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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 6:41 AM CDT

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

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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