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NY Times – Politics

The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process. [...]

President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting. [...]

As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs. [...]

A 14-term Democrat from Western New York, he sponsored financial reforms to aid consumers and pressed Washington to protect Americans from environmental hazards. [...]

The Elon Musk operatives were abruptly shifted to the department’s immigration enforcement unit as part of an expanding effort to use personal data in deportation cases, one official said. [...]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge. [...]