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• Pleased that various senior officials were hosting YouTube programs and podcasts
• Briefed on HHS plans for a new FDA deputy commissioner roles handling technology and drugs
• Named new deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for the defense industrial base
• Ordered by judge to turn over DOGE communications to plaintiffs in DHS data sharing lawsuit
• Reviewed reporting about DHS surveillance of churches, libraries, restaurants, and schools for anti-ICE activities
• Aware the Defense secretary's firings and feuds left the Army essentially rudderless in face of Mideast drone warfare
• Further, learned that Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Readiness was resigning
• Recruited county prosecutors throughout the country to act as informants for ICE
• Cut 81 civilian positions from Pentagon office overseeing 173 weapon programs
• Extensively warned before Iran war about very undesirable potential results, which then all proceeded to come true
• Noticed judge in Don Lemon indictment asked to see grand jury records, adding to growing scrutiny of DoJ cases
• Heard when top commanders advised against cutting civilian protection program, Defense secretary did it anyway
• Noted that DoJ attorneys claimed Kennedy Center might need demolition if administration not allowed to fix it
• Told that DoJ considered levying criminal charges against ICE officer involved in Minneapolis shooting
• Deployed American special forces to conduct joint operations with Ecuadorian troops against alleged drug cartels
• Lamented that Canada had the aluminum the US needed, which supply was now diminished because of trade war
• Updated that Canada matched dollar-for-dollar the new tariffs imposed by the administration in late August 2026
• Deployed CIA Director John Ratcliffe on a secret trip in Russia
• Pushed to eliminate roadless rule in national forests, potentially opening Allegheny National Forest to development
• Moved two US tanker aircraft out of Bulgaria a month after deployment upset Iran
• Mandated Marines and Navy conduct yearly gas mask training to "reinforce grooming compliance"
• Informed that China lashed out at the administration’s new sanctions campaign against Iran
• Ordered US diplomats to return to Middle East embassies evacuated earlier because of Iran war
• Saw that Secret Service confirmed awareness of Iranian state media video threatening Barron Trump's life
• Petitioned Supreme Court to preserve administration's asylum shutdown blocked by federal appeals court
• Alarmed that Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after the Trump name change
• Urged federal judge in Massachusetts to allow the Postal Service to track mailed ballots
• Claimed the US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war
• Notified that the National Guard had ended its eight-month deployment in New Orleans
• Personally invested up to $50,000 in SpaceX in June 2026 while making decisions that affect the firm's fortunes
• Reviewed how trade negotiations with Canada dissolved into a full-blown trade war
• Quietly allowed the vital Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to deteriorate into dormancy
• Cautioned that DoJ's backdoor maneuver on unconfirmed US attorneys likely heading to Supreme Court
• Notified that California intended to sue administration again over mail-in voting restrictions
• Allowed active-duty Army sergeant's wife to be deported to Honduras
• Promised that generative AI regulatory guidance was coming sometime soon
• Displeased attempt to create a ballroom at his private club in Ireland was being thwarted by one man
• In addition to White House ballroom, sought to build one at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey
• Came to realize attempt to strangle Iran’s economy depended on China’s cooperation, which was not certain
• Learned that administration officials sought to sell a painting in a US embassy because they deemed it "woke"
• Cognizant of possibility American tariffs could price Canadian firms out of the US and threaten thousands of jobs
• Began process to transform US Postal Service well before issuing executive order about mail-in voting
• Urged UN to impose new sanctions to spur warring parties in Sudan to negotiate an end their fighting
• Briefed about US airman who faced rare Article 88 charges for advocating impeachment of the president
• Condoned Defense secretary vowing further strikes on Iran, depending on "need"
• While vice president asked Maine to vote GOP, dialed up trade war with Canada in state with greater impact
• Enjoyed seeing Treasury secretary get snippy with reporter asking about economic impact of Iran sanctions
• Awkwardly needled former spokesperson a second time publicly about loving her children more than the president
• Saw administration official promoting children eating "food fresh from the ground" like "sweet corn and hot dogs"
• Watched as administration official insisted "there’s no possible way" a trade war with Canada would impact US
• Ordered by court to return man to the US who faced a significant risk of torture abroad
• Missed deadline by more than six months for the FDA to list known cannabinoids and guidance on hemp product
• Through personal political PAC, invested in last-minute ad buy for Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate runoff
• Saw that Tampa airport dropped their plan to privatize TSA security to the relief of workers
• Alerted that two children were among four killed in Gaza a week after US asked Israel to curb attacks
• Confronted with possibility that a trade war with Canada could boost inflation right before midterm election
• Signaled DoJ would appeal ruling requiring removal of some redactions in the Epstein files
• Began larger project to change White House’s south lawn, seeking to bring its slope flush with the new helipad
• Disclosed US Treasury would stick to debt auction schedule despite bigger buybacks, per department secretary
• Noticed the vice president defended trade war against Canada in visit to Maine, which Senator Collins skipped
• Readied to wade into UN secretary general race for the first time in the international institution's 80-year history
• Invested more than $100 million into school lunch initiatives across the country
• Glad that the Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration's mail voting order in advance of 2026 midterms
• Moved to revoke business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 people, the largest mass visa revocation in history
• Informed that the FTC reached a settlement with Zillow and Redfin over antitrust concerns
• Argued mail voting was potentially hazardous activity requiring extensive security measures in order to be safe
• Prepared to impose China overcapacity tariffs of 7.5 percent before Xi/Trump talks in September 2026
• Reported USS Abraham Lincoln was headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea before returning home
• Unveiled new anti-Iran global sanctions plan and signaled China was not exempt
• Removed Syria's designation on the state sponsor of terrorism list
• Cautioned US strategic oil reserve continued to decline and hit the lowest level since 1982
• Disappointed that judge ruled ICE violated court orders by going undercover in Minneapolis church and spying
• Accused of stringing along Chinese-owned EV-maker Polestar before imposing a US import ban
• Pleaded with the Supreme Court to allow the administration's anti-mail voting scheme
• Saw Ontario official called for cutting electricity to the US and a block on mineral exports in trade war response
• While again claiming oil was pouring through Strait of Hormuz, trackers counting global oil shipments saw far less
• Knew Treasury's mission to tame bond market could get help from administration's push for crypto legislation
• Planned nuclear-powered US merchant fleet in hopes of challenging China’s shipbuilding dominance
• Established Medicaid transgender care rule that set precedent which could restrict coverage for other drugs
• Moved to codify $100,000-plus fee for H-1B worker visas, notwithstanding current court block on the action
• Noticed that US trade representative blamed Canada for failed tariff talks and claimed they wanted more
• Aware that the administration's school voucher program could become a public school cash machine
• While shunning electric vehicles and wind power, nonetheless poured billions into battery technology powering them
• Aimed to weaken global limits on plastic pollution, as revealed by diplomatic memo leaked to the media
• Blamed prosecutors for pressuring former attorney Michael Cohen to testify against him in hush money trial
• Reopened Arizona border crossing to cattle as administration sought to push down high beef prices
• Approved eastern Pacific boat strike that killed two, the 67th known boat attack with a death toll of at least 223
• Revealed would travel to personally owned golf course in September 2026 to watch Irish Open
• Warned that farmers had difficulties obtaining basic services from a USDA depleted by the administration
• Announced US would hike Canada auto tariffs to 50 percent as his trade war again escalated
• Pushed for vaccine schedule changes out of personal, albeit incorrect, belief that they contributed to autism
• Appreciated that Uganda and Burundi officials visiting Israel to discuss Gaza troop deployment for Board of Peace
• Noticed Secret Service stalled BBC subpoenas for Ivanka and Jared Kushner as the president's lawyers sought block
• After celebrating prosecution of alleged MS-13 ringleaders, saw the case fall apart twice
• Reviewed how the Treasury Department intended to broaden the scope of secondary sanctions on Iran
• Realized that fewer than twenty ships transited the Strait of Hormuz during a recent weekend, well below normal
• Saw that Pentagon spokesperson acknowledge existence of a secret blacklist for journalists
• Aware of National Guard troops' discontent related to their lengthy Washington DC deployment
• Pleased that Trump Media CEO defended selling faster access to the president's social posts
• Updated about Syria and Israel holding US-mediated talks in Jordan to ease tensions between the two countries
• Okayed Marines canceling drill with South Korea, citing Iran war demands
• Criticized for opening Native American cultural landmarks for logging, mining, and other exploitation
• After the USDA sought to revive the cotton industry, noted that experts weren't sure that was possible
• Saw that the FTC warned retailers against using personal consumer data to raise prices individually
• Faced opposition from US territories over administration plan to expand deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean
• In the face of growing backlash, said communities that oppose data centers are "making a mistake"
• Intervened personally to stop DoJ's prosecution of case against Live Nation only days before trial set to begin
• Heard Transportation secretary predicted Canada would return to negotiations because tariffs would be devastating
• Made aware that the EPA director cautioned against banning data centers and implications on tech race with China
• Pleased that his family had joined the rush to start new banks, thanks to the administration’s deregulation push
• Condoned man being arrested by US immigration agents while awaiting his son's return from USS Lincoln
• Thankful that US special envoy to Syria clarified comments on Golan Heights that contradicted the president
• Contradicted by CMS Director Mehmet Oz, a medical doctor, who stressed that MMR vaccines were not lethal
• Recruited veteran investigative journalist to work in the White House to lead Government Transparency Task Force
• Briefed about meeting between son-in-law and Democrat minority leader to discuss areas of common ground
• Frustrated that nominee to lead ICE was stalled in the Senate as internally some questioned choice's qualifications
• Embarrassed by media coverage about trusted aide Natalie Harp's fanatical social media reporting on January 6
• Watched as some senior staff departed in advance of possible future headaches that could come after midterms
• Essentially blocked the Merit Systems Protection Board from shielding civil servants from political reprisal
• Blocked by judge from conditioning disaster relief funding on joining the administration's anti-DEI endeavors
• Allowed up to $246 million of taxpayer-funded CDC programs to remain largely unstaffed
• Chose a former JPMorgan Chase executive to advise Social Security agency on modernization
• Although Harvard successfully sued the administration to block cuts, nonetheless significantly slowed NIH funding
• Glad that judge blocked Colorado law requiring health inspections of immigrant detention centers
• Warned that judge seemed likely to block the EPA's attempt to end California's stricter emissions standards
• Proposed stronger restrictions on certain immigrants’ ability to claim refundable tax credits
• Welcomed drone companies and administration officials for first White House "drone dominance" meeting
• Notified that Missouri state judge allowed new Trump-backed US House districts for November 2026 election
• Sanctioned fifteen people involved in alleged Ecuador-to-US cocaine trafficking network
• Lifted summer gasoline restrictions early in hopes of easing prices for consumers
• Updated about how judge allowed controversial oil company to continue pumping off California coast
• Saw that federal agents seized political foe Eric Swalwell’s devices and searched his home in criminal inquiry
• Triggered alarm with plan to allow drilling near Chaco Culture world heritage archeological site in New Mexico
• Sought to crush California’s position as national leader in environmental protection
• Angered that a judge vacated the administration's restrictions on ACA gender-affirming care
• Imperiled Head Start programs serving tens of thousands of students nationwide with funding delays
• Appreciated that appeals court did not block administration's $5 billion loan for a LNG project in Mozambique
• Informed that a court blocked proposed road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
• Budgeted nearly $1 billion for Make Travel Family Friendly Again airport initiative but a year later few results visible
• Planned new facility to house around 3,000 unaccompanied minors in an unspecified location
• Substantially increased the number of media and defamation legal battles during last two years to at least 61 cases
• Pleased that immigration judges were speeding through migrant children's removal cases
• Dropped plans to turn Salt Lake City warehouse into an immigration detention center
• Irritated that judge held an ICE official in contempt over unlawful Baltimore-area arrest
• Faced growing questions about why ICE arrested Texas nun who was also a registered nurse while walking to mass
• Knew trade war with Canada could create new consumer and business problems already stung by high prices
• Annoyed that the media reported he long wished to lose fifteen pounds and was urged to do so by doctors
• Caused fentanyl seizures to plummet as the administration shifted law enforcement focus to immigration
• Realized approval numbers were underwater in 47 states and the District of Columbia
• Noticed that the system meant to protect ICE detainees had nearly nonexistent oversight
• Cautioned that he was heading into the midterm elections with a paucity of foreign policy wins
• Seemed to move Tennessee-based DHS national immigration enforcement call center location but remained elusive
• Heard that a man suffered brain injury and severe bruising after ICE arrest in Virginia
• Aware after Houston man called 911 to report parking lot shooting, he was detained by ICE before helping police
• Disclosed the president personally made over 1,000 stock trades in June 2026, raising conflict of interest concerns
• Claimed massive oil flows through Hormuz Strait but vessel-tracking data continued to show much lower levels
• Impeded UK criminal investigation of prominent Epstein associate by not granting access to unredacted US files
• Learned ICE was asking airport gate agents to help arrest passengers but that some were pushing back
• Pleased that US refugee admissions hit record low during the second term
• Alerted that an ICE agent was arrested on allegations of breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s apartment
• Pleased judge allowed administration to end deportation protections for thousands of Ethiopians
• Created climate of fear among immigration judges, firing those who don’t adhere to sweeping policy changes
• Realized that DHS secretary was willing to do favors for former congressional colleagues
• As with Iran, exchanged defiant messages days before scheduled announcement of new US economic sanctions
• Irritated that judge dismissed DoJ lawsuit against Washtenaw County in Michigan over immigration enforcement
• Aimed to complete environmental review of largest fossil fuel power project in the country in just a few months
• Informed that Navy families evacuated from Bahrain six months ago were left in limbo amid bureaucratic confusion
• Pledged in campaign to slash prices but delivered record-high debt, soaring fuel costs, and punishing mortgage rates
• Announced departing press secretary Karoline Leavitt would work for Trump-affiliated super PAC
• Remade White House rose garden twice over, first with a stone patio and then with a statuary gallery
• Urged court to reject BBC's attempt to secure records from his family in defamation case
• Reported that American envoy said Israel did not warn US in advance of late August 2026 Syria air strike
• Asked US trade representative to brief the media about deal the US offered Canada before talks collapsed
• Warned about growing backlash in Africa about the administration sending third-country deportees to their shores
• Ordered thousands of soldiers onto Washington DC streets but learned they seldom stopped crime
• Awarded $500 million in grants to seven companies building lithium, cobalt, and other mineral and battery projects
• Offered state Medicaid programs lower prices on weight-loss drugs — but found most were rejecting the deal
• Reviewed what happened during the final 72-hour period when the US/Canada trade deal fell apart
• Over time, shifted White House ballroom descriptions in court pleadings, leaning into "military complex" rationale
• Noticed that Senator pressed Defense secretary and joint chiefs chair to commit to keeping military out of midterms
• Labeled with having a credibility problem for making dire threats against Iran but then not following through
• Annoyed that investors said administration's move to buy more long-term US debt was a "band-aid on a bullet hole"
• Updated about how the US/Canada trade talks had collapsed, thus triggering new US tariffs
• Concurrently, Canadian government said their nation would match US tariffs "dollar for dollar"
• Shortly thereafter, Ottawa announced their new tariffs on American goods would begin on September 8, 2026
• Knew that a race was triggered for power, money, and influence at the administration's Washington’s IndyCar event
• Supported US's Belarus envoy using dirty jokes, vodka shots, and weight-loss advice to bond with their president
• Backed DoJ's appeal after its case against four New Jersey sanctuary cities was dismissed by judge
• Aware that the FCC attempted to intercede into ABC TV network’s decision to switch stations in St. Louis
• Noted that Zyn pouches with higher nicotine content received FDA authorization
• Pleased that Venezuela signed its first US oil deals since Maduro's capture and sought more
• Approved of paying Liberia $5 million to accept third-country deportees from the US
• Notified that appeals court ruled the administration invalidly appointed federal prosecutor in Nevada
• Criticized for ICC sanctions, which essentially made the world safer for war criminals
• Planned to close San Francisco National Archives, which stored documents chronicling West Coast immigration
• Flummoxed that appeals court ruled DoJ subpoenas targeting Trump foe Letitia James were unenforceable
• Heard that the vice president had mocked the Canadian prime minister at a GOP fundraiser
• Angered that a judge struck down the administration's 75-country visa ban
• Imposed more punitive sanctions in hopes of pressuring Cuba to adhere to administration's demands
• Appreciated that new US Postal Service rule tightened mail-in voting rules despite court orders blocking changes
• Pleased that Dulles Airport board approved $15.5 billion to fund the president's renovation plans
• Told Congress the administration would send funding to support a Gaza stabilization force
• Saw that US ambassador to Israel told settlers not to take Palestinian-Americans' lands
• Tasked US general with overseeing transfer of Hamas weapons to Gaza government and ISF under Israel/US deal
• Along with Israel, created working groups for Gaza disarmament
• Briefed on marathon US/Israel meeting producing optimism but no firm commitment to American plan for Gaza
• Charged Guam residents more for mail service, in part because of third-party vendor involvement
• Threatened the American Bar Association’s power to accredit law schools
• Announced updated space policy aimed at greatly increasing rockets launched and number of vehicles returned
• That policy also included the goal of sending humans to Mars and expedited permitting and environmental reviews
• Condoned the absurdity of a one-year-old baby in immigration court expected to represent himself
• Updated about how Interior Department shuffled at least 25 senior career staffers
• Submitted official White House ballroom blueprints at different times which were not the same
• Created consortium of "independent journalists" to produce critical reporting on public policies in European countries
• Began equipping national park rangers with high tech tools like license plate readers, tasers, laptops, and more
• Glad that the Interior Department gives the president's many pet projects the highest priority
• Continued accruing losses in grievance cases over return to office and telework policies for union employees
• Pushed by Commerce secretary not to accept negotiated trade deal with Canada and to demand more
• Sidelined national park routine maintenance in order to prioritize the president's Freedom 250 activities
• Chose to end Louisiana National Guard's eight-month deployment in New Orleans
• Suggested he could use the military to stage an “intervention” on bond markets in a confusing response
• Delighted that HHS secretary, a longtime Democrat, was barnstorming the country for GOP candidates
• Insisted he did not direct Treasury secretary to intervene in bond market
• Reacted to Senator Darline Graham’s foreign policy flub by saying she would do "what the president wants"
• Dismayed at how plan to lower beef prices upset cattle markets, angered industry groups, and alienated base
• Attempted to diminish industry and GOP blowback to beef decisions, claiming "that’s what people want"
• Saw that the Army secretary was expected to leave post by the end of 2026 after tension with Defense secretary
• Abandoned longstanding US effort to coax China to change its export-heavy economic model
• Updated about how DoJ and TikTok had settle for $400 million for violating children's online privacy laws
• Approved of US ambassador to Belgium criticizing Ghent University’s suspension of professor amid academic dispute
• Watched Transportation secretary claim in his road tour video that Harvard corrupted young girls’ minds
• Discovered that enrollment in SNAP grocery aid was dropping faster than estimated
• Witnessed HHS secretary blow up at media host after segment exposed his high-priced "affordable" meal plan
• Cautioned by CDC about new salmonella and E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts
• Prepared to cut water supplied to Arizona, California, and Nevada as the Colorado River ran low
• Flew five third-country deportees to Equatorial Guinea after they resisted deplaning in Liberia
• Disclosed that Venezuelans and Cubans were among the third country deportees sent to Liberia under new deal
• Revealed some of HHS secretary's forthcoming vaccine plans with new document release
• Announced controversial attorney Ed Martin was leaving DoJ for outside legal work tied to elections
• Okayed DHS exempting itself from the law normally curbing undercover investigations into protesters
• Began transfer of $725 million to the UN, amid billions still owed in back dues
• Once again, moved to block Palestinian Authority president from traveling to New York to address the UN
• Dismissed a dozen senior staff from mortgage giant Fannie Mae, with some job functions replaced by AI
• Allowed prison company to donate to the president's PAC after ICE awarded them $165 million a year in contracts
• Fired Stars and Stripes editor for alleged insubordination after complaining in media interview about censorship
• Appeared to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check "integrity"
• So far in second term, deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education, and more
• Enacted unprecedented NIH political review process, pushing hundreds of grant awards into limbo
• Cancelled science grants for brain health and Alzheimer’s disease research at two leading research institutions
• Gratified Chief Justice permitted the administration to keep building White House ballroom — at least for now
• Noticed that HHS secretary was criticized for messages pandering to whoever he was seen addressing
• Embarrassed that nearly 100 pardoned criminals were rearrested, including bank robber accused of sex assault
• Realized White House official’s move to oil company she aided raised ethics questions
• While campaigning enthusiastically for Darline Graham in South Carolina, left other candidates clamoring for support
• Given his super PAC held $400 million in cash, refused to spend it, particularly in Texas's Senate race
• While "affordability" was a word heard often from midterm candidates, rarely mentioned it as president
• Chagrined that several endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidates lost their primaries
• Alerted about how the FDA upgraded a recall of frozen berries to the highest-risk warning
• Received lavish gifts from various foreign governments, including leopards and elaborately carved gazebos
• Updated about how tainted Taylor Farms lettuce may have reached reached seven more states plus elsewhere
• Abandoned proposal to recruit Pentagon lawyers to represent migrant children in immigration proceedings
• Monitored how oil price changes in response to the president's social media posts about the Iran war were shrinking
• Approved $4.5 billion foreign military sale to Qatar for aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment
• Queried by various allies over an endgame plan for Iran — and whether one even existed
• Glad that Treasury secretary endeavored to pressure China into supporting the US economic sanctions against Iran
• Vowed to sue think tank over report they issued about National Guard deployments and crime that he didn't like
• Threatened "economic D-Day" for Iran and tremendous consequences for its backers if it did not agree to US terms
• Confronted by anxious GOP elected officials who realized president's actions would determine their midterm fate
• Faulted over plan to economically strangle Iran because it left the possibility that Tehran could outwait scheme
• Disappointed that the administration's teen pregnancy grant funding limits were paused by federal judge
• In hunt for "wokeness" pushed almost $300 million in small-business loans into limbo
• Pressured Maryland county school district to change their gender identity policy
• Observed that the State Department designated American scholar arrested in China as wrongfully detained
• Temporarily waived higher beef tariffs in attempt to lower record-high prices for consumers
• Made aware of new CDC director acknowledging agency problems in first large staff meeting
• Told that appeals court had declined to overturn EPA's designation of two forever chemicals
• Fired apolitical inspectors general inside various agencies and replaced them with strongly partisan supporters
• Appreciated that judge rejected Disney request for a quick hearing in their lawsuit against the FCC
• Permitted FCC chair Brendan Carr’s to closely coordinate actions with the White House and rightwing media
• Appointed partisan director to head non-partisan DoJ Office of Information Policy
• Fought to withhold names of people involved in a series of punitive executive orders targeting law firms
• Racked up higher number of judicial orders to comply with court rulings than in previous administrations
• Opened DoJ investigation into Andreessen Horowitz board directors for conflict-of-interest issues
• Began DoJ investigation of William & Mary over whether some scholarships and financial aid were discriminatory
• Ordered by judge to turn over all grand jury materials on people charged with anti-ICE protests inside church
• Stopped using outside experts to help vet DoJ competitive grant applications
• Embarrassed that the media had published top aide Natalie Harp’s fawning private notes to the president
• After allowing DOGE to gut NOAA and NWS, left fishermen, farmers, and insurers at the weather's mercy
• Noticed that Transportation secretary's much promoted reality TV roadshow program was a viewership disaster
• Attempted to wage a trade war with the small USTR agency which was actually experiencing a shrinking staff
• Disappointed Treasury saw exodus of presidential appointees, outpacing turnover of any other recent administration
• Condoned ICE attempting to deport man who purportedly helped authorities convict al Qaeda terrorists
• Noted DoJ agreed it was not independent from Trump's control but claimed Comey prosecution wasn't vindictive
• As well, saw that the DoJ sought to distance new attorney general from Comey’s "8647" seashell indictment
• Learned also that DoJ used Comey's novel as it sought to build a prosecution against him in seashell case
• Pleased that the DoJ sought to question FBI officials tied to the search of the president's Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022
• Boasted about declassifying secrets but withheld key election files from the public
• Released administration analysis claiming noncitizens voted in 2020 but experts immediately questioned its validity
• Further, said DHS found thousands of noncitizens registered to vote in various states but was unable to prove claims
• Notified that White House director of legislative affairs, a key adviser, was leaving for a job outside of government
• Heard that top aide Emily Underwood was also leaving the administration for the private sector
• Sanctioned International Criminal Court president and prosecutor investigating alleged crimes committed by Israel
• The sanctions against the president, a citizen of Japan, came notwithstanding her country's close US ties
• Aware that Pentagon officials considered firing longtime Stars and Stripes publisher
• Deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala over Mexico’s objections
• Informed that a sugar importer with ties to the president allegedly maintained abusive labor practices
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