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President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation's unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Trump's aides should be "wondering about the man's sanity" after Wednesday's speech. "This is utterly divorced from reality." Though Trump blames former President Biden for the poor economy, Baker notes that Trump had inherited an "incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable."
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The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Trump.
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Former immigration judge Tania Nemer, who was fired in February, is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that she was discriminated against despite strong performance reviews. Nemer is one of about 100 immigration judges who have been fired or reassigned since Trump took office. The system is notoriously backlogged, with more than 3 million cases pending. "I was pulled away in the middle of the hearing," she says.
Nemer filed a discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice, which officials dismissed, citing Article II of the Constitution on presidential powers. "I've been practicing employment law and representing federal employees for almost 30 years, and I have never seen a federal agency dismiss a complaint for this reason," says Nemer's attorney, James Eisenmann.
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GOP lawmakers are battling the same distractions as in Trump's first term despite talk of stability in the West Wing.
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The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 "warrior dividend" bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
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The $6 billion deal between Trump's social media and cryptocurrency company and TAE Technologies aimed at bringing fusion energy to the market raises conflict of interest questions.
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The move may reassure China hawks who are uncertain about the president's commitment to the self-governing democracy.
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The president's approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.
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The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith was giving a closed-door deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. He had asked to testify in public.
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Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump's orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's leader, vowed resistance.
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The Pentagon said it was initiating a "command investigation" into the senator, another extraordinary step as the Trump administration seeks retribution against the president's perceived foes.
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Critics fear this is a step toward the United States declaring war on Caracas.
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Even adversaries of Jack Smith, the former special counsel, conceded that his tight-lipped, painstaking approach made tripping him up particularly difficult.
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The Atlanta-area district attorney called President Trump and his allies "criminals" while being questioned by a Georgia Senate committee on Wednesday.
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The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
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Some Democratic lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics during a hearing on Thursday.
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