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White House Counsel Eases Trump’s Path on Aggressive Agenda
David Warrington, the top lawyer inside the West Wing, focuses on “the art of the possible,” as one Trump adviser said.
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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges
No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.
The proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.
Trump Again Escalates Power Grabs in Bid to Fire Fed Member
President Trump claimed he has cause to remove a member of the independent board who has not obeyed his demands to vote for lower interest rates.
Trump’s Own Order on Flag Burning Concedes First Amendment Protections
The president wants to prosecute protesters who desecrate the American flag, but his order concedes that such protests are typically covered by the First Amendment.
President Trump has railed for years against protesters who burn the American flag.
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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?
A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a military event in January. The Trump administration has labeled him a terrorist-cartel leader.
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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?
A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a military event in January. The Trump administration has labeled him a terrorist-cartel leader.
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