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Judge: White House Must Give Radio Free Europe Its $12M

The money had been appropriated by Congress

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years. US District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, granted the temporary restraining order...

Trump Fires Biden Nominees to Holocaust Memorial Council

'To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous,' Doug Emhoff says

(Newser) - President Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden's nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris. The board oversees the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  • Emhoff, who is Jewish and who led the Biden administration's efforts
...

Democrat Is First to File Articles of Impeachment

Michigan's Shri Thanedar introduces measure destined to go nowhere

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker has found his own way of marking President Trump's first 100 days—by unveiling seven articles of impeachment. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan introduced his resolution on Monday, accusing Trump of "tyrannical overreach" with his second-term policies on everything from mass government layoffs to deportations,...

White House Is Not Happy With Amazon&#39;s Reported Tariff Plan
Amazon: No, We're Not
Adding a Tariff Label
UPDATED
Apr 29, 2025 12:50 PM CDT

Amazon: No, We're Not Adding a Tariff Label

Company responds after heavy criticism from the White House

(Newser) - The Trump administration is taking none too kindly to reports that Amazon might slap labels on their imported wares letting consumers know how much tariffs affected the price . "I just got off the phone with the president about ... Amazon's announcement. This is a hostile and political act by...

Danish King Drops In to Visit Greenland

Denmark appears to be underscoring its ties in light of Trump's demands to take over the island

(Newser) - King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, reports the AP , kicking off a visit to the semiautonomous territory that President Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location. Frederik's trip to the island's capital city of Nuuk follows the new Greenlandic prime minister'...

They're 'Using the Civil Rights Division Against Civil Rights'

Lawyers flee DOJ office as it shifts focus to 'woke ideology,' anti-Christian bias

(Newser) - Half of the lawyers employed by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have left their jobs in recent weeks as a new director brings the office in line with President Trump's agenda, the Washington Post reports. Harmeet Dhillon, a California lawyer who represented Trump in challenging the 2020...

The Trump Presidency at 100 Days
Trump Slams 100-Day Polls,
Late-Night Hosts Disagree
the rundown
Apr 29, 2025 6:38 AM CDT

Trump Slams 100-Day Polls, Late-Night Hosts Disagree

Tuesday is president's 100th day of his second term

(Newser) - Tuesday is President Trump's 100th day of his new term, and he plans to mark the occasion with a speech in Michigan later in the evening outside Detroit, reports CBS News . In the meantime, there is no shortage of 100-day assessments.
  • Polls: Trump's approval rating has dropped , particularly
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Deported Moms' Only Option Was to Take Kids: Lawyer

Lawyer refutes Trump administration's insistence that moms chose to keep kids with them

(Newser) - The Trump administration insists the two mothers recently deported along with their young children—despite the fact that those children are US citizens , and one of them has cancer— chose to take their children with them . A lawyer representing one of the families says that's not so. "Here...

Trump Order Aims to 'Unleash' Law Enforcement

Executive orders aim to bolster law enforcement, punish sanctuary cities

(Newser) - Among President Trump's latest executive orders is one promising to strengthen and "unleash" the country's law enforcement. The order calls for resources to be directed toward the legal defense of law enforcement officers who find themselves incurring "expenses and liabilities" related to actions carried out in...

Trump's Order Returns to English Rule for Truck Drivers

Law has been in effect, but president says it isn't being enforced

(Newser) - President Trump's latest executive order calls for enforcing a measure already on the books—a federal law requiring proficiency in English for commercial truck drivers. In signing the measure on Monday evening, per the AP , Trump said the "requirement has not been enforced in years, and America's...

Many but Not All Eagles Celebrate With Trump

Quarterback Jalen Hurts is among the no-shows at White House Super Bowl party

(Newser) - President Trump hosted the 2025 Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House on Monday—though several players, including quarterback Jalen Hurts, skipped the celebration. Hurts and other players cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons for their absences, according to a White House official, the AP reports. Still, the...

Donor&#39;s Newspaper Rips Trump Pardon of Ally, Fraudster
Big Donor's Paper
Rips Trump Pardon
Apr 28, 2025 6:15 PM CDT

Big Donor's Paper Rips Trump Pardon

Miriam Adelson put $300M into a campaign PAC for Trump

(Newser) - A Nevada newspaper owned by a megadonor to President Trump has harshly criticized the president's pardon last week of a local political operative convicted of fraud, calling the action "a debasement of presidential pardon power." The editorial published Friday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which is owned...

In Academia, Top Schools Unite in Private Against Trump

Wall Street Journal reports on 'collective' made up top leaders at colleges and universities

(Newser) - Colleges and universities appear to be digging in against demands from the Trump administration—as evidenced by Harvard—and the most powerful resistance might be one evolving in private. The Wall Street Journal reports that leaders at some of the most prestigious schools have formed what the newspaper calls a...

Trump: This Time, 'I Run the Country and the World'

President talks to the Atlantic about his first 100 days

(Newser) - The Atlantic is out with a deeply reported piece on President Trump to mark the first 100 days of his second term, a story that incorporates an interview with him. And in that interview, Trump makes a remarkable statement:
  • "The first time, I had two things to do—run
...

Trump Urges Canadians to Vote for Becoming 51st State

'Stay out of our election," Conservative leader tells him

(Newser) - Canadians are voting in a federal election today—and President Trump apparently believes they should vote for him. In a post on Truth Social , Trump repeated his call for the US to annex Canada, a move not supported by any of the major—or minor—parties on the ballot. "...

Border Czar: US Didn't 'Deport' 3 Children

Controversy surrounds fate of young American citizens sent to Honduras with their mothers

(Newser) - The US flew three children who were American citizens out of the country and to Honduras with their mothers last week. But were those children "deported?" Depends on whom you ask.
  • "No US citizen child was deported," insisted border czar Tom Homan on CBS' Face the Nation
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Trump Makes Columbus Day Columbus Day Again

Biden recognized Indigenous Peoples Day as activists shifted focus, but Trump will not

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he is "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes" and that he will not recognize Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, the AP reports. "The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians...

JB Pritzker Slams 'Do-Nothing Democrats'

Illinois governor goes on the offense against his fellow Democrats in speech

(Newser) - JB Pritzker gave the keynote address at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner Sunday night, and the Illinois governor was not pulling punches—against his own party. Instead of listening to their actual constituents, Pritzker said, Democratic lawmakers heed the words of "a bunch of...

Prime Minister's Message: Greenland Isn't a Property

In Denmark, Nielsen criticizes lack of respect from US

(Newser) - Standing with his counterpart in Denmark, Greenland's prime minister on Sunday accused the US government of treating his people disrespectfully, answering President Trump's desire for a takeover by saying his homeland "will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone."...

Russia Sends 149 Drones Into Ukraine After Trump Post

'There is no military solution to this war,' Rubio says

(Newser) - Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said—the day after President Trump posted skepticism over Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war. Three people died, and four were wounded in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in the...

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