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Ranking the Republican 2028 contenders

President Trump dominates the political landscape, holding off lame-duck status for now. But some signs are emerging that…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Cruz #marcorubio #Rubio #secretaryofstate #state #TheWashingtonPost #trump #TrumpJr #TrumpOrganizationInc. #vance
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https://www.europesays.com/people/217632/ Ranking the Republican 2028 contenders #Cruz #MarcoRubio #rubio #state #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpJr #TrumpOrganizationInc #Vance

‘It will still take years’: Ted Cruz acknowledges that Trump’s Venezuela oil deal won’t lead to immediate gas savings

Ted Cruz has a message for Americans hoping for cheaper gas following President Donald Trump’s deal with Venezuela:…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #American #Americans #CharlieNeibergall #Cruz #Gallup #tedcruz #TheWashingtonPost #U.S. #Venezuela
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/278398/ Under pressure, Iran lashes out and ramps up rhetoric #DonaldTrump #Dubai #GulfInternationalForum #Iran #Iran"hard" #Iran’s #iranian #TheWashingtonPost #thursday #trump #US

Tex-Mex chain Chuy’s to open in several shuttered Bahama Breeze restaurants https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/21500/ #BahamaBreeze #Darden #DardenRestaurants #GettyIm #Inc #Jeffers #TexMex #TexMexRestaurant #TexMexRestaurants #TheFeed #TheWashingtonPost/TheWashingtonPost #YardHouse

WP: Koko Yhdysvaltain asevoimien johto varoittaa Hegsethiä laajentamasta Iranin sotaa

Lehden tietojen mukaan Yhdysvallat varautuu pitämään suurta asevoimaa Iranin alueella vielä ensi vuonnakin.

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#Hyökkäysiraniin #Yhdysvaltainasevoimat #Ulkomaat #Puolustusministeriö #Lähiitä #Thewashingtonpost #Pentagon #Iran

🕵️‍♂️ Canales secretos: El Kremlin confirma que el jefe de la CIA, Ratcliffe, visitó Moscú para mantener contactos entre servicios de inteligencia. ⚠️ Analistas debaten si el viaje de la CIA a Rusia busca frenar una provocación militar o frenar el contrabando de armas con Irán. #axios #DmitryPeskov #EstadosUnidos #irán #MarCaspio #otan #polonia #ratcliffe #rusia #ServiciosSecretos #tass #TheWashingtonPost #VladímirPutin https://soyarmenio.com/detalles-visita-director-cia-moscu-advertencia-otan/

The Washington Post deberá reincorporar y pagar salarios a columnista por polémico despido

El diario The Washington Post recibió la orden este lunes de reincorporar a la columnista Karen Attiah, quien fue despedida por unas publicaciones que hizo en redes sociales tras el asesinato del activista de derecha estadounidense Charlie Kirk. Kirk fue asesinado a tiros en septiembre de 2025 en una universidad de Utah, lo que desató […]
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#Mundo #TheWashingtonPost

https://crhoy.com/the-washington-post-debera-reincorporar-y-pagar-salarios-a-columnista-por-polemico-despido/

Arbitrator Orders Washington Post To Reinstate Columnist Karen Attiah
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #KarenAttiah #PostNewsGuild #TheWashingtonPost

https://deadline.com/2026/08/karen-attiah-washington-post-reinstatement-1237048775/

Take a Mediterranean ‘vacation’ with these 9 sunny recipes

Chilled soups. Salads with briny olives and juicy tomatoes. Pasta dishes packed with torn herbs and citrus. The Med…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanRecipes #foodstyling #LisaCherkasky #Mediterranean #mediterraneandietrecipes #MediterraneanFoodRecipes #mediterraneanrecipes #TheWashingtonPost
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2747526/take-a-mediterranean-vacation-with-these-9-sunny-recipes/

Take a Mediterranean ‘vacation’ with these 9 sunny recipes https://www.diningandcooking.com/2747526/take-a-mediterranean-vacation-with-these-9-sunny-recipes/ #FoodStyling #LisaCherkasky #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDietRecipes #MediterraneanFoodRecipes #MediterraneanRecipes #TheWashingtonPost

DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://drwebdomain.blog/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://staging-b531-drwebdomain.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://staging-b531-drwebdomain.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://staging-b531-drwebdomain.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://drwebdomain.blog/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://drwebdomain.blog/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://staging-b531-drwebdomain.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://drwebdomain.blog/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

Leave Your CommentsCancel reply

DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM

I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to eliminate ‘hallucinations’ and GIGO. There are over 30+ sources. With the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis on February 8, 2026, the questions of leadership and intent behind these cuts have become even more urgent.

My Original Article Post on the WP Firings:
https://staging-b531-drwebdomain.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/05/a-national-newspaper-falls-and-democracy-feels-it/

DWD NotebookLLM Link – The Post Investigation

https://bit.ly/4bKMH2a
–Direct link above to the public notebook. Look at the generated STUDIO items for an overview and introduction, or just start questioning the sources, finding out your answers. It’s a powerful tool. Let me know what you find, see, or think in the comments below.

Please share to others or social networks if you feel this is an important investigation. We have “lost” a national newspaper that shielded our Democracy from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That protect citizens with truth, inquiries, research, publication and stories they made visible.

If you visit, ask questions about my sources and content and views. The notebook is public, and I encourage all to take a look, and inquire — ask the question, did this have to happen? what did I miss? what parts were poorly sourced? Biased? —DrWeb

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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come

By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025

“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.

Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”

That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.

The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”

My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”

Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.

Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:

“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.

As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.

The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.

Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.

Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”

Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.

Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”

The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”

But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”

By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”

Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come

#killEverybody #caribbean #civilDiscourse #democraticCongressMembers #edMarkley #joyceVance #moment #narcoTerrorists #peteHegseth #pickASide #senateArmedServiceCommittee #senatorWicker #theWashingtonPost #unlawfulKilling

Supreme Court has empowered Trump. How much further will it go? – The Washington Post

Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go?

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority.

November 2, 2025 at 8:36 a.m. EST, Today at 8:36 a.m. EST, 10 min

By Justin Jouvenal

For nine months, in a flood of emergency orders, the Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to expand his power.

The justices have permitted Trump to slash the federal bureaucracy, fire the heads of nominally independent agencies and exercise powers traditionally ascribed to Congress.

How much further will the court go?

That will be the overriding question Wednesday when the court hears arguments on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first case to reach the justices in a series of high-stakes tests of Trump’ssweeping claimsof authority.

His asserted tariff powers are uniquely dear to Trump, who has repeatedly warned of economic devastation if the court were to rule against one of his signature policies. But the other tests of presidential power could also have major impact.

In November, the court will considerwhether to strike down a 90-year-old precedent that insulates independent agencies from White House interference. In January, it will explore whether Trump can remake the Federal Reserve, with its vast powers over the economy.

Taken together, the cases will determine the extent to which the Supreme Court will embrace Trump’s view of a presidency constrained by few checks and wielding the type of authority typically only seen in times of war or national crisis. Decisions are expected in the cases by the summer.

“I think the court so far has been more deferential to President Trump than most Supreme Courts in modern times,” said Matthew Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University. “It’s very hard to point to a significant way in which the court has said ‘stop’ to the White House. It raises the pressure on the court, and it raises the stakes for the term ahead.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement the high court’s rulings have corrected erroneous decisions by “far-left liberal activist judges” and thatthe president is doing what he was elected to do.

“The President will continue implementing the policy agenda that the American people voted for in November and will continue to be vindicated by higher courts when liberal activist judges attempt to intervene,” Jackson said.

Trump’s claim that he can unilaterally impose massive tariffs, a cornerstone of his economic agenda, is among his most aggressive moves to date. His assertion rests on a 1977 law that grants the president emergency powers to regulate international commerce. Trump’s argument that the law can be used for tariffs is one no other president has made in the statute’s 50-year history.

The administration has asked the justices to overturn federal court rulings that found the law did not convey authority to impose tariffs. Trump said the levies, some of which he announced at an event he dubbed “Liberation Day,” will help stem the flow of fentanyl across the border and restore America’s manufacturing base.

Small businesses and states have sued to block the levies, arguing they will cause widespread economic harm.

Arguably, no institution has set the stage for Trump’s efforts to expand his poweras much as the Supreme Court and in particular its chief justice. John G. Roberts Jr. has written decisions in recent years declaring the president a uniquely powerful figure.

In a 2020 ruling, Roberts wrote the “entire ‘executive Power’ belongs to the President alone.” He has also intimated the president should have a free hand to fire low-level government employees and made it easier for the president to remove the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Supreme Court has empowered Trump. How much further will it go? – The Washington Post

#2025 #America #ChiefJustice #ConservativeMajority #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Roberts #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtOfTheUnitedStates #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UncheckedPower #UnitedStates

[17:06] Israel informs US of plans for imminent invasion of Lebanon as tanks seen amassing near border – report

Israel is planning a "limited” invasion in Lebanon that may start imminently, Israel told the United States on Monday, the Washington Post reported this afternoon. citing an unidentified US official.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/israel-informs-us-of-plans-for-imminent-invasion-of-lebanon-as-tanks-seen-amassing-near-border-report/a1784512423.html

#Israel #Lebanon #theUnitedStates #Monday #theWashingtonPost #thisafternoon #US