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628 matching recordsTrump approved a conditional TikTok U.S. divestiture framework2025-09-25Donald J. Trumpally identified with proposed TikTok investor groupLarry Ellison2 sourcesGSA rehired hundreds of workers dismissed during the DOGE purge2025-09-23Elon Muskrehired personnel after excessive DOGE reductionsGeneral Services Administration1 sourceGSA rehired hundreds of workers dismissed during the DOGE purge2025-09-23Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceGSA rehired hundreds of workers dismissed during the DOGE purge2025-09-23Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 source$100,000 H-1B payment was judicially treated as an unauthorized tax2025-09-19Donald J. Trumprestricted H-1B entry throughRestriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers3 sourcesParamount appointed the promised CBS News ombudsman2025-09-08Donald J. Trumpimplemented ombudsman pledged in Trump-era FCC reviewCBS News3 sourcesParamount appointed the promised CBS News ombudsman2025-09-08Donald J. Trumpappointed CBS editorial-review official after approvalParamount Skydance Corporation3 sourcesGrantee order increased scrutiny but did not create the federal lobbying ban it invokes2025-08-28Donald J. Trumpordered grantee political-activity review throughUse of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees2 sourcesA whistleblower alleged DOGE copied Social Security data into an unapproved cloud environment2025-08-26Elon Muskallowed DOGE handling of sensitive identity data challenged by a whistleblowerSocial Security Administration1 sourceA whistleblower alleged DOGE copied Social Security data into an unapproved cloud environment2025-08-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceA whistleblower alleged DOGE copied Social Security data into an unapproved cloud environment2025-08-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceDOGE personnel worked in live Social Security production systems2025-08-26Elon Muskgave DOGE personnel production-system privilegesSocial Security Administration1 sourceDOGE personnel worked in live Social Security production systems2025-08-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE personnel worked in live Social Security production systems2025-08-26Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceFlag-burning directive confronts binding First Amendment precedent2025-08-25Donald J. Trumpordered flag-burning enforcement throughProsecuting Burning of The American Flag2 sourcesMore than 20,500 HHS workers left or were pushed out2025-08-21Robert F. Kennedy Jr.implemented an 18-percent workforce contractionU.S. Department of Health and Human Services1 sourceMore than 20,500 HHS workers left or were pushed out2025-08-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceMore than 20,500 HHS workers left or were pushed out2025-08-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceMore than 20,500 HHS workers left or were pushed out2025-08-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceD.C. emergency shifted local policing under a time-limited federal command mechanism2025-08-11Donald J. Trumpasserted emergency police control throughDeclaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia2 sourcesAdmissions directive imposed six-year demographic reporting with unresolved misuse risk2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpordered admissions-data expansion throughEnsuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions2 sourcesParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpmedia combination closed after Trump-era FCC approvalParamount Skydance Corporation4 sourcesParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpnews division moved into post-approval combined companyCBS News4 sourcesParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpbecame CEO after Trump-era approvalDavid Ellison3 sourcesParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpsold control after Trump-era approvalShari Redstone3 sourcesNational Park Service lost roughly one-quarter of its permanent staff2025-07-24Elon Muskreduced permanent park staffingNational Park Service1 sourceNational Park Service lost roughly one-quarter of its permanent staff2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceNational Park Service lost roughly one-quarter of its permanent staff2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceParks curtailed programs and maintenance after staffing cuts2025-07-24Elon Muskdegraded park services through workforce contractionNational Park Service1 sourceParks curtailed programs and maintenance after staffing cuts2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceParks curtailed programs and maintenance after staffing cuts2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceFCC dissent attributed the approval sequence to administration pressure2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpcommissioner dissent alleged administration pressureFederal Communications Commission1 sourceFCC dissent attributed the approval sequence to administration pressure2025-07-24Donald J. Trumptransaction approval criticized in official FCC dissentParamount Skydance Corporation1 sourceFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpdesignated chair before 2-1 media-transfer approvalFederal Communications Commission4 sourcesFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-era FCC granted broadcast control transferParamount Skydance Corporation3 sourcesFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpbroadcast parent transferred under Trump-era FCC orderCBS News3 sourcesFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-designated chair voting for transferBrendan Carr3 sourcesFCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-designated chair's order preserved separate CBS caseFederal Communications Commission2 sourcesFCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpseparate news-distortion proceeding remained openCBS News2 sourcesFCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim2025-07-24Donald J. Trumppremature-control allegation rejected on submitted recordParamount Skydance Corporation2 sources