Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

March 1, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

CNN  —  President Donald Trump on Friday transported back to Florida with him boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022. “The Department of Justice has just returned the boxes,” Trump said in a statement. “They are being brought down to Florida and will
CNN  —  A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exploded inside what he’s called the “disinformation space” Russia has created around US President Donald Trump, but he may have jeopardized further American support for his
CNN  —  At least eight senior federal prosecutors who worked on the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot cases have been demoted to entry-level jobs, according to multiple sources and memos obtained by CNN. The unprecedented moves by Ed Martin, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, are seen as retaliation by the Donald Trump
Washington CNN  —  A remarkable shouting match broke out in the Oval Office on Friday between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, an extraordinarily fractious display that only underscored the deeply uncertain future of American assistance to Kyiv. Castigating Zelensky for not demonstrating enough gratitude for American support, Trump and his Vice
CNN  —  The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency. More layoffs are possible Friday, one of the sources said, potentially costing the weather, climate and environmental agency more than a
CNN  —  Across a wide range of issues, President Donald Trump is seeking to impose the restrictive social agenda that has spread throughout red states onto blue states that have almost uniformly rejected it. In a flurry of early executive orders, Trump has threatened to cut off federal funds for states, cities, hospitals and universities
CNN  —  Donald Trump has made purging the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs a top priority of his new administration, calling them “illegal” and “immoral.” But throughout his career Trump has espoused the opposite view and has often highlighted the importance of such initiatives in business. Corporate governance documents of his media company
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