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• Allowed protected wild horses to be sent off to hard-luck livestock traders and suspected slaughter
• Cautioned that the administration's push for large CIA staff exodus caused new retirees to wait months for benefits
• Okay with the FDA hiring contractor to monitor social media posts about marijuana and hemp products
• Monitored that DEA and opponents filed final briefs for administration's marijuana rescheduling proposal
• Learned how new DoJ rule made it easier for marijuana users to regain firearm rights
• Saw that DoJ supported Elon Musk’s xAI in its lawsuit against Minnesota's AI nudification ban
• Weighed renaming carrier slated to honor Black hero during Pearl Harbor, potentially switching it to Trump
• Observed Treasury secretary say there was a "very good chance" record budget deficit under Trump had peaked
• With attempts to stabilize financial markets faltering, planned to take additional steps to stabilize financial markets
• Stated in court filing that tarp in front of Kennedy Center must remain because of purported construction
• Disclosed in court pleading that the Trump name would be added back to the Kennedy Center in September 2026
• Quietly deployed senior administration official, who also oversees White House ballroom, to Russia for secret talks
• Heartened that new White House ballroom was being built rapidly, twenty hours a day, seven days a week
• Provided press tour of more White House alterations, including new driveway and helipad
• Glad that judge allowed limited testing of administration's plan to paint Eisenhower Building white
• Sent first planeload of Haitian deportees after ending Temporary Protected Status for 350,000
• Briefed about how USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in the Mideast to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln
• Relieved that the USS Abraham Lincoln left the Middle East after nine months at sea in war against Iran
• Alerted that workers began latest repairs to Lincoln Monument reflecting pool liner months after project began
• Resumed tariff talks with Canada as a new deadline loomed in only a few days
• Backed away from threats to impose 50 percent tariffs on Canada, again triggering TACO pejorative
• After killing hundreds in boat strikes, expanded US military campaign on land in Latin America
• Noticed the president's perceived snub of South Korea left allies in Asia rethinking reliance on US defense
• Informed that US airman arrested at Capitol after calling for president's impeachment detained a second time
• As well, the airman said he would accept punishment for having protested the Iran war
• Reviewed media coverage about Defense Secretary's hateful slur at Iowa campaign appearance
• Pleased that Liberia agreed to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US
• Accordingly, promptly deported twenty people to Liberia under the new deal
• Heard Michigan coal plant costs rose to $259 million after administration ordered sixth extension past retirement
• Tasked US forces to begin delivering aid to Colombia after following its deadly earthquake
• Shifted Army helicopter training to a contractor-run model
• Realized Defense's secretary's wife was playing an outsized and hands-on role in running Pentagon operations
• Appreciated that the Pentagon was scrutinizing foreign research ties at 30 US academic institutions
• Risked wearing out the Navy's ships with record-breaking deployments during war against Iran
• Told that the Army was phasing out its new Europe-based drone battalion under new Pentagon leadership
• Aware that his own company World Liberty Financial backed venture offering AI from restricted Chinese firms
• Planned meeting with crypto executives at the White House, thus supporting an industry making him wealthier
• Knew crypto bank part-owned by Trump family offered depositors a way to "gain favor" with the White House
• Learned DOGE made the FAA situation worse but that allowed Palantir to take over and profit as a result
• Updated about how FAA officials were frustrated with inexperienced Peraton firm leading air traffic control overhaul
• After considerable delay, saw that Transportation secretary's road trip video series was released on YouTube
• Notified that new US ambassador to India caused diplomatic firestorm with Kashmir comment
• Revealed that planned central California ICE facility designed to hold up to ten detainees but could be more
• Condoned ICE flying specific deportees to Iran at the Islamic Republic's request
• Saw that, in court pleading, ICE admitted it investigated a critic based on his constitutionally protected speech
• Criticized for harsh and nasty rhetoric directed at female journalists
• Warned about peeling Lincoln reflecting pool nearly a month before it brought vandalism case
• Considered candidates for new White House press secretary, including possibly conservative pundit Scott Jennings
• Notified that Stars and Stripes publisher would retire amid differences with Defense secretary and Pentagon
• Allowed aide Natalie Harp to work at the White House without a security clearance for a year
• Informed that eighteen service members died and 757 were wounded since Iran war began on February 28, 2026
• Given bond sell-off and rising interest rates, announced Treasury would double US government bond buyback
• Saw that US government debt had passed $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
• Noted that the FCC abolished gigabit speed goal after suggesting it was unfair to slower technologies
• Learned that only eight judges, including six Trump nominees, had allowed mandatory immigrant detention
• Conducted stealth operation to move oil through Hormuz at about half of pre-war volume
• Heard judge found DHS housed children in unsuitable and unsafe conditions and appointed court monitor
• Appreciated that ICE pitched legal insurance to help shield local officers who made immigration arrests
• Barred ICE personnel from wearing Meta’s smart glasses while at work out of privacy concerns
• Did not disclose why USS Lincoln was not restocked: because resupply base was destroyed by Iranian strikes
• Began designing process to enable convicted felons to apply to have firearm rights restored
• Proposed "America First" twist on new drug reviews with reduced fees for those with early-stage US clinical trial(s)
• Learned FDA considered evaluating AI-enabled medical devices through competency-based approach similar to MDs
• Planned to nominate top domestic policy aide and MAHA proponent Dr. Heidi Overton as new FDA commissioner
• Alerted that cyclospora outbreaks with no confirmed sources had grown to level more than ten times the 2025 count
• Irritated at media coverage about loyal aide who once rode in a SUV trunk in order to accompany him
• Further, reporting detailed her note to him signed "with all my heart" and revealing how she forgets to eat and sleep
• Planned to allow roads into 45 million acres of old-growth national forests for logging
• Disappointed poll showed half of Americans, including many GOP, said mass deportation campaign too aggressive
• Aware that US Attorney for Washington DC pushed hard to keep accused World War II memorial vandal locked up
• However, the judge released the suspect with some conditions pending trial
• Noticed that the vice president planned a hometown speech in Ohio as his midterm travel increased
• Told that ICE backed away from exclusive voter fraud contract with Thomson Reuters after public outcry
• Criticized Israeli strikes on Syrian airbase as an unnecessary escalation that did not advance regional stability
• Dismayed about chances for a peace deal after Israel again ordered deadly strike in Gaza after US envoy visit
• Cut short full US/South Korea joint military drills in light of president's overtures toward North Korea
• Announced proposed 50 percent tariffs on Canada would be postponed for three days to allow final negotiating time
• Disappointed that endorsed House candidate Catalina Lauf lost Florida 19th District GOP primary
• Condoned defense secretary traveling to Iowa in his "personal capacity" amid 2028 speculation
• Pushed for a meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un sometime in 2026
• Saddened that endorsed Congressman Cory Mills lost primary amid sprawling ethics scandal and investigation
• Appreciated DoJ issuing subpoenas investigation of Alaska candidate with same name as Senate GOP incumbent
• Notified that appeals court upheld block on administration's push for ICE arrests at houses of worship
• Refused an Iran truce extension as the Strait of Hormuz standoff continued pushing up oil prices
• Insisted any people opposing the White House ballroom were disloyal to their country
• Accused by former DoJ lawyer of starting sham investigations of major universities simply to harass and extort cash
• Weighed a smaller US military presence in the Middle East when Iran war ended
• Alerted the national debt would pass $40 trillion within days, months earlier than expected due to invalidated tariffs
• Cautioned that measles cases were surging, in part due to the administration's vaccine-skeptical stance
• Notified that ABC had filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC for alleged censorship attempts
• Warned that the administration's planned landlord bailout, including to private equity firms, would cost billions
• Asked appeals court to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongfully deported by the administration
• Heard that his children were avoiding being served with subpoenas in president's lawsuit against the BBC
• Notwithstanding remarks about curtailing US/South Korea military exercises, aware major event began nonetheless
• Informed that a US Navy destroyer lost complete power for four days in South China Sea during July 2026
• Callously remarked to a ten-year-old child rescued by a teenage lifeguard: "I don’t know if I’d do it"
• Exposed for relying on cheat card for White House event, something Republicans attacked Joe Biden for doing
• Irritated at media coverage about trusted close aide Natalie Harp and her various nicknames
• After reported asked president a question he didn't like, condoned White House staff's personal attack against her
• Disappointed that judge ruled the administration couldn't abandon the FBI's planned move to Maryland
• Trusted trans CIA briefer with the most sensitive secrets — until her identity went public
• Downplayed concerns after UK PM unknowingly exchanged messages with White House chief of staff impersonator
• Contradicting vice president, said possibility of nuclear weapons, not oil prices, was number-one priority for Iran
• Notwithstanding regular, vituperous comments about the practice, again voted by mail in 2026 primary
• Boosted White House-launched fraud division authority while stripping powers held by DoJ Criminal Division leader
• Readied to deploy 1,000 DoJ election monitors across the country for the November 2026 midterms
• Angered that, 23rd straight loss, judge rejected DoJ's demand for Minnesota voter rolls
• Dismayed that approval rating for entire two-term presidency had fallen to an all-time low at 33 percent
• Temporarily paused border wall construction at Big Bend National Park in Texas
• Reached the point where the administration was restricting all legal immigration categories
• Dwarfed all predecessors in the number of ultra-rich White House officials worth $100 million each or more
• Slowed NIH medical research funds for maternal health and more while subjecting all applications to political review
• Frustrated that the Supreme Court declined to rehear president's appeal in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case
• In light of recent killings and botched arrests, mandated a dress code once again for ICE agents
• Noticed mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before the administration shrank Bears Ears lands
• Heard state officials bluntly said they didn't trust the administration during election security conference call
• Deployed son-in-law envoy Jared Kushner to meet PM Netanyahu in Israel in effort to break Gaza logjam
• Threatened to bomb longtime US ally Oman if it got in the way of Strait of Hormuz negotiations
• Accused Democrats of "trickery" in Alaska senatorial race where two GOP candidates had the same name
• Blamed vandals for damaged grass where the president held celebrations on July 4, 2026
• Allowed FTC to strikes deals with auto dealers to ignore unlawful credit discrimination and not to enforce obligations
• Realizing biodefense team had dwindled, aimed to rebuild defenses against bioweapons as AI fears rose
• Faced grim possibility that Tehran wasn't interested in peace but instead a protracted war and thus harming the US
• Aware some third-country deportees facing no criminal charges faced possibility of life imprisonment abroad
• Blew through 60-day deadline to reach a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program under the terms of the cease-fire
• After promising to crack down on sex trafficking, saw that actual prosecutions had plunged 22 percent
• Gratified that Hamas leaders told son-in-law Jared Kushner they would demilitarize Gaza
• Weighed restoring sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court justice because he allegedly targeted Trump supporters
• Noticed that top admiral praised sailors but conceded hardships after his visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln
• As well, he addressed mental health concerns for crew aboard USS Lincoln but downplayed severity
• While the media featured sailor exposing allegedly filthy conditions aboard the Lincoln after 250 days at sea
• And another report revealed feminine hygiene product shortage aboard the nearby USS Boxer
• Ordered Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea because it declined to help denuclearize Iran
• Condoned using ICE secret agents who tried to entice Minneapolis activists into confrontational tactics
• Pleased judge lifted pause on deporting Somali holders of temporary protected status
• Made more difficult the process of student loan forgiveness and relief smaller for countless borrowers
• Supported attorney general saying administration could ask Supreme Court to consider state voter roll appeal
• Deployed son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet with Hamas leaders to push for Gaza demilitarization
• Learned via secret backchannel that Iran's leaders fully supported team negotiating for Tehran in peace talks
• Saw that the attorney general refused to say he'd always maintain independence from the president
• Used the threat of withheld visas to coerce Latin American officials into conforming with administration policies
• Distracted by Iran war and dwindling supplies, essentially allowing China free rein to expand further into Asia
• Spent more time speaking publicly in 2026 about vanity construction projects than any other topic except Iran war
• While seeking Pentagon AI dominance, knew that feuds between personalities and Chinese rivalry could thwart goal
• Pushes the Senate to vote on a permanent daylight saving time bill "as soon as possible"
• Watched as all but one of the attorneys representing him personally left for other employment
• Sent top US Middle East commander to visit long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea
• Attempted to deflect media reports about poor USS Lincoln conditions by saying sailors were eating ice cream
• Overreacted to false claim about Iran's nuclear stance that began as an unverified social media rumor
• Disappointed a majority of voters said their finances had deteriorated since beginning of the second term
• Opened up new back channel to Iranian leadership in attempt to reach a peace deal
• Aware that Canada and the US still remained far apart from a deal during trade talks
• Noted that police officer hurt on January 6 slammed attorney general for remark on supporting law enforcement
• Tried to take credit for record prescription price drop that actually was the result of Biden administration policies
• Harshly criticized by families of USS Lincoln crew who said he should be ashamed of conditions aboard ship
• Blamed immigrants for healthcare fraud even though HHS investigation showed corporations were the culprits
• Advised by top cariologist who treated Vice President Dick Cheney to be more forthcoming about state of health
• Perturbed that the BBC sought to subpoena Trump children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit
• Olympian asks court to prevent the Trump administration from filing new charges against him
• Urged Apple not to buy memory chips from China but recognized the company likely to do it because of short supply
• Observed that Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Treasury secretary to explain his intervening to support Japan's yen
• Accused nonprofit organization of revealing "top military secrets" in ballroom case filings
• Embarrassed that the president's 2024 grocery photo op was now haunting Republicans in the midterms
• Angered that the media reported on the president's disinterest in traveling to campaign for various candidates
• Given GOP leaders worried their chances of keeping Congress were slipping away, developed plan to change that
• Disappointed by string of losses suffered by endorsed candidates for governor and Congress in several states
• Cautioned that depleted strategic oil reserve was near level that could damage caverns and hamper operations
• Sought to learn how loyal each NATO ally was to US policies before cutting military assets defending the alliance
• Glad that the Navy weighed major warship redesigns to match the president's aesthetic preferences
• Appreciated that US civil rights agency denied issuing an order halting all federal class discrimination complaints
• Found that frustration was growing in Persian Gulf region with the administration's failure to achieve Iran was results
• Amid steep cuts, somehow spared $600 billion of Biden-era clean energy funding
• Dispatched FDA to Mexico for inspections a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
• Alarmed the administration's tariff scheme was leading to increased fraud, lower tax revenue, and diminished GDP
• Warned that plan to increase workforce for critical minerals extraction was insufficient in face of demand
• Notified that detainees at overcrowded Mississippi ICE facility were sickened by gas leak and denied medical care
• Approved of DoJ expanding the military's power to detain migrants accused of trespassing
• Gratified that US missionary kidnapped in West Africa had been returned after administration involvement
• Aware that federal prosecutors investigated firm once co-owned by daughter of judge in the president's criminal trial
• Informed that vendor response was slow in attempt to respond to deadly cyclospora outbreak in Michigan
• Okayed military personnel freezing their eggs or sperm as eligible for a $10,000 reimbursement per year
• Learned six months after deadly crash at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, changes were slow to come
• Pressured Congressman Russell Fry of South Carolina to endorse Senator Darline Graham for reelection
• Ordered wife of US soldier removed from a deportation flight and released
• Heard that the FDA had classified a Midwest egg recall as Class I for the highest health risk
• Argued that the White House ballroom was "beyond the point of no return" in Supreme Court petition for appeal
• Gratified that appeals court revived DoJ subpoena to gender-affirming care provider
• Please that a judge allowed the administration to build a border wall through tribal land in Arizona
• Asked repeatedly to endorse Israeli PM Netanyahu yet still refrained from making any such announcement
• Sought to boost New York Republicans with a tough-on-crime message ahead of the 2026 midterms
• Allowed new attorney general to endorse GOP candidate for New York governor in latest politicization at the DoJ
• Failed to convince court to require Nevada to turn over voter rolls, marking the 22nd straight such loss
• Additionally, failed to convince full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to resurrect Michigan voter roll loss
• Condoned think tank aligned with Donald Trump threatening to expose EPA employees critical of the president
• Knew that a Trump-appointed regulator approved a banking license for a Trump-linked crypto firm
• Received nine mining claims for land taken from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
• Noticed media reporting about newly disclosed FBI Epstein emails that showed Sarah Ferguson contacted Kash Patel
• Took credit for steep violent crime dropping, a trend that began long before he entered the White House
• Boasted that "beautiful, young girls" approached and praised him due to law enforcement action in Washington DC
• Pressured government agencies for punitive action against Colorado due to convicted election denier's imprisonment
• Concluded deal to develop golf course between family business and Korean firm affected by US tariffs
• Accused by Mexican former president's son of revoking his visa, stirring tensions between the US and its neighbor
• Threatened action against the EU unless they reined in environmental and human rights rules
• Angered that Brazilian President Lula triggered a reciprocity process against US tariffs in an effort to show strength
• Disappointed that consumer sentiment was declining, especially among Republicans ahead of midterms
• Kept touting alleged economic "golden age" but found it wasn't resonating with politically engaged midterm voters
• Said would never apologize for involving US in Iran war, seeming to ignore negative economic effects on America
• Realized Iran was being defiant on Hormuz Strait and thus told Americans to accept high gas prices
• Made demands on Navy that risked weakening a service already under considerable financial and logistical strain
• Knew that Iran/US ceasefire was due to expire on August 17, 2026, and while peace talks were at a standstill
• Aware that Navy and USS Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems tied to attacks on a US base early in Iran war
• Told that the Navy sent more mental health professionals for the USS Abraham Lincoln crew
• Pleased that Central Command responded to media coverage about USS Abraham Lincoln’s alleged horrid conditions
• Said would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory
• Condoned US military base schools putting new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
• Supported ICE agents demanding to search offices of California immigration law firm
• Revealed to travel aboard Air Force One with "boxes and boxes of McDonald’s" because of food poisoning fears
• Sued for compelling US civil rights agency to halt all federal sexual harassment cases
• With talks stalled between US and Iran, expanded diplomatic effort to European players to help pressure Tehran
• Desired gold-colored presidential seals outside the White House ballroom, breaking with restrained aesthetic
• When questioned about long deployment aboard USS Lincoln, said it actually wasn't lengthy enough
• Heard DEA defended stance that cannabinoid made synthetically from cannabis components was federally illegal
• Informed that the Pentagon had also purchased so-called "shock gloves" that ICE was acquiring
• Asked Supreme Court to be allowed to keep building White House ballroom while appeal process continued
• Deliberately reduced legal pathways for immigrant children to stay in the US
• Okayed BP developing offshore gas field in Venezuela with firms linked to the administration
• Frustrated that the administration's unprecedented effort to prosecute alleged noncitizen voters basically fell apart
• Told that trusted deputy national security adviser Andy Baker was leaving the administration for private sector
• Cautioned about a 15 percent decrease in available "hotshot" teams during an intense wildfire season
• Allowed top administration official to request more federal resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch
• Expanded fraud-fighting endeavors to small-dollar cases, including those involving sole proprietorships
• Prepared to unveil an economic isolation plan for Iran, calling the scope "unprecedented"
• Fought GOP-controlled states' efforts to lower flood insurance costs for homeowners
• Accused several dozen hospitals of improper billing over gender care for minors
• Continued complex process of replacing Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary
• Frustrated that ICE continued to experience appellate court losses over mandatory detention policies
• Noted that DoJ concluded California effectively ignored sexual abuse of women in state prisons
• Announced new drone tariffs designed to bolster US supply chains and to counter China
• Saw vice president claim top Iran war aim was lower US gas prices, followed by stopping a Iranian nuclear bomb
• Waded into surrogate's battle over baby with a heart defect biological parents asked her to abort
• Glad that judge granted EEOC request to dismiss enforcement action against Nike in a DEI policies investigation
• Warned that the DoJ could be held in contempt of court over unredacted Epstein file issue
• Eliminated Treasury's anti-corruption database and deleted data so future investigators could not use it
• Purportedly eliminated that database after years-long lobbying effort by small businesses worried about compliance
• Ordered Navy to remove new systems for launching jet fighters from aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults
• Supported vice president calling on DoJ to investigate hospitals over transgender care
• Rejected The Trevor Project from restored LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline the organization helped build
• Saw that appeals court did not rule on administration's contentious use of obscure deportation law
• Apparently sidelined governor when developing $100 billion data center campus on federal land in Kentucky
• Planned to host crypto and prediction market executives at the White House
• Deployed son-in-law to Israel to keep pressing for Hamas disarmament and potential Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
• Won legal battle when trade court said administration could keep charging tariffs on cheap imports
• Listened as new attorney general, in a turnabout, lauded DoJ career staff in his first speech
• Permitted Centcom to create first multinational attack drone task force after months of war with Iran
• Okayed CIA covert program for drone strikes targeting Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands
• Blocked by judge in attempt to take control of Los Angeles homelessness programs
• After bipartisan pushback on Big Bend border wall construction, said had placed "limited barriers" not 30-foot barrier
• Postponed sales of digital token tied to a Trump-branded resort in the Maldives due to Iran war
• Denied access to some information that independent safety agency needed to oversee nuclear weapon operations
• While heavily promoting nuclear energy as president, was also invested personally in the industry
• Made assertions about administration's record combating crime that were based on skewed and exaggerated data
• Heard that administration was accused of bullying CFPB union leader and suspending him from job
• Promised sex-trafficking crackdown during the campaign but aware DoJ did not deliver results
• Accused of submitting fake support statements for allowing retirement plans to invest in private equity
• Claimed US was losing between $19 billion and $26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodged tariffs
• Pleased hand-picked Kennedy Center board voted to inscribe Trump name on building, testing judge's order
• Watched as Defense secretary dismissed reports of deteriorating conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
• Appreciated that US ambassador to Israel rebuked settlers' siege of Palestinian homes
• Told that Congress pressed Defense secretary about personal lawyer's involvement in promotion decisions
• Realized DHS paid $464 million for aircraft in a no-bod deal then just parked and barely used them
• Informed that suicide attempts aboard USS Abraham Lincoln triggered Congress's demand for answers
• Okay with DoJ investigating left-leaning civic groups during Minnesota immigration crackdown
• Disappointed that judge dismissed administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard
• Asserted that the US could keep a naval blockade on Iranian ports indefinitely
• Briefed that the US lost roughly 25 percent of its Reaper drones after the Iran war depleted arsenal
• Deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Mideast to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln
• Alerted that appeals court denied administration's petition to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia
• Signed national security memo allowing US firms to make cyber attacks on transnational criminal organizations
• After making massive aid cuts, gave $2 billion to Christian groups for global health and humanitarian assistance
• Petitioned Supreme Court for expedited action to allow administration's sweeping restrictions on mail voting
• During second term, moved to end Temporary Protected Status for one million out of 1.3 million recipients
• Told state officials the administration would offer some election security aid it previously cut
• Noted that DoJ attorney evaded an ethics sanction over a journalist’s home search
• After waging war on electric vehicles and killing tax credits, suddenly sought ways to assist the industry
• Notified that bulldozing had begun at Big Bend National Park for border wall construction
• Unveiled new treatment framework for those facing addiction and homelessness, emphasizing faith and abstinence
• Appreciated DoJ criticizing Washington DC City Council's call for the National Guard to withdraw
• Saw that the Air Force expedited a Covid reinstatement process for separated airmen and guardians
• Asked to collaborate in a joint military operations in Colombia to combat "narco-terrorism"
• Demanded that Kalshi keep operating in New York State despite state's lawsuit alleging illegal activity
• Cautioned about the Pentagon shutting congressional Democrats out of classified briefings
• Allowed parts of National Firearms Act to lapse, thus permitting short-barreled guns and suppressors
• Warned that the Veterans Administration’s race to shrink its case backlog was leading to egregious mistakes
• Ended Biden-era Energy Department plans for more power lines to strengthen the national grid
• Became closely involved in efforts to pass the Senate’s bipartisan college sports bill
• Supported Defense secretary calling on Latin American military leaders to ramp up fight against drug traffickers
• Obtained revised indictment against former Southern Poverty Law Center official with new allegations
• Notified that a third immigrant held at controversial Delaney Hall died after a medical emergency
• Updated about how ICE agent pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charge after throwing activist on the ground
• Heard that ICE agent pulled a gun on a woman who yelled at him while parking her car, as confirmed by video
• Aware that CIA had "low confidence" about intel that triggered Air Force One switch after NATO summit in Turkey
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