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Trump admin lied about why 4-year-old US citizen with cancer was deported: lawyers

Attorneys for families being ripped apart by President Donald Trump's deportations are claiming the removals of three U.S. citizen children are illegal, reported NBC News on Monday evening — and even include a child with stage 4 cancer.

Furthermore, the lawyers assert, the administration is lying about the circumstances under which they were deported.

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'Unforced errors': Conservatives flag what quickly killed Trump's 'honeymoon'

President Donald Trump's polling numbers are in freefall as voters broadly turn on his economic and immigration agenda — the two issues he has spent most of his political career riding to electoral victory. Speaking to The Washington Post, multiple conservative columnists gave their takes on what Trump is doing wrong.

National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru, a frequent critic of the president, delivered a blunt assessment when asked whether Trump's polling drop was inevitable or if he blundered his way into it.

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'Morale’s in the toilet': Hunt for leaks sparks 'palpable dread' as polygraphs hit FBI

The Trump administration’s aggressive campaign to root out government leakers has intensified as national security agencies have now deployed lie detector tests as a tool in the internal crackdown.

But the new strategy is also drawing criticism from civil liberties advocates, as well as current and former officials, who worry it is not only “creating a climate of fear and intimidation” – but also endangering national security itself.

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'He’ll fail unless he heeds the warnings': WSJ editorial issues stark rebuke of Trump 2.0

The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board bashed President Donald Trump’s opening months in office in a bruising editorial for what it called reckless policies and self-inflicted wounds threatening his presidency.

On the eve of Trump’s 100th day in office, the Journal’s group of editors told readers in a sharply worded editorial on Monday that Trump’s second term is already in trouble thanks to a series of self-inflicted economic and foreign policy missteps.

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Trump backs down on key part of tariff push: report

President Donald Trump is expected to ease the impact of his recently imposed auto tariffs, according to an exclusive report in the Wall Street Journal.

Under the new strategy, automakers paying the 25% tariff on foreign-made cars – which took effect earlier this month – will not be subject to additional duties, such as those on steel and aluminum, the report said. The move aims to prevent tariffs from stacking on top of each other and to soften the financial "blow" for car manufactures, people familiar with the plan told the Journal.

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'Not donating to the bad guys': Critics use 'anti-woke platform' to boycott MAGA firms

A website launched to help Trump supporters find pro-MAGA businesses is now being used by the president’s critics to avoid them, according to a new report in HuffPost.

PublicSquare, an online marketplace that brands itself as the “anti-woke platform,” was designed to connect like-minded consumers with businesses that oppose progressive priorities like reproductive rights and diversity initiatives. To be listed on the site, businesses must affirm their commitment to “family values and God-given liberty,” according to PublicSquare’s website, and agree not to support causes at odds with its ideology.

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'Unfit to serve': Articles of impeachment filed against Trump for third time

Faced with two primary challengers and growing public support for impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump a historic third time, Congressman Shri Thanedar on Monday filed seven articles of impeachment against the second-term Republican.

"Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unfit to serve as president and represents a clear and present danger to our nation's constitution and our democracy," Thanedar (D-Mich.) said in a statement. "His unlawful actions have subverted the justice system, violated the separation of powers, and placed personal power and self-interest above public service. We cannot wait for more damage to be done. Congress must act."

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Venezuela denounces 'abduction' of girl, 2, whose parents were deported by US

Venezuela accused Washington Monday of "abduction" in the case of a two-year-old girl separated from her migrant parents, who were deported from the United States without her.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said the girl was placed in foster care to protect her from her parents, who it claimed were members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua drug gang.

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Trump salutes 'incredible' Eagles at White House reception

President Donald Trump lavished praise on the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday, saluting the Super Bowl-winning NFL champions as "incredible" at a White House reception.

In stark contrast to the acrimony of 2018 -- when Trump's first administration rescinded a White House invitation to the Eagles after several players vowed not to attend -- Monday's ceremony on the White House South Lawn was marked by smiles and laughter.

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'You don't want to answer the question': Trump aide gets testy with reporter in tense Q&A

Donald Trump policy advisor Stephen Miller grew visibly frustrated with a reporter during a tense exchange Monday over the administration’s immigration enforcement priorities – and accused the journalist of dodging his question.

The clash began when the reporter pressed the Trump aide about whether it was the best use of government resources to target mothers of young children for deportation.

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'Damage could be profound': Economist warns Trump has laid 'trap' for auto industry

President Donald Trump's tariffs may seem at first like a godsend for the U.S. auto industry, which has struggled to compete with foreign automakers for decades, but Brian Deese warned in The New York Times that Trump has actually put them into a "Luddite trap."

And the "damage to our economy and national security could be profound," he said.

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'If you’re a fascist get a Tesla:' Rock legend swipes Trump and Musk with new protest song

Rock legend Neil Young, known for searing protest music that dates to the late 1960s, has a new political ditty to add to his catalog, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Young, who holds dual American-Canadian citizenship, was once part of supergroups Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, interspersed with a prolific solo career.

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'Troubling sign': CNN panel floored as new poll 'doesn't look good' for Trump

A new CNN poll paints a gloomy picture for Donald Trump just 100 days into his return to the White House, which network analysts described as a major warning sign for the president.

The new poll out Monday shows Americans are increasingly souring on Trump over the chief issue that helped fuel his comeback: the economy. According to CNN’s Kasie Hunt, Trump’s overall approval rating “has sunk to a historic low,” as more details about the American public's growing dissatisfaction with the economy emerge.

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