President Trump hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office as he intensified criticism of the alliance’s response to the U.S.-Israel bombing campaign against Iran. During a wide-ranging Q&A, the pair addressed Turkey’s F-35 ambitions, the United Kingdom’s incoming prime minister and the shock socialist upset in New York City politics. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
On Wednesday’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino and Alex Marlow weigh in on the three candidates backed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who won their U.S. House primary races.
An Obama-appointed judge has permanently barred the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
A federal judge appointed by former President Obama has blocked President Donald J. Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: An Obama-appointed judge has permanently barred the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that required proof of citizenship to vote. DETAIL: The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper converts a preliminary injunction issued a year ago into a permanent ban on the order . Specifically, the ruling asserts that the U.S. Constitution allows Congress and individual states to manage elections, including whether or not proof of citizenship is required to register, but not the President. Judge Casper rejected the…Open
President Trump is making life hell for Senate Republicans, and they're returning the favor. - "I make no apologies for standing up to the president," Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told reporters after he got into a shouting match with Trump on Wednesday at a Senate GOP lunch. "I made it clear that I wasn't going to be bullied." Why it matters: Trump's push for a pre-midterm elections crackdown, via the SAVE Act , has opened of the deepest GOP ruptures of his second term. - To his fury, Trump is finding that senators he's written off, alienated or even helped defeat in primaries are choosing Senate traditions over his political demands. - In the middle is Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who's been blunt with the reality that…