WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order designating a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, though whether he can actually do that remained unclear. Trump blames antifa for political violence.

Still basking in the glow of his pivotal role ending the bloodshed in Gaza, President Donald Trump is reengaging in the peace negotiations he essentially gave up on last month, inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington to discuss how to put more pressure on Russian President

President Donald Trump instructed members of his Cabinet to move to declare antifa a foreign terrorist organization at an antifa roundtable event Wednesday.

Taking to social media early on Oct. 8, Trump called for the arrest of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, who he said have failed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel as hundreds of National Guard troops were poised to enter the city as part of his crackdown on illegal immigration.

President Trump deployed the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, targeting Antifa while critics claim the far-left militant group doesn't actually exist.

Experts question how Trump will accomplish this, saying antifa is more of a concept than an organization with a headquarters and leadership structure.

A Republican-appointed judge on August 28 blocked the administration from removing Abramowitz as VOA director on the grounds that he cannot be removed in the absence of a majority vote from the International Broadcasting Advisory Board. The Trump administration fired the entire board in January.

Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it - Hegseth’s former TV home of Fox News is latest to sign on with other major media ou

Presidents have invoked this throughout history -- but normally not against the wishes of local leaders except to enforce federal law.

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