Colbert I King: Unlike his predecessors, Donald Trump has no respect for the rule of law

"When I became president, I took an oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States. The only assurance I can give you is that the federal constitution will be upheld by me by every legal means at my command.& & Telegram from US president Dwight D Eisenhower to Arkansas governor Orval E Faubus, September 5, 1957.

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill 15 years on & how have locals coped and what is the legal and political fallout?

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million litres) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the US&s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.

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Draft Donald Trump executive order proposes closing ‘non-essential& US embassies

A draft Trump administration executive order circulating among US diplomats proposes a radical reduction to and restructuring of the State Department.

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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney pledges to ramp up military spending to protect against US

Mark Carney pledged to ramp up military spending to over 30 billion Canadian dollars (€19bn) to protect against &America&s threats to our very sovereignty& if he wins Canada&s general election.

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Justice Alito hits out at US Supreme Court&s ‘rushed meeting in the middle of the night& to block Donald Trump&s deportations

The Supreme Court acted &literally in the middle of the night& and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority.

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Germans have ‘erotic relationship& with weapons, says defence minister

Germany has an &erotic relationship& with weapons systems, the country&s defence minister said, as Berlin considers sending long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

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