President Donald Trump and his administration are acting like they don’t need to listen to the Supreme Court — even going so far as to publicly pretend the high court told them they have no obligation to send back a man they illegally shipped to El Salvador’s infamous torture prison. …
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Police have arrested a man they allege set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion early on Sunday, while Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping. Shapiro and his family evacuated, and no one was injured. The Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that it has charged …
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In a health summary worthy of North Korean propaganda, Donald Trump‘s doctor cited his “frequent victories in golf” when discussing the president’s “well-being.” It has been widely reported that Trump is notorious for cheating at golf and claiming victory in tournaments he never won or that he never even played …
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The Trump administration had announced tariffs on products from China only to walk back that decision on Friday, issuing an exemption from astronomical 145 percent reciprocal tariffs for smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electronic devices — although other tariffs would still apply. But on Sunday, the administration had senior White …
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So many of the events and policies of the past three months of Donald Trump’s second presidency can be understood as downstream from one simple, Republican Party-wide organizing principle. That is, Trump aims to severely punish and brutalize his enemies, big and small, even if they didn’t do anything illegal …
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A former top federal vaccine official spoke on the danger of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. giving “false hope” to people as the Health and Human Services secretary recently promised to identify the “cause” of autism by September. “There are people, probably, who are hearing me now who know that I …
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Days after the Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to “facilitate” the return of a man his administration illegally shipped to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador — allegedly the result of an “administrative error” — Trump’s administration is saying it has no responsibility to actually bring him home. Trump said …
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A day after the Supreme Court ordered that PresidentDonald Trump’s administration return an innocent Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious El Salvadoran mega-prison, the president said that he would respect the high court’s decision. “If the Supreme Court said bring somebody back I would do that. I respect the …
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Donald Trump and his White House have moved to deport green-card holders for espousing pro-Palestinian views, shipped hundreds of migrants to a notorious Salvadoran mega-prison without due process (in defiance of a judge’s order), and are now publicly musing about sending United States citizens to prison in El Salvador. Trump …
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Elon Musk, who owns one of the world’s biggest social media platforms, has spent many millions of dollars on politics as he helps Donald Trump slash the federal government and continue the administration’s attack on immigrants. Now, Musk is saying that he is losing the “propaganda war,” potentially through his …
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