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Trump expressed support twice Wednesday, first at an investment conference in Miami and later aboard Air Force One on the flight home to Washington.

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A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program, a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a string of courtroom setbacks.

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WATCH: White House claims judges are causing ‘constitutional crisis,’ not Trump

The denunciation, delivered from the lectern in the White House briefing room, was the latest example in an escalating assault on the court system from Trump and his allies.

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WATCH: Trump doubles down on moving Palestinians from ‘dangerous’ Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump has hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House and renewed his suggestions Gaza could be emptied of residents and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab…

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In the three weeks since President Donald Trump has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies while avoiding public scrutiny of his work.

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Now the question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president.

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Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to push out federal employees by offering financial incentives

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.

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