The leftist president of Mexico is learning firsthand how President Donald Trump's "Art of the Deal" technique works, and it's already hitting the value of the country's currency hard. In November, President-elect Trump warned the leaders of both Mexico and Canada that they needed to do more to stem the...

On Thursday, the Senate confirmed President Trump’s CIA Director Nominee, John Ratcliffe, to lead the CIA. Ratcliffe received an overwhelming bipartisan support in his favor. Ratcliffe was confirmed in a 74-25 vote. Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated, “He will bring valuable knowledge and experience to his new post.” CONFIRMED: CIA Director John Ratcliffe pic.twitter.com/5MUGsXBpBR — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 23, 2025 Check out what The Hill reported: The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team to be approved by the upper chamber. Senators confirmed Ratcliffe in a 74-25 vote. Twenty-one members who caucus with Democrats voted with every present Republican. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) did not vote. “He will bring valuable knowledge and experience to his new post,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on the floor earlier this week, pointing to Ratcliffe’s tenure as director of national intelligence (DNI) and on the House Intelligence Committee. “Mr. Ratcliffe brings the right experience and the right approach to the CIA, and I look forward to working with him in his new position.” Ratcliffe’s nomination cleared the Senate Intelligence Committee by a vote of 14 to 3. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the panel’s vice chair, was among Ratcliffe’s backers. Republicans, however, were unable to process him as quickly as they had hoped. Thune hoped to confirm him by Tuesday night or Wednesday, but Democrats threw up a last-minute roadblock in order to further delay Pete Hegseth’s confirmation to run the Pentagon. #BREAKING: John Ratcliffe has been confirmed as Trump’s CIA Director, 74-25 NOW CONFIRM PETE HEGSETH! pic.twitter.com/2x9aAGKbes — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 23, 2025 Per NBC News: The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director under President Donald Trump, approving the second high-level appointment for the new administration. The vote was 74-25 in favor of Ratcliffe, a former congressman from Texas who served as Trump’s director of national intelligence for the last eight months of his first term. Twenty-one Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in supporting Ratcliffe’s nomination. Republican leaders failed to achieve unanimous support to fast-track Ratcliffe’s nomination to the floor earlier this week and had to jump through some procedural hoops.

On Thursday afternoon, a federal district judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. Judge John C. Coughenour of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled Trump’s executive order as “blatantly unconstitutional.” Coughenour, who was appointed by President Reagan, stated, “I’ve been on the bench for four decades and I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.” The temporary block will last 14 days, but a preliminary injunction to permanently block Trump’s executive order in the future. A judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. pic.twitter.com/ehLZpFDIbZ — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 23, 2025 Here’s what NBC News reported: A federal district court judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship — the first skirmish in what promises to be a protracted legal battle over the new administration’s agenda. Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour heard 25 minutes of arguments and then issued an order from the bench blocking the policy from taking effect for 14 days. There will be a further briefing on a preliminary injunction to permanently block the executive order while the case proceeds. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.” The case comes as four states (Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon) sought to block the order before it is supposed to take effect in late February. It’s one of five lawsuits filed by Democratic attorneys general and immigrant rights organizations challenging the order — which seeks to limit automatic birthright citizenship to children of U.S. citizens and green card holders — as unconstitutional. BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. https://t.co/i0zkhXhsBh — The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2025