In a tense meeting, Trump makes the South African president watch videos promoting baseless claims of ‘white genocide’

In a tense meeting, Trump makes the South African president watch videos promoting baseless claims of ‘white genocide’

WASHINGTON — What started as a friendly first meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa quickly devolved after a reporter asked Trump about the U.S. decision to admit white South Africans as refugees. Trump baselessly claimed that there was a genocide against white people in South Africa, which Ramaphosa and other South Africans have…

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Justice Department pulls civil rights investigations into local police departments

Justice Department pulls civil rights investigations into local police departments

A Minneapolis Police officer rolls up caution tape at a crime scene in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is dismissing lawsuits against a number of local police departments and ending investigations into patterns and practices of unconstitutional behavior, officials announced Wednesday. The pullback from police oversight comes amid major…

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Trump presses Supreme Court on birthright citizenship

Trump presses Supreme Court on birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The executive order signed by President Donald Trump sharply limiting birthright citizenship in the United States “violates four Supreme Court precedents,” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a top Justice Department lawyer Thursday morning. Sotomayor’s comment to Solicitor General D. John…

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