Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

June 7, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

Connecting the dots on DOGE CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk leaves the stage holding a chainsaw after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 20. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk leaves the stage holding a chainsaw after speaking
A 2024 file photo of the U.S. Capitol. Bonnie Cash/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bonnie Cash/Getty Images The Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its attempts to expand its reach beyond executive branch agencies, this time seeking to embed in an independent legislative watchdog that finds waste, fraud and abuse in the government. But
President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East. There were opulent palaces, fighter jet
Former FBI director James Comey, pictured testifying remotely at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2020, is under fire from conservatives for a social media post interpreted as a threat to Trump's life. Stefani Reynolds/AP/Pool Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/AP/Pool Bloomberg The Trump administration is investigating former FBI Director James Comey over a
Daniel Berulis filed a whistleblower disclosure with Congress claiming that DOGE staffers compromised the NLRB's computer networks and may have taken sensitive data in the process. Grace Raver/NPR hide caption toggle caption Grace Raver/NPR The inspector general for the National Labor Relations Board is investigating the ad hoc Department of Government Efficiency's interaction with the
A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images/AFP UnitedHealth Group's deepening problems are affecting the company's executives, investors, and the tens of millions of people who rely on it for health insurance and medical care. Now
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt circa 1930 at the White House. In the 1930s, FDR's "court packing" plan brought the U.S. to the brink of a constitutional crisis. ‎/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ‎/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump is not the first U.S. president to criticize "activist judges" for allegedly obstructing his
Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. Mike Scarcella/REUTERS; FM Archive/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption toggle caption Mike Scarcella/REUTERS; FM Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Appellate judges in Washington, D.C., will consider a key question on Friday: Does the
Emory University Hospital Midtown is seen on Thursday in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family
Birthright citizenship goes to the Supreme Court President Trump's order that would end automatic citizenship for the children of many categories of immigrants has been blocked from going into effect by three separate federal judges. Those injunctions have been upheld by three separate appeals courts. So Thursday's case at the Supreme Court was really about
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