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Trump & Co Watch September 2025

Trump sues The New York Times for $15 billion, alleging defamation and libel (LINK) 16 September 2025

— Trump has also brought a $10 billion defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal for its article linking him to an Epstein birthday note.

MSNBC: Supreme Court erased the Fourth Amendment by OK'ing Trump's immigration sweeps (LINK) 15 September 2025

Trump wants to abolish quarterly earnings reports in favor of biannual (LINK) 15 September 2025

Heather Cox Richardson: Behind the Lisa Cook, Charlie Kirk stories (LINK) 13 September 2025

U.S. Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook's bank documents appear to contradict Trump administration's mortgage fraud allegations (LINK) 13 September 2025

— Cook declared in financial forms that her Atlanta property would be used as a "vacation home" and not her primary residence, according to documents obtained by NBC News that appear to undercut allegations of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration.

Trump, 79, can't remember which country's war he solved: The president thinks he brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Albania. He did not (LINK) 12 September 2025

Trump announces nearly $79m in storm recovery funds for North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kansas (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK) 11 September 2025

— An Associated Press analysis published Tuesday found the Trump administration is taking more than a month on average to approve disaster declarations, which provide added federal assistance for states recovering from storms or other natural disasters. The news outlet found it typically took less than two weeks for a disaster declaration to be granted in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Jazz head at Kennedy Center is the latest firing at the beleaguered arts institution (LINK) 11 September 2025

Trump Administration wants to remove conservation from approved 'uses' of public land (LINK) 11 September 2025

— The Department of the Interior moved to officially rescind the Public Lands Rule passed in 2024, which elevates the conservation of public lands to the same level of protection as other uses.

FoxNews: "Leftist Wikipedia editors twist facts in shameless move to smear Charlie Kirk: Majority of sources cited in Charlie Kirk's Wikipedia page are left-leaning news outlets" (LINK) 11 September 2025

Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back through lawsuits, grant tracking, whistle-blowing and more (LINK) 10 September 2025

CNN: the most baffling aspects of the Trump-Epstein saga (LINK) 10 September 2025

— "It almost looks at times like [the administration] has been trying to keep it going."

White House says Trump notified Qatar ahead of Israeli strike on Hamas (LINK) — ground.news: 141 media reports (LINK) 9 September 2025

Qatar counters US, denies being notified of Israeli attack beforehand — (LINK)

Trump calls Israeli strike on Qatar 'unfortunate', but said that eliminating Hamas is a 'worthy goal' — (LINK)

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow $4 billion in foreign aid cuts (LINK) 8 September 2025

New Trump executive order concedes that the U.S. can't grow avocados, bananas, mangoes, pineapples, coffee or cocoa in large amounts and gives them zero tariffs (LINK) 8 September 2025

— The directive sets aside 45 categories for zero tariffs, which go into effect Monday for countries that have already struck a framework trade deal with the U.S. It altered the structure of Trump's global tariffs for "aligned partners" and concedes the U.S. cannot be a self-sufficient country in two specific categories: unavailable natural resources and closely related derivative products; certain agricultural products not grown or produced in sufficient quantity in the United States to meet domestic demand.

Trump loses bid to overturn $83.3 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll defamation case (LINK) 8 September 2025

Estate of Jeffrey Epstein gives Congress 'birthday book' allegedly signed by Trump with "tawdry image" that Trump had previously dismissed as "fake" (LINK) 8 September 2025

Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda has a surprising stakeholder: Bill Gates through a key service provider for immigration flights — Signature Aviation "the world’s largest network of private aviation terminals" (LINK) 8 September 2025

Supreme Court allows Trump ICE raids to resume in California (LINK) 8 September 2025

Trump family's wealth surges by $1.3 billion, largely driven by the trading debut of American Bitcoin (ABTC), a mining company co-founded by Eric Trump, and gains from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi protocol associated with the family (LINK) 8 September 2025

White House says it didn't ask USTA to help censor reactions to Trump US Open appearance on Sunday (LINK) 8 September 2025

NBC: Trump's U.S. Open arrival delays match by 30 min and leaves many seats empty (LINK) 7 September 2025

— Many ticket holders waited hours in line to clear security, missing parts of the men's singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

— Trump walked around to wave to the crowd at around 1:45 p.m. as the stadium was just about 10% full and was met with a wave of mixed cheers and boos. He then took his seat at the Rolex box located at midcourt.

Rolling Stone: U.S. Open crowd booed Trump repeatedly: The U.S. Tennis Association requested that broadcasters censor the crowd's response to Trump and "refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President's attendance" — (LINK)

Venezuela flies military aircraft near U.S. Navy ship for a second time, Pentagon officials say (LINK) 5 September 2025

Trump's job market promises fall flat as hiring collapses and inflation ticks up (LINK) 5 September 2025

— AP: "Friday's jobs report showed employers added a mere 22,000 jobs in August, as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%. Factories and construction firms shed workers. Revisions showed the economy lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first monthly losses since December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic."

Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians (LINK) 5 September 2025

Trump administration now plans to deport Salvadorian Abrego Garcia to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), not El Salvador or Uganda (LINK) 5 September 2025

Fellow Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign as health secretary (LINK) 5 September 2025

Trump to rebrand Pentagon as Department of War (LINK) 5 September 2025

Florida shouldn't have been ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz, appeals court finds (LINK) 4 September 2025

Don't cross a U.S. border without a "perfect burner phone" (LINK) 4 September 2025

Massive immigration raid at Hyundai megaplant in Georgia leads to 475 arrests. Most are Korean. Largest sweep yet in the current immigration crackdown at US worksites (LINK) 4 September 2025

Trump asks US Supreme Court to uphold his tariffs after lower court ruling that some do not fall within the president's mandate (LINK) 3 September 2025

— The appellate court ruled that the tariffs, imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), exceeded the president's authority and fell under Congress's power. The case could impact Trump's economic policies and require the US to refund billions in tariffs. Small businesses and states challenged the tariffs, arguing they caused harm, while the administration claims they are necessary to protect national security and domestic manufacturing. The Supreme Court's decision could determine whether the tariffs remain in effect or are revoked.

If Trump loses his tariff lawsuit, America may have to refund businesses more than $200 billion (LINK) 3 September 2025

President Donald Trump justifies the lethal military strike against Venezuelan ship as sending an unmistakable message to Latin American drug cartels (LINK) 3 September 2025

Ukraine War, Day 1,287: Trump "very disappointed" in Putin...but takes no action (LINK) 3 September 2025

Judge overturns Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard (LINK) 3 September 2025

More than 85 veteran climate scientists file a 400-page public, point-by-point rebuttal of Trump admin report casting doubt on climate change (LINK) 2 September 2025

— The Energy Department's Climate Working Group report, released July 29 alongside proposals to deregulate some polluting sectors, was authored by five well-known climate change contrarians and even portrayed climate change as potentially beneficial.

The White House says Trump's tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That's not even close: The customs and excise taxes collected from January 20, when Trump took office, to August 28 amount to about $156 billion, 2% of this figure (LINK) 2 September 2025

Trump's use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge says (LINK) 2 September 2025

Trump ends turf war and will move Space Command HQ to Alabama from Colorado, effectively punishing the Centennial State for electing Democrats while rewarding deep-red Alabama for supporting him and his party (LINK) 2 September 2025

McDonald's CEO says Trump's no tax on tips amplifies an 'uneven playing field' for its restaurants (LINK) 2 September 2025

Trump's crypto project WLFI under attack as Ethereum upgrade backfires (LINK) 2 September 2025

— Hackers exploiting EIP-7702 vulnerability to steal WLFI tokens. The attacks leverage a vulnerability in the May Pectra upgrade that allows externally owned accounts to delegate control to smart contracts, enabling attackers to plant malicious code that instantly drains all incoming ETH and tokens.

Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages (LINK) 1 September 2025

Trump's World Liberty token falls in first day of trading (LINK) 1 September 2025

— President Donald Trump and his family are set to receive 75% of net revenue from the enterprise, according to a document published by World Liberty last year.

Trump family share of World Liberty crypto grows to $6 billion: The president and his family own 22.5 billion WLFI tokens, nearly a quarter of the total supply. — (LINK)

Trump declares D.C. a 'crime free zone' despite 442 crimes reported in past week (LINK) 1 September 2025

U.S.-run 'Gaza Riviera': Post-war redevelopment plan sees 'voluntary relocation' of millions (LINK) 1 September 2025

— The 38-page document envisions "voluntary" relocation of Gaza's population, AI-powered "smart cities", and a manufacturing hub named after Elon Musk.

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labour force under Trump, preliminary data shows (LINK) 1 September 2025