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Trump Ordered a Suspected Drug Boat Destroyed Instead of Stopped, and Announced 11 Dead
Trump chose military killing over arrest for suspected drug boats and announced 11 deaths in the September 2, 2025 strike.
39 sourcesExplore →Trump Created DOGE and Backed Its Dismantling of USAID. About 6,780 Aid Awards Were Terminated
Trump created DOGE, publicly put Elon Musk in charge, and a month later claimed his administration had effectively eliminated USAID.
42 sourcesExplore →Trump Tied Billions in Grants to His Policies; Two Courts Struck Down the Conditions
Trump told Maine's governor her state would get no federal funding unless she followed his order.
24 sourcesExplore →Trump Froze Grants for a $16.04 Billion Rail Tunnel Over Democrats; a Judge Ruled It Unlawful
Trump used a public rail tunnel's funding against his political opponents, and said so.
12 sourcesExplore →Trump Withheld Billions Congress Had Funded, and Its Auditor Again Found the Law Broken
Trump's administration withheld money Congress had funded for children, scientists, schools and public health.
42 sourcesExplore →Trump Withheld $4.9 Billion in Expiring Funds, Then Did It Again With $810 Million
Twice, Trump asked Congress to cancel money shortly before its spending deadline while his budget office withheld it, using expiration to bypass Congress's approval.
35 sourcesExplore →Trump's Cuts Silenced Voice of America in 49 Languages While Taxpayers Paid Idle Staff
Trump ordered the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to shrink, and his appointees stopped every Voice of America broadcast.
50 sourcesExplore →The Supreme Court Rejected Trump's Emergency Tariffs. He Signed a 10 Percent Replacement the Same Day.
The Supreme Court held on February 20, 2026, that an emergency law did not let President Trump impose tariffs.
47 sourcesExplore →Trump Paid Troops From Research Money and Announced a Donor's $130 Million Check
During the 2025 shutdown, Trump ordered troops paid from other appropriations, and his administration moved research money to payroll.
22 sourcesExplore →Trump Signed Five Orders Not to Enforce the TikTok Law. Congress Allowed One Extension.
The Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to the TikTok law on January 17, 2025.
15 sourcesExplore →Trump Imposed an Estimated $166 Billion in Tariffs Under a Law That Authorized None
Trump taxed imports from trading partners worldwide under an emergency law, exercising a taxing power Congress had not given him.
39 sourcesExplore →Trump Ordered Troops Into Three States Over Governors' Objections. The Estimated Cost: $240 Million
In 2025 President Trump took National Guard troops from California, Oregon and Illinois into federal service over their governors' objections.
24 sourcesExplore →Trump Launched the Iran War Without Congress's Authorization: More Than 10,000 Targets Struck in 25 Days
Donald Trump ordered the February 28, 2026 campaign against Iran on his own claimed constitutional authority; Congress had not authorized it.
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