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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico […]
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RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein, Lauren Weber, Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a divided panel of senators Wednesday, with Democrats deeply critical of the vaccine skeptic’s bid to serve as America’s top health official, and Republicans insisting that the former liberal was the right choice to lead a nearly $2 […]
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RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein, Lauren Weber, Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a divided panel of senators Wednesday, with Democrats deeply critical of the vaccine skeptic’s bid to serve as America’s top health official, and Republicans insisting that the former liberal was the right choice to lead a nearly $2 […]
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What federal workers should know about Trump administration’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer
By Daniel Wu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The White House announced details Tuesday of a “deferred resignation” offer it made to federal employees that allows them to resign with pay through Sept. 30. Here’s what we know about the offer, which affects the majority of the 2.3 million workers employed by the government and was […]
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What federal workers should know about Trump administration’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer
By Daniel Wu · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The White House announced details Tuesday of a “deferred resignation” offer it made to federal employees that allows them to resign with pay through Sept. 30. Here’s what we know about the offer, which affects the majority of the 2.3 million workers employed by the government and was […]