Trump’s authoritarian makeover of D.C. continued in June, funded with money stolen from the National Park Service. In total, the 18 major construction projects Trump has undertaken during his second term carry a potential cost of more than $1 billion. What have taxpayers gotten in return? A gaping

ENVIRONMENT In the last month, the Trump administration has lifted a ban on the use of cyanide bombs on federal land, ended limits on forever chemicals in drinking water, allowed off road vehicles in sensitive ecosystems, rescinded hunting regulations, and begun spraying a cancer-causing herbicide in national forests. May

Over the course of April 2026, President Donald Trump accelerated his plans to cement his legacy, pursuing a series of highly personalized, unilateral initiatives that involved directing taxpayer funds to gaudy monuments and vanity projects reminiscent of scenes from North Korea. Ballroom “Trump Seeks to Justify Ballroom as Security Measure,

March 2026 was defined by the outbreak of war in Iran, led by a confused and woefully unprepared administration that appeared to not have anticipated that the Iranian regime was capable of independent aims and action. The resulting quagmire sent gas prices soaring, disrupted global supplies of pharmaceuticals and fertilizer,

Over the last month, the Trump administration has unconstitutionally started a war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress while building a network of concentration camps across the U.S., seizing voting machines from Puerto Rico, raiding Fulton County elections offices, and consolidating regime-oriented media. * To support

Over the past month, Donald Trump has significantly escalated anti-democratic rhetoric and threats, launching a multi-front assault on the constitutional order. He has promoted deceptive, and sometimes demonstrably false, claims of widespread fraud, specifically targeting heavily Democratic states by rescinding their federal funding and, in Minnesota, deploying his

Last week, just three days into the new year, the Trump administration carried out a military operation to kidnap Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, without congressional approval or even notification. At least 80 people were killed, including civilians and Cuban military personnel. Despite the event occurring in January, the Trump administration

PARDON PAY-TO-PLAY Last month, President Trump issued over half a dozen pardons to white collar criminals and political allies, some of whom paid lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their case before the president. Those who had their crimes pardoned or sentences commuted include: Former Tennessee