Trump Talks Tariffs, Immigration, Pardons

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(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2025) –  In response to the sentencing today by the Federal Court of the Southern District of New York of former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez to 11 years in prison, following his felony conviction on 16 counts, including bribery and corruption charges, for taking cash, a Mercedes Benz and …

President Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to prepare to house tens of thousands of “criminal aliens” at the Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, the latest prong in his widening crackdown on immigration.Mr. Trump did not offer details on how the plan would take shape, but he instructed the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security …

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