Trump news at a glance: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts president’s ‘age of authoritarianism’ at European conference | Trump administration
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Donald Trump of destroying the transatlantic alliance with Europe and seeking to usher in an “age of authoritarianism”, condemning his administration’s foreign policy in front of his allies’ top policymakers at the Munich security conference.
Speaking on a panel on populism Friday, the New York representative presented what she called an “alternative vision” for a left-leaning U.S. foreign policy, challenging the Trump administration’s rightward shift before an audience of U.S. allies who are increasingly wary of America’s increasingly nationalist — and militaristic — global posture.
She also condemned the US capture of Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro, Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and US support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
“I think, personally, the idea of completely unconditional aid, no matter what you do, doesn’t make sense,” Ocasio-Cortez said during another roundtable. “I think it enabled genocide in Gaza, and I think thousands of women and children died… it was completely preventable.” »
Ocasio-Cortez also said she and her fellow Democrats were calling for a return to a “rules-based order” without the “hypocrisies” of U.S. foreign policy that have dominated past and current administrations.
AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’
In her remarks, Ocasio-Cortez said Trump and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, were “seeking to remove the United States from the entire world so that we can transform into an era of authoritarianism” as they sought to “create a world in which Donald Trump can command the Western Hemisphere and Latin America as his personal sandbox, where Putin can brandish sabers across Europe and try to intimidate our own allies there.”
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Bitter conflict between Trump and the EU over the future of Gaza
A bitter conflict between Europe and the United States over the future of Gaza has burst into the open, with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warning that Donald Trump’s “Peace Council” was a personal vehicle for the US president that eliminated any accountability to the Palestinians or the United Nations.
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US Department of Homeland Security set to be shut down
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to be officially shut down at midnight after lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving the impasse over funding for the much-criticized agency.
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US inflation falls to 2.4% in January after Trump tariffs cause price swings
US inflation moderated in January to 2.4%, a slowdown after Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered price swings last year.
Prices rose 0.2% from December to January, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics measuring the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the price of a basket of goods and services. Core CPI, which excludes the volatile food and energy industries, rose 0.3% for the month.
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Trump threatens to require photo ID on voters in midterm elections
Trump insisted he would push for change even if Congress failed to pass the Save America Act, which was approved by the House earlier this week but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill would impose a national photo identification requirement to vote, in addition to requiring proof of citizenship to register, and would significantly limit mail-in voting.
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Trump doubles down on racist video, saying no staff was disciplined
Donald Trump continued Thursday to ignore widespread backlash following a racist video posted to his social media account last week, and said no White House staff faced consequences for the offensive post.
Asked Thursday by CBS News’ Weijia Jiang if he had “fired or disciplined the staffer who posted the video from your account including the Obamas,” Trump said no.
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Four men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna have no connection to Epstein
Ro Khanna, a Democratic Rep. from California, read a list of six names on the House floor earlier this week and said they were “wealthy and powerful men that the Justice Department hid” in newly released records related to Jeffrey Epstein. After questions from the Guardian, the Justice Department said four of the men named by Khanna had no apparent connection to Epstein, but rather appeared in a photo op assembled by the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
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US paid $32 million to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report says
The Trump administration spent more than $1 million per person to deport some immigrants to countries to which they have no ties, only to see many sent back to their home countries at taxpayer expense, a new congressional investigation finds.
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