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Trump Administration Faces Pushback on Multiple Fronts Amid Shifting Global Policies
Washington D.C. - The Trump administration faced challenges both domestically and internationally on Tuesday, January 28, 2026, as its policies on immigration, climate change, and foreign relations came under scrutiny.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defending the administration's policy toward Venezuela following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolas Maduro, according to NPR Politics. Rubio pushed back against claims that the intervention was unwarranted, outlining Washington's strategy moving forward.
Meanwhile, in Colorado, President Trump's efforts to intervene in the case of Tina Peters, a former election clerk in Mesa County, appeared to be faltering. Peters became a figure in the election denial movement after allegedly using another person's credentials to facilitate an associate watching a software update of her county's election management system, Wired reported.
On the economic front, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that her government had temporarily paused oil shipments to Cuba. According to the Associated Press, Sheinbaum stated the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and a "sovereign decision" not made under pressure from the United States, NPR Politics reported. The announcement followed inquiries about whether the state oil company Pemex had curtailed shipments.
In Europe, Spain's government announced it would grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization, the Associated Press reported. This move contrasted sharply with the increasingly harsh immigration policies implemented in the United States and other parts of Europe, according to NPR Politics.
Domestically, the Trump administration's efforts to reverse climate change policies continued to draw criticism. David Gelles of The New York Times, speaking with NPR News, described the implications of President Trump's stance on global warming, which he has called "a hoax," as the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events.
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