A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on August 9, 2026.
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The department’s ongoing effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans accused of crimes or fraud kept expanding, reinforcing fears that due-process protections are getting treated like decorative trim.
A federal court action on August 8 renewed a high-stakes health-care fight that could affect coverage, agency leverage, and the administration’s legal footing.
The Senate’s latest fight over judicial confirmations produced another procedural mess, underscoring how broken the chamber has become on one of its most basic jobs.