Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/31/25

6/2 - Interior moves to rescind 2024 rule on Alaska’s petroleum reserve (BLM; see also, 2024 rule info page via IA | E&E News article)

6/2 - Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, on Detailing of Department of Defense Civilian Employees to Support the Department of Homeland Security (DOD; direct to memo; see also, Defense One article)

6/2 - US Department of Labor launches opinion letter program across five agencies to expand compliance assistance (DOL; direct to website; see also, HR Dive article)

6/2 - U.S. Department of Education Recognizes June as ‘Title IX Month’ (ED; see also, LGBTQ Nation article)

6/2 - FDA Launches Agency-Wide AI Tool to Optimize Performance for the American People (FDA; see also, NBC News article)

6/3 - New Data on Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and the Ability to Speak English (Census; direct to data page)

6/3 - CMS Statement on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) (CMS; see also, AP article)

6/3 - Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Transforming the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the Pro-Innovation, Pro-Science U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (DOC; see also, CAISI page | US AISI page via IA)

6/3 - FBI Releases 2024 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Report (FBI; direct to report page; see also, School Shooting Data Analysis and Reports article)

6/4 - DHS Unearths TSA Corruption: Sitting US Senator’s Husband Received Blanket Exemption from National Security Review After Traveling with Known or Suspected Terrorist (DHS; see also, CBS News article | 2020 DHS OIG report | H Homeland ranking member statement)

6/4 - The Justice Department Files Complaint to Block Decades-Old Texas Laws Providing In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens (DOJ; see also, Inside Higher Ed article and 6/5 followup DOJ release)

6/4 - Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Releases Report Exposing No Viable Path Forward for California’s High-Speed Rail Boondoggle (DOT; direct to report; see also, CBS News article)

6/4 - Veto of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Gaza (State; see also, UN Security Council release | CNN article)

6/4 - CBP, ICE, and USCIS to Ramp Up Crackdown on Visa Overstays Following Boulder Terrorist Attack (USCIS)

6/4 - End of an Era: Landsat 7 Decommissioned After 25 Years of Earth Observation (USGS; see also Landsat 7 page)

6/5 - DHS initiative uncovers widespread abuse, exploitation of unaccompanied kids placed with previously improperly vetted sponsors (ICE; see also, NYT article)

6/5 - ICE releases 2024 SEVP annual report (ICE; direct to report; see also, 2024 data on SEVIS page)

6/5 - U.S. marine economy continues to empower American prosperity (NOAA; direct to report page)

6/5 - Imposing Sanctions in Response to the ICC’s Illegitimate Actions Targeting the United States and Israel (State; see also, factsheet | ICC statement | Reuters article)

6/6 - Attorney General Bondi Announces Charges Against Abrego Garcia (DOJ; see also, ABC News article | @rgoodlaw.bsky.social Bluesky post)

6/6 - Michael E. Horowitz appointed Inspector General for the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Fed)

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.

None this week

See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

6/3 - A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Education (S Approps; see also, chair and ranking member post-hearing releases)

6/3 - The Supposedly “Least Dangerous Branch”: District Judges v. Trump (S Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

6/4 - Budget Hearing – Office of Management and Budget [Russ Vought] (H Approps)

6/4 - Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education (H Education; see also, ranking member opening statement)

6/4 - The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education (H Judiciary; see also, ranking member and subcom ranking member opening statements)

6/5 - Framework for the Future: Reviewing Data Privacy in Today's Financial System (H Financial; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

6/3 - 51,000 Americans Will Die Every Year as a Direct Result of Republican Health Plan: New Analysis (S Finance; direct to report page)

6/3 - New Warren Report: Special Interests over the Public Interest: Elon Musk's 130 Days in the Trump Administration (Sen. Warren; direct to report)

6/4 - Congressional Democrats Demand ED Stop Stonewalling Inspector General (H Education; direct to letter; see also, GovExec article)

6/5 - Following Reports of Partisan Interference and Infiltration of Intelligence Community Inspector General’s Office, Acting Ranking Member Lynch Demands Assurance of Independence (H Oversight; direct to letter)

White House press releases and executive actions

Roll Call Factbase for Trump transcripts (no longer posted to WH website)

Regulations.gov

Trump Trackers

Most spring Semiannual Reports (SARs) are available. As always, I'm tracking them on this page.

6/2 - Evaluation of Safety and Health Concerns in the U.S. Antarctic Program (NSF)

6/2 - Evaluation of the Department of State’s Approach to Realign U.S. Agency for International Development Functions (State)

6/3 - Evaluation of EPA Policies, Procedures, and Processes for ASPECT Flight Missions (EPA; see also, Government Accountability Project article)

6/4 - Projecting Mail Volume: Future Trends and Implications for the Postal Service (USPS)

6/5 - Redesigned Ukraine Oversight website rolled out (OAR; FY 2024 Q2 report to Congress removed / FY 2025 Q2 report to Congress added, incorrectly labeled Q1)

6/5 - FDA Food Safety Inspections of Domestic Food Facilities (HHS; see also, CBS News article)

6/6 - HHS’s Grant Payment System Lacked Effective Internal Controls To Prevent $7.8 Million in Fraud, and HHS Has Begun Taking Corrective Actions To Reduce Fraud Risk (HHS)

6/4 - Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (CBO; see also, NBC News article | related 6/5 CBO report on debt-service effects)

6/4 - Supreme Court Grants Emergency Motion on President’s Removal Power (CRS)

6/4 - Public Health Preparedness: HHS Needs a Coordinated National Approach for Diagnostic Testing for Pandemic Threats (GAO)

6/5 - Effects of the Surge in Immigration on State and Local Budgets in 2023 (CBO)

6/5 - Budgetary and Economic Effects of Increases in Tariffs Implemented Between January 6 and May 13, 2025 (CBO)

6/5 - Social Security’s Projected Shortfall: The Role of Demographic Factors (CRS)

6/6 - “Sanctuary” Jurisdictions: Legal Overview (CRS)

6/1 - US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance (Guardian)

6/2 - Trump’s picks for oversight roles will jeopardize independent scrutiny of government operations, watchdog groups say (GovExec)

6/2 - When DOGE comes for the Census (Politico)

6/3 - Learn About the New Condition of Education 2025: Part I (IES; see also, Hechinger Report article | Sen. Murray question to Deputy Secretary of Education nominee)

6/3 - Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship (military.com; see also, IA capture of March 2024 USNS Harvey Milk Commemorates Namesake in San Francisco, which has been removed from the web)

6/3 - The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research. (NYT)

6/3 - Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing (ProPublica)

6/3 - The real cover-up is of Trump's disordered mental state (Public Notice)

6/4 - “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention (ProPublica; see also, CP3 website | H Homeland ranking members statement)

6/5 - Bureaucracy’s Boundaries: Breaking down the legal issues surrounding the White House’s terminations and temporary replacements at the Library of Congress (Lawfare)

6/5 - Trump Wants to Eliminate a 105-Year-Old Office That Supports Women Workers (Mother Jones)

6/5 - Fury and resignation around the world as Trump's travel ban comes roaring back (NBC News)

6/6 - Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records:  1) FEMA, “Unfounded” -- An organization has alleged that records of a "Pride Chat" Discussion group maintained in Microsoft Teams were destroyed. (NARA)

6/6 - Court allows Trump administration to proceed with efforts to destroy Institute of Museum and Library Services as case continues (ALA)

6/6 - How the feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded over 72 hours (CNN)

6/6 - Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests (CNN; see also, WH memorandum | CA governor news page | One First article | Mother Jones article)

6/6 - Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data (NBC News, with link to source document)

6/6 - The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore (NPR)

6/6 - Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns (NYT)

6/6 - Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself (Rolling Stone)