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Trump Purges the Science Board, Democrats Draft Impeachment Blueprints
President Trump fired all 25 members of the National Science Board on Saturday, dismissing the body that governs the National Science Foundation and advises Congress on science policy. The board was established by federal law in 1950, lending unusual legal weight to the dismissal.
House Democrats are responding by conducting what they describe as 'shadow hearings' aimed at preparing Day One impeachment proceedings against Trump — an effort that represents an unprecedented level of pre-charge preparation. Meanwhile, Trump's Office of Government Ethics filing revealed the president purchased at least $51 million in bonds during March alone, with 175 transactions spanning issuers including Nvidia, GM, Netflix, and Boeing, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest for a sitting president making that volume of individual trades.
Immigration enforcement generated its most dramatic confrontation of the week when two federal judges issued emergency orders blocking ICE deportation of the Boulder firebombing suspect's family. Hayam El Gamal and her five children had already been placed on a plane Saturday before judicial intervention forced the flight to turn around. Separately, new DHS screening protocols now direct immigration officers to treat pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel as negative factors in green card decisions.
Austin became the third Texas city to ease ICE cooperation limits under pressure from Governor Abbott's funding threats, illustrating a financial coercion dynamic spreading through local jurisdictions. At the Pentagon, officials are quietly overhauling counter-drone strategy following secret Ukraine-style drills, reflecting recognition that commercial drone technology has fundamentally altered battlefield dynamics in ways traditional doctrine did not anticipate. A White House official told reporters that FBI Director Patel's firing is 'only a matter of time.' The SAVE Act failed in the Senate, and Trump threatened executive action in response — a pattern that has become the administration's standard operating procedure when Congress declines to cooperate.