By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain. U.S. […]
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Elon Musk is making X into his own digital Mar-a-Lago
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk posted a poll question to his X followers on Tuesday afternoon. “Would you like DOGE to audit the IRS?” Within 24 hours, nearly 2 million X users had voted: 51 percent chose “yes,” and 41 percent selected “F yes” with a raised-hands emoji. Just 8 percent said […]
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Elon Musk is making X into his own digital Mar-a-Lago
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk posted a poll question to his X followers on Tuesday afternoon. “Would you like DOGE to audit the IRS?” Within 24 hours, nearly 2 million X users had voted: 51 percent chose “yes,” and 41 percent selected “F yes” with a raised-hands emoji. Just 8 percent said […]
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This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]
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This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]
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How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
By Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy, sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government. During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services […]
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How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
By Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy, sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government. During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services […]
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USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.” U.S. District Judge Deborah […]