Erica Green

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Erica Green |John Eligon |Edward Wong

It was May 2019 and national security officials were in the Situation Room discussing Iran when President Trump abruptly changed the subject. He wanted to talk about granting asylum and citizenship to white South African farmers. Mr. Trump had floated the idea before, claiming that the farmers were a persecuted minority group being displaced from their land, according to John R. Bolton, his national security adviser at the time, who was at the meeting.

2 months ago | afr.com | Michael Bender |Erica Green |Alan Blinder

Michael C. Bender, Erica L. Green and Alan BlinderMar 21, 2025 – 11.44am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Washington | President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the US education department, while seated at a child’s desk, setting the stage for a seismic political and legal battle over the federal government’s role in the nation’s schools.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Erica Green |Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Maggie Haberman

WASHINGTON — President Trump called for one federal judge seeking basic information about his deportation efforts to be impeached amid mounting concern about a constitutional showdown. Another judge found that Trump’s efforts to shut down a federal agency probably violated the Constitution and stripped Congress of its authority. The president was accused of overstepping his executive authority yet again in firing two Democratic commissioners from an independent trade commission.