Closing summary
This concludes our live coverage of Donald Trump’s second administration for the day. We will be back on Wednesday. Here are the latest developments:
Democrats mourned the passing of Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader whose 1988 campaign for the Democratic nomination to be president paved the way for Barack Obama.
Donald Trump’s former receptionist, Chamberlain Harris, 26, will be sworn in on Thursday as the newest member of the US Commission of Fine Arts, just in time to review his ballroom plans.
Google Trends data reveals that searches for ‘James Talarico’ have spiked since Stephen Colbert revealed on Monday night that CBS had forced him not to broadcast an interview with the Texas Democrat in response to a threat from the hyper-partisan chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Police officers “surrounded and arrested a man who ran toward the U.S. Capitol with a loaded shotgun” on Tuesday, the United States Capitol Police said.
A US immigration judge has ended the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student who helped lead protests at the school over the Israeli assault on Gaza
After Republican congressman Randy Fine posted an Islamophobic comment to social media over the weekend, the backlash from Democrats has been swift.
Federal judge extends ban on ICE agents in Portland using tear gas on protesters
A federal judge in Oregon on Tuesday extended a temporary order that bars federal officers from using tear gas on peaceful protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland.
The judge, Michael Simon, granted a request from the ACLU, acting on behalf of protesters, including one thoughtful young man who dresses as a chicken, to extend the order he first issued on 3 February for another 14 days. The order applies to the area around the ICE building in Portland’s residential South Waterfront neighborhood, where massive amounts of tear gas have been used recently against protesters.
The order bars federal officers from using “chemical or projectile munitions,” including tear gas, pepper balls and other so-called “less-lethal” munitions, “unless the specific target of such a weapon or device poses an imminent threat of physical harm to a law enforcement officer or other person.”
