Trump news live: Trump says serving in 2028 would be ‘a fourth term’ hours after touting ‘methods’ to remain in White House

Judge James Boasberg has set a hearing on Thursday for administration officials to show cause why they shouldn’t be held in contempt for violating his court orders to turn deportation flights around after the president invoked the Alien Enemies Act. Last week, Trump demanded the Supreme Court lift the judge’s restraining order to resume those removals, arguing that the case “presents fundamental questions about who decides how to conduct sensitive national-security-related operations in this country.”“

The Constitution supplies a clear answer: the President. The republic cannot afford a different choice,” the petition states.

Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett shredded Donald Trump hours after he claimed that he was “not joking” about seeking a constitutionally barred third term.

The Democrat, who is one of Trump’s most vocal adversaries, took to X on Sunday and told the president – and former star of The Apprentice – that running for the White House isn’t a reality show.

“So, that’s actually not allowed,” Crockett said. “The Constitution isn’t optional, sir. This isn’t a reality show — it’s reality. Two terms, that’s it.”

As the White House continues to make clear Donald Trump’s territorial ambitions over Greenland, one Democrat is wondering just how much of the globe could be on the president’s agenda.

Seth Moulton, a congressman from Massachusetts and member of the Armed Services Committee in the House, questioned whether Trump’s stated national security concerns justifying his calls for Greenland to be annexed by the United States would be taken further — even as he conceded that there were legitimate concerns about the presence of Russian forces in the Arctic.

He spoke with CNN’s Jessica Dean and quipped that Donald Trump could apply the rationale of seeking to constrain Russian forces to justify territorial claims around the world.

The Independent’s Washington, D.C. Correspondent John Bowden has more:

Donald Trump branded Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a “DISASTER” while hailing Brad Schimel, the conservative candidate, “above all SANE.”

On Wednesday, voters in Wisconsin will cast their ballots in the highly contentious and consequential election, which is widely regarded as one of the first major tests of the second Trump term.

“Brad Schimel’s Opponent, Susan Crawford, is a DISASTER! She is so Far Left that even her own Party, the Radical Democrats, don’t want ANYTHING to do with her, he wrote on Truth Social Sunday.

“Wisconsin Values are perfectly represented by Brad Schimel. He is Conservative, Strong and, above all, SANE. His Opponent is a Liberal Lunatic who will throw our Country, and the State of Wisconsin, into TOTAL CHAOS. Vote for Brad Schimel!”

So far, MAGA megadonor Elon Musk has poured an estimated $20 million into Schimel’s campaign coffers.

The Supreme Court race has dwarfed previous spending records for a U.S. judicial election, with more than $81 million spent in the campaign. The previous record was set in Wisconsin two years ago and was estimated at $51 million.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the U.S. military deported 17 gang members from MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) and Tren de Aragua to El Salvador.

Donald Trump designated the two criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations in an executive order signed last month.

Rubio thanks Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for the “unparalleled partnership” shared between the two nations.

President Donald Trump thanked British Prime Minister Kier Starmer after a man was charged in connection to the vandalism that occurred at his Scottish golf course, Turnberry.

The president labeled the suspect a “terrorist” on Truth Social and said he hopes they are treated “very harshly” after red paint was sprayed on the clubhouse at the 800-acre resort in South Ayrshire earlier this month.

“I was just informed by Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom, that they caught the terrorists who attacked the beautiful Turnberry, in Scotland. They did serious damage, and will hopefully be treated harshly,” Trump wrote Sunday.

“The three people who did this are in prison. You cannot let things like this attack happen, and I greatly appreciate the work of Prime Minister Starmer, and UK Law Enforcement.”

A 33-year-old man had been charged in connection with the incident, while a 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman previously arrested as part of the investigation had been released pending further inquiries, according to Police Scotland.

After repeated calls for Canada to be the 51st U.S. state and lobbying the nation’s prime minister to consider taking a demotion to governor, Trump says that the U.S. doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbor after all.

“We don’t need energy from Canada. We don’t need lumber from Canada. We don’t need anything from Canada,” Trump said on board Air Force One on Sunday evening. “I believe this will be the golden age of America.”

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Nebraska Representative Don Bacon penned a New York Times op-ed Monday to urge the Trump administration to resist capitulating to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After claiming that he welcomes Donald Trump’s attempts to end the conflict in Ukraine, the lawmaker stated that the president – and his administration – are handling Putin with “velvet gloves.”

Bacon, who endorsed Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 elections, wrote: “In recent weeks, too many of my fellow Republicans – including Mr. Trump – have treated Russia with velvet gloves, shying away from calling out Mr. Putin’s flatly illegal war and even blaming Ukraine for starting it.

Bacon said that acknowledgment of the “origins of the present conflict” is the first step in supporting Ukraine and combatting Putin’s “expansionism.” U.S. support for Ukraine would send a message to authoritarian leaders that they cannot violently conquer a weaker nation, he argued.

“The administration must be crystal clear that we are aligned with democracy, free markets and the rule of law. If we stray from these values, we risk losing what makes America a great nation,” Bacon wrote.

Elon Musk was heckled on stage at his Wisconsin town hall on Sunday which saw him hand out two $1 million checks to backers of the conservative candidate in the upcoming state Supreme Court election.

The world’s richest man was interrupted as he spoke about threats against him since leading the Trump administration’s attempts to gut the federal government through his Department of Government Efficiency.

Musk responded by taking a swipe at Democratic megadonor George Soros, who has funneled money into liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford.

“It was inevitable at least a few Soros operatives would be in the audience,” he said. “Give my regards to George. Say ‘hi’ to George for me.”

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