U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.” In her ruling, she said that while Trump may be the commander in chief of the Guard, his power is constrained by federal laws that limit how those troops can be federalized and deployed, particularly in Washington, D.C., which Congress supposedly controls. President Trump can appeal until December 11.
Florida Democrat congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted this week on charges of stealing $5 million in FEMA money; she is accused of funneling it into her own campaign, according to the Department of Justice. The congresswoman, whose district includes much of West Palm Beach County and portions of Broward County, now faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted. Before Congress, Cherfilus-McCormick worked as the CEO of Trinity Health Care Company, a home health services company founded by her stepfather.
A Florida crash that killed three people ignited an ultimatum from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over states’ commercial driver licensing rules. Duffy’s push came after an illegal immigrant from India, Harjinder Singh, allegedly struck and killed three people in a tractor-trailer while making an illegal U-turn on a Florida turnpike on Aug. 12. Singh’s current commercial driver’s license had been issued in California; he previously had one in Washington state, and Duffy said there was a traffic stop in New Mexico where his rig was not taken of the road. Two out of the three states named by Duffy claim compliance. Duffy is giving states 30 days to comply with the rules or risk losing federal funding through the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
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