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Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court
Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court Prisoners stand in a cell as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon A federal […]
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Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy
Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy The new plan will shrink the Health and Human Services workforce from more than 82,000 to 62,000 employees. Sarah Stierch via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, […]
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Trump is not a king – but that doesn’t stop him from reveling in his job’s most ceremonial and exciting parts
Trump is not a king – but that doesn’t stop him from reveling in his job’s most ceremonial and exciting parts President Donald Trump speaks with Elon Musk next to a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Heads of state are the symbolic […]
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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war Prison guards transfer alleged Venezuelan gang members to a detention center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. El Salvador presidential press office via AP As President Donald Trump often promised […]
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Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill?
Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill? U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was one of 10 Democrats who voted to break the filibuster on the GOP funding bill. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Facing a threat of imminent government shutdown, nine Democrats joined GOP Senate colleagues […]
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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries Syrian army special forces in 2005, wearing pictures of their president, Bashar Assad, his father, Hafez, and brother, Basil, on their uniform, stand guard at a Lebanese military air base. Patrick Baz/AFP […]
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Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government. His administration has frozen federal grants, issued executive orders aligned with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, and, most prominently, created what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. DOGE […]
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The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate
The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate In the 1920s, some Americans' concern for a U.S. in decline led to a rise in various discriminatory policies and movements that hurt vulnerable minorities. iStock/Getty Images Plus As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies and executive orders […]
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Mass layoffs at Education Department signal Trump’s plan to gut the agency
Mass layoffs at Education Department signal Trump’s plan to gut the agency The Department of Education is seen on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the […]
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How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones
How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones Soft power is lower-risk and lower-cost than hard power strategies. A Mokhtari/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State […]
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