Articles filed under Political Figures
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Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spendingJun 10, 2025 1:08 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was met with sharp questions and criticism Tuesday by lawmakers who demanded details on his move to deploy troops to Los Angeles, and they expressed bipartisan frustration that Congress has not yet gotten a full defense budget from the Trump administration.
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‘Democracy is under assault’: Newsom responds to Trump’s military deployment in LAJun 10, 2025 8:59 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed an emergency request in federal court Tuesday to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health researchJun 10, 2025 8:26 am - In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. “Dissent,” he sai...
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Trump’s new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcementJun 09, 2025 1:24 pm - President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president's escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.
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Pritzker preps for House committee showdown with help from top Biden attorneyJun 09, 2025 10:40 am - Gov. JB Pritzker has retained a powerful Washington, D.C., law firm to help navigate dicey political waters ahead of a high-profile appearance before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday.
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California governor plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protestsJun 09, 2025 7:36 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump in response to the administration's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets in Los Angeles.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in placeJun 06, 2025 10:38 am - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of his plan to dismantle the agency.
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Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign studentsJun 06, 2025 9:04 am - A federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University.
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Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car companyJun 06, 2025 6:53 am - Investors bought hundreds of billions of dollars of Tesla stock after Donald Trump was elected on a bet that politics were more important than profits.In three hours Thursday, they learned yet again how dangerous that gamble could be.
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Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraftJun 06, 2025 6:49 am - As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. A few hours later, Musk said he wouldn't follow through on the threat.