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628 matching recordsCourt permanently blocked Trump’s retaliatory order against Perkins Coie2025-05-022 sourcesPerkins Coie order remained void under final judgment during government appeal2025-05-02Donald J. Trumpissued law-firm order struck down inPerkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice2 sourcesSSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility system2025-05-01Elon Muskredirected benefits data toward voter-eligibility screeningSocial Security Administration2 sourcesSSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility system2025-05-01Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceSSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility system2025-05-01Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed homeland security secretaryKristi Noem1 sourceSSA data work expanded toward a national voter-eligibility system2025-05-01Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourcePublic-media funding cutoff was enjoined as viewpoint discrimination and retaliation2025-05-01Donald J. Trumpordered public-media funding cutoff throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media2 sourcesFirst sanctuary blacklist named more than 500 jurisdictions, including Trump-aligned localities, then vanished2025-04-28Donald J. Trumpordered sanctuary-jurisdiction list throughProtecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens2 sourcesTreasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requests2025-04-25Elon Muskprompted oversight of data requests by DOGE, the White House, and DHSInternal Revenue Service1 sourceTreasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requests2025-04-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceTreasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requests2025-04-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed homeland security secretaryKristi Noem1 sourceTreasury's inspector general opened a review of Trump and DOGE taxpayer-data requests2025-04-25Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceActBlue investigation singled out one fundraising platform amid cross-party screening failures2025-04-24Donald J. Trumpordered fundraising investigation throughInvestigation into Unlawful “Straw Donor” and Foreign Contributions in American Elections2 sourcesElection-order restrictions advanced from preliminary block to permanent injunction2025-04-24Donald J. Trumpissued election order enjoined inLULAC v. Executive Office of the President3 sourcesTrump pardons Paul Walczak2025-04-23Paul Walczakreceived a presidential pardon fromDonald J. Trump1 sourceDisparate-impact retreat changed federal enforcement priorities but not enacted civil-rights law2025-04-23Donald J. Trumpcurtailed disparate-impact enforcement throughRestoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy2 sourcesAccreditation order tied access to federal student aid to presidential policy priorities2025-04-23Donald J. Trumpordered accreditation overhaul throughReforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education2 sourcesNIOSH cuts halted a first-of-its-kind firefighter cancer study2025-04-21Robert F. Kennedy Jr.cut staff supporting the firefighter cancer studyNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health1 sourceNIOSH cuts halted a first-of-its-kind firefighter cancer study2025-04-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceNIOSH cuts halted a first-of-its-kind firefighter cancer study2025-04-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceHHS laid off seven of eight federal firefighter-death investigators2025-04-21Robert F. Kennedy Jr.eliminated nearly the entire fatality-investigation teamNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health1 sourceHHS laid off seven of eight federal firefighter-death investigators2025-04-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceHHS laid off seven of eight federal firefighter-death investigators2025-04-21Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceCFPB leadership prepared to eliminate roughly 90 percent of the bureau2025-04-17Russell Voughtapproved a plan to dismiss most bureau employeesConsumer Financial Protection Bureau2 sourcesCFPB leadership prepared to eliminate roughly 90 percent of the bureau2025-04-17Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceCFPB leadership prepared to eliminate roughly 90 percent of the bureau2025-04-17Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceCDC eliminated a team as it prepared health work for Hurricane Helene survivors2025-04-15Elon Muskeliminated staff assigned to post-Helene health workCenters for Disease Control and Prevention1 sourceCDC eliminated a team as it prepared health work for Hurricane Helene survivors2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceCDC eliminated a team as it prepared health work for Hurricane Helene survivors2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceFDA scientists were asked to volunteer for contracting work after procurement layoffs2025-04-15Elon Muskshifted contracting tasks to scientific staff after layoffsFood and Drug Administration2 sourcesFDA scientists were asked to volunteer for contracting work after procurement layoffs2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed health and human services secretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 sourceFDA scientists were asked to volunteer for contracting work after procurement layoffs2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE took operational control of Grants.gov approvals2025-04-15Elon Muskcentralized grant approvals through DOGE reviewGrants.gov2 sourcesDOGE took operational control of Grants.gov approvals2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceDOGE took operational control of Grants.gov approvals2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceAn NLRB whistleblower alleged a large outbound transfer after DOGE arrived2025-04-15Elon Musktriggered a whistleblower complaint over possible data extractionNational Labor Relations Board1 sourceAn NLRB whistleblower alleged a large outbound transfer after DOGE arrived2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 sourceAn NLRB whistleblower alleged a large outbound transfer after DOGE arrived2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceForeign-IP login attempts followed the NLRB access changes, a whistleblower alleged2025-04-15Elon Muskintroduced privileged accounts before reported foreign login attemptsNational Labor Relations Board1 sourceForeign-IP login attempts followed the NLRB access changes, a whistleblower alleged2025-04-15Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk1 source