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Supreme Court lifts order blocking Trump from using Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members

DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg had blocked President Trump from invoking the rarely used wartime law last month, and later extended his temporary restraining order until at least April 12.

April 7, 2025

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RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

Kennedy, a former environmental lawyer, has called fluoride a “dangerous neurotoxin” and said also it’s been associated with arthritis, bone breaks, and thyroid disease.

April 7, 2025

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Trump Says the U.S. and Iran Will Hold ‘Direct’ Nuclear Talks

President Trump pulled out of the last Iran nuclear accord in 2018, and negotiators from the two nations have not met face-to-face since.

April 7, 2025

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Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?

Elon Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy?

April 7, 2025

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Maine Sues U.S.D.A. Over Public School Lunch Funding Amid Title IX Fight

The federal lawsuit is the latest escalation of Gov. Janet Mills’s standoff with the Trump administration over the issue of transgender athletes.

April 7, 2025

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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft balked at having one of its partners represent Donald Trump in his criminal cases. Now the firm is among those that have been pushed to agree to a deal with the White House.

April 7, 2025

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Trump admin planning grand parade on Army’s 250th anniversary — and president’s 79th birthday: DC mayor

Trump has long set his sights on a blockbuster military parade in DC.

April 7, 2025

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Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs

Dozens of foreign governments were trying to appeal to the president to have steep tariffs rolled back, but the president and his advisers have indicated negotiations could be difficult.

April 7, 2025

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Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House

Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.

April 7, 2025

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