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NICHOLAS RICCARDI

NICHOLAS RICCARDI

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Political|US

ACLU asks judge to force Trump administration to say if it violated court order

Two prominent legal groups are asking a federal judge to force officials in the Trump administration to explain under oath whether they violated the judge’s court order temporarily barring deportations by removing more than 200 people from the U.S. after the order was issued

ACLU asks judge to force Trump administration to say if it violated court order
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
Political|US|World

Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks

President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attempt to change the federal government without congressional approval

Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks
Americas|Crime|Political|US

Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked just hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States

Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later
Political|US|World

Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations

President Donald Trump is ordering his administration to gut Voice of America and other pro-democracy media organizations run by the U.S. government

Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
Election|Political|US

'Scum,' 'crooked' elections and 'corrupt' media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered

'Scum,' 'crooked' elections and 'corrupt' media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department
MidEast|Political|US

Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it

President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term

Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it
Economy|Political|US

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters

Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
Crime|Election|Political|US

Justice Department is reviewing prosecution of Colorado clerk who supported Trump’s election lies

The Department of Justice is reviewing the prosecution of a former Colorado clerk who was convicted in state court of helping President Donald Trump's supporters access confidential data about the 2020 election and is supporting her bid to get out of jail

Justice Department is reviewing prosecution of Colorado clerk who supported Trump’s election lies
Election|Political|US

Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy

During his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has worked to tear down the federal government and attack long-standing institutions

Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy
Business|Economy|Political|Technology|US

Trump and Musk aren't the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions

When Bill Clinton came to Washington as president, his Democratic administration used corporate know-how and the new internet to streamline the federal bureaucracy as part of the “Reinventing Government” push

Trump and Musk aren't the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions
Election|Europe|Political|US|World

Hungary's transformation into an 'electoral autocracy' has parallels to Trump's second term

U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary's Viktor Orbán as an inspiration for a right-wing America, and the prime minister has become a close ally of President Donald Trump

Hungary's transformation into an 'electoral autocracy' has parallels to Trump's second term
Election|Political|US

Trump's third-term musings seem more a tease than a pledge

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution

Trump's third-term musings seem more a tease than a pledge
Political|Technology|US

Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk

Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk

Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk
Crime|Political|Technology|US

Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government

Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D

Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Business|Political|US

Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis

Donald Trump's effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand his power in the first days of his presidency

Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis
Election|Political|US

Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country's past leaders and makes sweeping promises

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems

Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country's past leaders and makes sweeping promises
Election|News|US

New Hampshire secretary of state won't block Trump from ballot in key presidential primary state

New Hampshire’s top election official says he will not invoke an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to block former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state that will hold the first Republican presidential primary next year

Election|News|US

Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting

Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
Election|News|US

Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation

The Colorado judge overseeing the lawsuit attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from The White House using a rare constitutional clause has issued an order prohibiting threats and intimidation regarding the case

Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation
News|Opinion|US

Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that attempts to kick him off the presidential ballot under a rarely used constitutional clause for engaging in “insurrection” are improper attempts to interfere with his freedom of speech

Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot
Election|News|US

Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' aggressive start in the second Republican presidential debate was among its key moments

Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways
Election|News|US

Another suit to disqualify Trump under the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause is filed in Michigan

A liberal group has filed a lawsuit in Michigan seeking to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the White House under a rarely-used clause in the U.S. Constitution

Another suit to disqualify Trump under the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause is filed in Michigan
Crime|News|Opinion|US

Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president

Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested that America’s top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer

Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president
News

Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP

Dysfunction within the Republican Party isn’t limited to the leadership chaos in the House of Representatives playing out in the nation’s capital

Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP

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