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Trump Administration Archive

Archives for September 2020

Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett has a years-long record of ruling against immigrantsAmy Coney Barrett has a years-long record of ruling against immigrants
Supreme Court

At the Seventh Circuit, she backed one of Trump’s key immigration policies.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
The Trump administration is challenging a court ruling that prevents it from ending the census earlyThe Trump administration is challenging a court ruling that prevents it from ending the census early
Politics

With just days to go, the Trump administration wants to end the census on September 30.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
Trump is proposing to limit student visas to two years for citizens of 59 countriesTrump is proposing to limit student visas to two years for citizens of 59 countries
Politics

It’s only Trump’s latest attack on foreign students.

By Nicole Narea
Explainers
Critical race theory, and Trump’s war on it, explainedCritical race theory, and Trump’s war on it, explained
Explainers

Trump has attacked diversity training, critical race theory, the 1619 project, and anything that reckons with America’s racist past.

By Fabiola Cineas
Politics
Trump wants the Supreme Court to let him weaponize the census against immigrantsTrump wants the Supreme Court to let him weaponize the census against immigrants
Politics

Officials asked the Court to exclude unauthorized immigrants from 2020 census counts used to determine congressional representation.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
Trump’s shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, explainedTrump’s shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, explained
Politics

Trump wants to remind loyalists that, if he wins in November, they’ll get more judges who will enact Republican policy.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The outcry over ICE and hysterectomies, explainedThe outcry over ICE and hysterectomies, explained
Politics

The latest developments suggest that a whistleblower complaint from a detention center nurse is part of a broader pattern.

By Nicole Narea
Explainers
The bogus Steve Bannon-backed study claiming China created the coronavirus, explainedThe bogus Steve Bannon-backed study claiming China created the coronavirus, explained
Explainers

The study and the Chinese virologist behind it are quite popular in conservative media.

By Alex Ward
Technology
Trump moves to shut down WeChat in the US. But TikTok will live until after the election.Trump moves to shut down WeChat in the US. But TikTok will live until after the election.
Technology

Both companies have Chinese owners. One of them has support from Trump backers.

By Peter Kafka
Politics
The stunning hypocrisy of Bill BarrThe stunning hypocrisy of Bill Barr
Politics

The attorney general delivered a controversial speech Wednesday.

By Andrew Prokop
Technology
What the heck is going on with TikTok and Oracle, explainedWhat the heck is going on with TikTok and Oracle, explained
Technology

Announcement of the “sale” is just the latest plot twist in a months-long political battle over the future of the wildly popular video-sharing app.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Politics
A federal court ruling could allow Trump to deport 400,000 immigrants next yearA federal court ruling could allow Trump to deport 400,000 immigrants next year
Politics

A Ninth Circuit decision could end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
American voters support the post office. Their views on mail-in voting are more complicated.American voters support the post office. Their views on mail-in voting are more complicated.
Politics

Sixty percent of voters see the USPS as an essential service, not akin to a business, according to a new poll.

By Jen Kirby
Can anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump?
Whose vote counts?

The eerie stability of Trump’s approval rating, explained.

By Ezra Klein