Trump, Johnson

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Johnson, pressed on Trump 2028, points to Constitution: ‘No path’ to third term presidency
House Speaker Johnson calls Trump's 2028 talk 'trolling' Democrats while ruling out constitutional workaround for third presidential term.

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Mike Johnson says he doesn’t see ‘a path’ to a third Trump term
Top House Republican sees no path forward for third Trump term

Brazil, Trump and United States Senate

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US Senate passes bill to terminate Trump tariffs against Brazil
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump's tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil's prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt.

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Democrats force a Senate vote to block Trump’s tariffs on Brazil
Senate approves bipartisan resolution to end tariffs on Brazil

Trump, Judge and government shutdown

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Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown. U.S.

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Judge blocks Trump's plans for mass layoffs during government shutdown
Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Moving Ahead With Shutdown Layoffs

Trump says Jan. 6 pardons don't undercut law-and-order after rioter charged with new crime

Christopher Moynihan, 34, was charged with one felony count of making a terroristic threat. In 2023, he was sentenced to ...

Speaker Johnson says Trump administration searching ways to pay Capitol Police during shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday the Trump administration is seeking ways to pay the U.S. Capitol Police ...

White House fires commission charged with advising the president on design as Trump pushes construction projects

The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising ...

Trump admin brings Christmas tree from Sierra Nevada to White House amid shutdown

Last year’s Capitol Christmas tree was an 80-foot Sitka spruce harvested in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. In 2023, a ...

Statue of Trump and Epstein Reappears Outside U.S. Capitol in D.C. Days After It Was Removed

Trump's former relationship with Epstein remains a point of contention, particularly among protesters across the world.

White House fires fine arts advisers as Trump's $300 million ballroom plans whirl

The commission is charged with giving expert advice to the president, Congress and the heads of departments on matters of ...

Donald Trump Dreams of More Executions

The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

Trump names Michael Selig to chair CFTC; Selig cites crypto capital goal

U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Michael Selig as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chair, Bloomberg News ...