Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

July 3, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

The US supreme court on Monday paved the way for the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries they are not from, including to conflict-ridden places such as South Sudan. In a brief, unsigned order, the court’s conservative supermajority paused the ruling by a Boston-based federal judge who said immigrants deserved a “meaningful opportunity”
Gaza City, Gaza A Palestinian man mourns at al-Shifa hospital as others transport bodies of people killed in strikes on Jabaliya a day earlier Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images Nuseirat, Gaza Strip A Palestinian girl reacts as people queue at a food distribution point. The Israeli blockade imposed in early March amid an impasse in truce
CNN  —  In the hours after Iran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar, President Donald Trump and a group of his top diplomatic and security officials worked furiously behind-the-scenes to try to broker a peace deal to end the conflict between Iran and Israel. While Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime
CNN  —  Republican senators left a Monday evening meeting pointing to several key outstanding issues that must be addressed in their sweeping domestic policy bill as Congress closes in on the July 4th recess, raising questions about whether the Senate can finish it by the end of the week. GOP leadership has been bullish it’s
BOSTON - A federal judge on June 23 blocked the Trump administration from implementing its plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued an injunction barring Trump's administration from carrying out its latest bid to curtail Harvard's ability to host
A federal judge on Monday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from implementing his plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University. US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued an injunction barring Trump’s administration from carrying out its latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students amid
US strikes on Iran could damage global economic growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned. Director Kristalina Georgieva told Bloomberg TV that the IMF was watching energy prices closely, warning a rise in oil prices could have a ripple effect throughout the global economy. “There could be secondary and tertiary impacts,” she
Donald Trump has claimed that Israel and Iran have negotiated a ceasefire, halting a two-week-old war that has killed hundreds in tit-for-tat strikes by Israeli warplanes and Iranian ballistic missiles. The ceasefire was set to begin late on Monday, Trump said, with Iran halting its attacks first and then Israel set to cease offensive operations
The WhatsApp messaging service has been banned on all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to House staff on Monday. The notice to all House staff said that the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data
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