The 44th president sharply criticized Mr. Trump, who hit back later in the day. Mr. Obama also assailed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio.
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the presidentβs instrument of unmediated executive power.
President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the midterms. But they are being outspent by Republicans. And they are trying to compete in states that favored President Trump by large margins.
βI knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,β Blake Miley said. βBut I donβt blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.β
The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamyβs brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governorβs race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.
Chemical plants and other industrial facilities had been required to curb their toxic emissions. A New York Times investigation shows how they got out of it.
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trumpβs deportation campaign.
A canal in Dania Beach, Fla., in September. The canal was the site of an encounter that led Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to contact federal immigration authorities.
The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region.
Oil drilling rigs in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Polar LNG plan called for the company to tap into the giant load of natural gas available in the stateβs northern reaches.
No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaskaβs Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
The loss of Susan Collinsβs seat could tip the Senate in favor of Democrats, upending President Trumpβs legislative agenda for the rest of his term.
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