Three-page memo released by White House provides overview of 79-year-old president\u2019s medical checkup \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday, 30 May at a glance<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump\u2019s doctor said he was in \u201cexcellent health\u201d but has advised him to lose weight, according to a memo released by the White House after the 79-year-old underwent a routine medical check.
\u201cPresident Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function,\u201d said Trump\u2019s doctor, US Navy captain Sean Barbabella.
The three-page memo provides an overview of Trump\u2019s physical examination and diagnostic testing conducted at Walter Reed Medical hospital near Washington on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a federal judge has reopened Trump\u2019s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suit to examine a $1.8bn settlement with the justice department.
The decision by Miami judge Kathleen Williams to reopen the case \u2013 itself an unusual move, given that civil plaintiffs have broad latitude to drop complaints \u2013 was returned after a bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges urged her to look more closely<\/a> at the settlement.
Donald Trump<\/a> has been grappling with \u201clower leg swelling\u201d as well as \u201cbenign\u201d hand bruising but remains in excellent health, the US president\u2019s physician said in a memo released by the White House.
Citing the results of a recent examination, the memo from Dr Sean Barbabella said Trump \u201cremains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function\u201d.
The memo, dated Tuesday and released late on Friday, asserted the president is \u201cfully fit to carry out all duties\u201d of the presidency.
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A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the $1.8 bln settlement, which lacks detail, \u201cis a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court\u201d.
The ruling, issued by the Miami judge Kathleen Williams, revives a lawsuit brought by the president and his sons against the IRS after their personal and business tax returns were leaked by a former contractor.
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The first lawsuit<\/a> relating to the largest immigration detention facility in the US was filed early on Saturday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>), accusing the agency of \u201cdire\u201d conditions that severely violate the human and constitutional rights of those locked up at the camp in Texas<\/a>.
A clutch of legal organizations is suing via a class-action complaint, listing four detainees as plaintiffs for themselves and on behalf of all those currently held as civil detainees at Camp East Montana or who will be held there in the future.
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In a spree of posts made to his Truth Social account on Saturday, Donald Trump lauded his administration\u2019s efforts to turn the National Mall\u2019s reflecting pool blue<\/a>, denounced a judge\u2019s ruling removing his name from the Kennedy Center<\/a> and announced he will hold an \u201cAmerica Is Back\u201d rally next month to replace a concert series after a number of performers backed out<\/a>.
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Billionaire supporter of E Jean Carroll says inquiry meant to \u2018silence\u2019 Trump critics<\/a><\/strong>.
Looming Iran peace deal shows how Trump\u2019s maximalist goals have shrunk<\/a><\/strong>, writes Robert Tait, in this analysis about an elusive peace deal to end the Middle East conflict.
There is little sign of clarity in the closing stretch of a campaign season for governor, Congress and LA mayor, writes the Guardian\u2019s Lauren Gambino, in this piece examining how California is bracing for its most turbulent election in years<\/a><\/strong>.
Alba Asenjo Dom\u00ednguez<\/a> <\/strong>has this special report<\/a> on an ICE detention case: Shackled, transferred, mocked: woman, 23, says she gave in to deportation after \u2018humiliating\u2019 ICE detention.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on Friday 29 May<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n