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Iran war cost has reached $43.6 billion: report
According to the AP, weapons costs increased from $21.7 billion since August 1 to $28.1 billion.
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Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling
As the Trump administration continues to pursue ways to quell “birth tourism,” legal scholars are probing potential actions Congress could take to rewrite the common interpretation of the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause. The clause states that “all persons born
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U.S. Senate’s Farm Bill 2.0 marked up without resolving Prop 12
The House proposal would block state and local governments from imposing production standards on livestock raised outside its respective borders. This means California law could not determine how North Carolina hog farmers regulate size of pens.
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Arizona senator seeks to ease process to hire border agents
In a press release announcing his bill, Gallego said CBP is “stretched thin” and placed blame on the current hiring system.
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Kentucky Republican introduces Constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship
“I applaud [The Supreme Court] for limiting injunctions, but we cannot wait on ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants," Barr said. "We must fight on every front and do whatever it takes to help President Trump protect America."
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Senate expected to hold first vote on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' on Saturday
The vote comes after the House passed its version of the legislation earlier this month, and the Senate hopes to pass its version by July 4.
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Texas congresswoman files bills to financially penalize sanctuary cities, rioters
U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, a Republican and former mayor of Irving, filed the Recouping Funds from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, to financially penalize city governments that actively work against federal immigration enforcement.
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Pro-Trump MAGA Kentucky PAC releases first ad targeting Massie
"This ad slams me for voting against the BBB, but the Senate just stripped the 'ban on sex changes for minors' from the BBB," Rep. Thomas Massie said.
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Proposal to solve Tren de Aragua infiltration clears committee
“We are for legal immigrants who will help this country,” says Knott, a former federal prosecutor. “Every other category needs to be removed and precluded from coming here in the first place and that’s what we’re working toward.”
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Congress considers federal student loan borrowing limits for GOP budget reconciliation bill
Senate Republicans believe the caps could save taxpayers at least $300 billion.
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House to receive classified briefing on US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites
The briefing for the lower chamber is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET on Friday.
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You Vote: With all the disputes within the GOP, will Trump's Big Beautiful Bill be signed by July 4?
The GOP majority in the House is very small, and several of their members have pledged not to support what it looks like is coming out of the Senate, for various reasons.
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SCOTUS' Medicaid ruling lays roadmap for states nationwide to defund Planned Parenthood
Red states' rights: Planned Parenthood faces likely a state-level defunding campaign after the Supreme Court ruling. Planned Parenthood operates close to 600 nationwide, and currently operates two clinics in the Palmetto State.