Trump Administration Actions Draw Scrutiny on Multiple Fronts
The Trump administration faced scrutiny on several fronts this week, ranging from healthcare funding and election inquiries to gun control and higher education negotiations, according to various news reports.
Planned Parenthood voluntarily dropped its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's ability to withhold Medicaid payments under a provision in President Trump's tax bill, Fox News reported. The organization had sued in July, arguing that the legislation unfairly targeted their clinics and would limit patients' healthcare options.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized Republicans, saying they "done eff'd up in Texas" regarding redistricting, Fox News reported. Jeffries predicted the GOP would fall short of flipping five congressional seats and now face a backlash they "can't ignore" after recent election results and Democratic pushback. His comments followed a recent Texas state senate race where a Democrat flipped a seat in a district President Trump carried in 2020.
In Georgia, an FBI search of an election center in Fulton County last week raised eyebrows, according to The New York Times. Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots as part of an inquiry into alleged voter fraud. The following day, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, met with some of the same FBI agents from the Atlanta field office conducting the election inquiry, The New York Times reported. The reasons for the meeting were not immediately clear.
On the issue of gun control, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro threatened jail time for anyone who enters the capital with a gun, The New York Times reported. "If anyone brings a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail," Pirro said on Fox News. "I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else." Her remarks prompted pushback from the Republican Party's pro-Second Amendment wing.
Finally, President Trump reportedly dropped his administration's demand for a $200 million payment from Harvard University, according to The New York Times. Hard-liners within the administration had wanted Harvard to make the payment to resolve claims that university officials mishandled antisemitism. Harvard rejected the idea, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty. Trump administration officials indicated in recent days that they were no longer pursuing the payment.
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