Politics & Policy
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Trump sets June 1 deadline for ICE, Border Patrol funding bill to reach his desk
Prior to leaving for recess, the Senate passed a bill to fund most of DHS, with exceptions for ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
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Alexander Vindman raises $8.2 million for Senate campaign
Vindman, for his part, is known primarily for his role in the first impeachment of President Donald Trump in connection with a phone call he made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Trump hints at quick departure from Iran, but forecasts 'spot hits'
Trump's approval rating amid the conflict, moreover, has taken a nosedive since the start of the conflict.
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Oregon election authorities to begin clearing 800K inactive voters from its voter rolls
Oregon's Democratic Secretary of State Tobias Read said last week that the state is expected to purge 160,000 of its 800,000 inactive voters from the registry immediately, after they failed to meet the criteria to keep their registration active.
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Pharma-funded pediatrician group seeks block on smaller vaccine schedule, CDC advisors' meeting
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices likely to keep spreading "misinformation," American Academy of Pediatrics tells judge known for flouting Supreme Court after he greenlights lawsuit on RFK Jr.'s ACIP changes.
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Trump announces 25% tariff on all countries doing business with Iran
Trump said on Truth Social that the order is in effect immediately and that the order is "final and conclusive."
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Trump seeks deals with oil companies as he tries to secure American interests in South America
Trump has a lot of interest in revitalizing Venezuelan oil production, including the leverage it will give the U.S. over China. Some oil companies want much more assurance before they'll risk investing in the county's industry, but others say they're ready to get started now.
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Texas sends voter rolls to Justice Department for review: 'Only US citizens can vote in Texas'
"Texas sent the Justice Department a list of the state’s registered voters last month," Abbott said on X. "We want our voter rolls to be checked for potential ineligible registrations. Only US citizens can vote in Texas."
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Republicans weigh making foreign-born public fraudsters deportable, subject to denaturalization
Recent revelations about long-standing and wide-ranging fraud schemes prompted a crackdown from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the area that has led to clashes with the local community. Now some in Congress want to help fix the problem.
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America First Legal asks CFPB to rescind rule requiring mortgage applicants to disclose race, sex
The petition targets the bureau's Regulation C that was enacted in the 1970s to address historic housing discrimination, which requires people to disclose their race, ethnicity, and sex in their mortgage applications.
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No timeline for Greenland acquisition, Leavitt says
The U.S.'s recent extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, however, has Europeans increasingly worried that Washington may pursue military action.
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Leavitt decries organized groups of anti-ICE 'paid agitators'
The Department of Homeland Security and President Donald Trump have defended the agent's conduct as self-defense.
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Graham urges Trump to kill Iranian leadership
Graham is widely regarded as one of the most hawkish Republicans in terms of foreign policy.