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Border Patrol celebrates record employment with more than 21K agents on board
The CBP said it now employs 21,471 agents, marking the highest staffing level in the Border Patrol’s 102-year history. The agency offers competitive salaries and hiring incentives of up to $60,000 for new Border Patrol agents in eligible locations.
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Some Senate Republicans accuse Trump of helping Democrats after refusing to sign housing package
Trump was expected to sign the housing package at the Capitol earlier Wednesday but pivoted to refusing to sign it until both chambers pass the election integrity and voter security bill known as the SAVE America Act.
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Postmaster General says he will comply with Trump rule to hold back mail ballots
The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.
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Democrats declare Trump’s capture of Maduro illegal despite past presidents' similar actions
"Congress must act to rein him in. Immediately," Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., says of Trump
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DOJ formally charges Maduro and his wife after they were captured in Venezuela following U.S. strike
"They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts," Bondi says
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Trump blocks chips deal over national security, China-related concerns
The president claimed HieFo was "controlled by a citizen of the People's Republic of China," and that there was evidence to believe HieFo, through the merger, may "take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States."
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You Vote: Based on the first couple days of Mamdani as mayor of NYC, what are your expectations?
Mamdani, who was sworn in as New York City mayor on Thursday, signed several executive orders on his first day, including one to rescind those issued by Adams since his September 2024 indictment.
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Federal court strikes down California open carry gun ban as unconstitutional
The California law in question banned openly carrying guns in counties with a population greater than 200,000 people.
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Obama failed to support Iran’s freedom protesters two decades ago, but Trump just rectified that
Another chance at an "Arab Spring": If Iran violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue, Trump said in a 3 a.m. post Friday on his TruthSocial platform. "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
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Mexican cartels 'major supplier' of synthetic drugs causing overdose deaths in U.S., GAO warns
Mexican TCOs "move these drugs through Mexico and across the southwest U.S. border using tractor trailers, human mules, couriers, privately-owned vehicles, among other methods."
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Virginia leaders respond to DOJ tuition lawsuit
Attorney General-elect Jay Jones criticized the lawsuit and the Miyares administration’s decision to enter a consent decree, calling it an attack on students and a deliberate effort to prevent a new administration from responding.
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DHS touts historic ICE hiring in 2025 with 120% increase in agents
The department began pushing for new agents in August, offering competitive salaries and benefits that include a $50,000 signing bonus, enhanced retirement benefits and student loan repayment and forgiveness options.
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From food waste and plastics pollution to green energy, Lee Zeldin quickly transformed the EPA
Zeldin has brought a MAGA-driven populist reform initiative that has made him a close ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his MAHA movement.