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Harris big poll leader, while Trump says he didn't sign the Enemies Alien Act for deportations, and doesn't know who did

Harris dominates in poll on who Democrats want as president - with AOC in third

Kamala Harris topped a new poll on who Democrats would back in the 2028 presidential primary if it was held today, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in third place.

Despite losing the 2024 election to Donald Trump, the former vice president was backed by 36 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters in Morning Consult’s latest poll.

New York’s Ocasio-Cortez, who is currently touring the U.S. to rally against Trump’s policies with Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, was in third place with 5 percent. Sanders, an Independent, sought the Democratic nomination in 2016 and 2020.

Harris’s former running-mate Tim Walz was also tied with Ocasio-Cortez at 5 percent, as was California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is often touted as a future party leader despite little national experience.

Rhian Lubin22 March 2025 21:30

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Questions swirl after Trump says he ‘didn’t sign’ Aliens Enemies Act

President Donald Trump confused reporters on Friday afternoon after claiming he “didn’t sign” the presidential proclamation that invoked the controversial Alien and Enemies Act in order to quickly deport migrants the administration says are part of a Venezuelan gang.

When asked by a reporter about signing the proclamation “in the dark” – rather than at the Oval Office desk or in a public capacity as the president has done with other executive actions – the president denied signing it at all.

“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump said on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. “Other people handled it. But Marco Rubio’s done a great job. And he wanted them out, and we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country.”

Despite his claim, the president’s digital signature does appear on the version of the proclamation available on the Federal Register website.

The White House later clarified that the president was referring to the original Alien Enemies Act, passed by Congress in 1798 and did sign the recent proclamation that invokes the highly controversial set of laws.

“President Trump was obviously referring to the original Aliens Enemies Act that was signed back in 1798,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement.

[Insert: Who are they lying to. LOLOL As if he ever could have been
saying he didn't sign an act signed over 200 years ago. Seriously.]

“The recent Executive Order was personally signed by President Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act that designated Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in order to apprehend and deport these heinous criminals,” Cheung added.

Ariana Baio22 March 2025 21:00

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Tax revenue expected to drop as Trump administration targets IRS

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-news-today-live-b2720077.html?page=5