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President Donald Trump Signs More Executive Orders

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White House response adds to confusion on federal funding freeze

1:24pm January 29, 2025

A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget appeared to say the freeze was reversed, but the White House said that only the original memo was rescinded, not the freeze itself.

What the reaction to Trump's felony conviction tells us about the word "felon"

Should we stop using the word "felon"?

11:05am June 12, 2024

This week, we're turning our sights on the word "felon", and looking into what it tells us (and can't tell us) about the 19 million people in the U.S. — like Donald Trump and Hunter Biden — carrying that designation around.

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The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

Politics & Government

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

12:57pm April 26, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the Senate chamber after a live quorum call at the U.S. Capitol.

Politics & Government

Sen. Joe Manchin on why he can't endorse Trump, but isn't sold on Biden

3:37pm February 22, 2024

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin talks to NPR's Michel Martin about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, and his decisions against another run for the Senate or a new bid for president.

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E. Jean Carroll leaves a New York court on Friday after a jury order former President Donald Trump $83.3 million for defaming her.

Politics & Government

Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll

7:36pm January 26, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

This is the second time Trump has been ordered pay Carroll. Last year he was mandated by a jury to pay $5 million for a separate instance of defamation.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

Politics & Government

Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case

4:32pm January 09, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Former President Donald Trump speaks after returning from a break during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Oct. 18 in New York City.

Politics & Government

Trump isn't above the law, Justice Department tells a judge

10:39pm October 19, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Prosecutors said the former president should not enjoy blanket immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal election interference case against him.

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with a new count of willful retention of National Defense Information in the case related to his handling of classified documents.

Politics & Government

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case

7:19pm July 27, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

A new defendant was also added the indictment against Trump and his aide Walt Nauta. Carlos de Oliveira was added to the obstruction conspiracy charged in the original indictment.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who is now House speaker, and then-President Trump attend a rally in Bakersfield, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2020. McCarthy said House investigators would play a key role in scrutinizing the investigations into the former president.

Politics & Government

Trump's federal indictment will loom large as Congress returns to session

10:05am June 12, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was elected to the post with Trump's support after 15 contentious rounds of votes, said House Republicans will get to the bottom of the investigation into Trump.

A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

Politics & Government

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

6:00am May 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.