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But Bacon still expressed frustration with Trump's aggressive foreign policy and voted for the war powers resolution even though it only applies to Venezuela. “I'm tired of all the threats,” he said. Trump's recent military actions — and threats to do more — have reignited a decades-old debate ...
President Trump returned to Washington after wrapping a whirlwind trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum. He seems to have defused a crisis he created by insisting the U.S. acquire Greenland. Trump also presented his plan for what he calls the Board of Peace, established to oversee the ceasefire and post-war plans for Gaza....
In our news wrap Thursday, Donald Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion, saying the company closed his accounts for political reasons after he left office in 2021, the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization a year after Trump signed an order setting the exit in motion and "Sinners"...
Federal agents continue to clash with protesters in Minnesota. It's the latest development in what has been a turbulent year as President Trump has carried out his promise to crack down on illegal immigration. Liz Landers discussed more with Chad Wolf, a former acting secretary of Homeland Security under Trump, and John Sandweg, the former...
... Trump, who had campaigned for him and who wanted him to win the election. Ali Rogin: The classified documents case got far fewer questions. The Trump-appointed judge in that case had sealed a report Smith's team prepared and Trump's lawyers are asking for it to be permanently ...
... on many of this administration's more aggressive tendencies. The Alien Enemies Act, for example, was never successfully deployed because of the federal courts. President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order still hasn't gotten into effect because of the courts. But the courts can't do it alone. And ...
President Donald Trump has floated invoking the Insurrection Act to tamp down unrest in Minnesota, but his No. 2 says that’s not necessary. Watch the clip in the video player above. “Right now, we don’t think that we need that,” Vice President JD Vance said in Minneapolis Thursday ...
... Trump would return to the Oval Office; Department of Justice policy prevents prosecution of a sitting president. WATCH: 'I stand by' my decision to prosecute Trump, Jack Smith says in House testimony Republicans and the president have accused Smith of pursuing a politically motivated case against the president. Trump has ...
... Hezbollah’s presence in Lebanon amounts to “remnants.” On Gaza, Trump said, “They’re down to little fires. We can put them out very easily.” Trump acknowledged Hezbollah remains in Lebanon, but he downplayed the group’s strength. “These are remnants. I call them remnants,” Trump said.Trump affirms global ...
Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday in a hearing focused on Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and role in the Jan. 6 attack. Watch Knott and Smith's remarks in the video player above. Knott ...
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