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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News the Trump administration has not communicated with his state on a reported plan to send military forces to Chicago, calling the idea an “invasion” and arguing President Trump has “other aims” aside from cracking down on crime. Asked about a possible military deployment to America’s third-largest city, which was recently reported by The …

Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms  The Washington Post Trump bypasses Congress to cancel nearly $5 billion in foreign aid  CNN Schumer and Collins rage over Trump’s “pocket rescissions”  Axios Trump moves to unilaterally withhold funds, drawing bipartisan calls of illegality  Government Executive Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years …

Neil Young has released a new song lambasting Donald Trump, entitled Big Crime. The Canadian-American rocker has long been a critic of the US president, suing him (but later dropping the lawsuit) over the use of his songs at campaign rallies and calling him “the worst president in the history of our great country”. He has stepped up that criticism …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders while attempting to climb through …

Rock legend Neil Young is ripping Donald Trump with a new song that explicitly blasts the president. “There’s big crime in D.C. at the White House,” Young sings in the chorus of “Big Crime,” which he released Thursday on YouTube with his backing band, the Chrome Hearts. Other lyrics also swipe at Trump, including “don’t need no fascist rules, don’t …

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aimed at ending cashless bail, a criminal justice reform that advocates say actually increases public safety. One order threatens federal funding to state or local governments that offer cashless bail and instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a list of jurisdictions that have “substantially eliminated cash bail” for crimes that pose “a …

President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or that they will lose funding. The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January to recognize people as only male or female and to …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday announced a special session to draw new congressional maps – becoming the latest governor of a Republican-run state to accede to President Donald Trump’ s demands to undertake mid-decade redistricting. Kehoe ordered lawmakers to return to the state capitol next week to take up the map-drawing, along with legislation aimed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

Appeals Court Rules Against Many Trump Tariffs  The New York Times Appeals court strikes down many Trump tariffs, saying he overstepped his authority  CNN The stock market winners and losers if Trump tariff ruling holds  Axios US court rules many of Trump’s global tariffs are illegal  BBC Trump Live Updates: Foreign Aid Spending, Kamala Harris Secret Service Protection and More  The New York Times Source …