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House passes final government funding bills, sending them to Senate ahead of shutdown deadline
The final four bills will now go to the Senate, which is currently on a one-week recess. The Senate still has to pass six of its 12 annual appropriations bills.
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Vance expresses optimism for better cooperation between federal, local law enforcement in Minnesota
The vice president suggested that a lack of cooperation between state and local partners is part of the reason for some of the problems in the city, but that conversations with local officials left him optimistic about improved coordination.
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Al Gore heckles Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during dinner in Davos: Reports
“I sat and listened to his remarks,” Gore said. “I didn’t interrupt him in any way. It’s no secret that I think this administration’s energy policy is insane. And at the end of his speech I reacted with how I felt, and so did several others.”
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Trump administration to send 200 Marines to Florida to help with ICE operations
Northern Command said that the 200 Marines being deployed to Florida will come from the Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, and will help with administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE.
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Virginia ditches speech code for counselors as SCOTUS ramps up gender ideology reviews
Miyares signs off on consent decree that nullifies Northam's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors - talking through gender confusion - amid Supreme Court flurry. Michigan's ban in cross hairs of libertarians, Catholics, Muslims.
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Trump announces Friday signing ceremony for his 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
The post marks the first comments the president has made since the bill's passage, other than a few brief words as he was boarding Air Force One, and comes as he heads to Iowa for an address ahead of the nation's 249th birthday.
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US to start sending out tariff rate information to countries on Friday
The president claimed there were too many countries to reach a trade deal with in a timely manner, so the countries will be receiving a letter that explains the cost of doing business with the United States. The first letters are expected to go out Friday.
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State Department sanctions new individuals, entities connected to Iranian oil trade
The sanctions block all property in the United States that are owned by the people on the list, and all interests in the properties of those listed must be reported to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Supreme Court allows detoured flight of migrants to head to South Sudan
Though the court previously issued a ruling that affirmed the ability of federal authorities to deport illegals to third party countries.
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ICE arrests Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., days after Jake Paul match
DHS accused Chavez of being tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel, and claimed Mexico has an active arrest warrant for the illegal migrant for alleged weapons trafficking. Chavez has allegedly been in the country illegally since January.
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Here are the Republican holdouts who flipped in favor of Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
The House of Representatives passed the megabill in a 218-214 split. GOP Reps. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania, joined all House Democrats in opposing the legislation.
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Abrego Garcia says beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, Trump admin calls account 'sob story'
Trump Admin Calls Garcia’s Account of El Salvador Prison a “Sob Story”
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Ratcliffe CIA review on Russia and 2016 a ‘whitewash’ & ‘protects deep state,’ GOP intel chair says
The GOP House Intelligence Committee Chairman is critiquing the Trump CIA director's review of the Intelligence Community's assessment on Russian meddling in the 2016 election. And the CIA is pushing back.