Senate votes to limit Trump on Venezuela - POLITICO

The Senate on Thursday voted to advance legislation that would force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking any new military action in Venezuela, a stunning rebuke for the White House in the first big test of GOP unity since the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/senate-votes-to-restrict-trump-on-venezuela-00716127

 

4 things to know about the Trump administration’s new rule on detaining migrant children - The Washington Post

On Wednesday, the Trump administration released a regulation that would allow it to detain migrant children indefinitely. The new rule, which is not yet in effect, would end the 1997 consent decree known as the Flores Settlement Agreement, which put in place protections for migrant children who arrive at the border. The Flores agreement limits how long children can be detained and requires that they be placed in the least restrictive setting possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/24/new-trump-administration-rule-allows-children-be-detained-indefinitely-heres-what-you-need-know/

Lawmakers slam Trump's pick for defense secretary over new oversight policy - CNN Politics:

The senior Democrat and Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee criticized acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan over a new policy which they say seeks to limit congressional oversight of the Pentagon.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/shanahan-pentagon-oversight/index.html

The New Arab: Israel bars Gaza Christians from Easter celebrations in Jerusalem

Israel has refused to issue travel permits to Gaza's dwindling Christian minority to attend Easter celebrations in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, it was revealed this weekend. In previous years Israeli authorities have granted exit permits to Gaza's Christian minority - numbering some 1,100 people - but last week announced that only 200 Christians over the age of 55 would be allowed to travel to Jordan, without visiting the occupied West Bank or Jerusalem....
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/4/21/israel-bars-gaza-christians-from-easter-celebrations-in-jerusalem

Trump’s Shutdown Offer Creates a De Facto Asylum Ban for Central American Minors - The Intercept

The GOP offer to Democrats would require Central American minors to request asylum from their home countries and sets a cap for granting asylum.....
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/22/central-american-minors-trump-asylum/

Sources say White House lied about removing interview limits: FBI lacks authority to talk to Kavanaugh - Raw Story

The White House is not permitting the FBI to talk to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about the possibility that he sexually assaulted multiple women, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.,,,,
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/sources-say-white-house-lied-removing-interview-limits-fbi-lacks-authority-talk-kavanaugh/

As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures - The New York Times

After experiencing life-threatening pre-eclampsia during her first two pregnancies, Jennafer Norris decided she could not risk getting pregnant again. But several years later, suffering debilitating headaches and soaring blood pressure, she realized her I.U.D. had failed. She was pregnant, and the condition had returned.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/health/catholic-hospitals-procedures.html

Miller, Trump reportedly set on targeting U.S. citizenship for legal immigrants

Donald Trump’s mass deportation dragnet has never about immigrants “getting in line,” it’s never been about following the law, it’s never about any of the other thousand bullshit claims he and other members of his administration have made. It’s always been about making America white, and it’s been Stephen Miller’s personal crusade, a crusade that could now entangle even more people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) claws....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/8/7/1786477/-Miller-Trump-reportedly-set-on-targeting-U-S-citizenship-for-legal-immigrants

A Newly Appointed Trump Judge Shows the President’s Court-Packing Strategy Is Working - Slate

In his first opinion, James Ho argued rich people have a constitutional right to buy elections. ....
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/james-ho-shows-the-presidents-court-packing-strategy-is-working.html

How Your Returns Are Used Against You at Best Buy, Other Retailers - The Wall Street Journal

Best Buy is one of several chains using a third-party service to score customers' shopping behavior and impose limits on the amount of merchandise they can return. ....
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-your-returns-are-used-against-you-at-best-buy-other-retailers-1520933400

Kentucky competes to be the worst state in the nation, will limit food assistance

Kentucky's Gov. Matt Bevin (troglodyte) has another plan in mind for making life as miserable as possible for the state's poor. In addition to having to jump through regular hoops and spend hours documenting their employment in order to stay on Medicaid, they'll have to do the same now to get food assistance. The state is going to impose a three-month limit on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. After three months, many receiving assistance will have to prove they are working to be able to eat. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/2/27/1745198/-Kentucky-competes-to-be-the-worst-state-in-the-nation-will-limit-food-assistance

If These Five States Get Their Way, Millions Could Be at Risk of Losing Health Insurance -- Mother Jones

At least five states are seeking permission to limit the time that residents can receive health care through Medicaid, and the Trump administration is considering whether to grant it. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/if-these-five-states-get-their-way-millions-could-be-at-risk-of-losing-health-insurance/

Republicans Consider Sharp Cut in 401(k) Contribution Limits -- The New York Times

A move to reduce contribution limits would almost certainly prompt a vocal backlash from middle-class workers who save heavily in such retirement accounts. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/us/politics/republicans-tax-401-k.html

When the Rich Said No to Getting Richer - The New York Times

A half-century ago, a top automobile executive named George Romney — yes, Mitt’s father — turned down several big annual bonuses. He did so, he told his company’s board, because he believed that no executive should make more than $225,000 a year (which translates into almost $2 million today). He worried that “the temptations of success” could distract people from more important matters, as he said to a biographer, T. George Harris. This belief seems to have stemmed from both Romney’s Mormon faith and a culture of financial restraint that was once commonplace in this country.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/opinion/rich-getting-richer-taxes.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0

Congressman trying to shut down Trump investigation used to love investigations -- ThinkProgress.org:

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said this week he would propose new limits to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into "Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters." ...
https://thinkprogress.org/ron-desantis-shut-down-trump-investigation-f61848594cae/

Republicans Tell Trump: Your Immigration Agenda Leads to More Illegal Immigration -- Newsweek

That's not exactly how it's supposed to work. ...
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-donald-trump-merit-based-immigration-plan-leads-more-illegal-646008