Government
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Taking a bye week? Senate vote on college sports bill delayed until September
The bill is a sweeping proposal to reshape the future of college athletics in the NIL era
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Trump demands Iran compensate U.S. for Americans killed over decades
The war began in late February with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Trump promotes attorney Will Scharf to White House counsel replaces outgoing Warrington
The duties of the White House counsel are primarily to advise on legal and policy questions related to the presidency.
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Senate confirms Mike Waltz as US Ambassador to the United Nations
The Senate confirmed the nominee in a bipartisan 47-43 split, which saw Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire join all Republicans except Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
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Trump’s peacemaking effort hits European snags with Ukraine on secondary sanctions
Secondary Sanctions: For the American president, the European hesitance to commit fully to working against Russia, even limited to economic sanctions, is a sticking point that makes unilateral U.S. action difficult.
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Senate rejects House stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown
The bill was defeated in a 44-48 vote.
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Blackburn introduces bill banning transgender procedures for minors
“No child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation under the guise of so-called ‘gender-affirming care,’” Sen. Marsha Blackburn said
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Judge rejects Trump's defamation suit against the New York Times
The suit itself addresses a number of articles and journalists at the outlet related to its coverage of Trump during the 2024 presidential election.
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Trump admin asks SCOTUS to stop order allowing transgender people choose sex markers on passports
The lower court order lets transgender or nonbinary people request a male, female, or “X” identification marker on their passports, rather than choosing their biological sex
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House passes stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown, measure now goes to Senate
The vote on Friday was 217-212
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Ex-FBI Director Comey adviser subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in criminal probe: report
The subpoena is reportedly part of an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony in September 2020 about the Russia collusion investigation
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White House press secretary Leavitt given Secret Service protection: report
The protective detail comes after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk
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Trump discloses plan to get back Bagram air base from Taliban in Afghanistan
"We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us," Trump said. "We want that base back but one of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons."