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628 matching recordsDOGE structure embedded White House-aligned teams in agency personnel and technology decisions2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpestablished DOGE throughEstablishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”2 sourcesFederal DEI termination produced program and grant cancellations, followed by partial court limits2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered DEI program termination throughEnding Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing2 sourcesCivilian hiring freeze constrained staffing while requiring a permanent workforce-reduction plan2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpfroze federal hiring throughHiring Freeze2 sourcesMerit-plan order added presidential-policy alignment to federal hiring screens2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered federal hiring rewrite throughReforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service2 sourcesFederal sex-definition order propagated into passports, detention, grants, and health policy2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpimposed federal sex definitions throughDefending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government2 sourcesClearance revocations expanded from access control into a recurring opponent-targeting tactic2025-01-20Donald J. Trumprevoked former officials’ access throughHolding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information2 sourcesImmigration-enforcement reset widened detention and local-funding pressure across the system2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered immigration-enforcement reset throughProtecting The American People Against Invasion2 sourcesRefugee suspension stranded approved arrivals and cut resettlement support already under contract2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpsuspended refugee admissions throughRealigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program2 sourcesSchedule Policy/Career revived at-will exposure for policy-linked civil servants2025-01-20Donald J. Trumprevived excepted-service classification throughRestoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce3 sourcesBorder order replaced release and processing discretion with detention-first directives2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered border enforcement throughSecuring Our Borders2 sourcesBorder emergency used invasion language to mobilize reserve and military authority2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpdeclared border emergency throughDeclaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States2 sourcesWeaponization order launched an opponent-focused review without identifying an adjudicated predicate2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered law-enforcement review throughEnding The Weaponization Of The Federal Government2 sourcesUnited States left the Paris Agreement again2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered United States withdrawalParis Agreement2 sourcesTrump designated Brendan Carr to chair the FCC2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpdesignated FCC chairmanBrendan Carr2 sourcesTrump designated Brendan Carr to chair the FCC2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpdesignated commission chairmanFederal Communications Commission2 sourcesTrump orders Bolton's security clearance revoked2025-01-20Donald J. Trumpformer adviser targeted by Trump clearance orderJohn Bolton1 sourceLeeds testified in the Carroll trial; the Second Circuit upheld admission of her testimony2024-12-30Donald J. Trumptestified about alleged assault in Carroll trialJessica Leeds1 sourceStoynoff testified in the Carroll trial; the Second Circuit upheld admission of her testimony2024-12-30Donald J. Trumptestified about alleged assault in Carroll trialNatasha Stoynoff1 sourceKelly says Trump meets the definition of fascism and prefers a dictator's approach2024-10-22Donald J. Trumpformer White House chief of staffJohn Kelly1 sourceSkydance agreement set the terms for control of Paramount and CBS2024-07-07Donald J. Trumptransaction later reviewed by Trump-designated FCC chairParamount Skydance Corporation2 sourcesSkydance agreement set the terms for control of Paramount and CBS2024-07-07Donald J. Trumpdesignated chair before Paramount transfer decisionFederal Communications Commission2 sourcesSkydance agreement set the terms for control of Paramount and CBS2024-07-07Donald J. Trumpled buyer requiring Trump-era FCC approvalDavid Ellison2 sourcesSkydance agreement set the terms for control of Paramount and CBS2024-07-07Donald J. Trumpagreed sale requiring Trump-era FCC approvalShari Redstone2 sourcesSupreme Court built broad criminal immunity around official acts2024-07-01Donald J. Trumpsecured official-act criminal-immunity ruleTrump v. United States presidential-immunity case1 sourceArizona grand jury charges Giuliani and Meadows in fake-elector case2024-04-24Donald J. Trumppersonal attorneyRudy Giuliani2 sourcesArizona grand jury charges Giuliani and Meadows in fake-elector case2024-04-24Donald J. TrumpWhite House chief of staffMark Meadows2 sourcesTrump said he would be a dictator only on “day one”2023-12-05Donald J. Trumpsaid he would be a dictator only on day oneTrump's day-one dictator statement1 sourcePence testifies to the federal grand jury investigating Trump's election conduct2023-04-27Donald J. Trumpvice president and running mateMike Pence1 sourceZervos ended her defamation lawsuit without payment from Trump2021-11-12Donald J. Trumpformer defamation plaintiff against TrumpSummer Zervos1 sourceJustice Department drops Bolton book prosecution inquiry and civil proceeds suit2021-06-16Donald J. Trumpformer national security adviserJohn Bolton1 sourceTrump's Portland deployment was lawful but badly planned, DHS's watchdog found2021-04-16Donald J. Trumpdirected the federal protective response reviewed by DHS OIG2020 federal deployment in Portland1 sourceTrump ally's firm reports $750,000 for an unsuccessful first-term pardon push2021-01-21Cove StrategiesReported lobbying income from the pardon-seeking clientParker H. Petit2 sourcesTrump ally's firm reports $750,000 for an unsuccessful first-term pardon push2021-01-21Matt SchlappLed the lobbying firm reporting the engagementCove Strategies2 sourcesTrump ally's firm reports $750,000 for an unsuccessful first-term pardon push2021-01-21Donald J. TrumpLobbyist whose firm petitioned the Executive Office of the President for client clemencyMatt Schlapp2 sourcesTrump border-barrier program drew on DHS appropriations, redirected defense funds and a Treasury transfer2021-01-20Donald J. TrumpOrdered immediate wall construction and invoked emergency military-construction authorityTrump border-barrier program drew on DHS appropriations, redirected defense funds and a Treasury transfer2 sourcesPaid pardon advocacy expands during Trump's first term2021-01-17Donald J. TrumpFormer campaign adviser retained to seek presidential clemencyKaren Giorno1 sourcePaid pardon advocacy expands during Trump's first term2021-01-17Karen GiornoRetained to seek Kiriakou's pardonJohn Kiriakou1 sourceMcMaster says Trump compromised American principles for personal gain after Capitol attack2021-01-07Donald J. Trumpnational security adviserH. R. McMaster1 sourcePence reconvenes the joint session and completes the electoral count2021-01-07Donald J. Trumpvice president and running mateMike Pence2 sourcesPence pressure finding was never tried after the federal case was dismissed under presidency policy2021-01-06Donald J. Trumppressured vice president duringPressure campaign against Vice President Pence2 sources