Trump slapped with first real impeachment effort nearly 100 days into his second term

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The first question at Monday's White House press briefing came from a conservative influencer with wide reach.

He asked whether the administration would be ending the right to a hearing for millions of migrants living in the country illegally.

The White House didn't dismiss the idea out of hand.

Instead, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there hadn't be talks about the suspension of the right guaranteed in the Constitution except under extraordinary circumstances.

President Donald Trump is inking new executive orders that would target 'sanctuary cities' in liberal enclaves – and direct authorities to yank back billions in federal revenue if necessary.

The cities, including New York, Chicago and Boston, have established laws protecting migrants amid ICE deportation efforts going after people who came here illegally.

The issue burst back into the forefront with the arrest of a Wisconsin judge was charged with helping an undocumented immigrant who was in her courtroom avoid arrest.

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

Bessent stopped to talk to reporters as he walked into a meeting in the Senate with House and Senate leadership:

The president has made his priorities clear. The House is moving things along quickly, and the Senate is in lockstep. We think that they are in substantial agreement, and this is going to be a win for the American people. Very pro-growth.

We've got three legs to the president's economic agenda, trade, tax and deregulation, and we hope that we can have this tax portion done by Fourth of July.

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

President Trump celebrated the ‘power and dominance’ of the Superbowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House, and offered kind words for absent QB Jalen Hurts.

‘Let me just say: Fly Eagles, fly,’ said Trump while celebrating with the team on the South Lawn.

He came out for the team’s famous ‘tush push’ despite efforts to ban the short-distance play. ‘I hope they keep that play coach,’ he said with the team behind him.

Then Trump repeated a pet peeve that ‘I’d like to go back to that regular kickoff’ after an NFL rules change.

Trump, who attended the Super Bowl in New Orleans, said running back Saquon Barkley had a ‘season for the ages’ – then praised Hurts, the MVP who skipped the event. Trump invited and then cancelled a visit by the Eagles in 2018 amid controversy over kneeling during the national anthem.

With daughter Ivanka Trump, former campaign chief Kellyanne Conway and other notables in the crowd, Trump called him a ‘terrific guy and a terrific player.’

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

A Republican candidate in Virginia's statewide elections is in hot water for allegedly being linked to a social media account chock-full of gay porn, but he says its an extortion tactic.

Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, John Reid, who is gay and married, was asked last week by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to drop his bid for office because of explicit social media posts on a Tumblr account with the same handle Reid has used on other sites.

The handle in question, 'jrdeux,' has been used by the candidate on Instagram and its sister site Threads. Reid's husband, Alonzo Mable, even tagged his spouse in social media posts using the 'jrdeux' moniker.

More controversial is a Tumblr account by the same name, which has posted a litany of gay pornographic images and kinks, like toe sucking.

However, Reid, a former radio host who is the first openly-gay candidate to ever run for statewide office in Virginia, has denied the Tumblr account is his. He is now saying that Youngkin's political operation is extorting him with further damaging information if he does not drop out of the contest.

The champion Philadelphia Eagles are on their way to the White House for an event on the South Lawn with President Trump.

Quaterback Jalen Hurts is skipping the event, but star running back Saquon Barkley, who golfed with Trump over the weekend, will be there along with other stars.

A veteran Republican pollster offered President Donald Trump some poignant advice as his approval ratings continue to dip.

Recent polls have shown Trump's approval ratings hovering at around 40 percent - despite a high favorability rating going into his second term.

Frank Luntz, a political consultant and pollster, told CNN's Jessica Dean on Sunday that the change is 'significant' - and suggested that the president change his messaging on key issues if he ever wants to see his approval ratings shoot back up.

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., announced on Monday he will not seek re-election due to a cancer diagnosis.

Connolly, who has served in the House since 2008, will soon step down as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, he said in a statement.

'When I announced my diagnosis six months ago, I promised transparency,' he wrote in a statement. 'After grueling treatments, we've learned that the cancer, while initially beaten back, has now returned.'

'The sun is setting on my time in public service, and this will be my last term in Congress,' he continued.

'With no rancor and a full heart, I move into this final chapter full of pride in what we've accomplished together over 30 years.'

Karoline Leavitt said the El Salvadoran man the administration deported from Maryland to a notorious prison ‘belongs’ in his home country.

She was asked if there were any talks to bring about his return, after the Supreme Court ruled officials must ‘facilitate’ his return.

‘I will tell you what the president of El Salvador told all of you in the Oval Office,’ the White House press secretary told reporters.

‘El Salvador does not intend to smuggle a designated foreign terrorist back into the United States. He is an El Salvadorian national that is his home country. That is where he belongs, and the administration intends to comply with what President Bukele said of El Salvador,’ she said.

She didn't directly respond to a question about whether there were any ongoing negotiations about it.

Border czar Tom Homan had a sharp response following the arrest of a suspect accused of snatching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse at a DC restaurant

‘You picked the wrong person to steal a purse from,’ Homan said at the White House, earning laughs form some members of the press in the room at a briefing.

He otherwise offered no new information on the case, following the theft of the bag containing Noem’s license, keys, security ID, passport, and $3,000 in cash during an Easter meal even while Noem was under guard of her security detail.

He also praised Noem, calling her a ‘game changer’ and disavowing any differences. ‘Me and Kristi are attached at the hip,’ he said, saying there was ‘no daylight’ between them.

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump is ‘frustrated’ with Russia and Ukraine following repeated Russian drone attacks, in the latest guarded assessment of Trump’s peace effort.

‘He is increasingly frustrated with leaders of both countries. He wants to see a permanent ceasefire,’ Leavitt told reporters at the White House.

‘I understand Vladimir Putin this morning offered a temporary ceasefire. The President has made it clear he wants to see a permanent ceasefire first to stop the killing, stop the bloodshed. And while he remains optimistic he can strike a deal, he's also being realistic as well, and both league leaders need to come to the table to negotiate their way out of this.’

She spoke after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome for about 15 minutes on his visit to the funeral for Pope Francis. She said I shows ‘exuding a lot of effort and time into this because he wants to be a peacemaker president.’

A Fox News poll showed where Trump stands at 100 days on various issues.

Trump had his best approval rating on border security with a 55 percent approval rating.

However. it was the only issue on which he had majority approval.

his approval rating for immigration was 47 percent with 48 percent disapproving.

On the economy he hit a low of 38 percent approval, with 56 percent disapproving.

Trump's worst approval rating was jointly on the issues of tariffs and inflation at 33 percent.

President Trump has slammed pollsters on Truth Social. He wrote:

These people should be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD, and add in the FoxNews Pollster while you’re at it.

They are Negative Criminals who apologize to their subscribers and readers after I WIN ELECTIONS BIG, much bigger than their polls showed I would win, loose a lot of credibility, and then go on cheating and lying for the next cycle, only worse. They suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and there is nothing that anyone, or anything, can do about it. THEY ARE SICK, almost only write negative stories about me no matter how well I am doing.

A CNN poll marking President Trump's first 100 days had him on 41 percent approval.

The network said it was the lowest for a newly elected president.

Trump's rating was down four points since March, and down seven points since late February.

An NBC News poll had Trump at 45 percent approval as he approaches 100 days in office.

The survey found 55 percent of Americans disapprove of his performance.

Its online survey of nearly 20,000 voters adults was conducted from April 11 to April 20.