Eli Okun
Playbook Producer at POLITICO
Human. @politico. Formerly @UnionLeader. Improviser. Maryland boy. Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eli Okun
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WATCH: Federal judge James Boasberg said today there was probable cause to find Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of court for flouting his order to stop sending deportees to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg said the government had shown “willful disregard” for the court. The judge also warned that if the Justice Department refused to prosecute people for contempt here, he would tap a prosecutor to do so.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eli Okun
FROM THE OVAL OFFICE: The leaders of the U.S. and El Salvador both claimed at the White House today that they lacked the power to bring back a man wrongly deported from one country to the other, despite the Supreme Court upholding an order to facilitate his return, POLITICO’s Myah Ward and Eli Stokols report. The legal black hole: AG Pam Bondi said the decision was up to San Salvador, and that the U.S.’ only obligation is to provide a plane for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eli Okun
CONFIDENCE GAME: U.S. consumer confidence fell to its second-lowest level ever dating back to 1952 in the latest University of Michigan monthly survey, per CNN’s Bryan Mena. That’s one of several economic warning signs flashing amid President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade war.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Eli Okun
TRADE WHIPLASH: President Donald Trump’s trade policy just took another sharp turn, as Trump announced on Truth Social that he was jacking China tariffs higher to 125 percent but issuing a 90-day pause for many of the “Liberation Day” tariffs that had begun to squeeze other countries around the world today.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Eli Okun
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he thinks the U.S. can strike deals with some countries. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo TRADE WAR AND PEACE: Stock markets rebounded somewhat today, stabilizing the crushing slides of the last few days on fresh hopes that President Donald Trump is open to negotiating at least some trade deals. But the major indexes dipped again this afternoon.
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