Trump News for Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Global Tensions and Major Developments: A Snapshot
Devdiscourse
This summary offers insights into recent global events. It includes a Colombian-Venezuelan migrant detained in El Salvador, renewed violence in Gaza, North Korea's missile test, airstrikes in Gaza and Ukraine, U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Congo rebel advancements, Trump's emergency powers, Mexico's 'ranch of horror,' and Turkey's political tensions.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:56 PM
Trump-Appointed Judge Creates Gun Tutorial to Critique Court Ruling
Devdiscourse
Judge Lawrence VanDyke, appointed by Trump, recorded himself demonstrating handguns as part of a critique against a court decision that upheld a California law banning large-capacity magazines. He aims to show that a lack of firearms knowledge led to a flawed decision.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:56 PM
Judge Reggie Walton Cleared of Ethics Complaints After CNN Remarks
Devdiscourse
Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton was cleared of ethics complaints for speaking against threats to judges on CNN. Complaints arose from Walton's comments about Donald Trump's remarks on social media regarding Justice Juan Merchan and his family. The 3rd Circuit Judicial Council dismissed the complaints, highlighting Walton's emphasis on judicial independence.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:56 PM
New immigration minister says Trump presidency could prompt best and brightest to choose Canada
The Globe and Mail
Rachel Bendayan says she wants to see further reductions in the number of migrants to Canada
Mar 20, 2025, 11:50 PM
EU retaliatory trade action comes mid-April: Trump tariffs
CP24 Toronto
The European Union is delaying until mid-April its retaliatory trade action over the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 per cent, senior officials said Thursday.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:47 PM
Trump's Supreme Court Plea: Limiting Nationwide Injunctions
Devdiscourse
Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to limit the power of federal judges in issuing nationwide injunctions that block his administration's policies. This is amid more than 100 lawsuits challenging his initiatives and rising tensions between the executive branch and the judiciary.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:46 PM
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Trump signs executive order to shut down Department of Education
Firstpost
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to scale back the federal government's role in education. The decision aligns with his and the Republican Party’s long-standing commitment to decentralising education policy.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:45 PM
Trump admin asks Canadian researchers about DEI, climate
Toronto Star
The questionnaire sent to Canadian researchers is fueling fears that U.S. funding could be tied to conforming to political policies and ideology.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:45 PM
Donald Trump signs order to dismantle US department of education
Sky News
Mr Trump has long promised to take the agency apart, deriding it as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. But the department cannot be dismantled without an act of Congress.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:45 PM
Judge calls Trump administration’s latest response on deportation flights ‘woefully insufficient’
The Indian Express
The Justice Department has said the judge's verbal directions did not count, that only his written order needed to be followed and that it couldn't apply to flights that had already left the US.
Mar 20, 2025, 11:41 PM