In his first term, Trump appointed a record-setting 54 federal appellate judges.
Circuit judges are nominated by presidents and, if confirmed by the Senate, serve lifetime appointments.
This analysis provides an early look at how those appointments will likely reverberate nationwide in terms of dismantling or failing to uphold environmental laws and policy, legal scholars said.
“Long term, it’s going to set a lot of precedent that pushes the law away from environmental pr…
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Donald Trump has criticized the Supreme Court, accusing it of having
"unnecessarily RANSACKED" the United States.
The court
—which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices Trump appointed during his first term
—struck down the president's global tariffs in a 6-3 vote in February.
In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday,
Trump thanked the three justices who sided with him in the case,
but said others
Ex-presidents and prime ministers of Barbados (Freundel Stuart), Dominica (Edison James), Grenada (Tillman Thomas), Guyana (Donald Ramotar), Jamaica (Bruce Golding and PJ Patterson) St. Lucia (Kenny Anthony) and Trinidad & Tobago (Keith Rowley) praised Cuba’s long-standing commitment to their Caribbean neighbours through medical brigades, educational scholarships and and disaster relief.
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed wall text that referred to Trump’s two impeachments
— language that had upset the White House
— when the museum recently replaced a portrait of him in its “America’s Presidents” exhibition.
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It’s sometimes said that presidents pivot toward foreign policy in their second terms.
Unburdened by the prospect of having to face voters again, and sometimes opposed by a hostile Congress, presidents often go overseas in search of a legacy.
If the past week or so is anything to go by, Donald Trump is doing the same.
My colleagues Shelby Holliday and Lara Seligman reported exclusively Tuesday that a large number of U.S. troops and special-operations aircraft have deployed…
Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Donald Trump have had a tense relationship
that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump,
before easing.
Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.
The meeting between the two presidents
— arranged after Trump threatened Mr. Petro with military action
— is meant to de-escalate tensions, diplomats said.
It is also meant to address topics such as “the fight against transnational organized crime, especially on the border,”…