May 31, 2026

Administrative State

REVEALED: Dem-led states allowed nearly $400 million in unemployment fraud: DOGE | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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California, New York, and Massachusetts were responsible for $305 million of improper payments.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has revealed that $382 million in fraudulent unemployment payments have been issued since 2020, with the vast majority traced to the Democrat-led states of California, New York, and Massachusetts.

The three states were responsible for $305 million of improper payments. California alone accounted for 68 percent of benefits issued under former President Joe Biden to parolees flagged by federal authorities as either listed on the government’s terrorist watchlist or possessing criminal records.

“There’s a reason for the mass exodus from Democrat-run states that have mismanaged their economies and driven residents to the nearest Republican-led state,” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields told Fox News. “High taxes, poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars and progressive policies continue to yield negative results, which is why Americans overwhelmingly support the work of DOGE.”

DOGE reported earlier this week that hundreds of millions of fraudulent unemployment benefits went out since 2020 to tens of thousands of recipients. Among the beneficiaries were individuals with birthdays that have not yet occurred, people over 115 years old, and children.

“This is another incredible discovery by the DOGE team, finding nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments. The Labor Department is committed to recovering Americans’ stolen tax dollars. We will catch these thieves and keep working to root out egregious fraud,”  said Labor Department Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

The Trump Administration Just Shut Down a Judge Regarding the Deported Illegal Alien Case– townhall.com

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… Right now, the deportation of Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien with reported MS-13 ties who was deported to El Salvador is the latest duel between Trump and the lefty legal community. They want Trump to return this man. The liberal media reported that the Supreme Court ordered Trump to do so, but that’s not what the ruling said. It was nuanced, with key passages dedicated to how district courts overreached in this matter:

The intended scope of the term “effectuate” in the District Court’s order is, however, unclear, and may exceed the District Court’s authority. The District Court should clarify its directive, with due regard for the deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.

So, on that matter, Trump’s team took a blowtorch to this case. The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland broke down the new filings, responding to a motion for additional relief from Garcia’s wife [emphasis mine]:

Trump Administration begins noting that Court invited the Motion Garcia filed for “additional relief,” and that the relief sought seeks to micromanage diplomatic relations…It does.

Trump Administration argues the relief would violate SCOTUS directive to respect Article II authority.

Trump Administration then walks Judge through what SCOTUS actually ordered which was NOT an affirmance as she and Garcia continue to inaccurately claim. Here, Trump Administration stressed points I made earlier concerning what SCOTUS said

SCOTUS’ Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis– thefederalist.com

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The Supreme Court has interceded six times in less than three months to rein in federal judges who improperly exceeded their Article III authority and infringed on the Article II authority of President Donald Trump. Yet the high court continues to issue mealy-mouthed opinions which serve only to exacerbate the ongoing battle between the Executive and Judicial branches of government. And now there is a constitutional crisis primed to explode this week in a federal court in Maryland over the removal of an El Salvadoran — courtesy of the justices’ latest baby-splitting foray on Thursday.

On Thursday last, in Noem v. Garcia, the Supreme Court issued a short two-page order on President Trump’s application asking the justices to vacate an injunction issued by Maryland federal judge Paula Xinis. That injunction, issued on April 4, 2025, ordered the Trump Administration “to facilitate and effectuate the return of Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7, 2025.” The lower court further held that the “preliminary relief is issued to restore the status quo and to preserve Abrego Garcia’s access to due process in accordance with the Constitution and governing immigration statutes.”

After the Fourth Circuit refused to stay Judge Xinis’ order, the Trump Administration filed an application with the Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay followed by vacatur of the injunction. In its application, the Trump Administration acknowledged that Garcia had been wrongly removed to El Salvador, agreeing that there was an order barring Garcia’s return to his native homeland. However, the Trump Administration stressed that the order also concluded Garcia, as an alien illegally present in the United States, was subject to removal under federal law — just not to El Salvador. The immigration judge also rejected Garcia’s petition for asylum and for withholding of removal under CAT, or the Convention Against Torture. The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld those decisions.

Further, while Garcia had been wrongly removed to El Salvador, the Trump Administration argued that Judge Xinis lacked the authority to order him to “facilitate and effectuate” Garcia’s return. First, it was not for a federal judge to tell the Executive branch how to engage in diplomatic relations. And second, the president lacks the ability to control a foreign sovereign, making it impossible for him to “effectuate” Garcia’s return to the United States. Finally, Judge Xinis’ order improperly directs the Trump Administration to admit Garcia even though he is a member of MS-13, which has been designated a terrorist organization.

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Despite two major SCOTUS wins, the showdown between Trump and the Judges Continues

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As Donald Trump sees SCOTUS rescue him from two district court rulings, judges seem hardly in the mood to relent on their assault on the executive branch. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik added to the fire by claiming he was trying to tamp down the fire, claiming “It’s OK to criticize our rulings, that’s perfectly alright. But there’s no need to refer to a judge as a radical left-wing lunatic. It breeds threats of violence against judges.”

Stephen Miller may be answering this judge when he responded to another district judge using an emergency injunction to halt national law beyond their district jurisdiction. He said, “This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

Stephen Miller slams judge for ‘judicial tyranny’ over blocking Trump admin’s removal of TPS for Venezuelans | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

On Monday, a US District judge in San Francisco, California, granted a motion to postpone the Trump administration’s attempt to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals. TPS was originally granted under a program implemented by the Biden administration. The lawsuit was filed by seven Venezuelan nationals who claimed the decision to revoke their TPS status was “racially biased.”

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller called the ruling “judicial tyranny.” He posted on X, “This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

According to Fox News, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had previously announced actions to strip approximately 350,000 Venezuelan nationals of their protection under the TPS program, which had allowed them to live and work temporarily in the US.

However, the court claimed that by Noem stripping the Venezuelans of their TPS status, she is subjecting them to “possible imminent deportation” back to their country, which has been classified by the US State Department as a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” country due to the “high risk of wrongful detentions, terrorism, kidnapping, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, [and] poor health infrastructure.”

The Biden administration’s temporary protections of Venezuelan nationals have been in place since 2021.

US District Judge Edward Chen of the San Francisco Federal Court said, “The Court finds that the Secretary’s action threatens to: inflict irreparable harm on hundreds of thousands of persons whose lives, families, and livelihoods will be severely disrupted, cost the United States billions in economic activity, and injure public health and safety in communities throughout the United States.”

Chen added that the US government has failed to identify “any real countervailing harm” in continuing TPS for Venezuelan beneficiaries. He continued, “Plaintiffs have also shown they will likely succeed in demonstrating that the actions taken by the Secretary are unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus. For these reasons, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to postpone the challenged actions pending final adjudication of the merits of this case.”

Under the Biden administration, Venezuelan migrants were allowed to fly directly to the US after applying from abroad if they had American sponsors, under a policy that was designed to open pathways to legal immigration. Immigrants could then remain in the country for two years under a temporary immigration status. The program first applied to Venezuelans before it was expanded to Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. President Donald Trump suspended the program when he returned to the Oval Office in January.

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DOGE Cuts and Uncovers Illegal Voters as Musk Prepares to Exit

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DOGE announced an audit of government benefits found more than five million non-citizens had been assigned social security numbers, meaning any of them could have “legally” (but still illegally) voted. DOGE also discovered another $420 million in “useless contracts” they were able to purge, and the cancellation of a website maintenance contract for the VA for $4.5 million annually.

As Musk’s 130-day “temporary government employee” status sets to expire, Team Trump is signaling they’re fine with Musk’s departure. He seems fine with this as well. Already, department secretaries are beginning to do their internal DOGE-ing. JD Vance says Musk will continue to be Trum’s “friend and advisor” after he leaves DOGE.

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US President Donald Trump provided an update after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressed his intention to take an exit from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the agency which is being headed by him as a special government employee.

A special government a classification for temporary federal employees who are only expected to perform their duties for 130 days in a year.

Speaking to Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Thursday, Musk said that he expects to finish reducing $1 trillion in federal spending “within that time frame,” which is by the end of May, as DOGE has specified.

Earlier, Musk addressed a crowd in Wisconsin and mentioned that it is “costing” him a lot to head the DOGE. “What they’re trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla, I guess, to stop doing this. My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone in half. It’s a big deal.”

JUST IN: DOGE Announces Latest Jaw-Dropping Revelation: ‘Many Of Them Voted’– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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An audit of government benefits by the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency found jaw-dropping findings about illegal aliens casting ballots, which may have cut into President Donald Trump’s already historic margin of victory.

Antonio Gracias, CEO of Valor Equity Partners and a volunteer advising Elon Musk’s austerity agency, announced on Wednesday that an audit of the Social Security Administration revealed that more than five million non-citizens had been assigned Social Security numbers, offering them a pathway to take advantage of welfare benefits and other privileges only available to Americans, including the right to vote.

“It made my jaw drop too when I saw it,” Gracias told “Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy.

In their search to purge waste, fraud, and abuse from the SSA, the venture capitalist said the DOGE team audited the agency’s enumeration system, which tracks all Americans assigned to their corresponding identification numbers.

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At a town hall question and answer with Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis. on March 30 on behalf of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that since 2021, 5.5 million non-citizens have been given Social Security numbers.

Of those, DOGE has already identified 1.3 million who are collecting Medicaid, a $567 billion a year program to about 79.3 million people at about $7,100 per person collecting, an apparent waste of about $8 billion a year.

According to DOGE’s Antonio Gracias, “We’ve gone through on every benefit program… We found groups from this particular group of people, this 5.5 million people, in those benefit programs.”

DOGE to operate without Elon Musk after May? Donald Trump says ‘I think it will end’ – Hindustan Times
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US President Donald Trump provided an update after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressed his intention to take an exit from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the agency which is being headed by him as a special government employee.

A special government a classification for temporary federal employees who are only expected to perform their duties for 130 days in a year.

Speaking to Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Thursday, Musk said that he expects to finish reducing $1 trillion in federal spending “within that time frame,” which is by the end of May, as DOGE has specified.

Earlier, Musk addressed a crowd in Wisconsin and mentioned that it is “costing” him a lot to head the DOGE. “What they’re trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla, I guess, to stop doing this. My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone in half. It’s a big deal.”

Klaus Schwab Steps Down as WEF Chairman Following Allegations of Sexual Harassment– slaynews.com

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World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab is stepping down as chairman of the globalist organization he created.

Schwab has informed the WEF’s board of trustees that he will “start the process” of stepping down as chair, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based institution revealed on Thursday.

The news comes after Schwab was recently accused of sexual harassment, racism, and misogyny by several female WEF employees.

Schwab’s decision also comes after President Donald Trump’s return to power has delivered a death blow to the WEF’s globalist agenda.

DOGE Cuts Another 109 Useless Contracts, Saves $420 Million– lidblog.com

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Elon Musk and the DOGE team have cut another 109 useless, wasteful contracts, saving the nation $420 million.

Per Breitbart News:

“Wasteful” projects across several agencies were slashed, including a $3.1 million Department of Energy (DOE) contract for “website development services,” and a $2.7 million Department of Commerce (DOC) contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and engagement support services,” DOGE said in a Monday night post:

HOLY COW! DOGE, Musk Find 5.5 Million Non-Citizens With Social Security Numbers– lidblog.com

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At a town hall question and answer with Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis. on March 30 on behalf of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, the White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that since 2021, 5.5 million non-citizens have been given Social Security numbers.

Of those, DOGE has already identified 1.3 million who are collecting Medicaid, a $567 billion a year program to about 79.3 million people at about $7,100 per person collecting, an apparent waste of about $8 billion a year.

According to DOGE’s Antonio Gracias, “We’ve gone through on every benefit program… We found groups from this particular group of people, this 5.5 million people, in those benefit programs.”

BREAKING: OMG: Caught on Hidden Camera: NIH Official Coaches Researchers How to Evade DOGE and Secure Funding, Admits to Wanting to Shoot People at NIH | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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O’Keefe Media Group caught a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official coaching researchers how to evade DOGE and secure funding.

James Welch, a National Institutes of Health genetic counselor told an undercover OMG journalist how helps principal investigators at the NIH change “race” to “ancestry” in clinical trials to evade DOGE and secure funding.

“I had to go look at, like, what was leaked as far as the banned words, that DOGE is just like, control F searching for so I was trying to help [NIH investigator] suggest wording. I had suggested, like, ‘a history of ancestry’ instead of ‘race,’ James Welch told the OMG undercover reporter.

Welch also admitted to wanting to shoot people at the NIH.

How Many Federal Crimes Are There? Mike Lee Says, the Answer is ‘Unknown and Unknowable’ › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) says the answer to the question of how many federal offenses are currently on the books is “unknown and unknowable” according to the Congressional Research Service.

Lee, in a post on X, said that when the agency whose job it is to answer questions like these is unable provide a definitive answer, Congress has lost control.

Biden Judge Who Ordered Trump to Resume Funding to Left-Wing Illegal Immigration Groups – Including One She Worked For– gellerreport.com

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How was she not required to recuse herself? Clearly it is naked conflict of interest.

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Resume Funding Left-Wing Immigration Groups—Including Her Former Employer

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin’s work for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto could fuel calls for her recusal

‘We Were Prepared’ for ‘Radical Courts’ to Interfere with Deportation Efforts– www.breitbart.com

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During an interview with Thursday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration was prepared for liberal judges at the federal level interfering with deportation efforts.

Vance said the Trump administration was willing to litigate all the way to the Supreme Court.

“We can limit the jurisdiction of certain courts,” Vance said. “Even when certain courts make a ruling, say that you’re not allowed to deport a person for a certain reason, we can still deport that person for another reason. So it’s not like deportations have stopped, but yes, the radical courts are a problem. But our view here is we knew we were going to have this fight. We were prepared for it.”

 

Newt Gingrich Blasts the Left’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Over Out of Control Judges– lidblog.com

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich testified before a House panel on Tuesday to warn of the “constitutional crisis” being forced on America thanks to the radical, out-of-control judges illegally attempting to crush a duly elected president.

Issa’s subcommittee held a joint hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday where Gingrich appeared.

“Fifteen district judges effectively seized control of various executive branch duties in the first six weeks of the current presidency through nationwide injunctions,” Gingrich explained. “This is potentially a judicial coup d’état and clearly violates the Constitution and more than 200 years of American history.”

Appeals court pauses block on Trump administration order to end CFPB– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in a March 28 opinion that the Trump administration couldn’t unilaterally shut down the CFPB, with the prospect being out of its jurisdiction. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused Jackson’s halt. It clarified that its ruling didn’t regard the argument’s merits but rather allowed the courts more time to consider the matter.

A security officer works inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building headquarters on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

“The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion,” the panel wrote.

The CFPB will remain open and operative during the period of review.

The bureau was one of the earliest and most controversial targets of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) founded the bureau after the 2008 financial crisis to help consumers. Critics argued that it drifted from its original purpose, becoming an opaque agency that abused its authority, pursuing targets such as a community-focused financial lending company.

One of its critics, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), introduced legislation in February to abolish it altogether, saying it had gone “rogue.”

DOGE Finds VA Contract Paying $380K a Month for Minor Website Maintenance | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to find outrageous abuse and waste of taxpayer money.

While digging through contracts for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a previous contract was uncovered, exposing hundreds of thousands of dollars paid out PER MONTH to do minor routine website maintenance.

The contract was not renewed, and the work is now being done internally by a VA software engineer who is spending only 10 hours a week on maintenance.

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Trump Acts to End Federal Paper Checks

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that directs the government to end the use of paper checks by the Federal government, with some exceptions. The order claims its purpose is to “modernize how the government handles money, switching from old-fashioned paper-based payments to fast, secure electronic payments.”

The White House added, “Paper-based payments, such as checks and money orders, impose unnecessary costs, delays, and risks of fraud, lost payments, theft, and inefficiencies. Digital payments are more efficient, less costly, and less vulnerable to fraud.”

U.S. Treasury to Eliminate Paper Checks: What It Means for Tax Refunds, Social Security – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
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President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order calling on the federal government to phase out the use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments by September 30, with some limited exceptions.

The U.S. Treasury now has approximately six months to phase out paper checks for various purposes, including tax refunds and Social Security payments.

According to the White House, the Trump administration aims to “modernize how the government handles money, switching from old-fashioned paper-based payments to fast, secure electronic payments.”

Payments made to the federal government, like taxes, fees, fines, or loans, will also have to be made electronically, with limited exceptions.

As noted, exceptions are supposed to be made for individuals who don’t have access to banking services, or for certain special cases, such as emergency payments. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent must provide an implementation plan for the measures within 180 days, according to Trump’s directive.

Rep. Jim Jordan Urges House to Limit Authority of Rogue Federal Judges– lidblog.com

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Rep. Jim Jordan Urges House to Limit Authority of Rogue Federal Judges– lidblog.com
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is asking top House appropriators to add language to the appropriations bills to clamp down on out-of-control federal judges.

In a letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Jordan urged House Republicans to make a move to support Trump.

The Ohio Republican also said he wants language to funding for the issuance and enforcement of nationwide injunctions. That would include the use of court resources to compel compliance, fines or contempt proceedings related to such injunctions.

“These steps would reinforce the proper limits of judicial power and ensure that taxpayer resources support a judiciary that respects its constitutional role,” Jordan wrote.

Twenty-three states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding – live | Trump administration– www.theguardian.com

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Nearly two dozen states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding

A group of Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration over its decision to cut $11bn in federal funds that they were allocated during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the lawsuit, attorneys general and governors from 23 states and the District of Columbia argue that Department of Health and Human Services lacks the authority to unilaterally claw back funding the states had already built health programs around.

The “sudden and reckless cuts violate federal law, jeopardize public health, and will have devastating consequences for communities nationwide,” the lawsuit writes.

Congressional Republicans Determined to Bust Up the Gavel Gestapo in the District Courts– townhall.com

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Congressional Republicans Determined to Bust Up the Gavel Gestapo in the District Courts– townhall.com
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We’re arguably amidst a judicial insurrection that hasn’t been lost on anyone, especially within the Trump White House and on Capitol Hill. The Trump administration knew it would face opposition; this isn’t their first rodeo. It doesn’t make it any less infuriating, however. The only difference is that the president has an army of lawyers and an attorney general at the helm to help defend his lawful executive orders aimed at securing the border, deporting illegal aliens, reducing regulations, and rebuilding our military. You saw how many he signed on day one of his presidency. Members of the Republican Study Committee spoke about this on their recent podcast.