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President Trump suggested a deal was coming, but officials are still demanding more from Harvard, including extensive information about international students, staff payroll and protests.
The Supreme Court could upend the way Republican and Democratic parties raise money, with experts warning it could drastically alter the influence of big spending in upcoming elections. The high court announced last week that it would add a case to its docket challenging a decades-old rule from the Federal Election Commission limiting how much
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said Thursday, “President Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize due to his proven record of securing peace around the world.” She added, “Thanks to this President’s leadership, America is respected again, making the entire world safer and more prosperous.”
President Donald Trump successfully secured Senate confirmation for Whitney Hermandorfer, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court justices, for a federal appeals court position. This marks the first of 15 judicial nominees by Trump in his second term,
The president’s lawyers have harnessed decades of conservative legal scholarship to defend moves like deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.
Bolsonaro never conceded that he had lost, but according to NPR, he did not block the transfer of power and never outright claimed that he had won the election, as Trump did in 2020 after losing the election to former President Joe Biden. Instead, Bolsonaro left the country for the United States to avoid participating in Lula's inauguration.
The Washington Post editorial board outlined the possible paths President Trump could take to avoid becoming a lame duck and maintain power beyond 2028.