
Donald Trump news live updates: The Republican-led US Congress on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, which requires the detainment of unauthorised immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes.
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s third day at the Oval Office, his administration’s national security adviser sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides and sent them home. The move was reportedly taken as the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Donald Trump’s agenda. The council provides national security and foreign policy advice to the president.…Read More
Brian McCormack, national security adviser Mike Waltz’s chief of staff, delivered the news in a two-minute phone call, telling the detailees they “are directed to be on call and report to the office only if contacted by the NSC leadership.”
President Trump also paused the refugee resettlement program as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
Thousands of refugees who fled war and persecution, including more than 1,600 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort, as well as relatives of active-duty US military personnel, are now stranded at various locations worldwide.
In his first interview after assuming the presidency for the second term, US President Donald Trump called out Gavin Newsom – Governor of California for failing to tackle the wildfires situation in Los Angeles and its surrounding region.
“Gavin’s got one thing he can do. He can release the water that comes from the north. There is a massive amount of water there,” he told Fox News.
- President Donald Trump declared through an executive order that the Gulf of Mexico will henceforth be called the “Gulf of America.”
- US Congress gave its final approval to the Laken Riley Act marking the first legislation that US President Donald Trump can sign.
- President Trump also paused the refugee resettlement program as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
- President Donald Trump announced Wednesday the deployment of an extra 1,500 US troops to the Mexican border, as he stepped up a crackdown against illegal immigration.
- Trump met with a small contingent of the most politically endangered House Republicans on Wednesday. The party is struggling to agree on a strategy for implementing the tax cuts and other priorities it promised voters.
- At least 160 aides at the National Security Council were sent home while they were reviewed to determine if they aligned with Trump’s agenda.
- Trump signed an executive order to once again designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels a “foreign terrorist organization,” the White House announced Wednesday.
Donald Trump news live updates: The Donald Trump administration may send upto 10,000 trops to the US-Mexico border, according to an government memo, seen by CBS news.
The Customs and Border Protection memo is dated 21 January – one day after Trump’s inauguration – and shows a plan to dispatch “10,000 soldiers” to help the agency.