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Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Mar. 20, 2020

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Trump's first 100 days by the numbers

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump is marking 100 days of his second term on Tuesday, a milestone that is characterized by a dizzying amount of executive actions and legal challenges as well as a sea change in policy on immigration, foreign affairs, environmental deregulation and more.

With many of the highest-profile parts of his agenda still in limbo due to legal challenges and hurdles in Congress, the long-term effects of Mr. Trump's agenda remain unclear.

Here's a look at his first 100 days by the numbers:

Mr. Trump signed nearly 200 executive actions...
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ICE touts record-breaking immigration enforcement during Trump's first 100 days

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that during President Donald Trump's first 100 days of his second term, the agency arrested more than 66,000 illegal immigrants and removed more than 65,000.

ICE arrested 66,463 illegal immigrants and removed 65,682, including those accused of threatening public safety and national security, according to a news release from ICE.

Three in four arrests of illegal immigrants involved someone accused of committing a crime, according to the agency.

"The brave men and women of ICE...
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Trump's first 100 days: Pace of executive orders leaves Congress in the dust

  • News source: FOX News
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Tuesday marks President Donald Trump's first 100 days back in the White House, and it's been defined largely by the nearly 140 executive orders he has signed.

The eye-popping number is all the starker when compared to the number of laws passed by Congress and signed by the commander in chief – just five total.

Three of those were aimed at repealing Biden administration regulatory policies put in place during the previous four years.

Another item includes the stopgap government funding extension passed in March to avoid a partial federal shutdown...
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At 100-day mark, Hegseth's Pentagon has given one formal news briefing

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Forty-five days into a U.S. air campaign against Iranian-backed Houthis, American forces have hit more than 1,000 targets in Yemen. Yet, despite promises from Trump administration officials to run "the most transparent Defense Department in history," the Pentagon has held just one formal briefing in the first 100 days of President Trump's second term.

"In line with the secretary's vision to make this the most transparent Department of Defense in history, I gave you my personal commitment to make these briefings more routine," said top...
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Trump makes false or misleading claims about grocery prices, cost of gas

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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In the last week, President Trump has made a number of inaccurate claims that the prices of everyday items like gas and groceries have fallen since he took office — even as Americans are starting to face surcharges for some items as a result of his tariff hikes.

While Mr. Trump touts his economic record in interviews with the press, he has claimed without evidence that consumers are seeing record low prices at their gas pumps and exaggerated the decline in crude oil prices since he took office. The president has also falsely stated that he has...
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Supreme Court to weigh effort to create nation's first religious charter school

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments in a high-profile dispute over efforts in Oklahoma to create an online Catholic charter school, a case that could open the door to public dollars flowing directly to religious schools.

A ruling in favor of the school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, could lead to the country's first religious charter school and upend laws in 45 states and the District of Columbia, as well as the federal charter school program, all of which require charter schools to be nonsectarian...
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Trump jokes he'd like to be pope, 'Number 1 choice' — then names a real contender

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump joked to reporters Tuesday that he'd "like to be pope" while departing for Michigan, where he will hold a rally celebrating his 100 days back in the Oval Office.

"I'd like to be pope," Trump joked to a gaggle of reporters when asked who he would like to see lead the Catholic Church after Pope Francis' death. "That'd be my number one choice," he continued.

TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY HAVE 'VERY PRODUCTIVE' TALK AS THEY ATTEND POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL

Pope Francis died Easter Monday at the age of 88 amid ongoing health issues. Trump...
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Trump Cabinet official vows major food stamp reforms that will help hungry children

  • News source: FOX News
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department has a "massive plan" for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reforms, as the Trump administration continues to make spending cuts throughout the federal government.

The USDA recently announced that they will be pushing for additional safeguards to ensure illegal immigrants are not illegally getting on food stamps, Fox News Digital reported, but there are other changes expected to be made.

"The Biden administration increased that program through some discretionary spending by almost...
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Hegseth says he's undoing 'social justice/Biden initiative' that Trump signed into law

  • News source: FOX News
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he had "proudly ended" the Women, Peace and Security program at the Pentagon on Tuesday, a program signed into law by President Donald Trump in his first term.

"WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops – distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING," Hegseth wrote in a post on X.

"WPS is a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it."

Hegseth said the department would...
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Dem governor blasts Trump, Musk in new attack campaign as 2028 buzz grows

  • News source: FOX News
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's political arm launched a new video series, "The Real Cost of Trump’s Cuts," on President Donald Trump's 100th day in office amid speculation the Democrat is considering a 2028 presidential bid.

"Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ruining people’s lives to fund the largest tax break in history for the wealthiest Americans," JB for Governor Senior Political Advisor Mike Ollen said in a statement released Tuesday.

"Illinoisans across the state are paying the price for Trump and Musk’s’ cruelty, and their stories deserve to be...
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WATCH: Trump's border security success touted by GOP lawmakers while Dems decry 'damaging' 100 days

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump is celebrating the first 100 days of his second term in the White House, and lawmakers are split along party lines about his greatest accomplishments.

While Republicans are touting a secure border and government efficiency, Democrats couldn't seem to identify a single accomplishment of Trump's second term. Fox News Digital spoke with lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle this week to see how Capitol Hill is reacting to Trump's first 100 days.

"Border security. It's absolutely incredible. Many Americans are so...
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Columbia student Mahdawi on detention: ‘I have faith that justice will prevail'

  • News source: Mirna Alsharif | NBC News
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In his first comments to the media since his April 14 detainment, Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi said he had faith that he won't be deported.
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White House calls Amazon tariff fee display "hostile and political"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing a report that Amazon plans to display tariff charges on imported goods, called the move "a hostile and political act."

The e-commerce giant plans to display new tariff costs next to products' prices, political news site Punchbowl reported earlier Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The move would provide shoppers with clarity into the cost of the new levies on imported goods.

"Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?"...
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Cory Booker delivers animated speech for pro-LGBT Equality Act, claiming Trump is targeting transgender people

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., accused President Donald Trump's administration of targeting the transgender community on Tuesday, urging Congress to pass the Democrat-backed Equality Act.

Booker made the emotional speech during an appearance on Capitol Hill alongside prominent Democrats from both the House and Senate. His speech, which lasted several minutes, borrowed heavily from the language of Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The Equality Act is on the right side of history, and right now we stand in the cold shadow of injustice. And so here we are again...
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Top energy group demands governor take swift action against radical 'extremists' crippling power grid

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: As Puerto Rico’s power grid continues to fail and put the lives of residents in the U.S. territory at risk, a pro-energy nonprofit organization is calling on the island’s governor to take action to resist "left wing extremists" who the group believes are weaponizing courts to push a disruptive climate change agenda.

"Left-wing extremists tried to muscle the Green New Deal through Congress during your tenure as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner," American Energy Institute CEO Jason Isaac wrote in a letter to Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer...
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