The president continued to falsely blame congressional Democrats for what he decried as a “horrible and tough” situation. But Trump is empowered to immediately order border agents to stop enforcing his family separation policy.
Trump used the immigration issue to his benefit in 2016, but Republican candidates hoping to attract moderate voters this fall are scrambling to distance themselves from a policy the president sees as central to accomplishing his political goals.
“We will not apologize,” the DHS secretary said during a day-long defense of the administration’s border policy.
The president’s action doubled his April threat to respond to any Chinese retaliation for his trade action with $100 billion in additional tariffs.
Summer Zervos, left, the Beverly Hills Hotel and President Trump. (AFP/Getty Images; AP; Jabin Botsford/The Post)
Records of Donald Trump’s stays at the hotel's exclusive bungalows have been subpoenaed in a defamation lawsuit brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos — the first legal action to open the president’s private life to discovery.
At 94, the combat hero, former Senate majority leader and GOP presidential candidate salutes aging veterans at the D.C. memorial he campaigned to get built. He welcomes them as they come, bus after bus, wheelchair after wheelchair, to see their country’s monument to their sacrifice.
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The visit, which comes about a week after the Trump-Kim summit, serves as a reminder of Beijing’s critical role in East Asian diplomacy and close ties to Pyongyang.
The Trump administration is lobbying members of Congress to strip the Senate provision reimposing punitive measures against the company from the bill as it is fused with the House version.
Joshua Adam Schulte was charged under the Espionage Act in connection with the leak last year of a collection of tools that the agency used for spy operations overseas.
The president has floated this idea before but offered few details about how an independent sixth branch of the armed forces would operate.
With their move, the schools drew attention to a quiet pushback against AP in certain quarters of the education world even as the program has gained enormous influence in American high schools.
Today’s WorldView
Analysis Turks will vote for their next president and parliament on June 24, and the stakes are high for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His challengers are stronger, thanks to political winds and the emergence of an opposition alliance.
Perspective
One writer dreaded working and living in Moscow for almost six weeks. But the Russian capital has proven to be the vibrant heart of this soccer celebration, erasing any doubts about why Russia was chosen to host the World Cup.
(Iman Al-Dabbagh/For the Washington Post)
