Overview
- In recent weeks, Trump ordered an intensified immigration operation in Minnesota that ended with a federal agent fatally shooting an unarmed woman during a traffic stop.
- A U.S. raid in Venezuela captured Nicolás Maduro, and the White House says Trump approved strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last year after failed talks.
- Trump dismissed concerns about a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and said his “own morality” is the only check on ordering military action.
- Over the past year, his administration cut the federal workforce by roughly 10%, dismantled or closed agencies, escalated deportations, and launched sweeping tariffs that sparked trade fights.
- A conservative Supreme Court majority and a Republican-led Congress have mostly refrained from restraining him, as a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 41% approval and he warns Republicans could lose Congress in November.