12/29 - CMS Announces Establishment of the Office of Rural Health Transformation (CMS)
12/29 - FDA Finds Insufficient Data to Determine Safety of PFAS in Cosmetic Products (FDA; direct to report; see also, 9/23/25 Forbes article)
12/29 - DHS, DOJ Announce Rule to Bar Asylum for Aliens Who Pose Security Threats and Public Health Risks (USCIS; direct to FR notice; see also, Reuters article)
12/30 - HUD Financial Report Finds Billions in Potential Payment Errors Occurred During Biden Administration (HUD; see also, report – not linked in release – and HUD archives for previous reports)
12/30 - Secretary Rollins Announces New Priorities for Research and Development in 2026 (USDA)
12/31 - EPA Announces Intent to Regulate Dozens of Uses of Five Phthalate Chemicals to Protect Workers and Environment (EPA; direct to info page)
12/31 - A year of service: ICE’s 'best of the best' demonstrate selfless service, sacrifice, duty and honor (ICE; see also, WaPo article)
12/29 - Meeting materials posted for 12/29 Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) meeting; note – oddly, even though all 4 “meetings” took place on the same day, they are broken out into 132nd – 135th “meetings”
12/29 - The Final Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: October–December 2025 : “NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an orderly shutdown of the publication.” See also, archives page.
12/30 - (Final) Household Food Security in the United States in 2024 and related Statistical Supplement posted to ERS website; see also, 10/16 Harvard article on survey cancellation
12/31 - Notice posted to National Library of Medicine (NLM) Products and Services page: “Beginning April 1, 2026, the NLM Products and Services listing and search will migrate to Data Discovery. This service is available now and can be accessed here.”
12/31 - Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary: The Chief Justice’s 2025 Year-End Report posted to Supreme Court website; see also, CNN article
1/2 - East Wing Modernization Project Information Sheet posted to NCPC meetings page
12/29 - Dear Colleague on January 6th Five-year Anniversary (H minority leader)
“To that end, on the fifth anniversary of that fateful day, led by the Honorable Bennie Thompson and the Members of the January 6th Select Committee, House Democrats will hold a special hearing that will commence at 10:00 a.m.”
12/29 - House Rules Committee Democratic Staff Releases New Report: “How Donald Trump Stole Congress: The Transformation of the People’s House into a Rubber Stamp for the President—Shutting Down Debate, Silencing Members, and Serving the Billionaire Class” (H Rules minority; direct to report part 1 and part 2)
12/31 - Chairman Comer Announces Hearings on Rampant Fraud in Minnesota’s Social Services Programs (H Oversight majority; see also, NBC News article)
1/1 - Ranking Member Raskin Statement on the Release of Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Deposition Detailing Trump’s Criminal Wrongdoing (H Judiciary minority; see also, 12/31 – NBC News article , with links to transcript and video)
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
The Wayback Machine continues to experience delayed and/or inconsistent indexing.
White House press releases and executive actions
Roll Call Factbase for Trump transcripts (no longer posted to WH website)
Fall 2025 Semiannual Reports (SARs) are being released. As always, I'm tracking them on this guide.
None thsi week
None this week
Note: many paywalled articles are freely available via archive.ph
12/28 - No deal, no defiance: UC's Trump fight grinds on, leaving UCLA in limbo (Politico)
12/29 - CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast (CNN)
12/29 - DHS trades paper FOIA requests for digital filings (FedScoop)
12/29 - The Surprising Trend That Hampered Trump’s Ability To Confirm Judges In 2025 (HuffPost; see also, Future Judicial Vacancies page)
12/30 -The 20 Most Unhinged MAGA Media Posts of 2025 (Part II) [re: administration’s social media posts] (The Contrarian)
12/30 - The 5 biggest stories federal agencies and employees need to watch in 2026 (GovExec)
12/30 - Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear. (NYT)
12/31 - Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns (CNN, with link to source document)
12/31 - NIH wants 1 million Americans for a study — but first must close critical data security gaps (FNN)
12/31 - Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants (Idaho Capital Sun, with link to source document; see also, STAT article about NIH director saying grants won’t be renewed)
12/31 - A record number of congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list (NPR)
12/31 - NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts (NYT)
12/31 - Trump must return control of California Guard to Newsom, appeals court rules (Sac Bee; see also, CA governor statement with links to court documents)
1/1 - Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom (WaPo)
1/3 (time sensitive) - What are the charges against Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro? (NPR, with link to indictment)
1/3 (time sensitive) - News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid (Semafor; see also, Trump administration informed Gang of Eight of Venezuela operation after it started via The Hill)
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:
Final December change/error report of GovSpeak link check | Preliminary January change/error report of GovSpeak link check
General note: it's looking like several OIGs will not be publishing Fall 2025 semiannual reports. The Inspector General Act of 1978 specifies that "Each Inspector General shall, not later than April 30 and October 31 of each year [emphasis mine], prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office during the immediately preceding 6-month periods ending March 31 and September 30." My SAR tracking page shows that more than half of the OIGs have not yet published their Fall SARs.
12/31 - Q8 text on BLS 2025 federal government shutdown impact on the Consumer Price Index edited; see earlier 12/31 IA capture for comparison
1/1 (identified) - Certain census.gov pages not loading
From media/Bluesky reports: (All previous media reports are compiled on my Transition guide.)
12/30 - Federal US website newly registered. https://bluecampaign.gov (Federal US domain bot/Bluesky)
