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FILE – Henry Carmona, 48, right, who fled Venezuela after receiving death threats for refusing to participate in demonstrations in support of the government, stands with friends and a reporter following a press conference by Venezuelan community leaders to denounce changes to the protections that shielded hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, including Carmona, from deportation, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Donald Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

March 15, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows...

President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, March 14, 2025, (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

‘Scum,’ ‘crooked’ elections and ‘corrupt’ media. What Donald Trump said inside the Justice Department

March 14, 2025 at 7:48 p.m.

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of...

People demonstrate during the Presidents Day protest Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Lincoln, Neb. (Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

President Trump’s moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy

March 1, 2025 at 12:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump has worked to tear down the federal government and attack long-standing institutions.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis

January 29, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

Just a little over a week into his second term, President Donald Trump is taking steps to maximize his power, sparking chaos and what critics contend is a constitutional crisis...

From left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former President Barack Obama, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

Beneath a veneer of calm, Donald Trump’s inauguration holds warning signs for US democracy

January 21, 2025 at 7:54 a.m.

All the living former presidents were there and the outgoing president amicably greeted his successor, who gave a speech about the country’s bright future and who left to the blare...

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, following his inauguration. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

President Donald Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises

January 20, 2025 at 8:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.

FILE – Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump

January 7, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by...

FILE – Vice President Mike Pence returns to the House chamber after midnight, Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington and disrupted the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now

January 5, 2025 at 9:07 a.m.

This year, the only turbulence preceding the quadrennial ratification of the presidential election resulted from House Republicans fighting among themselves over who should be speaker.

FILE – People vote, Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Republicans’ trust in accuracy of US elections jumps after Donald Trump’s win, AP-NORC poll finds

January 3, 2025 at 8:07 a.m.

A majority of Republicans say they are confident in the 2024 vote count after Donald Trump’s win, according to a new poll that finds a sharp turnaround from GOP voters’...

Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom

November 17, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.

The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many...

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