Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., once a leading anti-vaccine activist, has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.
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President Donald Trump, meanwhile, signaled he would support the arrest of California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of immigration protests in Los Angeles that flared over the weekend.
âGavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing. Heâs done a terrible job,â Trump told reporters after his border czar, Tom Homan, warned that public officials would be arrested if they obstructed federal immigration enforcement.
Homan later clarified that there was âno discussionâ about actually arresting Newsom, but reiterated that âno oneâs above the law.â
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House Democratic Leader says Trump unleashing âchaosâ
With Trump threatening to arrest Californiaâs governor and sending Marines into Los Angeles amid protests against mass deportations, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says: âThe Trump administration continues to unleash chaos on the American people.â
Jeffries added: âRubber Stamp Republicans in the House have once again abdicated their constitutional responsibility to stand up to this disturbing power grab. They should be ashamed of themselves.â
CDC advisory panel member: âItâs unclear what the future holdsâ
Thatâs the assessment of CDC advisory panel member Noel Brewer of the University of North Carolina, who says he and other committee members received an email late Monday afternoon saying their services were terminated but gave no reason.
âIâd assumed Iâd continue serving on the committee for my full term,â said Brewer, who joined the panel last summer.
Brewer is a behavioral scientist whose research examines why people get vaccinated and ways to improve vaccination coverage. Whether people get vaccinated is largely influenced by what their doctors recommend, and doctors have been following the panelâs guidance.
Democratic senators file brief opposing Trumpâs ability to declare a national emergency to impose tariffs
The 33 senators filed whatâs known as an amicus brief with a U.S. court of appeals.
Theyâre asking the court not to stay the Court of International Tradeâs judgment that Trump could not impose his April âLiberation Dayâ tariffs, nor his fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, as an appeal moves forward.
The lawmakers argue, as the Court of International Trade found, that such responsibility rests with Congress.
The brief stresses that the framers of the Constitution specifically gave the responsibility of tariffing to Congress to distinguish âthe powers of the President from the powers of a king who had imposed taxes without political accountability.â
Skeptical Republican senator seeks reassurances from Kennedy
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is a doctor who had expressed reservations about Kennedyâs nomination but nonetheless voted to install him as the nationâs health secretary. He says he spoke with Kennedy moments after the announcement.
âOf course, now the fear is that the (advisory committee) will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion,â Cassidy says in a social media post.
âIâve just spoken with Secretary Kennedy, and Iâll continue to talk with him to ensure this is not the case.â
The committee had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.
During Kennedyâs confirmation, Cassidy During Kennedyâs confirmation, Cassidy had expressed concerns about preserving the committee, saying he had sought assurances that Kennedy would keep the panelâs current vaccine recommendations.
Kennedy did not stick to that. He recently took the unusual step of changing COVID-19 recommendations without first consulting the advisers.
Major physicians and public health groups criticize Kennedyâs move
Dr. Tom Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the health secretaryâs decision sets âa dangerous and unprecedented action that makes our families less safeâ by potentially reducing vaccine access for millions of people.
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, says Kennedy is going against what he told lawmakers and the public and that the association plans to watch Kennedy âlike a hawk.â
Dr. Bruce A. Scott, president of the American Medical Association, says Kennedyâs move, coupled with declining vaccination rates across the country, will help drive an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases.
Canadaâs prime minister says Washington no longer plays a predominant role on the world stage
Mark Carney made the remarks in announcing Canada will diversify defense spending away from the U.S.
Carney also says Canada will achieve NATOâs spending target of 2% of gross domestic product five years earlier than previously planned.
âWe stood shoulder to shoulder with the Americans throughout the Cold War and in the decades that followed, as the United States played a predominant role on the world stage. Today, that predominance is a thing of the past,â Carney said in a speech at the University of Toronto.
Trumpâs calls to make Canada the 51st U.S. state infuriated Canadians. Carney became prime minister after promising to confront the aggression shown by Trump.
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The Pentagon has deployed about 700 Marines to the Los Angeles protests
The U.S. Northern Command announced the deployment in a statement.
The command says the Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division will work with roughly 2,100 National Guard troops on the ground to protect federal property and personnel, including federal immigration agents.
The Marines are moving from their base at Twentynine Palms in the California desert on Monday.
The troops have been trained in de-escalation, crowd control, and standing rules for the use of force and they will be armed with the weapons they normally carry.
Trump administration urges court not to dismiss case against Wisconsin judge
The administration argues that charges should not be dropped against the judge, who was indicted for allegedly helping a man evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
Justice Department attorneys urged a federal judge to reject a motion filed by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan seeking to dismiss the charges against her, saying doing so would allow judges to be above the law.
Dugan faces a July 21 trial in the case that escalated a clash between Trumpâs administration and opponents over the Republican presidentâs sweeping immigration crackdown.
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Officials say Marines will be deployed to LA to respond to immigration protests
Three U.S. officials say the Pentagon is expected to formally deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles in the coming hours to help National Guard members respond to immigration protests.
The Marines are coming from their base at Twentynine Palms in the Southern California desert.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military plans. The deployment was first reported by CNN.
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.
Kennedy, who was one of the nationâs leading anti-vaccine activists before becoming the nationâs top health official, recently took the unusual step of changing COVID-19 recommendations without first consulting the panel.
Kennedy, in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, said the committee members had too many conflicts of interest. Committee members routinely disclose any possible conflicts at the start of public meetings.
Trump says Newsomâs âprimary crimeâ is running for governor
Amid threats to arrest Newsom if he interferes with federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, a reporter asked Trump to explain what crime the Democratic California governor may have committed.
âI think his primary crime is running for governor, because he did such a bad job,â Trump said.
Trump repeated how much he actually âlikedâ Newsom but thinks heâs âincompetent.â
Trump says itâs more appropriate for Saturdayâs military parade to celebrate Flag Day than his birthday
Three events coincide on Saturday: the Armyâs 250th birthday, Flag Day and the presidentâs 79th birthday. Trump told reporters at the White House that he isnât celebrating his birthday but is âtaking a little heatâ over it.
Flag Day celebrates the Stars and Stripes.
âFlag Day is the appropriate date to celebrate, not my birthday,â said Trump, who has long wanted to have a military parade in the District of Columbia.
JD Vance and Homeland Security Department show interest in deporting menâs fashion expert Derek Guy
The vice president and DHS posted memes on social media about deporting the menswear expert.
That came after Guy said in a Sunday post on X that his Vietnamese parents brought him into the U.S. without legal documentation.
On Monday, the fashion guru critiqued Vanceâs tight fit in suits, saying in another post he thought he could âoutrunâ Vance given the vice presidentâs clothing choices.
Trump talks up $1,000 accounts for newborns, but program still limited in scope
Trump wants to make a significant but limited investment in newborn babies, laying out the terms for his âTrump Accountsâ in his tax cuts package.
Trump said that every U.S. citizen born between the start of 2025 and the end of 2028 would receive $1,000 from the government in a tax-deferred account. The money would be invested in a stock index and only be accessible upon reaching adult status at 18.
âWeâll pick a good one,â Trump said of the index.
While the investment would be symbolically meaningful, itâs a relatively small financial commitment to addressing child poverty in the wider $7 trillion federal budget.
Trump says activist Greta Thunberg should take anger management classes
Thunberg arrived at a port in Israel on Monday after Israeli forces boarded the Gaza-bound boat she was traveling on with other activists and detained them.
The group was protesting Israelâs military campaign in Gaza.
Asked about Thunberg at the White House, Trump said, âI think she has to go to anger management class. Thatâs my primary recommendation for her.â
Trump described the climate activist as a âyoung, angry person,â but added, âI donât know if itâs real anger.â
Trump says conversation with Netanyahu of Israel âwent very wellâ
The president said he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu âdiscussed a lot of things.â
âIt went very well,â he told reporters during an extended question-and-answer session at the White House.
Trump is guarded on how trade talks are faring with China
Asked if he had any updates on the negotiations his administration is conducting in London with Chinese officials, Trump told reporters: âWe are doing well with China. Chinaâs not easy.â
Trump said that he wants to âopen up Chinaâ to U.S. products. China is the worldâs dominant manufacturer and the Trump administration has applied 30% tariffs on Chinese goods.
The Trump administration had applied tariffs of as much as 145% on China but cut the import tax rates back for talks to occur that have shown signs of stalling over critical mineral issues for the U.S. and access to advanced technologies for China.
âIf we donât open up China, maybe we wonât do anything,â Trump said at the White House. âBut we want to open up China.â
Trump suggests heâll move Tesla vehicle off White House grounds and not get rid of it
Trump said he could move the red Tesla he bought to support Musk to one of any number of locations he owns.
Administration officials had said last week after the public breakup between Trump and Musk that the president was thinking of selling the car.
Heâs taking questions from reporters after an economic event at the White House.
Trump also said he hasnât âreally thoughtâ about speaking with Musk by phone.
âI imagine he wants to speak to me. If I were him, Iâd want to speak to me,â Trump said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune stands with Trumpâs decision to send National Guard over Californiaâs objections
The South Dakota Republican said âthe president did what the local officialsâ werenât doing.
âSometimes one has to step in and protect American citizens,â Thune said.
CBO estimates âextraordinary measuresâ to exhausted by end of September
In a new report issued Monday, the Congressional Budget Office says it now estimates that if the debt limit remains unchanged, the governmentâs ability to borrow using âextraordinary measuresâ would likely be exhausted between mid-August and the end of September 2025.
That date range is two weeks later than the CBOâs previous estimations released in March.
âExtraordinary measuresâ are special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting its statutory debt ceiling.
U.S. Treasury has already stopped paying into certain accounts, including the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, to make up for the shortfall in funds.
Once the extraordinary measures run out, the government risks defaulting on its debt unless lawmakers and the president agree to lift the limit on the U.S. governmentâs ability to borrow. President Donald Trump has continually called for abolishing the debt ceiling.
Trump talks protests at beginning of White House event
The president is holding an event to talk about investment accounts for newborn children, but he started by talking about the protests in Los Angeles.
âThank goodness we sent out some wonderful National Guard,â he said.
Trump criticized California leaders by saying âthey were afraid of doing anything.â
âWe sent out the troops, and theyâve done a fantastic job.â
Trump says heâs giving a âspecial awardâ to UFC champion Kayla Harrison
Trump was in the audience at UFC 316 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night when Harrison forced her opponent to quit late in the second round to win a championship in just her third UFC fight.
Trump shared 11 seconds of video on his social media site of him and Harrison meeting after the match. The championship belt was around her waist.
Some visa holders in Venezuela changed travel plans to arrive in US ahead of deadline and minimize airport issues
But others who lack visas on Monday said the new restrictions may not make much of a difference because obtaining the required permits to travel to the U.S. was already costly and time-consuming, even before Trumpâs latest immigration measure.
âAn uncleâs visa expired, and since there is no (U.S.) embassy in Venezuela now, he would have had to go to another country to get one,â tech worker JosĂŠ Luis Vegas, 24, said in the capital, Caracas. âPaying for hotels and tickets was very expensive, and appointments took up to a year ⌠What more restrictions than that?â
Venezuela and the U.S. severed diplomatic relations in 2019, when the U.S. stopped recognizing President Nicolås Maduro as the legitimate leader of the South American country. As a result, Venezuelans applying for U.S. visas began traveling to Colombia, Brazil, Curaçao and other countries for required appointments.
Trump supports slapping the cuffs on Newsom
The California governor and the White House have been feuding over how to handle protests in Los Angeles.
It started when Tom Homan, the border czar, warned that anyone, including public officials, would be arrested if they obstructed federal immigration enforcement.
âNo oneâs above the law,â he said on Fox & Friends, although he added that âthere was no discussionâ about arresting Newsom.
The California governor responded in an interview with MSNBC. âCome after me, arrest me. Letâs just get it over with, tough guy,â Newsom said.
Trump grinned when asked about the exchange after landing at the White House.
âI would do it if I were Tom. I think itâs great,â Trump said. âGavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing. Heâs done a terrible job.â
Trump targets Newsom (again)
After inspecting the site for a future flagpole, Trump spoke to reporters about the protests in California.
âI like Gavin Newsom, heâs a nice guy, but heâs grossly incompetent,â the president said, complaining about âthe little railroad heâs buildingâ that is â100 times over budget.â
Itâs a reference to the much-delayed high-speed rail project, which predates Newsomâs tenure. Trump also criticized the protesters.
âThe people that are causing these problems are professional agitators, theyâre insurrectionists, theyâre bad people. They should be in jail.â
Trump says sending National Guard to LA protests was a âgreat decisionâ
In a post on his social media site, Trump said the city would have been âcompletely obliteratedâ otherwise.
Protests over the presidentâs immigration crackdown spared much of Los Angeles from violence. Weekend clashes swept through several downtown blocks and a handful of other places.
Trump wrote that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass should thank him. He accused them of being untruthful for saying Guard troops werenât necessary.
Trump checks out spot for new flagpole
The president isnât just remaking the Rose Garden. He wants to install two large flagpoles, one on either side of the White House. When he stepped off Marine One, he walked to a bulldozer that was positioned on the South Lawn to dig a foundation for the pole. Trump posed for a photo with workers.
Trumpâs project to pave over the Rose Garden lawn has begun
The project is expected to be completed in about two months, or during the first half of August, a White House official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they werenât authorized to comment publicly about intended changes to the property.
Trump said months ago that he planned to pave over the lawn in the Rose Garden because itâs always wet and inconveniences women in high heels.
Leader Schumer statement on President Trumpâs deployment of the National Guard to California
âDonald Trump â in the midst of a war with Elon Musk and his ugly tax bill that would rip health care from 17 million people â is in desperate need of a diversion. His order to deploy the National Guard in California is unnecessary, inflammatory, and provocative. Trump should immediately revoke his command to use the National Guard, and leave the law enforcement to the governor and the mayor, who are more than capable of handling the situation. Americans do not need or deserve this unnecessary and provocative chaos.â
16 states suing Trump administration over plan to allow sale of forced-reset triggers
The lawsuit, which is also over plans to return seized devices, was announced Monday.
The states argue that returning the triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly, would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and law enforcement and worsen gun violence. The administration announced the deal last month.
It resolves a series of cases over the aftermarket trigger the government had previously argued qualify as machine guns under federal law, saying theyâre essentially illegal machine gun conversion devices because constant finger pressure on the triggers will keep a rifle firing essentially like an automatic weapon.
Latinas for Trump founder says sheâs now disappointed by recent escalation of immigrant arrests
âI have always supported Trump, @realDonaldTrump, through thick and thin. However, this is unacceptable and inhumane,â said Ileana Garcia, a Florida state senator who in 2016 founded the group Latinas for Trump and was hired to direct Latino outreach. She posted the message on X over the weekend. âI understand the importance of deporting criminal aliens, but what we are witnessing are arbitrary measures to hunt down people who are complying with their immigration hearings â in many cases, with credible fear of persecution claims â all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal.â
Garcia was referring to Stephen Miller, a key architect of Trumpâs immigration crackdown.
Garcia also said âthis is not what we voted for.â
However, Trump promised voters he would conduct the largest domestic deportation operation in American history to expel millions of immigrants in the country illegally.
Democrats are drawing closer to the crypto industry despite Trump divisions
As President Trump builds a crypto empire â including hosting a private dinner with top investors at his golf club â Democrats have united in condemning what they call blatant corruption from the White House.
But the Democratic Partyâs own relationship with the emerging crypto industry is far less cut and dried.
Work in the Republican-led Senate to legitimize cryptocurrency by adding guardrails has drawn backing from some Democrats, underscoring growing support for the industry in the party. But divisions have opened over the bill, with many demanding it prevent the Republican president and his family from directly profiting from cryptocurrency.
âIâm all on board with the idea of regulating crypto,â said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. âBut at this moment, when cryptocurrency is being so clearly used by Donald Trump to facilitate his corruption, I donât think you can close your eyes to that when youâre legislating.â
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Rare earth minerals expected to be the major issue in China-US trade talks
A senior White House official says he expects a âshort meeting with a big, strong handshakeâ on the export of rare earth minerals from China.
Appearing on CNBC this morning, Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said it was a âvery significant, sticking pointâ because China, which controls the processing of critical minerals, has been âslow rollingâ in sending the materials to U.S. over licensing requirements.
âIt could potentially disrupt production for, you know, some U.S. companies that rely on those things,â Hassett said. High-level U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting today in London for their latest round of trade talks.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sue Trump over National Guard deployment
Newsom, a Democrat, told MSNBC he plans to file suit Monday against the Trump administration to roll back the Guard deployment, which he called âan illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.â
Trump has cited a legal provision that allows him to mobilize federal troops when there is âa rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.â
But Newsom said he believed the president was required to coordinate with the stateâs governor before ordering such a deployment.
âWeâre going to test that theory with a lawsuit tomorrow,â Newsom said Sunday night.
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Preparations underway for military parade
Security precautions are already being put in place ahead of this Saturdayâs military parade. Workers were assembling black metal barriers near the White House on Monday morning.
More information on preparations will be announced in the afternoon during a briefing with local and federal officials.
Trump expected to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
The American and Israeli leaders plan to speak Monday morning, according to a White House official. The official requested anonymity before a public announcement.
Trump has been pushing for a nuclear agreement with Iran, while Netanyahu is wary of the diplomatic effort.
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ABC News suspends correspondent for calling Trump administration official a âworld class haterâ
ABC News has suspended correspondent Terry Moran for calling Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a âworld class haterâ in a since-deleted social media post.
Moranâs post was swiftly condemned by administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance. ABC News, in a statement, said it âstands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others.â
The network said Moran was suspended pending further evaluation.
Moran, in his post on X at 12:06 a.m. on Sunday, said President Trump was a hater, too. But he wrote that for Trump, his hatred is a means to an end, âand that end is his own glorification.â For Miller, âhis hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.â
Trumpâs Monday schedule, according to the White House
This morning, Trump is traveling back to the White House from Camp David. Later today, at 2 p.m., heâll participate in an âInvest America Roundtableâ event at the White House.
Trump was awake past midnight raging against the protests in LA and calling for a crackdown
âLooking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!â he wrote on Truth Social at 12:16 a.m. ET.
Trump has already deployed 300 members of the National Guard over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The military said 500 Marines were on standby.
âARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!â Trump wrote at 12:19 a.m.
Trump cited Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnellâs recent comments to defend his response to the protests.
âDonât let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!â Trump wrote at 12:14 a.m.
âThis thing has gotten out of control,â McDonell said Sunday.
âWe have great cops in Southern California here that work together all the time,â he said. But he added that âlooking at the violence tonight, I think we gotta make a reassessment.â
US and China are holding trade talks in London after Trumpâs phone call with Xi
High-level delegations from the U.S. and China are meeting in London on Monday to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute thatâs roiled the global economy.
A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng was due to hold talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a U.K. government building.
The talks, which are expected to last at least a day, follow negotiations in Geneva last month that brought a temporary respite in the trade war.
The two countries announced May 12 they had agreed to a 90-day suspension of most of the 100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other in an escalating trade war that had sparked fears of recession.
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In the âBethesda Declaration,â NIH scientists step forward en masse to denounce their agencyâs direction
Scores of National Institutes of Health scientists have gone public to assail deep program cuts and upheaval at their agency under the Trump administration.
On Monday, more than 90 current employees sent their leader a letter entitled the Bethesda Declaration. Itâs a frontal challenge to policies it says âundermine the NIH mission, waste our public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.â
By signing their names, the NIH employees gave up the veil of anonymity common in Washington â and put their jobs at risk. Their declaration was endorsed anonymously by 250 other NIH researchers and staff. Altogether, employees from all 27 NIH institutes and centers registered their dismay with the agencyâs direction.
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Trump says Elon Musk could face âserious consequencesâ if he backs Democratic candidates
Trump is not backing off his battle with Elon Musk, saying Saturday that he has no desire to repair their relationship and warning that his former ally and campaign benefactor could face âserious consequencesâ if he tries to help Democrats in upcoming elections.
Trump told NBCâs Kristen Welker in a phone interview that he has no plans to make up with Musk. Asked specifically if he thought his relationship with the mega-billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is over, Trump responded, âI would assume so, yeah.â
âIâm too busy doing other things,â Trump said.
The president also issued a warning amid chatter that Musk could back Democratic lawmakers and candidates in the 2026 midterm elections.
âIf he does, heâll have to pay the consequences for that,â Trump told NBC, though he declined to share what those consequences would be. Muskâs businesses have many lucrative federal contracts.
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Mike Johnson downplays Muskâs influence and says Republicans will pass Trumpâs tax and budget bill
Johnson took clear sides Sunday in Trumpâs breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk, saying Muskâs criticism of the GOPâs massive tax and budget policy bill will not derail the measure, and he downplayed Muskâs influence over the GOP-controlled Congress.
âI didnât go out to craft a piece of legislation to please the richest man in the world,â Johnson said on ABCâs âThis Week.â
Johnson said he has exchanged text messages with Musk since he came out against the GOP bill.
Musk called it an âabominationâ that would add to U.S. debts and threaten economic stability. He urged voters to flood Capitol Hill with calls to vote against the measure, which is pending in the Senate after clearing the House. His criticism sparked an angry social media back-and-forth with Trump, who told reporters over the weekend that he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk.
The speaker was dismissive of Muskâs threats to finance opponents â even Democrats â of Republican members who back Trumpâs bill.
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Trumpâs new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement
Trumpâs new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the presidentâs escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.
The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also imposes heightened restrictions on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela who are outside the U.S. and donât hold a valid visa.
The new ban does not revoke visas previously issued to people from countries on the list, according to guidance issued Friday to all U.S. diplomatic missions. However, unless an applicant meets narrow criteria for an exemption to the ban, his or her application will be rejected starting Monday. Travelers with previously issued visas should still be able to enter the U.S. even after the ban takes effect.
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