President Trump on Friday signed an executive order expanding sanctions on the Cuban government, as the administration steps up pressure on Havana to address the island’s humanitarian crisis. The executive order expands the scope of sanctions to target “agents, officials, or material supporters of the Cuban government”, those who support the Cuban security apparatus, and…

Martha White, granddaughter of “Charlotte’s Web” author E.B. White, criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for using the novel’s name to refer to its Charlotte, NC, immigration enforcement operation. The Trump administration has called this effort “Operation Charlotte’s Web”. “He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said. Source link

President Trump is facing signs that his immigration crackdown is losing popularity among American voters following the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer this month. Recent polling has found Trump’s approval on immigration at low levels and shows that some Republican voters are also critical… Source link

A group of Senate Republicans led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is pushing a bill to fund the construction of a secure 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, saying the project is essential to national security after a gunman tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. Graham and his colleagues say……

Director of Management and Budget Office, Ras Wout, recently Quoted Saying that “the appropriation process should be less bipartisan.” Although it is easy to think that this will reduce the disappointing gridlock that can overtake the budgetary process, the vught is procedurally and quite wrong: the answer is more bipartite. If it feels naive, consider…