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NOTE: now being updated on the "Overall Authoritarian Venn Diagram" tab in the new overall spreadsheet here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o70RYPmJftRiCDUWva0TC36FiZVTw1IaVPIeAHTYcHA/edit?usp=sharing
Link to relevant news stories
Approx Date
Any organised actions against? (individuals speaking out against does not count)
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Alignment of Executive Orders with Project 2025 Proposalshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-orders-project-2025-b2696232.html11 Feb 2025
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Appointment of Project 2025 Contributors to Key Positionshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/06/project-2025-author-russell-vought-confirmed-by-senate-here-are-all-the-trump-officials-with-ties-to-policy-agenda/6 Feb 2025NOTE 8 April 2025: this spreadsheet is no longer being updated.
I am working on an updated one elsewhere that I hope to share with people soon
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Associated Press denied access to White House press briefing unless they use "Gulf of America"https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-statement-on-oval-office-access/11 Feb 2025White House Correspondents' Association released a formal condemning statement
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whca-condemns-unacceptable-escalation-white-040213513.html
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Attacking judiciaryhttps://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/10/trump-criticizes-judges-over-executive-power/78378595007/10 Feb 2025
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Attacking military on DEIA and budgethttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanlcooper.com/post/3lhti27wh3n2f10 Feb 2025
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Attacks on abortionhttps://feminist.org/news/missouri-republican-introduces-federal-abortion-ban-in-the-house/3 Feb 2025Nationwide protests on 5 Feb 2025 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/politics/trump-protests-50501-project-2025.html
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Attacks on DEIA initiatives and censorship of languagehttps://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/trumps-executive-orders-rolling-back-dei-and-accessibility-efforts-explained
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-orders-agencies-scrub-gender-ideology-contracts-websites-2025-01-30/
30 Jan 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Attacks on Wikipediahttps://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-wikipedia-nazi-salute-defund-wikipedia-until-elon-musk-furious-after-online-encyclopedia-calls-his-controversial-gesture-a-nazi-salute/articleshow/117462446.cms?from=mdr22 Jan 2025
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Attempted Removal of Federal Election Commission Chairhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/federal-election-commission-trump6 Feb 2025Weintraub refused to go saying it was an unlawful attempt.
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Banning asylumhttps://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5272406/trump-suspends-asylum23 Jan 2025Lawsuit by REfugee and Immigrant center abd kegal services.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69606027/refugee-and-immigrant-center-for-education-and-legal-services-v-noem/
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Banning transgender athletes from female sportshttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-target-transgender-women-sports-white-house-says-2025-02-05/5 Feb 2025lawsuit filed: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69050456/tirrell-v-edelblut/
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Blaming DC Plane crash on DEIAhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyeg61pnl5o31 Jan 2025Condemnation by aviation experts and some members of Congress (including some Republican members like Ted Cruz and Thom Tillis).
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Cancellation of Govt contractshttps://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-suddenly-cancels-dozens-of-education-department-contracts/2025/023 Feb 2025Some lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Changing the rules to all federal workers to be more easily firedhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-schedule-f20 Jan 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Conflicts of interest between Musk businesses and DOGEhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/democrats-elon-musk-doge10 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed, and the Office of Inspector General at the Treasury has initated an audit on access granted. Members of Congress have also highlighted conflicts of interest (e.g. Adam Schiff)
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Conflicts of interest between Trump businesses and presidencyhttps://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/crew-is-tracking-trumps-unprecedented-corruption-again/3 Feb 2025In January 2024, Democratic Members of Congress released a report on his conflicts of interest, but these relate to activity before his second term: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf
The citizens for ethics organisation is tracking signs of corruption:
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-2-0-bracing-for-criminals-corruption-and-constitutional-crises/
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Defunding the Department of Educationhttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-advisers-weigh-plan-dismantle-department-education-wsj-reports-2025-02-03/3 Feb 2025
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DOGE (Musk) accessing sensitive federal informationhttps://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/doge-treasury-usaid-donald-trump-0115383 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Ending federal govt building leaseshttps://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2025/02/doge-and-gsa-officials-pledge-acceleration10 Feb 2025
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Ending USAIDhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2q13113wwo8 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed and temporary injuctions granted. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Escalating tariffshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzp7j84yro11 Feb 2025Countries have responded by raising their own tariffs against the US. American business leaders have expressed signifcant concern:
https://www.ft.com/content/a7c9376b-4cb2-4cf2-a665-66f75b72f4c2
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Executive order to direct Health priorities and NIH funding. Signs infectious diseases will receive much less funding, and potential anti-vax biashttps://bsky.app/profile/angierasmussen.bsky.social/post/3li3zymccss2o
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/
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Executive order to reduce federal regulationhttps://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2025/02/president-trumps-executive-order-seeks-to-reduce-federal-regulation11 Feb 2025
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Expanding drilling for oilhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-second-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-the-climate11 Feb 2025Not yet, but lawsuits are anticipated in response to specific actions. There were lawsuits filed during his first term.
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Extending TikTok despite law saying it must close in UShttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/trump-federal-law-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.jcvl.hKgGc1zIm6-P&smid=url-share5 Feb 2025
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Extension of Tax Cuts Benefiting most wealthyhttps://www.americanprogress.org/article/4-ways-house-republicans-emerging-tax-package-would-put-billionaires-over-families/31 Jan 2025
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FBI sackingshttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-pledges-fire-fbi-agents-bureau-faces-heat-jan-6-cases-rcna1911267 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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FCC Investigations of media organisationshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fcc-radio-investigation-censorship-b2694429.html7 Feb 2025
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Firing 18 inspectors generalhttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/25/politics/trump-fires-inspectors-general/index.html25 Jan 2025lawsuit filed: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69632418/storch-v-hegseth/
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Firing chair and board of JF Kennedy arts centre and appointing himself and cronieshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-kennedy-center
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/kennedy-center-president-departs-after-trump-becomes-board-of-trustees-chair/3843347/
7 Feb 2025
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Firing special prosecutors investigating Trumphttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-jack-smith-special-counsel-prosecutors-firings4 Feb 2025lawsuit filed: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624836/dellinger-v-bessent/
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Firing USAID Inspector General after daming report on Trump's policyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/trump-federal-watchdog-usaid11 Feb 2025
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Investigation into Biden administrationhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-attorney-general-investigate-biden-administration24 Jan 2025
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Issuing pardons to Jan 6th insurrectionistshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw4vjvlgxpo21 Jan 2025
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Mass layoffs at Federal Agencieshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/elon-musk-doge-delete-agencies13 Feb 2025lawsuit filed by National Treasury Union: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69634526/national-treasury-employees-union-v-donald-j-trump/
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Media access to influencershttps://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/february/trump-influencers-press-briefings3 Feb 2025
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Musk attacking democratic allieshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/29/germanys-eader-blasts-musks-support-for-right-wing-global-politicians-heres-where-else-hes-intervened/29 Jan 2025
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No respect for facts or truthhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/trump-white-house-lies-immigration-economy26 Jan 2025
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NOAA and search for climate change termshttps://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-second-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-the-climate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/noaa-restrictions-climate-science-forecasts
12 Feb 2025
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Pausing all payments and grants to office to prevent violence against womenhttps://19thnews.org/2025/02/trump-funding-freeze-domestic-violence-nonprofits/6 Feb 2025Lawsuits filed as part of general federal funding freeze and temporary injuction granted. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/domestic-violence-hotline-funding-freeze-20149843.php
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Pausing all PEPFAR HIV programmes for 90 dayshttps://www.iasociety.org/ias-statement/pepfar-freeze-threatens-millions-lives25 Jan 2025Lawsuit filed https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69627654/aids-vaccine-advocacy-coalition-v-department-of-state/
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Pausing federally funded research output until DEIA language removedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/science/trump-dei-science.html9 Feb 2025
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Potential withdrawal from OECDhttps://www.thetimes.com/article/could-america-leave-the-oecd-truxit-is-looking-a-lot-more-likely-hmrzqjldv5 Feb 2025OECD confirms commitment to work with its member countries
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Profiting from cryptocurrencies / memecoinshttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-meme-coin-2-billion-ls-1235261422/9 Feb 2025Senior democrats have formally requested that regulatory bodies investigate the propriety of the meme coins. https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/in-the-news/democratic-lawmakers-ask-regulators-to-look-into-donald-and-melania-trump-meme-coins
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Promoting conspiracy theorieshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/trump-politico-usaid-subcriptions6 Feb 2025Some international media organisations and individuals have left X, citing conspiracy theories enabled by Musk.
Some Mainstream media organisations are trying to factcheck Trump
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Reducing NIH funding & grant freezehttps://apnews.com/article/f061fbe7f08c08d81509a6af20ef8fc023 Jan 2025Some lawsuits filed in relation to federal funding freeze and some on the NIH funding. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Reducing Worker Protectionshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/business/trump-deregulation-firing.html13 Feb 2025Lawsuit against removeal of Gwynne Wilcox from the Naitonal Labor Relations Board https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69612129/wilcox-v-trump/
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Removing birthright citizenshiphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vdnlmgyndo20 Jan 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Removing important regulationshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-signs-order-to-slash-federal-regulations-after-burgum-confirmed-as-interior-secretary31 Jan 2025
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Removing legal recognition of trans people and reducing access to treatmenthttps://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/23/trump-administration-moves-reject-transgender-identity-rights23 Jan 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Removing security clearance and protection from 'enemies'https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-security-details-fauci-pompeo-bolton-b2686038.html24 Jan 2025
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Removing the national archivist and senior leadershiphttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-archivist-of-the-united-states-colleen-shogan/

https://www.aol.com/white-house-forcing-top-leadership-041701008.html
7 Feb 2025
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Revocation of media contractshttps://apnews.com/article/f061fbe7f08c08d81509a6af20ef8fc023 Jan 2025
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RF Kennedy Jr becomes heatlh secretaryhttps://www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-conspiracy-theories-fact-check.html13 Feb 2025There was coordinated opposition from NObel Laureats, COmmittee to protect healthcare and Union of Concerned Scientists,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services_(2025%E2%80%93present)
also the American Public Health Association but other health & medical bodies stayed silent
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/rfk-jr-confirmation-health-care-00203851
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Sanctioning South Africahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clykenglv32o8 Feb 2025South African government has condemned it and floated the possiblity of restricting mineral rights.
the EU, China and the BRICS countries have affirmed their support for S Africa
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Sanctioning the International Criminal Courthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2p19l24g2o6 Feb 2025Several groups have formally condemned it: the ICC itself; a coalition of 79 countries; amnesty international and the ACLU.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/7/countries-unite-against-trump-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court
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Scrutiny of Public Broadcasting, threating NPR and PBShttps://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation30 Jan 2025
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Stepping up deportations and building detention centre in Guantánamohttps://thehill.com/video/trump-accelerates-guant%C3%A1namo-bay-migrant-directive/10443932/4 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
Nationwide protests on 5 Feb 2025
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Stopping clean energy initiativeshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-war-on-clean-energy-big-oil3 Feb 2025Democratic politicians wrote to Dept of Energy to ask for legal justification.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senate-democrats-question-epa-blockage-committed-federal-grants-2025-01-31/

Some states committed to trying to go it on their own
https://alabamareflector.com/2025/02/11/blue-states-hope-their-clean-energy-plans-withstand-collision-with-trump
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Stopping the financial ombudsmanhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-consumer-protection-cease-1b93c60a773b6b5ee629e769ae6850e99 Feb 2025Several lawsuits filed. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
Nationwide protests on 5 Feb 2025
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Suing media organisations as intimidationhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/trump-sues-media-outlets-bias15 Nov 2024
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Threatening Canadahttps://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-09/donald-trump-praises-elon-musk-as-he-repeats-calls-to-make-canada-51st-state9 Feb 2025
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Threatening EU over tech regulationhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/europe-must-not-be-bullied-by-trump-and-musk-on-tech-laws-ngos-say29 Jan 2025EU has emphasised importance of the Trade and Technology Council and the Digital Markets Act
UK said it will work with US on the online safety bill and joined US in not signing the global agreement on AI in Paris
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8edn0n58gwo
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Threatening Greenlandhttps://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5284867/denmark-races-to-deal-with-trumps-threats-and-offers-over-greenland4 Feb 2025
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Threatening Panamahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/26/panic-and-defiance-in-panama-after-trump-threatens-to-take-back-canal26 Jan 2025
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Threatening to annex Gaza and remove all Gazanshttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/trump-gaza-takeover-analysis/index.html5 Feb 2025UN secretary general has criticized it as has EU Foreign Policy Chief and the Vatican.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/no-deportations-vaticans-top-diplomat-rebukes-trumps-gaza-plan-2025-02-14
https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/06/gaza-essential-part-of-future-palestinian-state-eu-finally-responds-to-trump/
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Trump deciding on terms of Ukraine/Russia peace with Putin, excluding Ukraine and Europehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/trump-putin-ukraine-ceasefire12 Feb 2025EU has delivered strong statements as has UK. Macron has called an emergency summit
https://www.reuters.com/world/europeans-seek-ukraine-talks-role-after-trump-calls-putin-2025-02-13/
https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-convenes-european-emergency-summit-in-paris-on-sunday-polish-minister-says/
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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officialshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-order-foreign-bribery-act10 Feb 2025
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Trump signs EO ordering govt to comply with DOGEhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/trump-doge-executive-order-musk11 Feb 2025several lawsuits oongoing on role of DOGE. see https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
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Trying to dismiss charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adamshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/justice-department-officials-resign-eric-adams-charges14 Feb 2025Seven justice officials resigned in protest although it eventually happened. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/justice-department-officials-resign-eric-adams-charges
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Tulsi Gabbard appointment as National Security Advisorhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-russian-connection-dni-trump-syria-b2692244.html13 Feb 2025
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Withdrawing from Paris climate agreementhttps://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5266207/trump-paris-agreement-biden-climate-change21 Jan 2025
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Withdrawing from UN Human rights council and UNRWAhttps://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/5/trump-signs-order-withdrawing-us-from-un-human-rights-council-unrwa-10505 Feb 2025
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Withdrawing from WHOhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c391j738rm3o21 Jan 2025WHO condemned it and asked other countries to lean on US to stay in, but other countries do not seem to have done so. Other countries have also not agreed to increase their spending to compensate (at least in part)
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Firing 10% of staff at the CDC, including half of the Epidemic Intelligence Servicehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-disease-detectives-doge-cuts-health-agencies/14 Feb 2025
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VP Vance attacks Europe on freedom, supports far right, no Russia criticismhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/trump-vance-europe-far-right14 Feb 2025EU has delivered strong statements as has UK. Macron has called an emergency summit

https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-convenes-european-emergency-summit-in-paris-on-sunday-polish-minister-says/
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