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Trump hosts GOP senators in the Rose Garden during White House construction
Hello, welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with this news President Donald Trump will host Senate Republicans for lunch in the White House Rose Garden later today due to ongoing demolition work on the building’s east wing..
A GOP source confirms White House visit plan roll callWhile the president is busy making plans for a new $250 million ballroom. The visit also comes amid a partial government shutdown that shows no signs of abating.
Construction crews began demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make room for Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism on social media and beyond. One former MP even described the renovation as “a complete disrespect”.
WashingtonPost, The company, which collected and published photos of the demolition activity and included the statements of two eyewitnesses, reported that the demolition was continuing on Monday and shared a photo showing that construction was continuing and some parts of the exterior were demolished.
Other images, including those seen in the photo New York Postalso shows the destruction of parts of the East Wing. The White House did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
on it Real Social On the platform Monday, Trump said “the groundbreaking of the White House has been laid” for the construction of the new ballroom.
Read our full story here:
In other developments:
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President Donald Trump claimed a major victory on Monday when a divided three-judge panel on the U.S. appeals court ruled that he should be allowed to deploy federal troops to the city of Portland, Oregon. Trump had claimed the right to send the National Guard into the liberal stronghold to protect federal property and agents. The decision marks a major legal victory for Trump, who continues to send military force into Democratic-led cities.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek called on a federal appeals court to review and overturn a ruling by a three-judge panel on Monday that allowed Trump to deploy federal National Guard troops to the streets of Portland against the wishes of state and local officials. Kotek said he hopes the ninth circuit court of appeals will also reverse the panel’s 2-1 decision, as Portland-based dissenting judge Susan Graber urged her colleagues to do.
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Former FBI director James Comey formally asks federal judge to dismiss charges against himHe argued that he was the victim of a selective investigation and that the US attorney who filed the charges was unlawfully appointed.
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The US government shutdown extended into its 21st day on Tuesday, with no resolution in sightA prominent Republican lawmaker publicly broke ranks with party leadership over House speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to keep Congress closed for weeks.
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Donald Trump reposted an AI-generated video of him flying a fighter jet with the words “King Trump” on it and pouring brown mud on protestersIt appears to be a response to widespread No Kings protests against his second presidency on Saturday.
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Donald Trump signed the rare earth minerals agreement and welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House. It comes amid rising trade tensions with China, which has tightened its rare earth exports and faces the threat of 100% tariffs from the US.
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US appeals court may reconsider ruling in Trump’s favor on troop deployment in Portland
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The ruling Monday by a three-judge panel in Donald Trump’s favor that blocked the planned deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland could be reconsidered by a new, larger panel of federal appeals court judges.
Hours after the three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that Trump had the legal authority to send federal troops to Portland, a judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals formally requested that a larger panel of judges “take a vote on whether to rehear this case.”
That triggered a formal order for Oregon state and Portland city attorneys to file written briefs arguing for a rehearing by midnight Wednesday and for Trump administration lawyers to oppose it.
Once those briefs are filed, all 29 active judges on the nation’s largest appeals court will vote on whether to rehear the case.
Oregon governor Tina Kotek said she hoped the ninth circuit court of appeals would overrule the panel’s 2-1 decision, as Portland-based dissenting judge Susan Graber urged her colleagues to do.
Kotek told reporters, “I am very disturbed by the court’s decision.” “I still urge the Trump administration to send all national guard members home.”
Legal journalist if wins vote for new trialChris Geidner saidThe case will be reheard by 11 judges, including Obama-nominated chief justice Mary Murguia and 10 randomly assigned judges.
Americans are blaming Republican lawmakers more than Democratic lawmakers for the partial government shutdown, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows Republican President Donald Trump’s approval rating rising slightly.
The six-day poll ending Monday showed support for Trump at 42%, up two points from the beginning of the month, within the poll’s two-point margin of error. Trump’s rating has hovered between 40% and 44% since the beginning of April.
While 50 percent of those surveyed gave the Republican congressional leadership most of the blame for the shutdown, 43 percent saw senior congressional Democrats as the main culprit. The third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history entered its 21st day on Tuesday.
The shutdown began Oct. 1 and furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers, affecting parts of the workforce that economists see as a minor dent in economic growth; But many Americans are feeling the shutdown due to a wave of air traffic delays.
Nearly one in five people surveyed said they were financially affected by the closure, while two in five said they knew someone who felt the pinch, Reuters reported.
President Donald Trump’s hopes for a quick summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest have stalled after a preparatory session between the leaders’ top foreign policy aides this week was suspended, CNN reported Monday.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, CNN said that the reason for the postponement of the meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was unclear. CNN reported that a source cited different expectations for the end of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
According to CNN, Rubio and Lavrov may meet by phone again this week, following a meeting on Monday that Moscow called “constructive.”
The Russian foreign ministry could not immediately be contacted outside business hours.
The expected meeting between Rubio and Lavrov was considered an important step in preparation for the second summit between Trump and Putin this year. The two leaders agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary, in a phone call last Thursday.
Trump hosts GOP senators in the Rose Garden during White House construction
Hello, welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with this news President Donald Trump will host Senate Republicans for lunch in the White House Rose Garden later today due to ongoing demolition work on the building’s east wing..
A GOP source confirms White House visit plan roll callWhile the president is busy making plans for a new $250 million ballroom. The visit also comes amid a partial government shutdown that shows no signs of abating.
Construction crews began demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make room for Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism on social media and beyond. One former MP even described the renovation as “a complete disrespect”.
WashingtonPost, The company, which collected and published photos of the demolition activity and included the statements of two eyewitnesses, reported that the demolition was continuing on Monday and shared a photo showing that construction was continuing and some parts of the exterior were demolished.
Other images, including those seen in the photo New York Postalso shows the destruction of parts of the East Wing. The White House did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
on it Real Social On the platform Monday, Trump said “the groundbreaking of the White House has been laid” for the construction of the new ballroom.
Read our full story here:
In other developments:
-
President Donald Trump claimed a major victory on Monday when a divided three-judge panel on the U.S. appeals court ruled that he should be allowed to deploy federal troops to the city of Portland, Oregon. Trump had claimed the right to send the National Guard into the liberal stronghold to protect federal property and agents. The decision marks a major legal victory for Trump, who continues to send military force into Democratic-led cities.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek called on a federal appeals court to review and overturn a ruling by a three-judge panel on Monday that allowed Trump to deploy federal National Guard troops to the streets of Portland against the wishes of state and local officials. Kotek said he hopes the ninth circuit court of appeals will also reverse the panel’s 2-1 decision, as Portland-based dissenting judge Susan Graber urged her colleagues to do.
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Former FBI director James Comey formally asks federal judge to dismiss charges against himHe argued that he was the victim of a selective investigation and that the US attorney who filed the charges was unlawfully appointed.
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The US government shutdown extended into its 21st day on Tuesday, with no resolution in sightA prominent Republican lawmaker publicly broke ranks with party leadership over House speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to keep Congress closed for weeks.
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Donald Trump reposted an AI-generated video of him flying a fighter jet with the words “King Trump” on it and pouring brown mud on protestersIt appears to be a response to widespread No Kings protests against his second presidency on Saturday.
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Donald Trump signed the rare earth minerals agreement and welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the White House. It comes amid rising trade tensions with China, which has tightened its rare earth exports and faces the threat of 100% tariffs from the US.
