IMMIGRATION Sept. 1: “Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor,” NBC Sept. 1: “US may ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration status to get passports for their children,” Reuters Sept. 2: “States now must report undocumented immigrants to DHS or risk federal funding, DOJ

With the 2026 midterms roughly two months away, the Trump administration is ramping up its attempts to interfere with and undermine the election. The main threat to be aware of is the USPS’s plan to screen ballots being mailed to voters and, reportedly, reject entire batches of ballots if

President Trump ramped up his efforts to undermine faith in the U.S. election system last month, signaling his intent to cause turmoil in the upcoming midterm elections. * To support my work, you can subscribe to the non-paywalled Keep_Track newsletter or contribute via Patreon or Venmo/Paypal. July

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federal land, ended limits on forever chemicals in drinking water, allowed off road vehicles in sensitive ecosystems, rescinded hunting regulations, and begun spraying a cancer-causing herbicide in national forests.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

Shutdown The month of October 2025 began with a government shutdown, caused by Republicans refusing to negotiate with Democrats to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies and exacerbated by the Trump administration’s usurpation of congressional appropriations. Within the first 72 hours of the shutdown, Project 2025 architect Russ Vought cut

Chaos at the CDC July 31: Susan Monarez, a scientist with a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology who focused on the treatment of infectious disease at Stanford University, was confirmed by the Senate to lead the CDC. She is the first director to not have a medical degree and

Florida’s detention camp Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the Trump administration opened an immigrant detention center in the middle of the Everglades on July 1. The facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, consists of rows of bunk beds encircled by cages inside a collection of plastic tents. Detainees