Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, was sworn in as US Attorney General on Monday after Senate confirmation on Saturday. Blanche, who served as acting attorney general since April, now leads the Department of Justice as Trump's loyalist in charge of federal law enforcement. The appointment consolidates Trump's control over the nation's top law enforcement agency.
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, protecting the Fed's independence. However, in a separate decision, the Court granted Trump expanded power to remove and control officials at other independent federal agencies, potentially affecting the SEC, FTC, and other regulators overseeing business, consumer protection, and financial markets.
The Trump administration removed and forced resignations of Election Assistance Commission members, rendering the independent agency unable to function. The firings are part of a broader strategy to centralize control over ballot counting and election administration ahead of the midterms. The action eliminates an institutional check on executive power over federal election standards.
The Trump administration has systematically replaced Democratic majorities at multiple independent federal agencies through removals and new appointments, consolidating executive control over regulatory bodies that were designed to operate with bipartisan leadership. This action accelerates after the Supreme Court expanded presidential firing authority, enabling Trump to purge officials who resist his agenda. The shifts eliminate institutional checks on executive power and concentrate decision-making in loyalist hands.
A federal judge issued the fourth court order striking down President Trump's March executive action that sought to create a federal database of eligible voters by compiling state election data. The ruling reaffirmed that states retain constitutional authority over election administration and voter eligibility determinations. The decision blocks a key component of the Trump administration's broader effort to centralize control over voting systems.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressured Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, a top Army prospect for Chief of Staff, to resign from his position. Donahue was viewed as a rising star but faced skepticism from Hegseth. This removal eliminates a senior military leader from consideration for the highest Army post and reflects Hegseth's reshaping of Pentagon leadership.
The Trump administration is deploying the Justice Department, FBI investigations, and an executive order to restrict voting by mail and change voting rules nationwide. Election denialists have been installed in key positions across federal agencies to implement these measures. The actions directly restrict ballot access for millions of American voters based on the president's false claims about 2020 election fraud.
A three-judge federal appeals panel in Michigan rejected the Trump Department of Justice's effort to compel states to provide detailed voting records and voter roll data to identify allegedly ineligible voters. The ruling blocked a DOJ initiative that voting rights advocates argued would create a nationwide voter suppression tool by enabling mass challenges to voter registrations based on selective data analysis.
President Trump successfully pressured Colorado's Democratic governor into commuting the prison sentence of Tina Peters, a former elections clerk convicted of participating in election conspiracy schemes. Peters, who promoted Trump's false 2020 election fraud claims, was released after serving less than one quarter of her nine-year sentence. The commutation rewards a Trump loyalist convicted of undermining election integrity and demonstrates executive clemency being deployed to protect allies who advanced election disinformation.
The Supreme Court struck down a century-old precedent protecting independent agency officials from at-will removal by the president, allowing Trump to fire a Democratic Federal Trade Commission member. The ruling dramatically expands executive power over the federal bureaucracy and eliminates longstanding protections designed to insulate agencies from partisan political influence. Millions of Americans relying on independent agency enforcement face reduced regulatory protections.