Benny Johnson Was Fired for Plagiarism. At the White House, He’s Embraced.
Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration. Source: Original News
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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery. Source: Original News
Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
Judge Jia M. Cobb rejected what she called “a truly startling argument” from the government that it could use a fast-track procedure to remove people arrested far from the southern border. Source: Original News
Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency. Source: Original News
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning. Source: Original News
Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court
The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court. Source: Original News
Appeals Court Upholds Protections for Venezuelans, but to Little Effect
The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations anyway. Source: Original News
For Democrats, Hindsight Is 2021
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C. Source: Original News
How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views. Source: Original News
Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges
No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life. Source: Original News