Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
Tag: Presidential Power (US)
U.N. Says Strikes on Boats Trump Claims Are Smuggling Drugs Are Illegal
The U.N.’s human rights chief condemned deadly military attacks on vessels near South and Central America and called for an independent investigation.
Young People Suing Trump Over Climate Have Their Day in Federal Court
They claim Trump’s executive orders are unconstitutional. The government says their lawsuit should be thrown out. The two sides are set to clash this week in Montana.
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.
The Frightening Precedents for Trump’s ‘Legal Abyss’
The ‘dual-state theory’ explains how authoritarians bend the law to their will.
Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
A U.S. senator was allowed to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, but he was denied access to where Mr. Abrego Garcia had been held. What is that prison like?
Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.
Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations
Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants asked the justices to keep in place a pause on President Trump’s deportation plan, calling it “completely at odds” with limited wartime authority given by Congress.
Trump’s Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality
Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working. But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.