Trump signs executive orders to strengthen oppression in sanctuary states and cities
Trump will sign the Law and Order of the Executive Order and sign another sanctuary city, Leavitt announces.
The first is “strengthening American law enforcement, pursuing criminals, and protecting citizens,” she says.
The second is “centred around protecting American communities from criminal foreigners, and directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a list of state and local jurisdictions that have been deprived of federal immigration law enforcement.”
These executive orders bring the number Trump has signed so far to over 140 in 100 days, bringing the presidency to more than 140, close to the number that Joe Biden has signed in the entire term, Leavitt points out.
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Trump’s Justice Department appointee removes leadership in the voting division
Sam Levine
The Justice Department’s Advisor of Donald Trump has eliminated all senior civil servants who work as administrators in the department’s voting division and directed lawyers to dismiss all aggressive cases.
The move comes less than a month after Dariet, a Trump ally created in 1958 and confirmed to lead the civil rights division of the Department of Justice’s “Crown Jewels.” Amidst the extraordinary move, Dillon sent a new “mission statement” to the department section. This made it clear that the Civil Rights Division is changing its focus from protecting civil rights for marginalized people to supporting Trump’s priorities.
Voting section chief Tamar Hagler is responsible for enforcing federal laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, and five top career managers were reassigned last week to the Complaint Arbitration Office, a lesser known part of the department that handles employee complaints, according to people familiar with the matter. The section’s career line attorneys have also been reassigned to the Complaints Adjudication Firm.
The voting section had seven managers in January, so around 30 lawyers overseen. Of the other two managers, one retired, and the other worked in detail to tackle the anti-Semitism task force.
The political appointee also directed career employees to dismiss all positive cases without meeting with them or providing rationale.
The Department of Justice did not reply to requests for comment.
Taken together, the change raised a major warning about what the future of voting enforcement would look like for the federal government at the moment states continue to pass restrictive voting measures.
It also raises concerns about future political interference. For a long time, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division had the credibility that civil plaintiffs could not match. And much of its reputation is driven by the fact that daily work is done by non-political career staff.
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Canadians head to polls for elections raised by Trump
Canadians are heading for polls in a federal election clad in an outrage over the threat to Donald Trump’s country’s sovereignty and his fears of escalating trade wars.
On the last day of a month’s campaign described by all party leaders as the most consequent general election of their lifetime by all party leaders, the US president reinserted into the national debate with the new threat of annexing the country again.
Also, it was a fatal attack at Vancouver’s bustling street festival that obscured and forced Prime Minister Mark to temporarily suspend the campaign.
Recently in January, Canadian pollers and political commentators struggled to find a fresh way to explain then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bleak Liberal outlook. The party has dragged its rival conservatives by 27 points in several polls. Conservative leader Pierre Poilierble has been poised for the biggest and most overwhelming election victory for over half a century. Its strength was the result of a long-standing laser-focused campaign, which undermined the government’s Liberal Party and parties supporting their minority governments.
But Trump’s explosion of America’s closest diplomatic and economic ties fundamentally reshaping how many people feel about their southern neighbors, and heavily influenced by Carney, a former central banker who inherited Liberal control in mid-March, shaping his election bid. That framing can produce immeasurable results three months ago.
My colleagues bring Canada’s Election Day to life. You can follow here.
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“I run a country and the world”: Trump says he has “a lot of fun” in his second term
Asked by the Atlantic (Paywall), Trump said he did so if he felt his second president’s term was different from his first.
For the first time I did two things – running a country and survive. I had all these bent guys. And the second time I run a country and the world.
The work continues:
For a few weeks we had heard from both inside and outside the White House that the president had more fun than his first term. “For the first few weeks, it was just ‘Let’s blow this place away,'” lobbyist and presidential ally Brian Ballard told us. “This time he’s blowing it up with the sparkle of his eyes.”
He agreed to put this observation on Trump over the phone. “I have a lot of fun considering what I’m doing,” he said. “You know, what I’m doing is very serious.”
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Updated with 10.26 EDT
Here is a clip from Tom Homan Chiming about the judge’s arrest.
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Tomorrow we will be able to discuss the economy with Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent at another press conference (also at 8:30am), Leavitt said.
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Asked about Wisconsin’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan and whether the administration would arrest the judge a higher, Lewitt says Dugan is “a clear case of blockage.”
“Anyone who breaks the law or prevents federal law enforcement officials from doing their job is in danger of being indicted,” she says.
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Texas military bases may be ready to hold immigrant detainees in the near future, Trump Border Emperor says
Texas Military Base Fort Bliss may be ready for “very near future” to hold immigrant detainees, Tom Homan said.
“Fort Bliss is on the rise,” says Homan.
Fort Bliss is a US Army base headquartered in El Paso, Texas, but extends to New Mexico.
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When asked how many illegal aliens in the United States have committed violent crimes that have been crushed by the administration, Homan talks about something else.
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Homan says the administration has deported 139,000 people so far. “The numbers are good,” he says.
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Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation was “surveillance,” and Tom Homan has had problems using the word “error” (Ice said his removal was due to “administrative errors”).
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Trump wants a permanent ceasefire for the Russian Ukraine, the White House says
Asked about the meeting with Trump and Voldy Mee Zelensky over the weekend, Lewitt says that Trump is “displeased with the leaders of both countries” (Zelensky and Putin), but he remains optimistic that he can hit the deal.
Both leaders need to come to the negotiation table to end the war, Levitt said. She says Putin offered a temporary ceasefire on Monday, but reiterates that Trump has made it clear that he is seeking a permanent ceasefire.
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Updated to 09.22 EDT
El Salvador has no intention of repatriating Kilmer Abrego Garcia to the United States, and Leavitt dodged a question asking whether there had been a meeting/negotiation between the US and El Salvador about promoting Abrego Garcia’s release (the Supreme Court ruled that the Supreme Court promoted the return to the United States).
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Updated to 09.15 EDT
Trump has resumed construction of his border wall with 85 miles of new barriers at various stages of construction and planning, Leavitt says.
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Between Trump’s inauguration and the 100-day mark, “only nine illegal foreigners have been released to the US,” Levitt says the number of non-accompanied children arriving at the border is also curtailing record records.
The total intersection at the southwest boundary fell to a record drop in March, she added, and border patrols encountered just 7,000 people that month.
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Updated to 08.46 EDT
Trump signs executive orders to strengthen oppression in sanctuary states and cities
Trump will sign the Law and Order of the Executive Order and sign another sanctuary city, Leavitt announces.
The first is “strengthening American law enforcement, pursuing criminals, and protecting citizens,” she says.
The second is “centred around protecting American communities from criminal foreigners, and directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a list of state and local jurisdictions that have been deprived of federal immigration law enforcement.”
These executive orders bring the number Trump has signed so far to over 140 in 100 days, bringing the presidency to more than 140, close to the number that Joe Biden has signed in the entire term, Leavitt points out.
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Updated to 08.50 EDT
White House press conference with Trump’s border emperor
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to hold a press conference with Trump’s border Czar Tom Homan. This is hoped to focus on major administration topics. Here we bring all the important lines.
Prior to the briefing, the White House lined up the driveway with posters of illegal aliens arrested for violent crimes.
Early morning press briefing was called at 8am at the White House
WH Driveway is lined with posters of illegal aliens arrested for rape, murder, sexual assault of minors and other crimes pic.twitter.com/rmohwfu84c
– Elad Eliahu (@elaadeliahu) April 28, 2025
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Updated to 08.36 EDT
