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This video clearly demonstrates how racist America is as a country and how far we have to go to become a country that is civilized and actually values equal justice. We must not rest until this goal is achieved. I do not want my great grandchildren to live in a country like we have today. I wish for them to live in a country where differences of race and culture are not ignored but valued as a part of what makes America great.

Monday, March 17, 2025

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Says Biden Pardons ‘Void’ in Escalation of Antidemocratic Rhetoric

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Says Biden Pardons ‘Void’ in Escalation of Antidemocratic Rhetoric


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“President Trump claimed former President Biden’s pardons, including those for political opponents, were invalid due to use of an autopen, a baseless claim. The Trump administration faces legal challenges over deportations and potential violations of court orders. Economic projections show a potential slowdown due to trade wars and policy shifts, while consumer spending remains a key indicator.

President Trump holding an umbrella as he deplanes and walks down a staircase.
President Trump arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday.Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times

Where Things Stand

  • Pardon claims: President Trump claimed pardons issued by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. were void, calling them invalid in a social media post that embraced a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory that the Biden administration misused a common presidential tool, an autopen device. Mr. Trump said he considered null and void pardons issued to some of his political opponents, including members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but later told reporters that the matter would have to be decided by a court. Read more ›

  • Ukraine talks: Mr. Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday about the U.S.-backed proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Ukraine. Mr. Trump said there had been discussions over the weekend about “dividing up certain assets.”Read more ›

  • Deportations: The legal fight over the Trump administration’s attempt to use an obscure wartime law to deport Venezuelans with little to no due process could heat up on Monday. Lawyers asked the federal judge handling the case to seek an “immediate clarification” from the government about whether it had violated an earlier order, which the White House denied doing.

President Trump wrote on social media on Sunday night that he no longer considered valid the pardons his predecessor granted to members of the bipartisan House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, and a range of other people whom Mr. Trump sees as his political enemies, because they were signed using an autopen device.

There is no power in the Constitution or case law to undo a pardon, and there is no exception to pardons signed by autopen. But Mr. Trump’s assertion, which embraced a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory about former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., was a new escalation of his antidemocratic rhetoric. Implicit in his post was Mr. Trump’s belief that the nation’s laws should be whatever he decrees them to be. And it was a jolting reminder that his appetite for revenge has not been sated.

Annie Karni
March 17, 2025, 10:19 a.m. ET36 minutes ago

Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and minority leader, has postponed his book tour, citing security concerns. There had been backlash from Democrats against his decision last week to pass the funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, and protests were expected at the book tour events this week. “Due to security concerns, Senator Schumer’s book events are being rescheduled,” a spokeswoman said in a statement.

The growing trade war and rapid policy shifts are expected to drag down economic growth in the United States and around the world, according to projections released on Monday.

The resilience that was evident last year is slipping, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its latest interim economic report, which estimated that global growth would dip to 3.1 percent in 2025 and to 3 percent in 2026, from 3.2 percent last year. The United States is likely to see a sharper drop, falling to 2.2 percent this year and to 1.6 percent next year, from the 2.8 percent growth in 2024.

Ana Swanson
March 17, 2025, 9:01 a.m. ET2 hours ago

Ana Swanson

Reporting on trade and international economics

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an intergovernmental group based in Paris, said Monday that the type of tariffs President Trump was enacting would cut economic activity around the world.

Ana Swanson
March 17, 2025, 9:02 a.m. ET2 hours ago

Ana Swanson

Reporting on trade and international economics

The group calculated that a 10 percent increase in tariffs on non-commodity goods headed to and from the U.S. would result in a 1.3 percent drop in gross domestic product in Mexico, a 0.72 percent decline in the U.S. and a 0.64 percent reduction in Canada. The tariffs would also drag on economic activity in Japan, Europe, India and China, and weigh on global G.D.P. by 0.27 percent, the report said. “Significant changes have occurred in trade policies that if sustained would hit global growth and raise inflation,” the group said.

Danielle Kaye
March 17, 2025, 8:51 a.m. ET2 hours ago

American shoppers spent less than expected in February, the Census Bureau reported this morning. Retail sales, which are not adjusted for inflation, rose 0.2 percent from the previous month, but economists had anticipated a bigger rebound after a steep decline in January. Excluding cars and gasoline, retail sales rose 0.5 percent in February. Investors are watching closely for signs of a pullback in consumer demand, the engine of U.S. economic growth, as concerns about the inflationary effects of President Trump’s tariff policy mounts.

Ana Swanson
March 17, 2025, 8:33 a.m. ET2 hours ago

Ana Swanson

Reporting on trade and international economics

President Trump reiterated his tariff plans this morning, saying that he will not offer exclusions to the steel tariffs. He said that April 2, when he plans to introduce what he’s calling “reciprocal” tariffs, would be a “liberating day” where the country gets back wealth past presidents have lost. 

Alan Feuer
March 17, 2025, 8:31 a.m. ET2 hours ago

The legal fight over the Trump administration’s attempt to use an obscure wartime law to deport Venezuelans with little to no due process is expected to continue today. Overnight, the lawyers asked the federal judge handling the case to seek an “immediate clarification” from the government — through sworn declarations — about whether it violated an order he had issued barring the removal of any detained noncitizens under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

Alan Feuer
March 17, 2025, 8:32 a.m. ET2 hours ago

Over the weekend, the administration flew dozens of suspected gang members to El Salvador, raising concerns that officials simply ignored the judge’s order. The White House has denied violating the order.

The Kremlin said on Monday that work was underway to prepare the second phone call between President Vladimir V. Putin and President Trump but refused to disclose what would be on the agenda, as American officials continued to project some optimism about a U.S.-backed cease-fire deal with Ukraine.

The highly anticipated phone call, scheduled for Tuesday, will be the first known conversation between the two leaders sinceUkraine agreed to support a U.S.-backed monthlong cease-fire, as long as Russia does the same. While Mr. Trump has unequivocally stated his desire to broker some sort of truce as quickly as possible, Mr. Putin seems to be seeking to exploit the moment to win more concessions.

President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine, noting that there had already been discussions about “dividing up certain assets” as the president continued to express some optimism that Moscow would agree to a cease-fire proposal.

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening. “Maybe we can. Maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance.”

The Justice Department has informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to a letter sent to members of the organization on Monday.

The decision to withdraw from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, which the Biden administration joined in 2023, is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s commitment to holding Mr. Putin personally accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.

Mirelis Casique’s 24-year-old son last spoke to her on Saturday morning from a detention center in Laredo, Texas. He told her he was going to be deported with a group of other Venezuelans, she said, but he didn’t know where they were headed.

Shortly after, his name disappeared from the website of the U.S. immigration authorities. She has not heard from him since.

Many Democratic lawmakers continued to express deep frustration at Senator Chuck Schumer on Sunday for having broken with most of his party to allow a Republican spending bill to pass, as the Democratic base increasingly demands stauncher resistance to President Trump’s far-reaching agenda.

Mr. Schumer, a New York Democrat and the Senate minority leader, joined nine other Democrats in allowing the bill to come to a vote, which averted a government shutdown. It was an abrupt reversal from Wednesday, when he said he would oppose the bill.

A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the United States, even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, is a Lebanese citizen who had traveled to her home country last month to visit relatives. She was detained on Thursday when she returned from that trip to the United States, according to a court complaint filed by her cousin Yara Chehab”

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