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Senate Majority leader John Thune, R-SD. is joined by Sen. John Barrasso... AP Photo

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Trump unleashes a supercharged MAGA agenda and Republicans come aboard​

By JILL COLVIN
Updated 4:53 PM CST, February 5, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is testing how far Republicans are willing to go in supporting his supercharged “Make America Great Again” agenda, tearing down government agencies and taking actions fundamentally at odds with once-traditional party principles.

For now, Republicans are marching largely in lockstep. They are backing Cabinet nominees with troubling histories, turning a blind eye as he halts spending they appropriated and defending policies once anathema to mainstream GOP thinking — policies that would have drawn alarm if Democrats had been responsible.

“They’re pushing the envelope of what their power looks like. It’s a normal part of a transition,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.

While there have been isolated voices of dissent, the Republican resistance that emerged when Trump first ran for office has largely been sidelined. That means the president, backed by Republican majorities in the House and Senate, is proceeding largely unchecked as he reimagines the federal government and greatly expands the power of the presidency. ...

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What to know about the court cases over President Trump's birthright citizenship order

A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set to hear arguments over a longer-term pause of the directive.
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EPA places more than 160 environmental justice employees on paid leave | CNN Politics

Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told they are being placed on paid administrative leave as the agency executes the Trump administration’s executive order to wipe out all program offices it deems as tied to...
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Trump signs executive order that will ban transgender athletes from women's sports

The issue was a political lightning rod during the 2024 campaign, with Republicans spending tens of millions of dollars on ads focusing on transgender rights issues.
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www.foxnews.com

GOP rebels push for $2.5 trillion cuts in Trump budget bill during tense closed-door meeting

House Republicans are still wading through several disagreements on reconciliation before they can meet their first key hurdle.
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Is it real or is it a trick? Federal workers debate legitimacy of buyout offer as deadline nears

The deadline for federal workers to receive financial incentives to quit is approaching. More than 2 million employees have until Thursday at 11:59 p.m.
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Analysis: Trump’s power grabs will go on until someone stops him – and that’s not happening soon | CNN Politics

A month into Donald Trump’s first term, the president’s then-political sage Steve Bannon coined a doctrine to explain the conservative wrecking ball now demolishing the US government: “the deconstruction of the administrative state.”
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Trump and Musk's dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy

Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the bureaucracy.
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Trump 'made something snap in us' - US-Canada ties frayed by tariff row

The tariffs and US President Donald Trump's '51st State' comments have made way for a surge of patriotism in Canada.
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Michigan's Arab American community offers muted response to Trump's Gaza takeover plan

Arab Americans in Michigan are reacting more cautiously to President Donald Trump’s remarks on the Israel-Hamas war than they did to Democratic candidates during the 2024 presidential campaign.
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Musk trolls critics and federal workers as DOGE targets US agencies

As Elon Musk and his team rip through the federal government, he is doing it all with his signature trolling, mocking his critics and targets along the way.
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Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions.
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Netanyahu applauds Trump plan to rebuild Gaza: 'First good idea' - Washington Examiner

“It's a remarkable idea, and I think it should be really pursued, examined, and done because I think it will create a different future for everyone," the Israeli leader said.
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'America has DOGE fever': States from NJ to TX draft similar initiatives as federal leaders celebrate

State legislatures around the country are launching their own DOGE initiatives and commissions, from Texas to Missouri, and if lawmakers win their bid, New Jersey as well.
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Gov. Abbott says Texas National Guard can now make immigration arrests

The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
www.usatoday.com
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With Gaza rehab and other global policy ideas, Trump goes from America First to America Everywhere

President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation building.
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www.cnn.com

They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees | CNN Business

As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency associates barrel through the federal government, former Twitter (now X) employees have seen this all before.
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www.usatoday.com

Senator Mitch McConnell falls twice, leaves Capitol in wheelchair

A spokesperson for the former Senate leader said he was fine and the "lingering effects of polio" won't disrupt his work.
www.usatoday.com
www.foxnews.com

FCC releases CBS News' raw '60 Minutes' transcript from Kamala Harris interview

The FCC released the unedited transcript of CBS News' "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris as part of its probe into whether the network violated the FCC's "news distortion" policy.
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Trump cuts off federal resources for law firm that helped fuel 2016 Russia hoax

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would rescind security clearances and access to certain federal resources for Perkins Coie, the law firm that hired the company responsible for crafting the so-called "Steele dossier" containing alleged salacious material and Trump’s alleged connections to Russia, which the president has denied.

"This is an absolute honor to sign," Trump told reporters Thursday. "What they’ve done, it’s just terrible. It’s weaponization, you could say weaponization against a political opponent, and it...
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Moderates reveal why they didn't join fellow Dems to censure Al Green

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Two moderate Democrats who voted against censuring Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, suggested they did not believe Congress should be focused on such matters.

Ten Democratic lawmakers broke from their party to vote on a House GOP-led resolution to formally admonish Green for protesting during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

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Trump to put tariff exemptions on certain goods from Canada, Mexico

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President Trump on Thursday exempted certain goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from his 25% tariffs for a month.

The tariffs were imposed earlier this week, and will be reinstated on April 2.

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Trump had previously mentioned an exemption for Mexico, but the amendment signed on Thursday covers Canada also.

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As US and Canada trade barbs, it's so far so good for Mexico's Sheinbaum

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Listen: Pope Francis shares voice message from hospital

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MAGA world turns on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett

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WASHINGTON — MAGA activists have turned against one of President Donald Trump's own appointees to the Supreme Court: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Appointed by Trump in 2020, Barrett is a staunch conservative who has joined major rulings in which the court has moved U.S. law to the right, including on abortion and affirmative action.

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WATCH: 105-year-old woman spends birthday in crown, dancing the day away

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"I love to dance, that's the only thing I do," Antoinette Grande said with a smile.
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Gavin Newsom splits with Democrats on transgender athletes

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most prominent Democratic party voices, said Thursday on his new podcast that it's "deeply unfair" to allow transgender women to participate in women's sports, marking a turn for a politician who first made national headlines when he issued marriage licenses for same-sex couples as San Francisco mayor in 2004.

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Meet the Army veteran running to unseat emerging Trump resistance leader Crockett: 'Tearing our country down'

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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is becoming one of the most prominent faces of the resistance movement against President Trump, but she faces a Republican challenger who says voters are "chomping at the bit" to remove her from office.

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Maine GOP urges Dems to repeal transgender athlete policy following federal Title IX violation finding

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Republican state lawmakers in Maine are urging Democrats to repeal the state's policy allowing transgender women to compete in women's sports, warning that failure to act could jeopardize hundreds of millions in public education funding.

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Dem senator behind social media fail responds to Elon Musk's offer

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who is taking credit for a recently criticized Democratic mashup of identical social media posts, turned down Tesla CEO Elon Musk's extravagant offer to the mind behind the "cringe video."

At least 22 Democratic lawmakers participated in a "S--- That Ain’t True" social media campaign ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, posting identical videos to social media in a mashup against the president.

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Warren explains her applause to Trump's 'Pocahontas' jab during his speech to Congress

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said her resistant applause when President Donald Trump called her "Pocahontas" during his address to a joint session of Congress was to affirm "American support for Ukrainians."

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Trump wants 'activist' groups that sue the government to put up money if they lose

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump signed a memo Thursday directing government agency heads to ask federal judges to require financial guarantees to hold "activist" groups that sue the government financially responsible if an injunction is found to be unnecessary.

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'Who benefited?': Blue state lawmaker demands FBI investigate bullet train 'boondoggle'

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Trump raids will now target migrant families who entered the U.S. with their children

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U.S. immigration agents are planning a new operation to arrest migrant families with children as part of a nationwide crackdown, according to three sources familiar with the planning.

The operation will target adults and minor children who entered the country together and have orders of deportation, the source said. After the families are arrested, agents will place them into detention before they are removed.

A separate operation to find children who entered the United States unaccompanied and were released without court dates is also underway...
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