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August 28, 2025

4 entries on this date.

Trump signed EO 14343 stripping collective bargaining from NASA, National Weather Service and Patent Office workers

President Trump signed Executive Order 14343 on August 28, 2025, extending his earlier March 2025 order to remove collective bargaining rights from employees at NASA, the National Weather Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, and several other agencies under a "national security" rationale. The order targeted agencies with no primary national security mission, and union leaders said it was explicit retaliation against organizations — including IFPTE and NWSEO — that had filed lawsuits challenging Trump's March executive order.

ICE agents falsely charged Francisco Longoria with assaulting officers to cover up their unlawful shooting, jailing him three months

Twelve days after ICE and CBP agents fired at his truck during an unlawful, warrantless stop, federal agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on Francisco Longoria's home on August 28, 2025 and charged him with assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, alleging he had "weaponized" his truck. Longoria, who had no prior criminal record, was held at the Adelanto ICE detention facility for approximately three months. At his bond hearing, the U.S. attorney acknowledged he could not identify any lawful basis for the original stop or any injuries to officers; the felony charge was dropped September 17, 2025, but Longoria remained in immigration detention until early December 2025.

Trump directed DOJ to investigate federal grantees for lobbying and partisan activity, targeting advocacy organizations

President Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 28, 2025, directing the Attorney General to investigate whether federal grant funds are being used for lobbying or partisan political activity, with a report due in 180 days. The memo, titled "Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees," cited the Byrd Amendment but framed the investigation scope to include political and advocacy activity broader than what the statute covers. Legal observers noted the memo's "partisan political activity" language creates a chilling effect on civil society organizations that receive federal funding while engaging in policy advocacy.

Wyoming became the first state to hand the Justice Department its voters' driver's license and partial Social Security numbers

On August 28, 2025, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray transmitted the state's complete voter registration list, including driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers, to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a June 2025 DOJ request, making Wyoming the first state to fully comply with the department's nationwide voter-roll collection campaign. The transfer drew little public attention until Wyoming Democrats and the League of Women Voters of Wyoming criticized it after DOJ's broader voter-data campaign drew national scrutiny.