While the Iran deal dominated international headlines, the Trump administration was busy reshaping the domestic landscape on multiple fronts.
The Department of Justice moved to halt a pollution lawsuit brought by the NAACP against Elon Musk’s xAI data center in Southaven, Mississippi. The civil rights organization had sued over air pollution from generators at the company’s sprawling power plant — a case that sits at the intersection of environmental justice, Big Tech expansion, and the administration’s close ties to Musk.
In Minneapolis, federal prosecutors charged 15 people with conspiracy in what they described as an “Antifa plot” connected to immigration issues. The charges mark an escalation in the administration’s use of federal law enforcement against left-wing activists.
Meanwhile, in a structural overhaul of the federal government, the Education Department announced it would shift special education programs to the Department of Health and Human Services. The department’s Office for Civil Rights — which for decades has enforced anti-discrimination laws protecting schoolchildren — will see its duties transferred to the Justice Department. Critics see the move as a fundamental weakening of civil rights protections in education.
Vice President Vance, meanwhile, attempted damage control on The View, walking back Trump’s widely circulated “I love the inflation” remark. Vance claimed the president meant “he loves the fact that the inflation is going to come down when this war is over.” He was also pressed on topics ranging from the Epstein files to race.
