Here’s a mostly complete look at what the Trump administration has done over the last seven days:
• Saw seven federal prosecutors resign rather than file a motion to dismiss criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
• Boasted in a joint Fox News interview that Adams is essentially beholden to the Trump administration on immigration issues.
• Clawed back $80 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to New York City for sheltering migrants.
• Announced reciprocal tariffs on foreign countries that will be based on various taxes and subsidies.
• Failed to comply with a court order to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal grants, according to a judge.
• Ruled out NATO membership for Ukraine, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the U.S. will no longer prioritize European security.
• Signaled support for far-right parties in Europe in a speech by the vice president at the Munich Security Conference.
• Began firing thousands of federal workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies.
• Received 75,000 acceptances of a deferred “buyout” program for federal workers that is on uncertain legal ground.
• Was sued by eight inspectors general who say they were fired unlawfully and are seeking to be reinstated.
• Quickly tried to rehire workers who oversee the safety of the country’s nuclear weapons after firing them en masse.
• Fired a USAID inspector general after he released a report detailing the negative effects of the agency’s downsizing.
• Said it was “unrealistic” to think Russia wouldn’t keep portions of Ukraine it has taken by force, undercutting peace negotiations.
• Watched as Elon Musk answered questions in the Oval Office on his DOGE efforts to take control of federal agencies.
• Claimed that Musk is not actually in charge of the U.S. DOGE Service in a court filing.
• Attempted to give DOGE workers access to private data at the Social Security Administration, leading the top official to step down.
• Edited a document that said the federal government might buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas after a news report.
• Barred The Associated Press from attending a White House function for its policy of using the name “the Gulf of Mexico.”
• Urged student athletic associations to strip trans girls and women of any records, titles, awards or recognition
• Was sued by immigrant rights and legal aid groups seeking access to dozens of migrants who are being held at Guantánamo Bay.
• Began deporting undocumented immigrants from Africa and Asia to Panama, according to reports.
• Threatened to withhold federal money from K-12 schools and colleges if they don’t end diversity initiatives in two weeks.
• Ended a federal effort to move away from plastic straws and ordered the government to stop buying paper straws.
• Named Trump chairman of the Kennedy Center after purging President Joe Biden’s appointees.
• Floated a plan to impeach judges who ruled against the Trump administration this year.
• Floated a plan to “fire” the “worst 1% of appointed judges” each year, in defiance of constitutional protections for the judiciary.
• Claimed without evidence that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris may not have received 75 million votes.
• Questioned whether Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell actually had childhood polio after he voted against Trump nominees.
• Hung Trump’s mug shot from his Georgia election interference case just outside the Oval Office.
• Posted on social media an image of Napoleon and a quote, “He who saves his country violates no law.”
• Criticized Pope Francis after he told U.S. bishops to consider mass deportations a “violation of the dignity” of immigrants.
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