Nations are being forced to choose between siding with China or the U.S. as President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course.
Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day, accusing Democrats of denigrating traditional American icons by celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day alongside the date when the Italian explorer landed in the Caribbean in 1492.
Trump’s border czar praises his illegal migration crackdown as executive orders aim to speed deportations.
According to a new AP-NORC poll, many Americans don’t agree with Trump’s aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda.
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English for truck drivers
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hosted a briefing for influencers at the White House complex, and she told them that Trump would sign an executive order requiring truck drivers to know English.
“There’s a lot of communications problem between truckers on the road,” she said, which is “a public safety risk.”
“We’re going to ensure that our truckers, who are the backbone of our economy, are all able to speak English,” Leavitt said. “That’s a very common sense policy in the United States of America.”
Former Justice Department prosecutor challenges his firing by the White House
Adam Schleifer was fired from his job as an assistant U.S. attorney last month after right-wing activist Laura Loomer called for his removal in a social media post. Loomer highlighted Schleifer’s past critical views about Trump while running in a Democratic primary for a New York congressional seat.
Schleifer argues in a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board that he was fired for “unprecedented partisan and political reasons.”
The filing obtained by The Associated Press says his removal undermines a “bedrock principle” of the justice system: “that the federal prosecutor is not a partisan political actor, but has a duty to prosecute without fear or favor.”
An email seeking comment was sent to the White House.
