The states also object to the department’s reliance on the phrase 'substantial illegal purpose,' saying it’s an 'overbroad and impermissibly vague term' that is aimed 'at chilling activities that are disfavored by this Administration.'"

it would be considered murder to instead summarily gun such suspects down in the street. And even if a person accused of drug trafficking pleads guilty or is convicted at trial, the penalty is prison — not execution."

The United States has long dealt with maritime smuggling by using the Coast Guard, sometimes assisted by the Navy, to intercept boats and, if illicit cargo is found, to arrest their crews. Similarly, the police arrest people they believe are dealing drugs;

"In peacetime, targeting civilians — even suspected criminals — who pose no threat of imminent violence is considered murder. In an armed conflict, it is a war crime. International law accepted by the U.S. military says that, as do U.S. laws...

In 2020, Congress reiterated that "no head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of" the 250th Birthday commemorative coins.

habitat conservation and air chemistry and for studying ocean, coastal and Great Lakes environments. The Trump administration has also proposed shutting down NASA and NOAA satellites that researchers and governments around the world rely on for forecasting weather and natural disasters."

It would entirely eliminate the U.S. Geological Survey’s $299 million budget for ecosystems research; all U.S. Forest Service research ($300 million) and, at NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, all funding ($625 million) for research on climate,

Next year looks to be worse. The 2026 budget proposed by the White House would slash the National Science Foundation by 56.9 percent, the N.I.H. by 39.3 percent and NASA by 24.3 percent, including 47.3 percent of the agency’s science-research budget.

Thousands of jobs for scientists and staff members have been terminated or frozen at these and other federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Park Service...

to the efforts to terminate furloughed employees, to false claims by OPM that federal employees required to work aren't legally entitled to backpay, none of this is normal.

Even adding in the so-called gotaways who evaded detection, estimated by House Republicans as being roughly 2.2 million, there’s no way the total was even close to what Trump has said."

Through December 2024, the last full month under the Biden administration, the federal government had recorded under 11 million nationwide “encounters” with migrants during that administration, including millions who were rapidly expelled from the country.