Getty Images Judge James Boasberg has clashed with Trump’s team over recent deportations A US federal judge has given President Donald Trump’s officials a one-week deadline to comply with his court order or risk being found in contempt of court – potentially setting up a historic clash between two equally powerful branches of government. Judge...
Donald Trump has attacked the head of the US central bank for not cutting interest rates, stating that Jerome Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough!”. The US president took to social media to renew his criticism of Powell ahead of the third interest rate cut this year by European Central Bank (ECB). On Thursday, it...
Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House’s sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, after the institution said it would not bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make...
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The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties have been grilled about their response to US President Donald Trump and clashed over energy and housing in their first televised debate of the country’s election campaign. The French-language face-off marked a key moment in the election as it gave leaders a chance to woo voters in...
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders,” Judge James Boasberg said in his order. On Wednesday, United States District Judge James Boasberg issued an opinion finding that the Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court when they refused to abide by one of his rulings relating to the deportation of Venezuelan...
Until this week, it had been decades since anyone mentioned Bob Jones University. Thanks to Harvard’s fight with Donald Trump, the school has become more relevant than it has since 1983. Over the last couple of days, the fight between Trump and Harvard has escalated rapidly. To continue qualifying for federal funds, the administration requires...
District Judge James Boasberg issued a ruling today that basically finds the Trump administration in contempt for deportation flights that took place contrary to an order he issued last month. The judge also gives the Trump administration one week to correct its behavior and potentially avoid the contempt finding. US District Judge James Boasberg ruled...
Getty Images A US judge has said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for “wilful disregard” of an order to halt the departure of deportation flights carrying more than 200 people to El Salvador last month. The administration had invoked a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to...
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Donald Trump’s administration is accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud, and has made a criminal referral to the the justice department seeking federal prosecution. Officials with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) allege James falsified bank and property records to receive better loan agreements, an administration official told the BBC. James...
When all you have is a hammer, everything becomes a nail. Trump hatred is the hammer, and liberals keep hitting their own heads with it in their zeal to pound MAGA and Trump into fleshy pancaked human beings. CNN just made the claim that political violence is basically a right-wing tactic–a fascinating claim that stands...
Former US President Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving the White House to attack the work of his successor, Donald Trump. Speaking at a conference in Chicago, Biden said Trump has “done so much damage and so much destruction” in his first days in office. Read full article at source...
Robin Levinson-King and Mike Wendling BBC News Watch: ‘It’s not right’ – Students react to Trump freezing Harvard’s federal funding Harvard University says it will not acquiesce to US President Donald Trump’s demands – federal funding or no. “No government – regardless of which party is in power – should dictate what private universities can...
Nomia Iqbal and Brandon Drenon BBC News Getty Images Protesters gather outside a federal court in Maryland on 15 April over the case of Kilmar Ábrego García A federal judge has given the Trump administration two weeks to submit evidence on how it is trying to return a Maryland man who officials have conceded was...