Articles filed under Donald Trump
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Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with TrumpJan 23, 2025 8:59 am - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.
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Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker’s threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditionsJan 23, 2025 7:43 am - California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's policy agenda in a deeply divided Congress at the outset of his second term.
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Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspensionJan 22, 2025 1:05 pm - Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.S. troops.
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Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal billsJan 22, 2025 1:01 pm - It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
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White House sidelines staffers detailed to National Security Council, aligning team to Trump agendaJan 22, 2025 11:57 am - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda, Trump administration officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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How Trump’s security clearances order could make the U.S. vulnerableJan 22, 2025 8:32 am - President Donald Trump’s plan to grant temporary security clearances to anyone he chooses opens the door to breaches and even espionage, experts and former officials say.
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Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrantsJan 22, 2025 8:00 am - President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers who are in the United States illegally.
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcementJan 22, 2025 7:46 am - The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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‘Individual rights are under attack’: Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers assess Trump’s first two daysJan 21, 2025 5:51 pm - About 2,000 undocumented immigrants could be deported from Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says.
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What’s next for EVs under President Trump?Jan 21, 2025 3:49 pm - President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he labels “the electric vehicle mandate” imposed under former President Joe Biden.