Note: many agencies stopped issuing releases when the shutdown began
11/3 - USCIS Enhances Voter Verification Systems (USCIS; direct to facsheet; see also, 10/30 ProPublica article)
11/4 - Nationwide Tax Forum Online launches with new continuing education content (IRS; direct to website)
11/5 - DHS Announces Advanced Charging Authority to Address Rioter Violence at Federal Buildings, Protecting Law Enforcement and Taxpayer Property (DHS; see also, Intercept article)
11/6 - CMS Announces New Drug Payment Model to Strengthen Medicaid and Better Serve Vulnerable Americans (HHS; direct to info page; see also, WH factsheet | S Finance ranking member statement | NPR article)
11/6 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy & FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford Outline Series of Proactive Actions to Maintain Safety in the National Air Space (DOT; direct to emergency order; see also, BTS release | AP article | NBC News article)
11/7 - Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals (DOI; see also, USGS website with list | Reuters article)
11/7 - The United States Announces Agreement with Cornell University (DOJ; see also, Guardian article)
11/4 - Ranking Member Raskin Releases New Information on Trump DOJ’s Decision to Kill Investigation Into Epstein’s Co-Conspirators and Demands Answers from AG Bondi (H Judiciary minority; direct to letter; see also, Guardian article)
11/4 - Merkley, Wyden Probe CMS for Answers Surrounding the Disastrous Roll Out of the Medicare Advantage Provider-Directory Portal, Potentially Putting Seniors at Risk (S Budget minority; direct to letter; see also, 10/15 WaPo article)
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.
11/6 - Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Education (S HELP; see also, chair opening statement)
11/6 - Assessing the Damage Done by Obamacare (S Homeland; see also, ranking member opening statement; note – video not available on committee website, but is on YouTube via Forbes)
11/3 - “I'm very excited to announce `usaspending-orm` a new Python library to ease access to data from the USASpending API. Available now on PyPI and GitHub. Repo link in thread.” (Casey Dreier/Bluesky; direct to GitHub repository)
11/6 - If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement. (Austin Kocher/Bluesky; direct to website)
11/6 - “Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!” (Rick Hornbeck/Bluesky; direct to website)
The Wayback Machine continues to experience delayed and/or inconsistent indexing this week. I will confirm captures for all items as soon as possible.
White House press releases and executive actions
Roll Call Factbase for Trump transcripts (no longer posted to WH website)
None this week
None this week
Note: many paywalled articles are freely available via archive.ph
11/1 - E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program (NYT)
11/3 - Judge [Cannon] Faulted for Lag in Push for Jack Smith’s Trump Report (Bloomberg, with source document; see also, NYT article)
11/3 - Trump spent 90 minutes with ‘60 Minutes’ — here’s what happened (CNN; see also, full transcript and extended video | Al Jazeera “key takeaways” article)
11/3 - FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’ about his conduct (CNN)
11/3 - Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ (Nature)
11/3 - Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels, current and former U.S. officials say (NBC News)
11/3 - US Census Releases Most Accurate, Granular Housing Data Yet (Planetizen; direct to Address Count Listing Files page)
11/3 - Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator [FHFA] involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say (Reuters)
11/4 - NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus [Goddard] with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear (CNN)
11/4 - Almost Half of U.S. Imports Now Have Steep Tariffs (NYT; see also, Census International Trade Data page)
11/4 - Judge rules Trump administration can’t tie transportation funding to immigration (Politico, with link to source document)
11/4 - Top DOJ Lawyer Claims Trump Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval for Boat Strikes (truthout)
11/4 - FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves (Wired)
11/5 - IRS Direct File won’t be available next year. Here’s what that means for taxpayers (AP)
11/5 - Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS as Gorsuch warns of a "one-way ratchet" in presidential powers (Law Dork)
11/5 - Trump once again nominates tech space traveler Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator (NPR; see also, 11/3 Politico article)
11/5 - The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. See how it compares (NPR)
11/5 - How ADP employment data compares with official BLS jobs reports (Pew, with link to ADP report)
11/6 - Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here (Chicago Tribune; see also, related article on injunction)
11/6 - Congressional Budget Office hacked, China suspected in breach (CNN)
11/6 - Immigrants With Health Conditions May Be Denied Visas Under New Trump Administration Guidance (KFF Health News)
11/6 - SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy (Law Dork, with link to source document)
11/6 - Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts (ProPublica, with link to FDA inspections dashboard)
11/6 - Nancy Pelosi will retire after historic 20-term career in Congress (SF Chronicle)
11/6 - Federal Judge Imposes Strict Restrictions on Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Against [Chicago] Protesters, Media, Clergy (WTTW, with source document)
11/7 - Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now (CNN; see also, CourtListener docket for District Court documents)
11/7 - Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says (CNN, with source document)
11/7 - On Margraten, two panels about black American liberators of the Netherlands are suddenly gone. ‘Fits by policies of the Trump administration’ (NRC; see also, ChrisO_wiki Bluesky thread | ABMC website)
11/7 - Trump Dismisses Affordability Concerns, Insists Prices Are Coming Down (WSJ)
This list is illustrative, but certainly not exhaustive.
Note: special thanks to Jenny McBurney, Molly Blake, and Sanga Sung at the University of Minnesota, who are working to post items "from my own reviews" (including those in previous roundups, but excluding the media reports) in their Tracking Removed and Modified Government Information & Resources spreadsheet. A submission form is included on their page if you have other documents/resources that should be added.
Note: since I've had requests for it, I'm making available a Google doc that compiles all the previous "from my own reviews" notes; it is updated every week. Many, but not all, of these are also included on the UMN spreadsheet above.
From my own reviews:
Preliminary November change/error report of GovSpeak linkcheck
11/4 - TVA OIG website added a handful of reports to the new “contact” page
11/6 (identified) - Reports restored to FDIC OIG website, but missing most recent reports from August/September; see 9/30 IA capture for comparison
11/6 (identified) - LSC OIG website restored, including reports; includes one new report issued since last IA capture on 9/25
11/6 - Reports restored to VA OIG website, including 10 new reports issued since last IA capture on 9/30
11/7 - NLRB OIG website restored, including all audit reports available as of last IA capture on 9/30; note that site may be slow to load
11/8 (identified) - Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) website completely redesigned; see 10/8 IA capture for comparison
From media/Bluesky reports: (All previous media reports are compiled on my Transition guide.)
10/21 - NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication (STAT)
11/4 - A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history (LA Times)
11/5 - US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It (404 Media, with link to IA capture of original; entire Garrison Bavaria website down later same day, but is now live again; note – 10/3 IA capture of guidance does not include the 11/5 deleted content)
11/5 - Data scientists perform last rites for ‘dearly departed datasets’ in 2nd Trump administration (AP; direct to website)
11/5 - Federal US domain bot/Bluesky
11/6 - FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site (404 Media; note - archive.is/archive.ph/archive.today is used to capture many .gov pages)
11/6 - To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots (NYT; see also, related FedScoop article with source document and link to CourtListener docket)
