-56ea4f79b989a4c894e1f2256bc0b886 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#seattle-prosecutor-reinstated https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#seattle-prosecutor-reinstated Event: 2026-10-01. A federal judge ruled that Trump unlawfully fired court-appointed Seattle U.S. attorney Roger Rogoff and reinstated him. The Justice Department said it disagreed and would appeal. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/rogoff-us-attorney-seattle-trump-096b29af640d3ccc764f3405d2073804 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#irs-sanctions-stay-denied https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#irs-sanctions-stay-denied Event: 2026-09-29. An appeals court declined to immediately pause a judge's sanctions in Trump's IRS lawsuit, leaving in place restrictions on citing its agreement as a court settlement and a referral of his lawyer for possible discipline. This was an interim appeal ruling, not a final decision on every disputed issue. Source: Reuters via MarketScreener — https://www.marketscreener.com/news/us-appeals-court-declines-to-pause-sanctions-against-trump-lawyers-in-irs-settlement-ce785addd088f625 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#taxpayer-campaign-ads https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#taxpayer-campaign-ads Event: 2026-09-27. The Trump administration used taxpayer money to air a 2024 Trump campaign ad as part of a pre-midterm series promoting the president, drawing bipartisan criticism over its political content. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-campaign-advertisements-bfa8e3c1c9e50de03092b4ec27055da9 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#save-database-revived https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#save-database-revived Event: 2026-09-25. The Supreme Court temporarily allowed states to use the Trump administration's revamped SAVE voter-eligibility database despite privacy concerns and documented false flags of eligible citizens. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/save-database-noncitizen-voters-trump-supreme-court-412e12f5a492dd20e407812f30f7c139 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#press-access-restored https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#press-access-restored Event: 2026-09-24. A federal judge ordered the White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding they were likely to show their passes were revoked without due process. Source: Linked reporting — https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2026/judge-blocks-trumps-ban-and-says-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-must-have-white-house-access-restored/ https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#iowa-poll-lawsuit-dismissed https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#iowa-poll-lawsuit-dismissed Event: 2026-09-23. An Iowa judge dismissed Trump's consumer-fraud lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer, ruling that their election polling was protected political speech. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-iowa-2024-poll-de7d37ffc006ae35a69753f8456ff078 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#aca-enrollment-removals https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#aca-enrollment-removals Event: 2026-09-22. The Trump administration announced plans to remove 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act exchanges over fraud claims, while health-policy experts questioned the process and risk of wrongful cancellations. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/vance-healthcare-oz-aca-fraud-task-force-eb57a4819c8a876a72c1301a112e21dc https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#offshore-wind-buyback-lawsuits https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#offshore-wind-buyback-lawsuits Event: 2026-09-22. California, New York and seven other states sued over Trump administration deals to pay companies about $1.4 billion in taxpayer funds to abandon offshore wind projects. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-fossil-fuels-e757e0492d91ac0dbb0d5992175a869a https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#missouri-map-appeals-ruling https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#missouri-map-appeals-ruling Event: 2026-09-21. A federal appeals panel ordered Missouri to use Trump-backed congressional districts in November, countering the state supreme court's earlier restoration of the 2022 map. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the appeals ruling four days later. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/0481d2b8ac0fb5369513bf050dd5b5e2 https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#white-house-press-ban-lawsuit https://www.howlongtiltrumpisgone.com/scandals-archive.html#white-house-press-ban-lawsuit Event: 2026-09-21. CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration after being barred from White House grounds, calling the selective ban a First Amendment violation. Source: Linked reporting — https://apnews.com/article/72f9acf68244ca70e9078d9d3661c722