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Breaking down Trump's claims about Biden using an autopen
President Trump claims some of Joe Biden's pardons are "void" because the former president allegedly used an autopen. CBS News political director Fin Gómez examines the history and ...CBS News - Mar. 17 -
Trump Is Breaking Things. They Can’t All Be Fixed by the Courts.
Trump’s goal isn’t necessarily to win. It’s to break it all.The New York Times - 5d -
No evidence for Trump claim about 'void' Biden pardons and autopen
President Trump claims 'many' of Biden's pardons are void because they were signed automatically and not by hand.BBC News - Mar. 17 -
Trump makes unsupported claim Biden pardons are ‘void’ as he used autopen
President claims without evidence that January 6 panel members’ pre-emptive clemency was not signed personally. Donald Trump claimed on Monday, without offering evidence, that pardons signed by ...The Guardian - Mar. 17 -
New report casts significant doubt on Musk’s and Trump’s government-fraud claims
It’s yet another setback for Elon Musk’s claim of a $1 trillion “DOGE dividend.”MarketWatch - Mar. 13 -
Trump claims Putin will be more 'generous' in peace talks than 'difficult' Ukraine
Even though President Donald Trump threatened Russia with sanctions, he claimed President Vladamir Putin is more "generous" when it comes to ending the war.ABC News - Mar. 7 -
Trump makes some false or misleading claims to justify Canada tariffs
President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canadian goods, citing trade imbalances and drug trafficking. But many of his claims exaggerate or misrepresent the facts.CBS News - Mar. 13 -
Trump claims Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee 'void, vacant'
President Donald Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden's pardons of members of the committee and others were "void, vacant, and of no future force of effect."ABC News - Mar. 17 -
No evidence of coordinated vandalism of Teslas despite Musk and Trump claims
Law enforcement and extremism experts find no evidence of coordinated attacks on Teslas, despite claims from CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.NBC News - 4d -
Karl Rove: Trump claims of DOGE 'fraud' discoveries will backfire
Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump’s claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered “hundreds of billions” in government “fraud” will backfire when ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Trump administration claims Mahmoud Khalil misrepresented green card application info
The government claimed Palestinian protester Mahmoud Khalil intentionally misrepresented information on his green card application and is inadmissible to the U.S.ABC News - 1d -
Breaking down the biggest roles of the Department of Education as Trump prepares action
President Trump is preparing to take executive action to dismantle the Department of Education. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes breaks down the biggest roles of the federal ...CBS News - 5d -
Trump: 'I may give a lot of countries breaks’ on reciprocal tariffs
President Trump on Monday signaled he may provide exemptions for certain countries when his administration imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports next week. “I may give a lot of countries breaks. ...The Hill - 1d -
3 claims about the Department of Education and what it really does
President Donald Trump and his allies continue to make false claims about education in the country.ABC News - Mar. 14 -
Trump claims Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void' because he used an autopen
Trump claimed without evidence that his predecessor’s pardons for members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol are invalid because then-President Joe Biden ...NBC News - Mar. 17 -
Top intel officials claim no classified information was shared in group chat with journalist
President Donald Trump’s top intelligence officials claimed on Tuesday that they did not share any classified materials in a group text about U.S. military plans that inadvertently included a ...NBC News - 7h -
Top intel officials claim no classified information was shared in group chat with journalist
President Donald Trump’s top intelligence officials claimed Tuesday that they did not share any classified materials in a group text about U.S. military plans that inadvertently included a journalist.NBC News - 7h -
Top intel officials claim no classified information was shared in group chat with journalist
President Donald Trump’s top intelligence officials claimed Tuesday that they did not share any classified materials in a group text about U.S. military plans that inadvertently included a journalist.NBC News - 7h -
Trump administration briefing: judge incredulous at deportations defense; Doge workers break into building
White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela flights; Elon Musk’s Doge workers break into non-government agency – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance. The Trump ...The Guardian - Mar. 18 -
Canadian PM Mark Carney calls for snap election, says Trump won’t 'break us'
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a federal election to take place next month, noting that President Trump won’t “break” Canadians. “I have just asked the Governor General to dissolve ...The Hill - 2d -
U.S. jobless claims still showed few private-sector layoffs, but more ex-federal workers got benefits
The private sector is still culling very few jobs, the latest report on jobless claims shows, but more federal workers fired by the Trump administration are applying for benefits.MarketWatch - 5d -
Trump’s claim to revoke Biden’s pardons is bunk
There is no historical or Supreme Court precedent for “revoking” a predecessor’s pardon.The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Ukraine war live: Trump claims deal on Ukraine minerals is close amid US and Russia ceasefire talks
US president believes rare earths deal to be signed ‘soon’; Ukraine delegation to meet US officials as Kremlin claims it has suspended infrastructure strikes despite ongoing attacks. US and ...The Guardian - 1d -
Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That.
The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations ...The New York Times - Mar. 18 -
Bolton claims Trump’s threat of sanctions on Russia is ‘totally hollow’
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton brushed off President Trump's recent threat to impose sanctions on Russia over its continued strikes in Ukraine as peace talks are underway. ...The Hill - Mar. 8 -
Trump claims Biden's pardons of Jan. 6 committee members are "void"
President Trump is questioning former President Joe Biden's signature on preemptive pardons issued to the members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...CBS News - Mar. 17 -
Putin likely to push for recognition of land claims in Ukraine during call with Trump
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are speaking Tuesday about the war in Ukraine. While Putin has said he accepts the idea of a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy ...CBS News - Mar. 18 -
‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims
Brother of Francisco Javier García Casique spotted him in a video showing scores of Venezuelan prisoners being taken to notorious El Salvador prison. Donald Trump ’s White House has described the ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets
Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador. The Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing ...The Guardian - 6h -
Lawrence O'Donnell taking break: 'I'm exhausted at Day 52' of Trump administration
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell announced he'd be taking a week off from his nightly show, citing his "exhaustion" with the first few weeks of President Trump's second term. “I’m exhausted at Day 52, ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
What is an autopen at center of Biden pardon claims?
President Trump said Monday he thinks last-minute pardons from former President Biden are “void” due to them being signed with an autopen. Biden pardoned multiple political enemies of the president ...The Hill - Mar. 17 -
Trump means business for corporate America — but not 'business as usual'
If anyone other than the president himself claims to know what antitrust policy will be under Trump 2.0, be wary.The Hill - Mar. 10 -
How Are Democrats Responding to Trump?
The Democratic party is still grasping for a coherent response to the new Trump administration. Lisa Lerer, national politics correspondent for The New York Times, breaks Democrats into four ...The New York Times - 2d -
Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
Trump defends mass firings, claiming many federal workers 'don't work at all'
President Trump said he feels "very badly" for the thousands of federal workers who lost their jobs in recent weeks but "many of them don't work at all."NBC News - Mar. 12 -
'Tariffs break trust': How Trump's trade policy is putting pressure on U.S. farmers
American farmers could ultimately feel even more pain as a result of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump
There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.The New York Times - Mar. 12 -
EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash
Tech companies could be fined billions if EU finds they have breached the Digital Markets Act. Business live – latest updates The European Commission has accused the US tech companies Google ...The Guardian - 6d -
Judge claims Nazis had more due process than Venezuelans being deported by Trump administration
NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard, Julia Ainsley and Gary Grumbach joins Meet the Press NOW to explain the key takeaways from the appeals court hearing on President Trump’s use of the Alien ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump tariff threats are pushing Canada's largest oil producer to break its dependence on the U.S.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the oil-producing region could look beyond the U.S. for customers if Trump's tariff threats create uncertainty.CNBC - Mar. 13