Trump Issues Memo Ordering Probe Into Alleged Illegal Election Contributions

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The memo follows a congressional inquiry into ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform. WASHINGTON—A new presidential memorandum from the White House aims to crack down on unlawful foreign contributions and money funneled to electoral campaigns using identity theft schemes to evade federal laws. “Notwithstanding these laws designed to protect American democracy, press reports and

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Defund ‘Sanctuary’ Cities

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San Francisco, Santa Clara, and 14 other cities sued to stop implementation of executive orders to strip federal taxpayer funding from them. A federal judge has blocked a push by President Donald Trump to federally defund cities that have adopted so-called sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants. In an April 24 order granting a preliminary injunction,

Columbia Radicals Ditch Reported Encampment Plans After University Threatens Arrests

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Columbia University student radicals abandoned their plans to launch an anti-Israel encampment Thursday afternoon after the Ivy League school warned that participants could face disciplinary actions, including arrest. Instead, agitators pushed protesters to join unrest elsewhere in New York. During one of those protests, at City College of New York, police pepper sprayed keffiyeh-clad students