TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President and MAGA supremo Donald Trump is headed for an epic showdown with the judiciary after several judges in Democratic-governed states struck down executive moves on issues ranging from birthright citizenship, to freezing government spending, to DOGE teams access to sensitive Treasury Department systems. Judges from WashingtonDC, New York, Massachusetts,…
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, labelling the move as “blatantly unconstitutional.” US District Judge John Coughenour made the ruling during a hearing on Thursday, saying that the order was a clear violation of the Constitution. His comments came as part of an…
Donald Trump began his second term as the US President with a flurry of major executive orders and directives. One such executive order he signed was to end Birthright Citizenship for children born in the US. The order will take effect 30 days from the date of issue, i.e. February 19, 2025. Here’s a detailed…
US President Donald Trump Attorneys general from 18 Democratic-led states sued President Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognise the US-born children of unauthorised immigrants as citizens, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.The complaint, filed in federal district…
Vice President-elect JD Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, listens as her husband speaks during a dinner event at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) On Tuesday, a Twitter handle claimed that JD Vance’s wife Usha Vance would lose her citizenship since her parents weren’t US citizens at the…
US President-elect Donald Trump revealed his ambitious agenda for his upcoming term in a wide-ranging interview on NBC news. Trump reiterated his plan to deport all immigrants living in the US illegally over his four-year presidency, while also expressing interest in pursuing a deal to protect “Dreamer” immigrants in the future.Trump announced that he would…
