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Trump administration puts Minnesota counties on immigration 'sanctuary' watch list

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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has put 20 Minnesota counties, the state’s two largest cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the state government on notice that they’re in defiance of federal immigration law.

On Thursday evening, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a nationwide list of municipalities, counties and ...Read more

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Tariff ruling threatens a $2 trillion fiscal hole in Trump plan

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The court ruling that blocked much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs threatens to blow what some economists estimate as a $2 trillion hole into the U.S. fiscal outlook over the coming decade, should the judgment stay in place.

The ruling could also present a new obstacle for Republicans who are relying on the revenue to help ...Read more

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Duke University, Davidson College face 'woke' tax in proposed 'big beautiful bill'

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Two schools in North Carolina — Duke University and Davidson College — may end up caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s attempts to rein in “woke, elite” institutions.

House Republicans have proposed increasing taxes on Duke and Davidson’s endowments from 1.4% to 7%. That leaves university officials, and even at least ...Read more

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Once, international students feared Beijing's wrath. Now Trump is the threat

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American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that cross Beijing’s sensitive political lines.

Universities still fear that consequence today, but the most immediate threat is no longer posed by the Chinese government. Now, as the latest punishment meted ...Read more

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Office for sale -- Trump's cryptocurrency self-dealings corrupt Washington

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President Donald Trump has been forthright and transparent in his desire to enrich himself with his cryptocurrency memecoin profiting off of his high public office. Trump is beyond shame, but this corrupt debasement of the Oval Office is accepted by so many who should know better, including his fellow Republicans.

Unlike the hundreds of other ...Read more

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Trump's policy reversals -- A new way to govern?

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“If all else fails, push the start button, look for smoke, and repair what is burning.” During my 15 years working with industry, this was common advice when dealing with troublesome complex electric controls that just would not respond to a more scientific analysis. And it worked. Should we expect a president hellbent on changing the world ...Read more

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Trump declares Baltimore, other Maryland cities and counties to be 'sanctuary' jurisdictions

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President Donald Trump’s administration has declared Baltimore City, the state of Maryland and multiple counties and cities within the Old Line State to be “sanctuary” jurisdictions violating federal immigration laws — a move that could lead to grant cuts and other penalties for the city.

The move comes 31 days after Trump issued an ...Read more

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Trump administration formally names Philly, other Pa. jurisdictions as impeding federal immigration enforcement

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Philadelphia stood among 16 Pennsylvania cities and counties named Thursday night on the Trump administration’s list of sanctuary jurisdictions, places now to receive formal notice of what the president calls non-compliance with federal immigration law.

Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties also were put on the list. So were the cities of...Read more

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Trump administration deems Las Vegas a 'sanctuary jurisdiction' for undocumented immigrants

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LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is one of hundreds of jurisdictions across the U.S. that the Department of Homeland Security labeled as a so-called “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, a classification the mayor and Nevada’s governor rejects.

“These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to ...Read more

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Larry Hoover 'deserves to be in prison,' Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder whose sentence was commuted

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CHICAGO — A day after President Donald Trump’s stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president’s praises while Chicago’s new FBI boss told the Tribune he “deserves to be in prison.”

Trump abruptly ended Hoover’s long quest to...Read more

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Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell meet amid spat over interest rates

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump met for the first time in the president’s second term and sent mixed messages over their long-running spat over interest rates.

The Fed, in a statement, said the top central banker did not discuss interest rates at the White House meeting with Trump. The president has berated ...Read more

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Appeals court temporarily halts Trump tariff ruling

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to immediately block a lower court ruling that barred the United States from implementing tariffs involving dozens of countries.

Hours later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit put a temporary administrative halt to the lower court order, at least ...Read more

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Trump wins tariff reprieve as trade agenda faces court rollback

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court offered President Donald Trump a temporary reprieve from a ruling threatening to throw out the bulk of his sweeping tariff agenda, offering at least some hope to a White House now facing substantial new restrictions on its effort to rewrite the global trading order.

The administration celebrated the order ...Read more

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Mich. Gov. Whitmer says Trump previously told her he'd 'drop' pardon considerations for kidnap conspirators

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President Donald Trump told Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier this year that he would not pursue pardons for individuals convicted in a kidnapping plot against the governor, Whitmer told the Michigan Public Radio Network Thursday.

The second-term Democratic governor said she plans to contact the White House and remind Trump aides of that ...Read more

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Philly band Low Cut Connie releases Trump protest song 'Livin in the USA'

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PHILADELPHIA — Bruce Springsteen isn’t the only New Jersey-raised artist using his music to protest against the Trump administration.

Add Adam Weiner of Philly band Low Cut Connie to the list. Weiner, who grew up in Cherry Hill and lives in South Philly, has released a new song, “Livin in the USA,” which speaks to the anxiety and ...Read more

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Supreme Court curtails judicial scrutiny of environmental reviews

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court narrowed federal judicial scrutiny of environmental reviews by federal agencies, ruling Thursday that courts should defer to agency decisions about the scope and content of statements on the environmental effects of a project.

The decision also finds that while those agency impact statements need to address the ...Read more

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Trump pardons former New York Rep. Michael Grimm

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Rep. Michael G. Grimm is on the public record.

The Department of Justice released pardon documents Thursday, a day after reports that the president had issued them. A White House official confirmed the New York Republican’s pardon ahead of the official release.

The pardon, one of a ...Read more

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Rep. Bill Huizenga considering launching US Senate campaign this summer

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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, a Republican from Holland, said Thursday that he's considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2026 and could announce his campaign as soon as this summer.

"I want to make sure we win," Huizenga told reporters at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. "I want to make sure we...Read more

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US asks appeals court to immediately block Trump tariff ruling

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to immediately block a lower court ruling that barred the United States from implementing tariffs involving dozens of countries.

The government said in the filing that it plans to seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court on Friday if it doesn’t get “at ...Read more

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Supreme Court sharply limits environmental impact statements in victory for developers

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the reach of environmental impact statements in a victory for developers.

The justices said these claims of the potential impact on the environment have been used too often to delay or block new projects.

“A 1970 legislative acorn has grown over the years into a judicial oak that ...Read more

 

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