For A Reagan-Style Landslide, Trump Needs New York, California

For A Reagan-Style Landslide, Trump Needs New York, California

With the 2020 presidential contest increasingly looking like a matchup between Senator Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump, the pundits are divided over the expected outcome.

"Trump has an excellent chance to win re-election," David Leonhardt reassures readers of the New York Times.

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Trump Can Withhold Federal Grant Funds To Massachusetts Cities That Disobey Federal Immigration Laws, Court Rules

Matthew McDonald

A federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration is allowed to withhold law enforcement grant money to jurisdictions in seven states that are refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, including three New England states.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday, February 26 overruled a lower court that said the administration had to release funding it is withholding from communities in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Rhode Island, according to Reuters.

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