A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
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The through-line for the day was simple: Trump’s operation kept generating problems faster than it could spin them away. Even where the immediate consequence was only criticism, the longer-term consequence was worse — a growing paper trail of overreach, favoritism, and self-dealing that opponents can keep using against him.
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Preservationists sued on Dec. 12 to force more review and congressional approval for the White House ballroom project, and a federal judge later let the work continue while the case stayed alive.
During a Dec. 17, 2025 Senate hearing, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency is not an independent body, reviving criticism over whether the Trump-led FCC is being used to pressure broadcasters.