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At least 27 states have turned over extensive personal information of people who receive federally-funded food assistance. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sign for the 988 Lifeline mental health emergency hotline, Walnut Creek, California, December 20, 2024. The Trump administration has laid off more than 100 employees at the agency responsible for overseeing the number. Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images hide caption
A corrections officer walks beside people holding candles, signs, and flowers during a vigil outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami in May 2025, protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A firefighter battles the Eaton Fire Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. Ethan Swope/AP hide caption
Homes are engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 8. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hours before the Eaton fire, distribution lines failed and fire started in Altadena
The website for the Department of Housing and Urban Development features a banner and pop-up message blaming the "Radical Left" for the federal government shutdown. Screenshot/HUD.gov hide caption
Special prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his grand jury issued more indictments of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2023. Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Aug. 28. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Detainees are seen in a yard at the Folkston ICE Processing Center on Sept. 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia. The state's two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security after more than a dozen people have died in immigration detention facilities. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An election worker raises a U.S. flag while assisting voters at a polling station in Las Vegas on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check
National Guard troops stand outside Union Station on Monday in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference with immigration experts, DACA recipients and DREAMers to mark the 13th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Taliban's acting minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar (left); acting first deputy prime minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar (center); and China's envoy to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, attend a press conference in Kabul on Jan. 5, 2023, to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company. Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians, including children, receive hot meals distributed by charity organizations as people struggle to access food due to an Israeli food blockade in Gaza City, Gaza, on Aug. 23. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Election workers process absentee ballots on Nov. 4, 2024, in Portland, Maine. Maine is forgoing roughly $130,000 in election security grant money because the state does not plan to comply with new requirements from the Trump administration. David Sharp/AP hide caption
DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money
Before joining the DOJ, Jonathan Gross was an outspoken attorney for Jan. 6 defendants. In September 2024, he appeared on One America News, where the chyron referred to the riot defendants as "regime hostages." Screenshot via Rumble hide caption
Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust
President Donald Trump, right, Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Howard Lutnick, who now oversees the Census Bureau as the commerce secretary, stands behind President Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., in February before his confirmation to Trump's cabinet. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump
A screenshot of Jared Wise joining the crowd at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Department of Justice/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Search and recovery crews remove debris from the bank of the Guadalupe River on July 9 in Center Point, Texas, after deadly flash floods. Most calls made between July 6 and July 9 to FEMA call centers went unanswered, according to call logs kept by the agency. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption
Federal records contradict what FEMA leader told Congress about Texas flood response
Much of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's $9 billion budget has been in limbo. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption