Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power

As the justices return to the bench Monday, the court will confront a series of cases central to the president’s agenda.

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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

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Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War

The potential legislation would grant President Trump sweeping power to use military force if he saw a link to “narco-terrorists.”

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Democrats Seek to Limit Trump’s War Powers After Venezuela Boat Strikes

Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them.

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House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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One of Trump’s Powers Over D.C. Reaches a Time Limit. Many Remain.

The president’s authority to make demands of local police expires on Wednesday night, but the most visible federal interventions in the city will remain for now.

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One of Trump’s Powers Over D.C. Reaches a Time Limit. Many Remain.

The president’s authority to make demands of local police expires on Wednesday night, but the most visible federal interventions in the city will remain for now.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump’s Sprawling Tariffs

The justices moved quickly to schedule oral argument to consider the legality of the president’s signature economic initiative.

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When Congress Should Be Notified About National Security Operations, Explained

The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Sweeping Tariffs

A federal appeals court had invalidated a centerpiece of President Trump’s economic strategy, finding that a 1977 law did not authorize the tariffs.

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