Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

April 18, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

A federal appeals court issued a unanimous decision on Thursday rejecting an appeal by the Trump Administration after a district court judge ordered sworn testimony from officials over their refusal to comply with her previous Supreme Court-affirmed order for the Administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—an El Salvadoran national who was living
The Federal Reserve has long prided itself on its independence from political pressure. But that tradition is facing renewed strain as President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on Jerome Powell, the central bank’s chair, for refusing to cut interest rates. “If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” Trump
The Trump Administration, which has promised to dismantle the Department of Education, has come after higher education—freezing funding for elite universities and revoking international student visas. Now, it’s targeting early childhood education. As the White House prepares to send Congress its 2026 fiscal year budget request, a 64-page internal preliminary budget proposal obtained by the
President Donald Trump has placed the higher education system in a pressure cooker. A number of Ivy League and other elite universities have been forced to make a tough choice: either comply with his Administration’s agenda or lose critical federal funding. Harvard, the nation’s oldest and perhaps most prestigious university, was the latest target. Hours
If the government can deport an immigrant without due process by claiming he’s a gang member, what’s stopping it from doing the same to a U.S. citizen? That’s the question legal experts were grappling with Monday, after President Donald Trump said he was exploring whether U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes could be deported to
A “Make American Strong Again” banner hangs on the wall as rows upon rows of overweight workers assemble Nike sneakers; one lifts a burger up to his mouth as he eats while working, another rests his head on the sewing machine in front of him, barely able to keep his eyes open. It’s a caricature
BANGKOK — China's exports jumped 12.4% in March from a year earlier in a last-minute flurry of activity as companies rushed to beat increases in U.S. tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, and analysts forecast sharp setbacks ahead. Imports fell 4.3% to $211.3 billion in March, the customs administration reported, far exceeded by exports
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hosting Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House on Monday as the small Central American nation becomes a critical lynchpin of the U.S. administration’s mass deportation operation. Since March, El Salvador has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants—whom Trump administration officials have
HANOI, Vietnam — China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam on Monday, signaling China’s commitment to global trade, just after U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global economy with his latest tariffs moves. Although Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, as he
The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador, despite a Supreme Court ruling and lower court order that the man should be
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