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Trump & Co Watch June 2026

Politico: The White House is digging in on tariff refunds: the administration has processed more than half the $166 billion it illegally collected but is resisting paying back billions more (LINK) — 9 June 2026

FBI fires analysts who worked on "Richmond memo" about Catholic extremist ideology, sources say (LINK) — 6 June 2026

Case filed with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to third nations where they face persecution (LINK) — 5 June 2026

More than half of 15 Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back in their countries of origin, says DRC: U.S. immigration judges have ruled they were likely to face persecution at home (LINK) — 5 June 2026

DOJ confirms in court papers the "anti-weaponization fund" isn't going forward, asks judges to reject lawsuits (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Sherrill pumps $20m of taxpayer money to fight deportations (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (LINK) — 5 June 2026

US imposes sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, son, and other key individuals, in latest move to pressure leadership (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Kushner-backed Albania resort sparks protests, EU concerns (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump's $1.8bn fund to pay allies: 3 GOP senators join Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposes party divisions (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict. The measure now heads to the Senate but is not subject to Trump's approval (LINK) — 3 June 2026

FactCheck.org: Trump exaggerates the impact of reducing fraud in federal programmes (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— In a May 27 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump claimed that a task force headed by Vice President JD Vance, is "finding billions and billions and billions of dollars. And if he does really great we'll have a balanced budget without having to do anything." Later he said, "And I think we have a chance to save Social Security without doing anything to it, by just the numbers of fraudulent people on Social Security — people that are 115 years old, 125 years old, getting payments."

— There shouldn't be any such payments to anyone 115 or 125 years old because, since September 2015, the Social Security database has been set to automatically terminate benefits to individuals listed as 115 or older. And the most recent federal budget deficit was about 240% more than the highest federal estimate of annual spending due to fraud.

Pete Hegseth removes all women and some Black service members from navy promotion list (LINK) — 3 June 2026

President Trump says he will nominate his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general (LINK) — 3 June 2026

'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after confrontation with new boss (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Nick Bilton, the show's new top producer, said Pelley "hijacked" a staff meeting to disparage him.

Scott Pelley on CBS after '60 Minutes' firing: show has "lost its DNA" and the "new owner of our network is casting this legend aside" due to politics (LINK) — 3 June 2026

Trump's financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space' (LINK) — 2 June 2026

US: Supreme Court allows Alabama to use House map eliminating a majority-Black district (LINK) — 2 June 2026

— A federal court had repeatedly blocked the map as an illegal racial gerrymander.

'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after confrontation with new boss (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Nick Bilton, the show's new top producer, said Pelley "hijacked" a staff meeting to disparage him.

Rubio says U.S. wants to end Russian oil waivers "as soon as possible" (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Trump administration signals to GOP congressional leaders it will drop $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund (LINK) — 1 June 2026

— CNN: President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to terminating the controversial pot of money, and a third source familiar with the discussions indicated the administration was merely pausing efforts to pursue the fund — not dropping those plans altogether.

Federal court rules Trump illegally banned trans people from the military: three-judge panel ruled that the policy isn't about a medical condition, but about excluding people for not having the "correct" gender identity (LINK) — 1 June 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend sues MS NOW: alleges that a report falsely asserted that she demanded, and Patel ordered, agents to escort an intoxicated friend home (LINK) — 29 May 2026