State attorneys general step up plans to counter Trump’s meddling in midterms Coordination by Democratic officials overseeing elections includes Zoom calls and in-person tabletop exercises The Guardian - US · Oct 21
Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename it The Guardian - US · Sep 19
Trump failed to block mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms. What happens next? ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court stopped him, for now, but the president is on a crusade to control the midterms. Election officials are trying to tune out the noise, Alex Woodward writes The Independent UK · Sep 17
Kennedy Center to close as Trump threatens to block repairs over name dispute President says he will block renovation project unless court decision to bar his name from being added is overturned The Guardian - US · Sep 15
Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp The payments amounted to 30% of each aide’s $150,000 annual salary The Guardian - US · Sep 10
Jeanine Pirro unloads on reporter who pressed her about Trump’s Reflecting Pool case The president’s top federal prosecutor in DC refuses to answer questions about his demands to re-open vandalism case against ex-Olympian The Independent UK · Sep 9
Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’ Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’ The Guardian - US · Sep 7
Donald Trump threatens to demolish Kennedy Center, lawyers insist it’ll become ‘unsafe, decrepit structure’ without Trump-led renovations "His path of destruction knows no bounds & he will answer it in court" We Got This Covered · Aug 26
Washington Post ordered to reinstate opinion writer fired over Charlie Kirk posts Arbitrator determined the Post improperly fired Karen Attiah, a union-protected employee, over social media posts The Guardian - US · Aug 24
Trump Aide Natalie Harp's Access to Trump Under Fire: 'Outrageous' Handling of National Security Natalie Harp, a close aide to Donald Trump, worked at the White House for nearly a year without security clearance, raising concerns about potential unauthorised access to sensitive information. International Business Times UK · Aug 21
White House faces questions over security clearance for top Trump aide Natalie Harp Former ethics tsar calls report that executive assistant to president worked for a year without clearance ‘shocking’ The Guardian - US · Aug 20
Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped David Hearn has a ‘number of potential remedies’ after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage, his attorney says The Guardian - US · Aug 4
Former US Olympian pleads not guilty to damaging reflecting pool amid Trump’s renovation David Hearn is accused of destroying ‘American flag blue’ lining material on the bottom of the reflecting pool The Guardian - US · Jul 9
Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool The Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool The Independent UK · Jul 5
The Economic Times · May 31 Donald Trump blasts federal judge as 'an anti Trump Hater', blames wife as Kennedy Center renovation faces legal setback U.S. President Donald Trump fumed about the Friday decision from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper who also ordered Trump’s name removed from the center.
The Independent UK · Apr 23 Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment and prepare for legal fights The Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment is sparking outrage among civil rights leaders
The Guardian - US · Jan 31 Democrats accuse DoJ of not releasing millions of Epstein files despite legal requirement Justice department on Friday released 3m pages and lawmakers accuse it of not releasing roughly 50% of records
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025 Trump to issue ‘unconstitutional’ executive order mandating voter ID for elections President insists on citizens presenting valid identification before voting with ‘no exceptions’ but lacks the authority to support such a dictate
The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2025 ‘We are at war – bring it on’: Democrats ready to fight dirty to stop Trump Republican push for gerrymandered congressional maps triggers down-and-dirty response from new generation – will it work?
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025 Trump’s Obama ‘Russia-gate’ push offers the MAGA Epstein crowd a head on a plate. Here’s why he can’t deliver on that promise NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump’s threats to Obama are his latest shiny object, and echo the biggest undelivered promise of his first presidency: Locking up Hillary Clinton, writes John Bowden
The Guardian - US · Jul 8, 2025 ‘They have promised retribution and retaliation’: the Washington lawyer Trump is targeting In representing people suing the White House and publicly critiquing the president, Mark Zaid has drawn the ire of Trumpworld
The Guardian - US · May 17, 2025 ‘Very disturbing’: Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn White House remakes foreign policy under pay-for-access code that critics say could violate US constitution
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Elon Musk is leaving Trump. Or is he? What’s next for Doge’s ‘authoritarian’ wrecking ball? The world’s wealthiest man is ‘significantly’ stepping back from the White House, but the cost-cutting force isn’t going anywhere, Alex Woodward reports
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025 Trump tells Justice Department his win gives ‘mandate’ for ‘far reaching investigation’ into Democrats and news organizations Trump called for prosecutors to investigate multiple news organizations in a rabidly partisan speech at the justice department’s headquarters
The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2025 Trump revokes security clearance for Antony Blinken, calling him a ‘bad guy’ President also plans to remove clearance for Letitia James and Alvin Bragg, New York officials who prosecuted him