President Donald Trump will crack down on so-called “cashless bail” and flag burning in three executive orders on Monday.One of the cashless bail executive orders will cover Washington, D.C., while the other will cover the country more broadly, the White House told the Washington Examiner on Monday. A White House...
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President Donald Trump and Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), a rising star within the Democratic Party, traded verbal blows over the weekend.Moore began the recent feud with pointed criticism of the president for deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., calling it “deeply dangerous.” The former Army captain invited the president...
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In Focus delivers deeper reporting on the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.GLYNCO, Georgia — President Donald Trump promised to...
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President Donald Trump hinted at an investigation into former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal.Trump tuned into Christie’s Sunday show appearance on ABC, after which he raged against his noted critic and resurfaced the decade-old scandal that saw Christie’s chief of staff and a Port Authority...
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President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in order to get the rest of his judicial nominations and attorneys confirmed.Trump trashed the “blue slip,” which is a practice that allows lawmakers from the minority party to veto...
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President Donald Trump on Sunday said he wouldn’t accept an invitation from Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) to join a “public safety walk” in Baltimore next month as long as the city’s crime problem persists.“Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk...
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A former White House staffer revealed on Thursday new art that was put up in the West Wing, showing President Donald Trump with four former U.S. politicians known for their tariff policies. Former White House deputy principal deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, posted on X a photo of the new...
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Powell has rankled Trump and his allies for months for overseeing a Fed that has thus far refused to cut interest rates due to fears of another uptick in inflation. Powell indicated on Friday at his annual address in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that a rate cut is coming, but Trump wants much more aggressive action....
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GLYNCO, Georgia — In the coming months, 10,000 recruits hired by Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pass through the federal agency’s training academy in coastal Georgia before fanning out across the country to carry out President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.At the facility, the newest officers from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal...
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President Donald Trump nominated Sergio Gor, currently a White House official, to be the new ambassador to India.Gor, who has been serving as director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, will also serve as the special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, pending Senate confirmation. In his announcement,...
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President Donald Trump said Friday that chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% equity stake in the company, a historic government intervention.Trump said during a news conference that the deal came after negotiations with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. “I said, ‘I think it would be good,...
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President Donald Trump bashed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Friday while speaking with reporters at the Oval Office, calling him “incompetent.”Newsom has attempted to position himself as a resistance leader during the second Trump administration after enjoying abnormally warm relations during the first. But Trump made known his disdain for...
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