The Associated Press rebuked the White House after it said one of the outlet's reporters was barred from covering an executive order signing Tuesday afternoon. The barring of the journalist, the AP said in a statement, was in connection with AP's refusal to "align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the...
President Trump said Tuesday he would abide by court rulings if they blocked parts of his agenda amid uproar over comments from some allies about defying the legal system. “I always abide by the courts and then I’ll have to appeal it,” Trump said when asked if he would comply with court orders if they...
The American Bar Association (ABA) issued a statement Tuesday citing concerns with the Trump administration’s comments condemning court orders that blocked some of the president’s executive actions. “These bold assertions, designed to intimidate judges by threatening removal if they do not rule the government's way, cross the line. They create a risk to the physical...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports “entirely unjustified” and said the country would respond “if it comes to that.” “Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be entirely unjustified,” Trudeau said in remarks to reporters on Tuesday. “We are [the] U.S.'s closest ally. Our economies are integrated....
Elon Musk on Tuesday defended the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside President Trump, who invited Musk to speak and sat at the resolute desk as the tech mogul gave a lengthy address. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said in...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be kept out of the Department of Education’s systems until Feb. 17, in an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the University of California student government. In a filing Tuesday, the student government and Education Department came to an agreement to keep all DOGE personnel out of the databases...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said President Trump’s Gaza proposal is “deeply disrespectful” and “unserious.” “I thought it was an unserious proposal,” Shapiro told sports media personality Stephen A. Smith on his show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “I thought it was a proposal that if he actually carried it out the way he...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says Democrats will push for language in the spending bills that need to pass by March 14 that would unwind Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Schumer emphasized that Democrats don’t want...
President Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy in the first month of his new presidency is catching the typically sluggish judiciary flat-footed. More than 50 lawsuits challenging major administration actions have been filed at breakneck speed, leading to whirlwind showdowns in courtrooms across the country that have created challenges for both sides in the legal debate. Justice Department lawyers...