The “I do what I want” approach to policy and executive reach has had mixed legal success, but the Trump administration sure is sticking with it, and it has not been great for trans people.Our timeline has updates on recent actions.1/5 ​​https://unbreaking.org/issues/transgender-healthcare/timeline/

The US is currently failing to manage infectious disease, in ways large and small. We have new updates on how we’re (mis)handling the ebolavirus outbreak and steering ourselves into oncoming waves of vaccine-preventable disease. 1/9 unbreaking.org/issues/infec...

On May 28, a judge refused to block Trump’s executive order directing the USPS to impede mail ballots for any voters who don’t match a (super shoddy!) federal citizenship list. Democrats appealed, but the Postal Service enacted the order anyway. www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/p...

Our most recent Archives & History update tracks maneuvers related to two big Trump admin trends: 1) restricting access to information 2) revising and controlling historical narratives 1/9

Infuriating and dangerous things are happening with voter data and federal control of elections. Our Data Security team breaks it down: unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

In #Medicaid last week we got 1 new rule, 387 pages(!), and slightly more clarity on work requirements: The medical frailty exemption only applies when conditions “significantly impair” ability to work. Documentation criteria will disqualify a LOT of people. 1/4 www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/m...

There is a broadly illustrative struggle for human and civil rights going on at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, NJ, where detainees have launched a hunger strike against poor conditions. 1/8 newjerseymonitor.com/2026/05/22/d...

That old cliche “if you don’t like the game, change the rules” is getting a workout. The Trump administration keeps losing in court, so they’re taking their ball elsewhere and creating an authoritarian mess in the rulemaking docket. 1/8 unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

The briefing this week has coverage of recent executive power-grabs affecting government workers and scientists, plus updates about immigration and Medicaid. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

The FDA is having a weird month. Former Commissioner Marty Makary is out, along with the acting director of the agency’s drugs center. Deputy Commissioner for Food Kyle Diamantas now leads the FDA as Acting Commissioner. 1/7 www.statnews.com/2026/05/15/f...

We need to take a moment to talk about what the administration’s immigration policies and “enforcement” actions are doing to children and families. Be aware, some of this reporting is devastating to read. 1/12

This week we have three quick updates: Immigration, Food Safety, and Medical Research funding. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

In Data Security, the Trump administration keeps trying to compile sensitive information of many kinds, for many purposes, none of which are good. Our rundown:

US public health staffing remains chaotic and embarrassing. Here’s a rundown of recent changes. 1/7

This week’s briefing is on Infectious Disease Control & Prevention and Data Security. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

If you follow the news, it’s obvious that the Trump administration’s approach to immigration “enforcement” is a violent, chaotic mess—constitutional violations, street killings, abuse of detainees. But what they’re doing in the background is also extremely bad. And it affects SO many people: 1/6

Here’s some rare good news about the federal workforce: FEMA has reinstated 15 whistleblowers who signed the Katrina Declaration criticizing DHS cuts to the agency and got placed on indefinite leave for their trouble. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Two big pieces of reporting and analysis from our most recent Immigration update: First, the Illinois Accountability Commission delivered its final report documenting street violence, intimidation, and coercion in Chicago during “Midway Blitz.” 1/7 ilac.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

New this week: Speed-briefings on immigration news and what’s happening with—and to—the federal workforce. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

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Our Trans Healthcare team added 2 events to the timeline.

Our Infectious Disease Control team added 10 events to the timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/infec...

Our Data Security team added 17 events to the timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/data-...

Our Archives & History team added 5 events to the timeline.

This week, we have an in-depth briefing from our Data Security team and updates from Archives and History, Infectious Disease Control & Prevention, and Trans Healthcare. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

We invite people to republish, remix, and adapt our content. If you make good use of it, let us know: unbreaking.org/license

For more on what’s happening in Equitable Federal Workforce, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

For more on what’s happening in Immigration, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

For more on what’s happening in Medical Research Funding, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

This week, our Medical Research Funding team added just on event to the timeline—but it’s a big one unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Our Immigration team has added 27 events to the timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

This week our Equitable Federal Workforce team added 23 events to the timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

This week, we have a briefing from our Equitable Federal Workforce team and updates from Immigration, Food Safety, Medicaid, and Medical Research Funding. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

For more on what’s happening in Archives & History, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/archi...

For more on what’s happening in Infectious Disease Control, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/infec...

For more on what’s happening in Data Security, see the team’s thread bsky.app/profile/unbr... or jump straight into our timeline at unbreaking.org/issues/data-...

The CDC worked on several fronts to decrease public confidence in vaccines, especially the COVID vaccine. In March, the agency delayed publication of a report on its effectiveness. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

ICE has been purchasing people’s addresses, car registrations, and ethnicity details from data broker Thomson Reuters. Internal whistleblowers say company databases were used to track license plates and more in Minnesota this January. www.404media.co/how-thomson-...

In our most recent update, Archives & History has the latest on five lawsuits against the administration. Thanks to our case tags, you can create a filtered view to see just the entries specific to a single case, like this: unbreaking.org/issues/archi...

This week, the Infectious Disease Control & Prevention page added 11 new items to our timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/infec...

This week, our Data Security team added 25 events to the timeline, shining a spotlight on the Trump administration’s efforts to grab yet more personal data from Americans.

This week the Archives & History team added 9 new events to our timeline. unbreaking.org/issues/archi...

This week, we have a new briefing from our Data Security team and short updates from Archives & History and Infectious Disease Control. unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

Our Immigration team added 47 entries to our timeline last week. The volume is telling: even when immigration has been pushed off the front page, the administration is using every lever within its reach to enact state violence in the name of “immigration enforcement.” unbreaking.org/issues/immig...

We’ve been making our info display *fancy*. Our new sidenote treatment puts footnotes right next to the text as you read in wide browser windows and falls back to endnotes on small devices. Our quick tech note on how we prototyped, tested, & rolled out the change: unbreaking.org/blog/tech-no...

What has 14 months of Trump meant for Medicaid? Less funding and staff. Way more red tape for millions of low-income recipients. 10 million more people losing health insurance by 2034.

This week, we’re introducing a timeline to accompany our longstanding narrative Medicaid explainer, which means that all our active pages have timelines up. Learn all about this and much more in our weekly briefing: unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...

We added 12 entries to our Data Security timeline; several relate to the administration’s demands for unreserved cooperation from tech companies. unbreaking.org/issues/data-...

In Archives & History news, a successful lawsuit by the City of Philadelphia has restored some panels depicting the history of slavery to the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park. www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

The Infectious Disease Control & Prevention page added 12 new items to our timeline. Amid worrying increases in measles, TB, and whooping cough outbreaks, we are seeing further erosion and politicization of public health organizations and networks. unbreaking.org/issues/infec...