Maryland’s Democratic Senate president blocks anti-Trump redistricting fight
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Trump says he could deploy US military in American cities, claims ‘courts wouldn’t get involved’
President Donald Trump spoke to the press while en route to South Korea on Tuesday aboard Air Force One and
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Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom invoked biblical teachings while criticizing Republican leadership and the Trump administration for the federal government shutdown’s
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A GOP-led House committee takes aim at what it calls Biden’s ‘autopen presidency’
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with University of St. Thomas law professor Mark Osler about the House Oversight Committee’s call for
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A three-judge appeals court panel had ruled in Trump’s favor on deploying National Guard forces. Now a larger panel will
Read MorePentagon orders managers to fire civilian workers with ‘speed and conviction’
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