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President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking, a Politico report says. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a decision likely to ignite a political firestorm - and fulfill one of the president's core campaign promises.
In the ninth month of his presidency, it seems clear that Donald Trump is motivated by little more than bigotry, narcissism, dominance posturing, and the desire to anger anyone with a sense of basic decency. Today's reported decision to end the DACA program with only a six-month delay fits all of those criteria.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford speak to reporters Sunday after meeting with President Donald Trump about North Korea at the White House in Washington.
President Donald Trump is expected to end a program that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children -- so-called "Dreamers" -- from deportation, four sources familiar with the decision told CNN. Two of the sources said the plan is to have a six-month delay in any action regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to allow Congress time to pass a fix through legislation that would allow the undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.
Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., called Sunday for the United States and other nations to do more to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons after the nation said it tested a hydrogen bomb.
When lawmakers return this week from the August recess, they'll face a bevy of must-do tasks, but chief among them is a long-held Republican agenda item: comprehensive tax reform. Enthusiasm levels are high for the mountainous challenge, as tax reform is a widely popular idea, and Republicans are desperate for a major legislative accomplishment they can tout in next year's midterm elections.
This is to be expected. If it didn't appear in Politico then it might have been posted right here: It's an article of faith in American politics that big disasters are defining moments for presidents-creating a huge stage for political theater and also posing some of the biggest risks.
US President Barack Obama, with his letter to Donald Trump, is seen before leaving the White House for the final time. In the final minutes of his time in the Oval Office, just before he left for his successor's inauguration, US President Barack Obama slipped a handwritten letter inside the top drawer of the Resolute desk.
AUGUST 15: A group of immigrants, known as DREAMers, hold flowers as they listen to a news conference to kick off a new program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles on August 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans return to work this week facing enormous pressure to achieve major policy victories and fulfill such basic acts of governance as providing disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, avoiding a default on the nation's debt and keeping federal agencies open. On Sunday, a proposal from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to attach recovery aid to legislation raising the nation's borrowing limit quickly drew objections from conservative lawmakers.
Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said President Donald Trump's sharp exchange of warnings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "escalated the tension" with the rogue nation. Castro of San Antonio spoke with ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday in the wake of what appears to be a successful test of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea.
Russia demanded Sunday that the US rethink its shuttering of Moscow's diplomatic premises, insisting that Washington bore sole responsibility for worsening ties after the "hostile act". "We consider what has happened as an openly hostile act and a gross violation of international law by Washington," the foreign ministry in Moscow said in a statement.
A lawyer that represents President Donald Trump in the White House slammed a Business Insider reporter Saturday, asking if she was "on drugs." "Are you on drugs? Have you read anything else on this???" Cobb wrote to the reporter, according to a screenshot on Twitter.
Melania Trump looked stunning in a pink dress she wore to St. John's Church on Sunday for a National Day of Prayer service for the Hurricane Harvey victims. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 03: U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
Recently re-elected Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri thinks it's a mistake to oppose President Donald Trump, according to an interview Sunday. "It's not a mistake to disagree when you disagree," he said on NBC's "Meet The Press."
Eddie Murphy's concert movie, 'Raw' featured a bit where he talked about guys that have seen 'Rocky' movies and come out of the theater thinking they can beat anybody up. He directed it in part at Italians, but it applies to almost any guy.
Her political silence has drawn criticisms from many who believe she should be using her platform to stand up for what she believes in. Taylor Swift has remained notoriously tight-lipped on her political leanings, but her friend and back-up dancer Todrick Hall says that anyone who takes her silence as evidence she voted for Donald Trump are making a "huge assumption."
Former President Barack Obama gave President Donald Trump four pieces of wisdom on the best ways to navigate the presidency in his inauguration letter, according to a document obtained by CNN. "First, we've both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune.
During his final moments in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama folded into thirds a handwritten letter to Donald Trump, slid it into an envelope, and in neat capital letters addressed it to "Mr. President." Now, the contents of that letter - the last direct communication between the 44th and 45th presidents - have emerged for the first time after CNN obtained a copy.
President Donald Trump cupped a boy's face in his hands and then gave him a high-five. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches of hot dogs and potato chips.