President Donald Trump faced a week of intensifying political pressure and public unrest amid legal controversies, foreign policy tensions and plans for mass protests.With the shutdown entering its third week , Trump’s administration continued to clash with Senate Democrats over health care funding and tax credits, fueling another round of firings that have impacted thousands of workers across more than half a dozen agencies.

On the streets, organizers prepared for what they were expecting to be the largest protest in a single day in modern American history. The “No Kings” protests , scheduled for Oct. 18 in over 2,500 locations nationwide, were designed to push back against what activists described as Trump’s authoritarian tendencies and erosion of First Amendment rights. The pro

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