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NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director Russell Vought as acting director of the bureau while the Trump administration continues on its plan to shut down the consumer ...
... Senate received the bill Wednesday morning and it was immediately passed without any floor action. The quick Senate action came after months of opposition from Trump and Republican leadership. But they relented as it became clear it would pass with many Republican votes. Trump has now said he will sign ...
Democrats were in a bad position to respond to Trump's gambit because more states they control have lines drawn by independent commissions rather than by partisan lawmakers, the legacy of government reform efforts. But with Newsom's push to let Democrats draw California's lines successful, the party is ...
... Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting said that his country would invest $1 trillion in the U.S., up from a $600 billion pledge made when Trump visited the kingdom in May. But Trump joked at Wednesday’s investment forum that he’s already lobbying Prince Mohammed to commit to invest ...
... that he has nothing to do with the family business. He said he has left and he has handed over the daily management of the Trump Organization to his sons Eric and Don Jr. But the Trump Organization has expanded greatly in the Middle East, and especially in Saudi Arabia ...
The Trump administration's battles over higher education have mostly focused on elite and some public universities. But the president's policies are also creating challenges for some community colleges, and could undermine those schools' plans to build more economic opportunities and jobs. Paul Solman reports for our series, Rethinking College.
... more recently, the president's handling of the war in Gaza. Trump's comments could prolong a Republican rift This is not the first time Trump has shied away from criticizing fringe elements on the right. During his first campaign for president, Trump initially declined to disavow support from white ...
... about it” and said of Khashoggi that “a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman.” Trump lashed out at a reporter who asked the question, calling her “fake news” and chastising her. “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking him a question like that,” Trump said.
The Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., hailed the courage of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse survivors and pushed back on President Donald Trump’s personal attacks for her advocacy of the release of more Justice Department files. Watch the clip in the video player above. “These women have fought the ...
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