To fight Trump’s funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments

To fight Trump’s funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments

Christian Hartmann | Reuters Democratic legislators mostly in blue states are attempting to fight back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to withhold funding from their states with bills that aim to give the federal government a taste of its own medicine. The novel and untested approach — so far introduced in Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin — would essentially allow states…

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Supreme Court lets Trump administration resume deportations to ‘third countries’

Supreme Court lets Trump administration resume deportations to ‘third countries’

One of two documented immigrants with prior convictions detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, walks towards a vehicle, at a Home Depot parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., January 26, 2025.  Rebecca Noble | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume quick deportations of…

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Trump says he’d support arrest of California Gov. Newsom over LA enforcement obstruction

Trump says he’d support arrest of California Gov. Newsom over LA enforcement obstruction

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks as he announces the Golden State Literacy Plan and deployment of literacy coaches statewide, at the Clinton Elementary School in Compton, California, U.S. June 5, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday that he would support arresting California Gov. Gavin Newsom for purportedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement…

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