In stonewalling President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, President Donald Trump isn’t just breaking with tradition, he’s endangering national security, numerous former government officials and experts said. Presidential transitions have always operated under a time crunch. In less than three months, the outgoing administration and career government officials try to convey years […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington protested election results and then hailed Trump’s passing motorcade before nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators sparked fistfights, at least one stabbing and at least 20 arrests. Several other cities on Saturday also saw gatherings of Trump supporters unwilling to […]
Chad Wolf was ‘not lawfully serving’ as acting Homeland Security Secretary when he approved limitations on DACA applications and renewals, meaning those orders are invalid. The ruling came from a federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis in the Eastern District of New York on Saturday – five months after Wolf signed a controversial memo […]
“I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!” Trump said in the tweet. The New York […]
Donald Trump continued to rage against the dying light of his US presidency on Saturday, falsely claiming to be the victim of mass voter fraud and praising rightwingers and conspiracy theorists who gathered in Washington to echo his fabrication. Trump emerged from the White House to applause, cheers, waving and […]
Michele Flournoy, formerly an under-secretary of defence in the Obama administration, has been floated as a potential pick for Defence Secretary under the President-elect. But Ms Flournoy has previously suggested American forces should be placed in the South China Sea to increase deterrence. The contested waters have been central to the US’s involvement […]
One man has been stabbed as clashes between anti-Trump protesters and the president’s supporters continue in Washington DC after the ‘Million MAGA March’ saw tens of thousands flock to the Capitol to support Trump’s longshot legal challenges to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Violence erupted on Saturday night as left and […]
A federal judge in New York has ruled that the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, assumed his position unlawfully and has invalidated Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program, which shields young people from deportation. “DHS failed to follow the order […]