Browse summaries of legal disputes, policy controversies, and administration decisions, ordered newest first. Each entry links to its source so you can read the reporting in context.
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Press & public statements · Courts & investigations
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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: Associated Press · Published
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AP reported Trump's Justice Department kept issuing subpoenas in a broad probe of former law enforcement and intelligence officials after its lead prosecutor departed without charges.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations · Government & public spending
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A federal judge struck down a 2025 Trump administration order that cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training grants, though the ruling did not restore the money.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations · Government & public spending
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A Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to close most of the venue hours after a federal judge again blocked adding Trump's name without congressional approval.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Ethics & business
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AP reported a federal whistleblower warning that Trump's DHS voter hunt used unreliable data, may violate state laws, and could wrongly implicate U.S. citizens.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court left blocks on Trump's mail-ballot restrictions in place before the 2026 midterms, after lower courts warned the plan could disrupt voting.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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AP reported Trump's crypto wealth became the central obstacle in Senate talks, forcing new ethics concessions while watchdogs and senators questioned enforcement.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations · Government & public spending
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A federal judge ruled that Trump's DHS unlawfully pushed a 50% FEMA staffing cut despite congressional safeguards meant to protect disaster-response capacity.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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AP reported new Florida grand-jury subpoenas in a Trump DOJ investigation pursuing claims that intelligence officials conspired against him over the Russia probe.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's USPS mail-ballot restrictions for the 2026 midterms as states began sending ballots.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business · Government & public spending
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The Labor Department inspector general reported that Trump's former labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a hostile workplace and misused government resources.
Source: oig.dol.gov · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A divided Supreme Court let Trump's $400M White House ballroom construction continue as lawsuits play out, replacing a temporary stay over congressional-approval objections.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A federal judge again rejected Trump's attempt to move his New York hush-money conviction to federal court and dismiss it on presidential-immunity grounds.
Source: nysd.uscourts.gov · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump-directed USPS rule tightening mail-ballot requirements after states warned the late changes would disrupt midterm voting.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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AP reported that the Supreme Court's order clearing one obstacle to Trump's mail-voting restrictions restarted a compressed legal fight and left election officials warning of chaos.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A legal watchdog filed bar complaints accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and deputies of abusing prosecutorial power in a failed bid to indict Trump-critic Democratic lawmakers.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration
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AP reported the Trump administration prepared to revoke up to 200,000 business and tourism visas from people who sought asylum, potentially the largest mass visa revocation in U.S. history.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily let Trump's $400M White House ballroom construction continue while the Supreme Court considers the administration's emergency appeal.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending
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AP found about 1,500 National Park Service projects, many already approved, worth over $400 million on a low-priority list while White House-backed Freedom 250 work took precedence.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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AP reported that Justice Department investigators sought interviews about the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search as part of a Florida inquiry into officials Trump casts as foes.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration
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The U.S. deported more than 160 people to Haiti, the first large flight after Trump's administration won its legal fight to end TPS protections.
Source: Associated Press
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Immigration
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AP reported that newly released emails showed ICE coordinated deportation flights with Iranian officials and considered their requests to change removal lists.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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Earlier ruling reversed — documented
A Missouri judge allowed Trump-backed congressional districts to be used in November, rejecting a referendum bid against the Republican-friendly mid-decade map.
Source: Associated Press · Published
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked the new map from use in November, restored the 2022 map for that election and ordered the referendum placed on the ballot.
Source: Supreme Court of Missouri · Published
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Courts & investigations
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The Justice Department defended its prosecution of James Comey over a 2025 seashell post, while his lawyers argued the case is vindictive retaliation.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy · Courts & investigations
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The Trump administration sanctioned ICC president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye on Aug. 18. The court condemned the sanctions the following day as an attack on its independence.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Press & public statements
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ABC and Disney sued the FCC, saying an early license review of ABC stations is a retaliatory First Amendment threat after Trump criticized the network.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy
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AP reported that Trump threatened to bomb Oman over its talks with Iran on Strait of Hormuz shipping, while also floating the strait as U.S. territory.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge let limited paint tests proceed on the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building despite preservationists' warnings that paint could damage the granite.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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Trump threatened a $5B lawsuit unless the Center for American Progress retracts a report saying his National Guard deployments did not measurably reduce violent crime.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy
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AP reported that, after U.S. boat strikes killed hundreds, the administration sought land operations with Latin American governments against groups it labels traffickers or terrorists.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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A judge refused to block 62 miles of Trump border wall construction along the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation despite sacred-site and cultural-harm claims.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education · Courts & investigations
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A divided appeals court revived a DOJ subpoena against gender-affirming care provider QueerDoc, letting Trump's provider-investigation push continue.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge dismissed Trump's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, saying the cited incidents were too isolated to prove an ongoing civil-rights violation.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump was sued over Truth API, a Trump Media service charging Wall Street firms up to $100,000 a month for early access to market-moving policy posts.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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The White House renewed its effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, reusing disputed mortgage allegations after the Supreme Court kept her in office and required due process.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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An appeals court upheld an order to stop aboveground work on Trump's $400 million White House ballroom for lack of congressional approval, but delayed its effect to allow an appeal.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration
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AP reported that ICE's policy makes expedited release of footage after deaths or serious injuries conditional on the agency's interests. ICE disputed that this governs all releases.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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Blocked pending litigation — documented
Trump issued two new orders seeking limits on birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court rejected his earlier attempt, prompting expectations of fresh constitutional challenges.
Source: Associated Press · Published
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the narrower 2026 order while a class-action challenge proceeds.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration
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An AP investigation found the administration detained at least 52 parents and spouses of active-duty troops, deporting at least six and disrupting deployments and child care.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections
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Trump-endorsed Amir Hassan lost Michigan's GOP primary to Thomas J. Smith, who had ended his campaign. Hassan, whose campaign described him as Christian, had faced anti-Muslim attacks online.
Source: thedailybeast.com · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A federal appeals court ruled that Trump's EPA improperly terminated billions in congressionally authorized clean-energy grants based on a policy disagreement.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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A fifth federal appeals court rejected the administration's attempt to deny bond hearings to immigrants arrested inside the U.S., including people without criminal records.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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The Justice Department joined Trump in asking the Supreme Court to erase his personal $83.3M defamation verdict by treating his attacks on E. Jean Carroll as government work.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending
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Lacking authority to quickly rewrite Smithsonian exhibits, Trump ordered government signs outside the U.S. history museum declaring some displays inaccurate.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending
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More than two dozen states sued after the administration conditioned billions in disaster and security aid on changing election systems and assisting immigration enforcement.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Press & public statements · Courts & investigations
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DOJ withdrew subpoenas targeting three New York Times reporters and relatives over Qatari Air Force One coverage after a judge rebuked its legal errors and press-rule violations.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge barred the administration from using an obscure agency-priorities clause to cancel billions in grants for public safety, research, food security and clean water.
Source: wtop.com · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump Media announced plans to sell traders early access to posts from high-ranking Truth Social accounts, potentially including Trump's, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump's holding company took $2M from an investor in a South Korean aluminum firm while the company was fighting a trade case before his Commerce Department.
Source: washingtonpost.com · Published
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Ethics & business · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge said Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit was filed for an improper purpose, characterized the complaint as self-dealing and referred his lawyer for possible discipline.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court upheld Trump's firings of independent agency heads, overturning a 91-year limit while keeping Fed governor Lisa Cook in place for now.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court rejected a Trump-backed attack on late-arriving mailed ballots, preserving state rules months before the 2026 midterms.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy
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Renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and retaliation put Trump's fragile interim peace agreement in jeopardy days after it was touted as a breakthrough.
Source: theguardian.com · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court let Trump's administration end deportation protections for Haitians and Syrians, exposing hundreds of thousands to removal.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court reversed a ruling against border metering, holding that people still in Mexico do not have the statutory right to apply for asylum under the provisions at issue.
Source: supremecourt.gov · Published
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Government & public spending
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AP reported algae and peeling liner problems after Trump's $14 million-plus Reflecting Pool renovation. At the time, he had not substantiated his claims that vandals caused the problems.
Source: kold.com · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A judge blocked DOJ subpoenas targeting Minnesota officials, finding they were meant to coerce and retaliate over immigration enforcement.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education
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The administration announced plans to transfer school civil-rights enforcement to Justice and special-education oversight to Health and Human Services; families and advocates warned of disruption.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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Gavin Newsom accused Trump's Justice Department of a politically motivated probe into him and his wife as he weighs a 2028 run.
Source: clickorlando.com · Published
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Government & public spending
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Lawmakers challenged the dismantling of a $386 million ocean-observation network as illegal and questioned whether the administration had given Congress the required notice.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge ordered the administration to restore National Park exhibits changed under Trump's anti-disparagement history directive.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge declined to pause an order requiring Trump's name to be removed from Kennedy Center signage while litigation over the board's authority continued.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business · Courts & investigations
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A judge kept blocking a $1.8B fund that grew out of Trump's tax-records lawsuit settlement with his administration.
Source: rollcall.com · Published
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Foreign policy
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Trump said the U.S. would eventually assume control of Iran's oil and gas industry, renewing concern about Kharg Island after earlier threats against energy targets.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy
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Trump said he called off new strikes on Iran after claiming a breakthrough in talks to end the war.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge ruled Trump's sudden H-1B fee hike exceeded executive authority and functioned like an unauthorized tax.
Source: rollcall.com · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A lawsuit says Trump's South Lawn UFC event for his 80th birthday unlawfully uses federal parkland and skipped reviews.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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A judge struck down a policy blocking asylum, work permit, green card and citizenship decisions for immigrants from 39 countries.
Source: investing.com · Published
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Government & public spending
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A $400M White House ballroom project faces legal challenges after demolition work and disputes over congressional approval.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge halted new SNAP funding conditions tied to immigration and gender policies after a multi-state challenge.
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com · Published
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Foreign policy
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The U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian missiles and drones aimed toward Gulf allies and the Strait of Hormuz, then struck Iranian radar sites.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Elections
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States and voting-rights groups challenged Trump's order directing federal voter lists and restrictions on mail-ballot access.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy
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Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and fired on ships after the U.S. pressed ahead with a blockade of Iranian ports.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Foreign policy
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After ceasefire talks failed, Trump announced a U.S. naval blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports.
Source: wtop.com · Published
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Government & public spending
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Groups sued over National Park Service changes they say removed or censored exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change.
Source: nwpb.org · Published
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Courts & investigations
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DOJ's Epstein release drew criticism after missed deadlines, limited earlier disclosures and questions about withheld records.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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At least 16 Epstein-related files disappeared from the DOJ webpage after posting, including an image containing Trump.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump Media's crypto deals raised ethics concerns as regulatory relief, donations and Trump-linked business interests overlapped.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A judge dismissed cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding Trump's hand-picked prosecutor was illegally appointed.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge blocked Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland, saying the move was untethered to the facts on the ground.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education · Courts & investigations
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Funding cuts ruled unlawful — documented
A federal judge ruled that the administration illegally froze $2.2 billion in Harvard research funding in retaliation for the university refusing its demands.
Source: Harvard Gazette · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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An appeals court ruled Trump could not use the 1798 wartime law to speed deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending
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Trump announced a federal takeover of Washington policing and deployed the National Guard, prompting legal and local-government objections.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump's executive order piled a 15% tariff on top of existing ones; the U.S. agreed to amend it and refund importers.
Source: Reuters · Published
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Courts & investigations
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Bloomberg reported that FBI reviewers redacted Trump's name and other prominent names from Epstein records under privacy protections, prompting criticism about transparency.
Source: bloomberg.com · Published
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Immigration
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A proposal to send undocumented immigrants to Gitmo sparked outrage for human rights and logistics reasons.
Source: politico.com · Published
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Ethics & business
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The Defense Department accepted a gifted Qatari Boeing 747 for Trump's Air Force One use, triggering foreign-gift, ethics and security concerns.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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A judge pressed the administration over its refusal to return a man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Top officials texted Yemen strike details in a Signal chat that accidentally included a journalist, prompting security concerns.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education
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The administration demanded changes to Columbia's discipline, security and academic oversight as conditions for negotiations over restored federal funding.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Foreign policy · Courts & investigations
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A judge said Trump overstepped his constitutional authority by freezing Congress-approved USAID humanitarian spending.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge blocked Elon Musk's DOGE team from sensitive Treasury records containing personal and financial data.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Ethics & business
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Reuters reported Trump's memecoin generated nearly $100M in trading fees for creators and partners while many small traders lost money.
Source: Reuters · Published
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Government & public spending · Courts & investigations
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A judge temporarily blocked Trump's broad freeze on federal grants and loans after chaos for states and nonprofits.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Trump fired about 17 independent agency watchdogs, raising concerns that the legally required notice to Congress was ignored.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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Temporary restraining order — documented
On Jan. 23, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's Jan. 20 order limiting birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.
Source: ABC News · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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Trump's sweeping clemency freed Capitol rioters and dismissed cases, including people convicted of assaulting police.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A New York jury found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records tied to 2016 hush money.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Financial penalty vacated — documented
A judge ordered Trump and his companies to pay $355M for deceiving banks and insurers by inflating his wealth.
Source: Associated Press · Published
The appellate court vacated the disgorgement awards while leaving the fraud finding in place. This ruling did not dismiss the civil case.
Source: New York State Courts · Published
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Courts & investigations
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A jury ordered Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3M after prior findings that he sexually abused and defamed her.
Source: Reuters · Published
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Elections · Courts & investigations
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Case dismissed — documented
Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia over alleged efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election result.
Source: Associated Press · Published
A judge dismissed the remaining Georgia election-interference case after the replacement prosecutor declined to pursue it. The dismissal was not a trial acquittal.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Dismissed without prejudice — documented
A federal indictment charged Trump over alleged schemes to defraud the U.S. and obstruct the 2020 vote certification.
Source: Reuters · Published
The judge dismissed the federal election case at the special counsel's request under DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president. This was not a verdict on the allegations.
Source: ABC News · Published
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Courts & investigations
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Remaining appeal dismissed — documented
Federal charges alleged Trump retained national defense documents and stored classified records around Mar-a-Lago.
Source: pbs.org · Published
Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case after ruling that the special counsel's appointment was unlawful; prosecutors appealed.
Source: CBS News · Published
The appeals court dismissed the appeal as to Trump after prosecutors requested it following his reelection. That order did not end the appeal concerning his co-defendants.
Source: ABC News · Published
The appeals court dismissed the remaining appeal concerning the co-defendants at the Justice Department's request, ending that appeal as well.
Source: ABC News · Published
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Trump's company was fined $1.6M after being convicted of 17 tax crimes tied to off-the-books executive perks.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Press & public statements
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Trump drew bipartisan criticism after dining at Mar-a-Lago with Ye and white nationalist Nick Fuentes shortly after launching his 2024 campaign.
Source: axios.com · Published
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Courts & investigations
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Second-trial acquittal — documented
The House impeached Trump in December 2019 and again on Jan. 13, 2021. The Senate acquitted him in both trials.
Source: U.S. Senate
The Senate acquitted Trump in his first impeachment trial.
Source: U.S. Senate
The Senate acquitted Trump in his second impeachment trial; the 57–43 vote fell short of the two-thirds needed to convict.
Source: U.S. Senate Daily Press · Published
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Trump's supporters storm the U.S. Capitol; he is later impeached for inciting the attack.
Source: govinfo.gov
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President Donald Trump told Georgia's top election official to find enough votes to overturn the election result.
Source: bbc.com · Published
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Courts & investigations
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Trump pardoned Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner in a late-term clemency wave that benefited allies and chipped away at Mueller-probe convictions.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Elections
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NPR reported that Trump still refused to concede after losing the 2020 election and continued falsely alleging widespread voter fraud.
Source: npr.org · Published
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A federal judge blocked Trump-era Postal Service changes that slowed mail nationwide, calling them a politically motivated attack before the 2020 election.
Source: washingtonpost.com · Published
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Recorded Bob Woodward interviews showed Trump privately knew COVID-19 was dangerous while publicly minimizing the threat in early 2020.
Source: politifact.com · Published
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Trump commuted longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence days before he was due to report, intervening in a case tied to the Russia investigation.
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Immigration · Courts & investigations
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The Supreme Court rejected Trump's attempt to end DACA, finding the administration failed to give a reasoned explanation.
Source: supremecourt.gov · Published
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Civil rights & education
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Federal forces violently cleared protesters near the White House shortly before Trump walked to St. John's Church for a Bible photo op.
Source: npr.org · Published
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Trump asked officials to investigate whether disinfectant could be injected into the body as a COVID-19 treatment, prompting health warnings.
Source: bbc.com · Published
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Payment announced — documented
A Nov. 7 court resolution ordered Trump to pay $2 million over misuse of Trump Foundation funds for political purposes.
Source: New York Attorney General · Published
New York's attorney general announced that the court-ordered $2 million had been paid to eight charities.
Source: New York Attorney General · Published
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The White House picked Trump's Doral resort to host the G-7 summit, sparking ethics criticism that the president was using office power to boost his business.
Source: ksl.com · Published
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Trump ordered U.S. troops to step aside before a Turkish attack on Kurdish fighters who had been U.S. partners against the Islamic State.
Source: ksl.com · Published
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After Trump falsely said Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama, NOAA rebuked forecasters who corrected him, drawing scientific-integrity criticism.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Trump's 2019 call pressing Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Biden-related investigations while Ukraine aid was held led to his first impeachment.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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The Supreme Court blocked Trump's census citizenship question after finding the administration's stated rationale appeared contrived.
Source: supremecourt.gov · Published
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Mueller's report declined to exonerate Trump on obstruction and described efforts to curtail the Russia investigation.
Source: justice.gov · Published
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A White House security official said Trump aides overruled at least 25 clearance denials despite concerns including foreign influence and criminal conduct.
Source: wgbh.org · Published
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The Supreme Court let Trump's restrictions on transgender military service take effect while lower-court challenges continued.
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Trump refused to punish Saudi Arabia's crown prince over Jamal Khashoggi's killing, casting doubt on intelligence assessments and emphasizing arms sales.
Source: latimes.com · Published
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Trump falsely claimed Democrats inflated Hurricane Maria's death toll after Puerto Rico raised the official count to nearly 3,000.
Source: theguardian.com · Published
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Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign-finance crimes and told a federal court Trump directed hush-money payments to influence the 2016 election.
Source: Reuters · Published
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Standing beside Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Trump appeared to accept Russian denials of election interference over U.S. intelligence findings.
Source: ap.org · Published
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The Justice Department's zero-tolerance prosecution policy led to children being separated from parents at the border, causing humanitarian outrage.
Source: refugeesinternational.org · Published
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A federal court let D.C. and Maryland proceed with claims that Trump's Washington hotel created unconstitutional foreign and state government benefits.
Source: law.justia.com · Published
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Common Cause filed federal complaints alleging that a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels shortly before the election was an unreported in-kind campaign contribution.
Source: commoncause.org · Published
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Trump pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio after a criminal contempt conviction for defying a court order in a racial-profiling case.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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After the deadly white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Trump said there were 'very fine people on both sides,' drawing nationwide criticism.
Source: washingtonpost.com · Published
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Trump fired FBI Director James Comey amid the Russia investigation; Special Counsel Robert Mueller later examined the episode as possible obstruction.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Trump signs an order banning travel from several Muslim-majority countries, triggering protests and legal challenges.
Source: immigrationhistory.org
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Trump agreed to a $25M settlement resolving lawsuits that alleged his real estate seminars defrauded students.
Source: time.com · Published
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A 2005 Stern clip showed Trump bragging about entering pageant dressing areas; separately, former Miss Teen USA contestants alleged he walked in while teens were changing.
Source: politifact.com · Published
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A 2005 recording surfaced in which Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without permission, prompting bipartisan condemnation.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Alicia Machado said Trump humiliated her over weight gain and used sexist and ethnic insults after she won Miss Universe; the account resurfaced after the first presidential debate.
Source: cbsnews.com
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Trump spent years promoting false claims about Barack Obama's birthplace, then falsely blamed Hillary Clinton after conceding Obama was born in the U.S.
Source: factcheck.org · Published
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Press & public statements
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Trump attacked Khizr and Ghazala Khan after the Muslim parents of a fallen U.S. Army captain criticized his proposed Muslim ban at the Democratic convention.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Elections
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Trump publicly urged Russia to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails, drawing alarm from intelligence experts and accusations of inviting foreign spying.
Source: investing.com · Published
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Ethics & business · Courts & investigations
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A review found numerous lawsuits, liens and complaints from contractors and workers who said Trump businesses did not pay.
Source: vanityfair.com · Published
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Civil rights & education · Courts & investigations
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Trump argued Judge Gonzalo Curiel could not fairly oversee Trump University litigation because of his Mexican heritage and Trump's border-wall stance.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Press & public statements
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Trump appeared to mock New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski's disability while defending his false claim about Muslims celebrating 9/11 in New Jersey.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Press & public statements
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After a debate question about his comments toward women, Trump attacked Megyn Kelly and said there was blood coming from her eyes and elsewhere.
Source: ABC News · Published
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Press & public statements
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Trump belittled Sen. John McCain's prisoner-of-war record, saying he liked people who were not captured, prompting bipartisan condemnation.
Source: pbs.org · Published
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Ethics & business
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Trump-linked hotel and casino companies used Chapter 11 repeatedly to restructure debt while creditors took losses.
Source: vanityfair.com · Published
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Immigration
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After launching his campaign by saying people coming from Mexico were bringing drugs, crime and rape, Trump told AP he had no regrets.
Source: wsvn.com · Published
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Ethics & business
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FinCEN fined Trump Taj Mahal $10M for willful, repeated Bank Secrecy Act violations, citing years of anti-money-laundering failures.
Source: fincen.gov
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Ethics & business · Courts & investigations
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A federal judge found Trump-Equitable knowingly participated in a fiduciary breach involving undocumented Polish demolition workers and unpaid union fund contributions.
Source: law.justia.com · Published
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Civil rights & education · Courts & investigations
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Trump bought full-page ads calling for harsh punishment in the Central Park Five case; the men's convictions were later vacated.
Source: Associated Press · Published
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Civil rights & education
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The Justice Department sued Fred and Donald Trump and Trump Management, alleging systemic race discrimination across thousands of rental apartments.
Source: clearinghouse.net
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