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Trump Punished Lawyers for Their Clients. Four Judges Struck His Orders Down
Trump issued orders sanctioning law firms for work they did for his opponents.
25 sourcesExplore →Trump Ordered NPR and PBS Defunded Over Their Coverage, Then Secured a $1.07 Billion Cut
On May 1, 2025, Trump ordered federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS because he objected to their coverage.
28 sourcesExplore →Harvard Refused Federal Demands. Within Hours, Trump's Administration Froze $2.2 Billion in Research
When Harvard refused federal demands to reshape its hiring, admissions and teaching, Trump's administration froze $2.2 billion in research grants within hours.
31 sourcesExplore →Trump Ordered Anthropic Blacklisted Across Government; a Judge Found Retaliation
Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic and threatened civil and criminal consequences.
22 sourcesExplore →Trump Ordered History Removed From National Parks, Then Warning Signs Outside the Smithsonian
Trump made celebrating American greatness a test for history at federal sites.
16 sourcesExplore →Trump Made $257 Million in Kennedy Center Repairs Depend on Courts Allowing His Name
Congress provided $257 million to repair the Kennedy Center.
11 sourcesExplore →Trump Backed Leak Hunt Sending FBI to Three Reporters' Homes and Seeking Their Families' Phone Records
Two days after The New York Times reported on the security of Trump's plane, his Justice Department sent FBI agents to three reporters' homes.
38 sourcesExplore →Trump Demanded ABC's Licenses Be Revoked as His FCC Reviewed Eight of Its Stations Years Early
Trump demanded that ABC and NBC lose their licenses because their broadcast channels did not carry his July speech.
41 sourcesExplore →Trump's State Department Answered a €120 Million Fine on Musk's X by Declaring His Critic Deportable
On December 19, 2025, Marco Rubio approved responses to a €120 million European fine on Elon Musk's X. One declared Imran Ahmed, a Musk critic with an American family, deportable.
21 sourcesExplore →Trump Threatened a Reporter With Jail, and the FBI Seized Another Reporter's Files
Trump said a reporter who would not name a source would go to jail.
42 sourcesExplore →Trump Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From the White House for Their Reporting
The President announced the ban himself on September 18, 2026, and gave the outlets' coverage as his reason.
52 sourcesExplore →Trump's FTC Demanded a Watchdog's Documents. A Judge Found the Demand Stopped Stories About the FTC.
Trump's FTC sent the watchdog Media Matters a demand for documents.
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