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Week in Politics: Pushback to Trump's agenda on foreign policy, immigration, ballroom

NPR | By Eyder Peralta,

Ron Elving, Melissa Gray

Published June 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM EDT

President Trump faced some pushback to his agenda and policies this week from both the courts and Republican lawmakers in Congress.

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Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Ron Elving

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

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Melissa Gray

Melissa Gray is a senior producer for All Things Considered.

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