NY TIMES
March 8 Day 48
DOGE
Staffing
Agency directive
Announced plans to fire an additional 1,000 NOAA employees
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March 7 Day 47
Immigration
Trans issues
Education
Executive order
Signed an executive order denying student loan relief to workers aiding immigrants and transgender youth
The order, signed by President Trump, would alter a student loan forgiveness program to exclude groups that engage in “substantial illegal activities,” which the order said included things like diversity initiatives. Read more ›
Foreign policy
Public statement
Announced he had sent a letter to the Iranian government seeking to negotiate a nuclear deal
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Foreign policy
Defense
Agency directive
Suspended Ukraine’s access to U.S. satellite imagery
The Pentagon’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency described the sharing of imagery, which tracked the movement of Russian troops and damage to infrastructure, as “temporarily suspended.” Read more ›
Education
Agency directive
Canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University
The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza. Read more ›
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March 6 Day 46
Other
Executive order
Ordered the creation of a national stockpile of Bitcoin and other digital currencies
President Trump signed an executive order to create a national stockpile of Bitcoin and other digital currencies, an idea that has been widely criticized as a scheme to enrich crypto investors. Read more ›
Immigration
Directive
Planned a ban on travel to the United States from certain countries
The ban would be broader than the versions President Trump issued in his first term, according to two officials familiar with the matter. Read more ›
DOGE
Foreign policy
Staffing
Agency directive
Used federal marshals to force a federal aid agency to let DOGE employees inside
A day earlier, the U.S. African Development Foundation had refused entry to workers from the Department of Government Efficiency. Read more ›
Foreign policy
Staffing
DOGE
Agency directive
Planned to close a dozen consulates and cut staffing overseas
Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions. Read more ›
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March 5 Day 45
DOGE
Public statement
Proposed privatizing Amtrak, which has long been under scrutiny from Republican presidents
Elon Musk added the federally owned railroad to the list of government-funded services on his chopping board, calling it “embarrassing” and saying that privatization was the only way to fix it. Read more ›
Foreign policy
Social media
Warned Hamas militants to immediately release all the hostages held in Gaza or face death
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Previously on Gaza
Met in the Oval Office with eight hostages released from captivity in Gaza March 5 ›
Bypassed Congress to send $4 billion in weapons to Israel March 2 ›
Shared an AI video of Gaza developed as a luxury resort Feb. 25 ›
Threatened cutting U.S. aid to Jordan and Egypt Feb. 10 ›
Issued an ultimatum to Hamas Feb. 10 ›
Earlier entries about Gaza