Key Events (10)
The Trump Justice Department faced a midnight deadline to release Epstein files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated the release would not include the full set of documents, prompting lawmakers to accuse the department of violating the law and Democrats to vow to fight the administration's plan to withhold some documents.
Trump and top aides refused to rule out military action against Venezuela, with President Nicolás Maduro ordering the Venezuelan navy to escort oil tankers after seizure by U.S. forces. The statements escalated tensions in the region over disputed maritime boundaries and oil assets.
Trump suspended the U.S. green card lottery visa program, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem citing the shooting suspect Claudio Neves Valente who gained a green card in 2017 and later killed an MIT professor and Brown University students.
TikTok signed a Trump-backed deal to avoid a U.S. ban, establishing a joint venture to take over part of the app's U.S. operations, including data protection, algorithm security, and content moderation.
The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges against the Trump administration in a speech case, temporarily rebuffing administration efforts to restrict judicial authority over immigration matters.
A federal document revealed that U.S. border officials are pressing unaccompanied migrant children to return to their countries, with children arriving as undocumented immigrants being threatened with detention to coerce self-deportation.
Trump Media announced a merger with TAE Technologies, a fusion energy company, significantly boosting Trump's paper wealth while creating potential conflicts of interest given his administration's influence over energy policy.
An FBI report revealed that the agency has opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across 23 regions in the United States, some linked to a Trump administration memo on combating alleged terroristic activities.
Trump announced pricing deals with nine pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs to Medicaid and directly to consumers at discounted prices, while stating he would soon begin similar negotiations with health insurers.
Trump's EPA proposed weakening formaldehyde protections by undoing Biden-era policies on exposure to the carcinogenic toxin, continuing the administration's push to weaken environmental and health standards.