Key Events (10)
Trump announced a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Critics have raised doubts about whether the president can implement such a move without Congressional approval.
The Trump administration suspended $129 million in benefit payments to Minnesota, with the USDA citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businesses. This included a freeze on food stamp programs.
Trump met with oil executives and urged them to accelerate extraction operations in Venezuela, stating the U.S. would be 'extracting numbers in terms of oil like few people have seen.' The U.S. also seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.
Trump threatened to acquire Greenland, stating he would do so 'the nice way or the more difficult way,' prompting five Greenlandic political parties to issue a joint statement rejecting American acquisition.
An ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement operation. The incident has sparked scrutiny over ICE's use of deadly force, and a GoFundMe campaign for her family has raised $1.5 million.
Three House members, including Ilhan Omar, were blocked from visiting an ICE facility in Minnesota, despite a court ruling that Congress members cannot be barred from such visits.
A federal judge barred Trump from withholding election funds to states, marking the latest legal setback to the president's effort to compel changes to state election standards.
The Trump administration has repeatedly ordered work to stop on offshore wind farms along the East Coast, with at least two projects pushed to the brink of collapse and billions of dollars at stake.
Congress has rejected Trump's proposed steep budget cuts to science funding, with senators and representatives signaling they want to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research.
Trump sanctioned International Criminal Court judges, with the retaliation shutting them out of American services and creating challenges for routine daily tasks such as accessing Amazon and Gmail.