Trump news at a glance: president in ‘excellent health’, his doctor says after routine medical check

White House releases memo describing results of Trump’s health checkup

Donald Trump has been grappling with “lower leg swelling” as well as “benign” hand bruising but remains in excellent health, the US president’s 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 “remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function”.

The memo, dated Tuesday and released late on Friday, asserted the president is “fully fit to carry out all duties” of the presidency.

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Judge reopens Trump’s IRS suit to examine $1.8bn settlement with justice department

A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the $1.8 bln settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”.

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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‘Dire’ conditions at ICE facility severely violate human rights, lawsuit claims

The first lawsuit relating to the largest immigration detention facility in the US was filed early on Saturday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing the agency of “dire” conditions that severely violate the human and constitutional rights of those locked up at the camp in Texas.

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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