With Deportations to El Salvador, Trump May Have Defied a Judge’s Order
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With Deportations to El Salvador, Trump May Have Defied a Judge’s Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration moved one large step closer to a constitutional showdown with the judicial branch of government when airplane-loads of Venezuelan detainees deplaned in El Salvador even though a federal judge had ordered that the planes reverse course and return the detainees…

Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide
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Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While the country holds its breath for the Supreme Court’s responses to the Trump administration’s serial depredations, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Nonetheless, a case set for argument next month before the court merits more attention than the little it has…

Opinion | Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him
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Opinion | Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. Constitution established three branches of government, designed to balance power — and serve as checks on one another. That constitutional order suddenly appears more vulnerable than it has in generations. President Trump is trying to expand his authority beyond the bounds…

Vance Accuses Judges Who Block Trump’s Executive Orders of Acting Illegally
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Vance Accuses Judges Who Block Trump’s Executive Orders of Acting Illegally

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Vice President JD Vance attacked federal judges on Sunday for blocking several of the Trump administration’s sweeping executive actions, characterizing their recent decisions as “illegal.” “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Mr. Vance wrote on social media. Mr. Vance’s post…

Opinion | How a German Thinker Explains MAGA Morality
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Opinion | How a German Thinker Explains MAGA Morality

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.” Benjamin Cremer, a Wesleyan pastor and writer who is based in Idaho, posted that thought last year. I saw it last week and immediately forwarded it to some of my close friends…