February 6, 2025​

On his 18th day in office Donald Trump...

• Accidentally gave a young ally of Elon Musk the ability to make changes to a sensitive payment database at the Treasury Department. The details were revealed in a court case. Read more

• Planned to reduce the work force at U.S.A.I.D. to 290 from more than 10,000. Read more

  • ​PREVIOUSLY ON U.S.A.I.D.

    • Forced nearly all U.S.A.I.D. employees to go on leave by Feb. 7 Feb. 4

    • Moved to dismantle U.S.A.I.D. Feb. 3 › Put Secretary of State Marco Rubio in charge of U.S.A.I.D. Feb. 3

    • Discussed shutting down U.S.A.I.D. Feb. 3 

    • Said U.S.A.I.D. was run by ‘radical lunatics’ Feb. 2

    • Punished U.S.A.I.D. officials for denying access to Elon Musk’s team Feb. 1

    • Placed dozens of U.S.A.I.D. officials on leave Jan. 27

• Said that more than 40,000 federal workers had accepted the resignation program Read more

  • PREVIOUSLY ON FEDERAL WORKER RESIGNATIONS

    • Insisted the buyout offer for federal workers still held after a judge temporarily blocked it Feb. 6

    • Offered National Security Agency workers the option to resign Feb. 5

    • Offered CIA employees option to quit Feb. 5

    • Again tried to entice federal workers to resign Jan. 30

    • Tried to entice millions of federal workers to resign Jan. 28

• Opened investigations related to executive order on transgender athletes. The Education Department is targeting two universities and a Massachusetts agency that oversees sports for many high schools in the state. Read more

• Appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead a task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias’ in the federal government. Trump also said he would create a new “presidential commission on religious liberty.” Read more

• Said that CBS should lose its broadcast license.
  Trump claimed that the news program ’60 Minutes’ had edited an interview with Kamala Harris in her favor. Read more

• Froze a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. Read more

• Fired the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission. Ellen L. Weintraub, the chairwoman, said the president’s move was invalid and vowed to hold onto her position. Read more

• Canceled news media subscriptions inside government agencies. Read more

• Imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court. The court had issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for “crimes against humanity.” Read more

• Removed the spoon emoji from G.S.A.’s videoconferencing platform. Employees at the General Services Administration had used the spoon emoji to express displeasure with the “Fork in the Road” offer to resign. 
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• Announced new sanctions on shipping companies that transport Iranian oil to China. Read more

• Filed a lawsuit against sanctuary laws in Chicago.
  The Trump administration said the laws were obstructing federal immigration policies. Read more

• Told E.P.A. Environmental Justice workers they may be put on leave. Read more

• Amplified a conspiracy theory over federal payments to media outlets. The conspiracy theories appear to have been generated by records showing payments for subscriptions. 
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• Defended Gaza takeover plan. Trump defended his proposal for the United States to take charge of postwar Gaza and resettle its Palestinian residents. Read more

  • ​PREVIOUSLY ON GAZA

    • Tried to walk back President Trump’s proposal for Gaza Feb. 5

    • Proposed that the US take over Gaza Feb. 4

    • Again floated idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza Feb. 4

    • Suggested relocating Gazans to Jordan and Egypt Jan. 25