A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on August 11, 2026.
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Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general on Monday after a confirmation fight that forced the White House to back away from a compensation scheme for Trump allies and underscored how brittle the Justice Department’s guardrails have become.
EPA is holding August 11 and August 12 webinars on its proposed UCMR 6 monitoring rule, while a separate PFAS rescission proposal filed in May has already moved through comment and hearing. The result is more process, more uncertainty, and more work for water systems tracking the next federal turn on PFAS.
The White House pushed new childhood vaccine guidance on Monday that spaces out shots and narrows routine recommendations, reviving a fight with doctors and public-health experts over basic immunization policy.