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 […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
By Justin Jouvenal · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to expand presidential authority seem likely to prompt key test cases at the Supreme Courthe helped shape, according to legal experts,with the conservative supermajority signaling in past rulings that it may be open to landmark changes in the balance of power. In the opening weeks […]
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What are the tariffs at the center of Trump’s foreign policy?
By Shannon Najmabadi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the United States will slap tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, initiating a trade war with the United States’ three largest trading partners. The levies have prompted concerns of higher prices for consumers purchasing cars, refrigerators, produce and other items that […]