President Trump’s targeting of public benefits would make it harder for noncitizens to accomplish greatness here.
Donald Trump
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Demonstrators nationwide call for protection of Russia probe
Organizers call President Trump’s selection of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general a ‘deliberate attempt to obstruct the special counsel’s investigation.’
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Mainers rally in Augusta to support Mueller probe after Sessions ouster
Dozens gathered on the steps of the State House to cite their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump having forced his attorney general to quit.
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Trump seeks to deny asylum to migrants entering U.S. illegally
Immigration advocacy groups say U.S. law clearly extends asylum protections to anyone who arrives in the U.S., regardless of how they entered.
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Appeals court blocks Trump effort to immediately end DACA
The three-judge panel kept in place an injunction blocking Trump’s decision to phase out the program shielding young immigrants from deportation.
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Sen. King says Congress should act to ensure integrity of Mueller probe
Maine’s newly re-elected senator says that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should not be blocked, and that the Senate Intelligence Committee will continue its own investigation regardless.
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Leonard Pitts: Disappointments aside, progressives got a lot of what they needed in midterms
For what may be the first time ever, Donald Trump now faces accountability.
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Trump ousts attorney general, raising concerns he’ll try to influence Mueller probe
The president replaces Jeff Sessions at least temporarily with Matthew Whitaker, who once said Sessions’ replacement might set Mueller’s budget ‘so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt.’
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Trump, House Democrats on collision course over his tax returns
The president says he won’t release them, but it’s not clear he would have the power to block it.
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Trump says he will take a ‘warlike posture’ if House Democrats investigate him
Democrats who won the House in Tuesday’s elections pledge to be a check on the president’s power.