As legal challenges to the Trump administration mount, the justices are facing a key test — a flood of “emergency applications” asking for immediate intervention.

President Donald Trump is intensifying his efforts to punish his critics by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and stripping them of any security clearances they may have

On Thursday, House Republicans passed a budget blueprint that moves them one step closer to cutting taxes for the rich while at the same time slashing Medicaid and food stamps . Republicans passed the budget by a vote of 216-214 , with all Democrats and two Republicans —Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana—voting against it. The fate of the budget blueprint was in doubt …

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