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Renovating the White House or banning journalists: Trump invokes national security to push through his most controversial plans

Donald Trump’s Swiss Army knife is national security. He uses it for everything. If judges block his plan to remodel the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom that dwarfs the presidential residence, he cites national security to keep the work going. When obstacles arise to building a gigantic triumphal arch in Washington to honor himself, he says national security reasons justify it. If a judge questions him about deploying the National Guard in American cities, it’s for national security. Sued for banning certain media outlets, the answer is the same. And if he can’t find other grounds to impose tariffs, he invokes national security.

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Donald Trump in New York, September 23.
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Luis Planas es ya el ministro de Agricultura que más tiempo ha ocupado el cargo en democracia

El valenciano Luis Planas Puchades, exinspector de Trabajo, exembajador de España ante Marruecos y ante la Unión Europea y uno de los posibles aspirantes a dirigir la Organización para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) a partir de 2027, se ha convertido este miércoles en el ministro de Agricultura más longevo en democracia, tras superar los 3.023 días que ocupó la misma plaza el socialista Carlos Romero entre 1982 y 1991.

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