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President Donald Trump spent part of Wednesday afternoon hosting a roundtable that highlights the impact of antifa protesters. Watch Trump's discussion in the player above. Antifa is short for “anti-fascists” and is used to describe far-left-leaning militant groups. They include groups that resists fascists and neo ...
... so. Washington will also be looking to rulings in other cases that may be pertinent for its own. A judge ruled last month that the Trump administration broke the law by sending guard troops to Los Angeles in early June. The 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act limits the U ...
... Schiff, both Democrats, call the investigations meritless. Trump and Comey's fraught relationship The indictment was the latest chapter in a long-broken relationship between Trump and Comey. WATCH: After Comey indictment, Trump says he hopes more political opponents will face prosecution Trump arrived in office in January 2017 as ...
... give protections to employees so that they would be assured to get back pay after that kind of shutdown. Geoff Bennett: And it was President Trump who signed it. Liz Landers: And it was President Trump who signed it. Excellent point. In this interpretation from this new OMB legal counsel ...
Liz Landers: Aaron, President Trump won Iowa by 13 points in the last election. Every rural county in the state voted for the president. How are Iowa farmers feeling now about him when you talk to them about this issue? And is this an issue that could turn folks against ...
... Smith into the steps Trump and allies took in the run-up to the Capitol riot to undo his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump was indicted in August 2023 on charges of conspiring to overturn the results, but the case was abandoned after Trump’s win the following ...
... tariffs. He said the U.S. average tariff rate on Canadian goods is 5.6% and remains the lowest among all its trading partners. But Trump has some sector-specific tariffs on Canada, known as Section 232 tariffs, that are having an impact. There are 50% tariffs on steel and ...
And what President Trump is trying to do is an abuse of power. And it is a threat to our democracy. Governors should be in command of their National Guards, our citizens soldiers who sign up to stand up in an emergency to deal with real problems. What I would ...
... rulings, to many emergency appeals from Trump's Republican administration. But there could be more skepticism when the court conducts in-depth examinations of some Trump policies, including the president's imposition of tariffs and his desired restrictions on birthright citizenship. The justices are hearing a pivotal case for Trump ...
Portland says no crime crisis there In Portland, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Sunday granted a temporary restraining order sought by Oregon and California barring the deployment of Guard troops to Oregon from any state and the District of Columbia. Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during his ...
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